Eating perfume

[MadMike]

One time when we were grocery shopping, there was some walking perfume factory that I could smell from an aisle or two away. And then lucky me, at some point, we both ended up in the same aisle. It was so strong, I could taste it. Worse yet, I was fighting off a migraine at the time.

I pity the poor cashier who got stuck checking her out.

[TruthHurts]

It's especially worse is housekeeping. You'll have a woman literally bathe in some cloying scent then leave for the day. The perfume lingers in the hot enclosed space until I open the door and nearly gag. I thank every day that I have Febreze to spray around before I have to enter.

[tollbaby]

see, I find Febreeze as cloying and bothersome as perfume.... disgusting stuff.

[myswtghst]

Maybe you should keep a bottle of Febreze on hand and squirt them surreptitiously (sp?) as they walk by...

In college, my best friend had a couch dweller (i.e. guy who didn't pay rent, didn't do anything useful, but still slept on their couch) who stank to high heaven. When he was asleep or not paying attention, we often spritzed him with the Febreeze. It kind of worked, but not well enough for my tastes.

I've always been a big believer in the theory that someone should only smell your perfume if they're getting up close and personal.

[Gurndigarn]

There are a couple older ladies at my store who go a bit overboard on the perfume.

Old ladies tend to be the worst. They've been wearing the stuff so long it's dulled their sense of smell, so what they think is "just a little" is enough to gag anyone else.

[mscrybaby]

I had a boss that used a "natural" scent perfume. We could smell her coming a few rows away because to her it smelled wonderful and to us it smelled like mold.

[Sofar]

Why do people even use perfume? It's so chemical. I just use a lemon peel. I rub the lemon peel on my neck and then I smell like lemons, and that makes people happy.

[tollbaby]

ummm.... citrus-scented man....?

can I smell?.... maybe take a nibble....

[blas]

Those little old ladies just want to smell as lovely as Liz Taylor, can't stop them from dreaming can you lol....

Not only are women guilty, but men are as well.................the nights that my ex, his little "apprentice" (his 19 year old clone) and my supervisor are all together in one room it smells like a fricken Californian frat house.

[KuzcoLlama]

Not only are women guilty, but men are as well.................the nights that my ex, his little "apprentice" (his 19 year old clone) and my supervisor are all together in one room it smells like a fricken Californian frat house.

I've been in quite a few to say...there are many more smells in them than just cologne to be extremely disagreeable to poor nostrils. Sometimes they clean though. Though that is a rarity in itself.

[wagegoth]

I've noticed that recent male immigrants (from many different countries) tend to wear cologne, usually way too much. Very uncomfortable on the bus.

[DesignFox]

It doesn't matter what it is, most scents send me into allergic ouchy mode. I did tell off one of my co-workers (nicely) for wearing too much cologne one day. I couldn't stand near him and told him as much. Last time we worked together, he didn't put the cologne on.

I've found that it's not always the little old ladies who are the biggest offenders, it's young ladies....(20's ish...fashionable, club hopping types)

[Cia]

What's so wrong about smelling like your soap and shampoo? I have never found a use for perfumes or colognes - most make my nose stuffy. It would piss my Mom off to no end because I would refuse to use all this perfumey stuff that little girls are supposed to love.

Still looking for a soap that smells like my Double Delight roses.

[blas]

I used the "Californian frat house" reference because those guys at work all wear that Hollister cologne (that "California" store).

[MadMike]

What's so wrong about smelling like your soap and shampoo?

Good question. This one girl I sort of used to see would always tell me I smelled good. Funny thing, I never used any kind of cologne. I guess what she was smelling was the soap and shampoo, as you said. And it wasn't even expensive stuff. Go figure.