Eating perfume

[DesignFox]

I went out to my favorite Mongolian BBQ place the other night. While I am waiting in line, Ms. Marinade comes up next to me at the buffet.

Her perfume was SOOOOO strong- I could taste it. I am horribly allergic to perfume, so my sinuses start to throb soon after encountering the scent. It almost bowled me over when she came up! I couldn't even smell the food cooking anymore!

Thankfully, my food got cooked and I was able to sit down and all was well...until Ms. Marinade and her crew went to leave. Then the draft from them walking out the door blew her death scent allover the restaurant... It lingered for minutes after she was gone...I thought my eyes would bleed out and my head would explode... yuck.

I think wearing that much perfume should be illegal. And the punishment should be that everyone in the surrounding area can take you outside and hose you down. Considering the 20 degree weather here, that would have been damn satisfying, too.

[flicksgirl]

Lord I hear you on this one. Noone should be abel to smell you unless they are pressed against you. And this means any smell, period.
When Im not having to open the door to releave the store of your over powering perfume, Im being forced to spray room deoderizer to kill of the sweat stink.
And what is it with so many womans perfumes that smell like fermented fruit. Dear god im getting a headache just thiniking about this.

[blas]

I really do not know what is worse...........middle aged to old women who bathe in so much Elizabeth Taylor or Chanel perfume that there's a "fog" around them.....

Or people who are so nasty and dirty that all you smell is BO, sweat, dirt.........the kind of people who think showering is illegal.......

Blech.

[AirHostess]

Urgh. I hate passengers who wear lots of perfume on a plane.

[iradney]

A coworker of mine that sits right next to me feels that there's no problem with spraying her cloying deoderant around. Yes, AROUND. not on herself...*choke cough*
Then today, at the bookstore, I was standing next to a woman who obviously decided the best way to apply her cheap Poison knockoff perfume is to pour it in a bucket and splash around in it. *gag*

[Javvypants]

I detest it when customers come up to the register who smell like they shat their pants, or that they rubbed cigarette ashes all over themselves and their clothes. As offensive as I find the "overly perfumed" customers, these two odors make me want to be mean and evil to the person.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I can't stand the cigarette smell either. I used to work with a guy who would go out on his break to smoke and came in reeking so bad you'd think he'd been smoking in a closet and not outside. Luckily he quit and smells much better now

I also hated the people who'd come in in the summer smelling like sunscreen. Yeah, cuz they make me jealous...they'd be buying some trashy book on their way to spending a sunny day at the beach while I was stuck in an over-air conditioned store ringing up people on their way to the beach. At least put your sunscreen on after you shop instead of tormenting me so!

[blas]

There's a woman who works 1st shift whose perfume or bodywash smells like coconut, like sunscreen product from a tanning salon.........every morning when she relieves me and I go home I think of the beach lol.....

There's also a woman I work with who always has coffee on her smoke breaks, I'm so glad she uses gum afterwards. I hate coffee/cigg breath. Ew.

[Giggle Goose]

I really do not know what is worse...........middle aged to old women who bathe in so much Elizabeth Taylor or Chanel perfume that there's a "fog" around them.....

Or people who are so nasty and dirty that all you smell is BO, sweat, dirt.........the kind of people who think showering is illegal.......

The WORST is when people smell bad and instead of showering they cover it up with some nasty perfume or cologne. It reminds me of that Febreze commercial where they say: "The only thing worse than having your home smell like fish is having it smell like fish....and flowers. "

I never could understand why people feel the need to put on "scents"; it makes bees come up to you in the summertime and it makes me feel gross and gives me a headache. Just practice good hygeine and put on deodorant! Geez.

[Gurndigarn]

And what is it with so many womans perfumes that smell like fermented fruit.

My usual impression is that they smell like chemical factories. Seriously, I actively dislike the smell of most perfumes. It wasn't until I started hitting the health food stores that I found stuff that I liked on a regular basis.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The WORST is when people smell bad and instead of showering they cover it up with some nasty perfume or cologne. It reminds me of that Febreze commercial where they say: "The only thing worse than having your home smell like fish is having it smell like fish....and flowers. "

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

That stuff works...when I first moved into my apartment the carpet reeked so bad of smoke it made me ill. I sprayed it with Febreze each morning before I left for work. I pretty much emptied the bottle on it over 3 days and it was gone.

[Zinjadu]

Yeah, I've got scent allergies, too. My eyes water, my throat feels like it's closing up, I get an instant headache, and I start sneezing.

I hate the people who come to the till just reeking of perfume/cologne. After some of them leave, I can still smell it half an hour later - gross!

A few of my fellow employees are just as bad. I politely told one woman that I was allergic and asked if she could move to a till further away. She replied: But it's expensive perfume. WTF did that have to do with anything??? I shouldn't be allergic because it's expensive?

There should be a 'one small spritz' limit on scent!

[Banrion]

Is it sad, that in our corporate dresscode it brings up the point that scents should be kept to a minimum, and over use of perfumes may result in you being sent home without pay. Repeat offenders may have diciplinary action taken against them?

[tollbaby]

Is it sad, that in our corporate dresscode it brings up the point that scents should be kept to a minimum, and over use of perfumes may result in you being sent home without pay. Repeat offenders may have diciplinary action taken against them?

I don't think that's sad at all. I think it's FANTASTIC! I've always been told to just "suck it up" when I've complained about overwhelming scent use at work.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

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

Sometimes, especially when it's hot and the A/C and ventilation haven't kicked in, you need a gas mask to be around them.