I don't blame you at all for distancing yourself from all that is going on in the world. To a large extent I do this myself.
There's a blog here called 'Surviving Tomorrow'. I've had to stop reading it because it's much about the billionaire takeover, and really the end of the world as we know it. It's become much too depressing for me.
I like to think the people like you who are disturbed by artificial scents are the lucky ones, because you simply stop having them around.
Others can't live without them, or so they think.
I used to teach with a girl who wore Vanilla perfume. I couldn't bear to be around her.