Eating perfume

[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.

[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.

[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.

[tollbaby]

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

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[tollbaby]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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!