A mother’s attempt to cure her child’s autism using essential oils has only resulted in making her smell as if a cat has urinated all over her, witnesses have claimed.
Ellie Mulligan, seven, had just gotten ready for school when her mother smeared her with a blend of scented oils designed to seep into her skin and chase the autism away. To her mother’s surprise, Ellie is still autistic, but now smells like a litter tray.
Mulligan’s mother Liz, 39, said: “I thought the essential oils would calm her symptoms and correct the chemical imbalances causing her outbursts. A mummy blogger said so, and running a blog basically makes you Hippocrates.”
Mulligan’s attempt at alternative therapy seems to have had adverse effects; her daughter is reportedly distressed by the smell, which resembles if Jo Malone released a mothball-and-ammonia scented candle. However, Ellie now has worse problems – namely, activating the family dog’s prey drive whenever she walks into a room.
Mulligan remarked: “All the boy cats try to fight me for territory. I now control half of the postcode by virtue of my superior pheromones.”
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