Strong perfume - Page 5

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@occasionalrain wrote:
I always assume the perfumed person is unclean and trying to hide their natural scent. That is how perfume originated and was used by prostitutes.

You must be really really old because people have been using scents for thousand upon thousands of years. There were perfume bottles in Tut's tomb and perfumes were in use long before that. I doubt that they were all prostitutes...lol What an odd thing to say.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Why are people bashing older people over this like they've never in their lives encountered a 20something or 30something who had too much scent on or a scent that they didn't like? It's often that "nose blind" thing and I've been guilty of that. We wear scent to please ourselves and when we can't smell it anymore, we apply more thinking that we have refresh it but actually, we can't smell it on ourselves but everyone else can. Also if we smell a scent that we hate or find disagreeable, that's all we can smell and it gives us a headache and aggravates the heck out of us. The person isn't wearing to much.....we just hate it.

maestra · ‎03-09-2010

A teacher in my school wears patchouli-ugh.

All I can think is 1969 is calling and wants it's fragrance oil back.

chihuahuamom · ‎06-25-2015

Zitawins, I just started this thread and did not reply to anything until now. You have the wrong person. I feel sorry for this lady that I mentioned-she is a very nice person with a husband with health issues. I would never hurt her feelings. I just don't know how to deal with strong smells like that and hate to get it on me. On a side note, our church choir has a "rule" about no perfume because it clogs some folks up to where they can't sing!!!

candys mine · ‎08-20-2012

@chihuahuamom another thought along with the sweater is to " Fght fire with fire" Would it help if you kept a handkerchief in your purse that has been dabbed with a different scent? Maybe something like Rosemary Oil that you can bring out and sniff after the hug. That trick has been around since the "Ring a ring of rosie "Pocket full of Posey's" days.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@chihuahuamom wrote:
Zitawins, I just started this thread and did not reply to anything until now. You have the wrong person. I feel sorry for this lady that I mentioned-she is a very nice person with a husband with health issues. I would never hurt her feelings. I just don't know how to deal with strong smells like that and hate to get it on me. On a side note, our church choir has a "rule" about no perfume because it clogs some folks up to where they can't sing!!!

You talk like it's a 45 minute hug...lol If you hate her scent that much , stand clear across the room from her yell out your greeting, wave and run like heck to your car. Then you won't suffer through that 5 second hug.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@occasionalrain wrote:
What makes one think others, strangers even, want to smell them? Why would they think they have the right to choose what others smell, to pollute the air innocent bystanders are forced to breath?

That works both ways. What makes one think that they as one individual have a right to dictate to or pass judgment on another individual, and control what a stranger can/cannot do?

The word is breathe.

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chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Moonchilde wrote:
@occasionalrain wrote:
What makes one think others, strangers even, want to smell them? Why would they think they have the right to choose what others smell, to pollute the air innocent bystanders are forced to breath?

That works both ways. What makes one think that they as one individual have a right to dictate to or pass judgment on another individual, and control what a stranger can/cannot do?

The word is breathe.

30 years in healthcare, I've seen a medical record say that Mary Smith stopped breathing because she walked past a woman who was wearing Chanel #5...lol It's also odd that women who an issue with other women smelling nice.....never have that issue with men who use after shave lotion or cologne...lol

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I don't think people don't have issues with men cologne, too.

As to having issues with women 'smelling nice', to be fair, that's pretty subjective. Some of the 'perfumes' I catch a whiff of are profoundly offensive to MY senses. But I get that it must smell good to that person.

As far as men's colognes - oh my! We were at a restaurant and this bus boy (bringing water and checking on us, etc) had on THE most strong, offensive (to me) scent on that I really struggled through dinner.

He was so nice and so helpful that I never would have said anything, but I ended up with a pretty big asthma attack from it. That's my problem, though. I get that. I can't make all the rules and that is just life.

People vent about this stuff and just because people don't like this scent or that doesn't make them bad people. I fully admit my sensitivities and also that many scents not only wreak havoc with my asthma but, TO ME, smell positively dreadful.

The only thing I use is L'Occitane Verbena perfume. It's very light and natural, AND I don't douse myself in it. I know that if I can't still smell it, others can and I use it sparingly because I love the light, naturalness of it. Somebody else might not love it - it smells like lemon zest. I cannot tolerate florals or heavily sweet stuff, or musky scents at all. A lot of women love florals. That's cool.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

I guess maybe men's cologne is made to be *stronger*, but I could gag when I smell men doused in it.

Maybe it's aftershave I smell, I know they're supposed to splash it on their face after shaving.

But it's so strong whatever it is.

My sons used to use the latest and greatest and it didn't matter, it smelled. I had them put it on outside so it wouldn't linger in the house. I mean sometimes it smelled good, but there were popular (and expensive ones) that were gag-worthy.

DH doesn't wear cologne at my request. He doesn't need to. Really, if you ask me, no man needs to. And please don't smother yourself in something because you didn't take a shower---oy.