To think that people shouldn’t wear large squirts of very very potent perfume?

I don’t mind subtle perfumes but those strong , heavy ones are awful
I once worked with a woman who wore opium.
If she ventured into any space her perfume would linger for hours.

Hate them, especially Samsara, worn by a bf who decided to go out with my first proper crush. Opium’s another ridiculously strong one and Joop for the blokes! Horrible stuff.

I remember when Poison first came on the market
Every other person seemed be drenched in it.

I agree it's too much if heavily applied and when you don't like the actual scent, it's hideous.

It doesn't upset me as much as rancid BO. The amount of people who can not possibly use deodorant as there BO makes my eyes bleed. Who the hell lives with them? It's disgusting. As least with perfume your trying. With BO you have no self awareness or consideration for anyone even yourself. Smelling of pee I can sympathetic ( from a distance) because you don't know. But deodorant? Smelling of weed is also chary. Especially if you have dispelled kids. Screams "my money goes on drugs, fuck my kids needs" is that judgy enough?

That would be me and I rarely leave my home. It is an absolutely awful, isolating allergy made worse by people who think it isn’t real.

Infuriates me. 2 of my form sprayed their very strong perfume in my class today. I’ve asked them not to do it again, they left, I had to teach in there all day. It was making me cough. Horrible.

YANBU. Some perfumes are just really aggressive. It should only be noticeable when you’re really close to someone. Not all over an open plan office.

@DaemonMoon I am the same. Years ago the only perfume that affected me was Opium, that was a very strong scent. Now there seems to be people wearing a lot more and it’s very pervading not subtle. One of my old work colleagues used to say the more unattractive the woman was the more perfume they wore to distract from their looks. I mean I do not like it at all but I did reprimand him for that.

I do not like the smell of BO but it doesn’t give me allergy symptoms. It’s just extra chemicals at the end of the day

As someone with mast cell activation syndrome, I'm really sensitive to perfumes and aftershaves.

I was sat next to a lady on the train the other day who was wearing an entire bottle of Britney Spears' Fantasy. I know that's what it was because I used to drown myself in it as a teenager. Now the tables have turned, I want to write a letter of apology to anyone I inflicted that on when I was younger because my god its sickly.

On balance though I'd rather slowly suffocate in cupcake scented fumes than BO so 🤷‍♀️

It's a joke. But in all seriousness, there's no need. Maybe people lack a sense of smell.

I suggested wearing a diving suit and helmet as a practical response to a PP who declared that a whiff of strong perfume could mean that even her epi-pen and inhaler couldn't save her life!

How does she manage-unlike food allergies she cannot inform people in advance or check an ingredient list.

She could be walking down the street and suddenly, a lady wearing a blast of perfume kills her on the spot. How does she summon the courage to leave the house. I thought my suggestion was jolly practical for an allergy as severe as hers.

I have my own allergy. If I don't take some tales of woe with a pinch of salt, I am in danger of laughing. So, I carry salt everywhere I go and sometimes, ear muffs as well!

I always wear a tiny amount. If someone is within hugging distance, they can smell it, but nobody else can -I've asked.

Why would anyone want to stink up a bus? There's nothing as tacky as too much perfume.

I worked with someone until fairly recently who doused herself in JPG every morning, and I mean DOUSED. All the rest of us in the big open plan office would sit with the windows open and she’d moan and complain about how cold it was. One of the guys responded one day that we opened them because of her perfume and she literally couldn’t believe her ears, she was extremely offended and seemed to think we were making it up, and she never reduced the amount she wore. Thick as mince.

No one is talking about a couple of sprays being too much- it’s when people absolutely douse themselves in perfume, no matter how nice it is, that’s the issue

Is that supposed to be funny?

do you act that way towards other allergies?

I'd rather smell that than the stinky people around.

My DH has COPD and a person wearing strong perfume in the same room can affect him for days. There are so many people whose health is affected by perfume. I wish there were more perfume free zones in the same way that there are smoke free zones. It’s just not fair.
I don’t want to say it’s selfish because I genuinely don’t think people realise the impact it has on others.

I remember in the 80s and 90s smokers were particularly bad for this, I think they were trying to cover up the smoke smell with the strong perfumes of the day so you’d get Poison plus stale smoke, Youth Dew plus Stale Smoke, Obsession etc.

But the allergy would be for all perfumes and the OP did not mention an allergy

I used to love a strong perfume in the 80's....pretty sure i walked around reeking of Samsara...Poison or Opium🤣

I have had many Compliments about my perfume at school recently

Tried the fake ones and smell nice and the same

Ans had comments of you smell nice - or is that xxxx smells lovely

Having spent many years having to smell bo or fags off people

A nice perfume smell is lovely

This year on a plane was an awful case of bo

Dh and I couildnt work it out till I swapped to the aisle seat and omfg was the bloke across the aisle. He stunk

He kept lifting arms up and stretching

Flight was delayed

Was with a female. Assume wide as both had rings. Why she didn't tell her dh he smelt is beyond me

Or maybe she is so used to it

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Anyway perfume is a better smell

So what exactly do you call wheezing and feeling nauseous? These are literally listed as allergy symptoms:
Allergy symptoms can include:
Respiratory symptoms: Runny nose, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath
Gastrointestinal symptoms: Tummy pain, feeling sick, vomiting, or diarrhea

Depends on how you define overpowering. One woman's Youth Dew is another's Poison
Jo Malone's lims, basil and mandarin is 'light' but other such light perfumes smell like cat's piss
So the person wearing it, generally doesn't think it is 'overpowering', and will not think a couple of sprays is too much