To think applying perfume pre-plane is antisocial?

Out of all the perfumes in duty free to spritz yourself with 😂

How big an office would you count as 'not an enclosed space'?

A colleague at work came in wearing a new perfume. Smelled lovely but my lungs disagreed - instant asthma.

I've needed steroids before because someone thought a reed diffuser would be nice in their office.

So yes, being told no perfume in the office is a very reasonable adjustment for colleagues with asthma and/or migraine.

This..

It’s obviously not considered antisocial by airlines because plenty of them literally sell fragrances duty-free on board, and they don’t expect people to buy them without spraying a tester.

Ultimately, wearing perfume or aftershave is a very normal and run of the mill thing to do. It’s unfortunate if you have an extreme dislike/sensitivity to something that’s a normal daily thing, but I think expecting nobody else to wear fragrance because you’re bothered by it is a bit like expecting your neighbours to pave their gardens because you have hay fever.

Oh yes, Angel, that's definitely an offender for me!

I'm not actually allergic but there lots of perfumes that irritate my throat and upset my sense of well being, like anything with oud in it, and smells like Obession and Poison, they make me gag.
On a recent plane journey someone a few rows away from me was wearing some of the offending scent, and it meant a horrible flight for me. Nothing I could do, but it overpowered me to the extent that it was dominant in my brain for the whole journey, I found it hard to concentrate on anything else. Hard to explain but it ruined the journey.
So yes, I think it's really selfish to get on a plane reeking of some horrible synthetic smell.

I can honestly say, other people's perfumes has never, ever bothered me. Other people's BO and stinky feet, on the other hand, has

I am in the camp of 1 squirt fine, multiple squirts or multiple perfumes not fine.

But really, when flying you've got to expect that someone's going to overdo it. That's what duty free shops are set up for. I think your issue is really with the airport. (But we all know they don't care.)

I agree but I think the majority of people are unaffected and totally oblivious to it being an issue. Same goes for people that get on flights stinking of BO.

Eek guilty! Me and my daughter like to try the testers.
Selfish? Maybe. Thoughtless definitely.
We shan't be doing it again!

This hadn't occurred to me until a recent long haul flight. I had a bit of a headache before boarding which I thought would be okay with paracetamol. The woman in front has doused herself in perfume (I think Angel) which I don't like at the best of times.

After a couple of hours that combined with food smells made me feel really nauseous and I vomited a couple of times. I suspect the perfume was marginally better than vomit, but the vomit wouldn't have happened without the perfume. I now object quite strongly to it!

I can remember years ago wearing Opium to work and apparently stank the lift out. One of my colleagues complained bitterly to me, admittedly Opium is very strong smelling, and said I should walk up the stairs instead. I suggested she might like to consider doing so but she was welcome to go to HR if she had a problem. I heard nothing more about it.

It isn't either or.

People with BO smell of BO. If they put perfume on, they smell of BO and perfume. One smell doesn't cancel out the other.

YADNBU. I can't bear strong heavy perfume-y aromas in any format. Perfume, air fresheners, car fresheners, vapes, etc. All are horrendous, give me a headache, and make me think unkind thoughts about the person from whom they are emanating.

I recently had a woman sat next to me in A&E spritzing perfume all over herself. Now that’s antisocial! She was a bit of an odd one - strolled in, took a seat, plonked her legs up on another chair, covered herself in perfume and started a very loud phone conversation about her horse 🫤. WTF.

I developed some quite problematic allergies due to past medical treatment - if I find myself next to someone on a plane (or any enclosed space) with perfume or aftershave my eyes water and I start to cough and sneeze constantly - the number of times I have had the person next to me glare and mutter about spreading germs…..I have, on occasion, said it’s a reaction to your perfume/aftershave but only if they keep going on about “the germs”

I agree. All most perfumes smell of to me are the alcohol base. Not pleasant in an enclosed environment.

To me it's all part of the experience of flying to go and have a squirt of a lovely expensive perfume in duty free before boarding the plane. I would rather that aroma than garlic breath, BO, sick, unwashed human, airline toilets that have not been emptied between each flight. I do sympathise with people with allergies but maybe they should consider flying business class where they won't be so close to someone else.

The 'fake' smell of perfume can trigger allergies and migrane though. It's a bit different to the smell of cooking in that regard. It's much more of a problem than just not liking a smell to those who are sensitive or allergic.

Perfume is there to be worn and I like smelling it or aftershave on other people. Much more pleasant to me than toilet smells, BO, bad breath etc. I guess everyone is different.

there are samples at the airport so it’s quite natural to try them on yourself.

If someone is very sensitive to smell they need to prepare for enclosed spaces I guess. I know I was when I was pregnant and food smells made me feel so nauseous- I had some kind of mints and a scented scarf to sniff.

Personally, I think the absolute worst is in when someone gets in the pool with perfume or aftershave on. You can kind of taste it... bleh.

Strong perfume/anti deodorant/fabric softener is antisocial regardless

Yadnbu.

It makes me feel sick. And for those saying it's better than BO there's nothing worse than the headymix of BO and sickly perfume. 🤢

Absolutely YANBU but I think it sometimes doesn't occur to people that their perfume may be a problem for others. I'd find a strong perfume smell more troublesome than other smells like alcohol or mild BO

But we all have smells that we like but that someone else might not - perfume, food, the smell of a smoke, laundry products. It is a bit antisocial to deliberately coat yourself in them before an enclosed space but at the same time in a public space you have to expect to encounter some smells that you yourself don't like.