Posted by:
exminion
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Date: August 23, 2019 04:36PM
Pyramid schemes are illegal in the US. The MLM schemes claim that they have an actual product to sell, and that the product has a benefit to the purchasers. No one can prove there's NOT a benefit in aromatherapy, so far. When the product turns out to be a fraud, the company doesn't lose much, and it simply moves onto creating a new product.
Out of curiosity, if Hatch convinced the US Government to not check into the actual ingredients of some of this MLM stuff--I wonder if the manufacturing companies can ADD extra stuff in there? Such as caffeine, to make you feel good? Sugar can give you a burst of energy, too. The RS president gave me a few vitamin pills to sample, years ago, ("Nutra-something", I can't remember) and they gave me instant, through-the-roof energy.
Every ward I've been in, in various states, has had its resident MLM pushers. In my last ward, it was usually the same few neighbors who would go from one product to another, starting with Avon, Tupperware parties, lingerie and jewelry. I'm not sure if these were MLM's, but they all relied on the unrelenting hard-sell to family members and friends. These same people moved on into nutra-vitamins and supplements, Melaluka and other teas (which they swore were not against the WOW), that overpriced berry juice, Do-Terra, Young Living, Eden's Garden.
All of these products also promised weight loss and beauty, and targeted women, especially. The RS sisters could not say "No" without feeling they had betrayed their friend, neighbor, or relative. They relied on "fellowshipping", just like the Mormon cult, and these women were good at it. The operators knew that women were highly susceptible to group pressure; hence, all those parties in people's homes. With some of the Mormon women, that was the only time I was ever invited into their home.
They were fake friends wanting to sell me something useless.
My answer to MLM and door-to-door salespeople has always been: "I have a permanent, long-standing rule, to never buy anything, except from a regular retail store." No other explanation was ever necessary. (Online, as well, I use regular chain stores's websites, and Amazon.)
I love perfume, scented lotion, shower gel, shampoo, etc. I like scented candles in the seasons, the smell of the flowers in our yard right now, new-mown grass, burning pumpkins in the fall, piney Christmas trees, cocoa and candy canes, cookies baking, vanilla, spices--who doesn't?
The olfactory sense is the most powerfully connected to memory, of all the senses, and aromatherapy really can boost your mood! Perhaps it can help in bringing back old memories, who knows? It's fun, and no harm is done, as long as quacks don't claim it cures anything.
Eucalyptus and camphor can help clear the sunuses, and I put almond oil on my cuticles every night. Peppermint oil also chases away mice, so there are exceptions. Orange oil gives me energy and good cheer, because of a specific happy memory it evokes, having to do with California and oranges--nothing mysterious or magical.