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

137 replies

Brandnewskytohangyourstarsupon · 08/10/2024 17:53

It’s the equivalent of listening to music and shite on loud speaker on public transport. Everyone around them has to suffer it.

I was actually wheezing and felt nauseous at the strength of someone’s perfume the other day and I couldn’t leave or move away from it.

FFS, why are people so self absorbed?

OP posts:
WiserOlderElf · 08/10/2024 18:14

To be honest I far prefer it to the all pervading smell of unwashed bodies and clothes on public transport. While neither perfume nor BO would be preferable, I can’t see it happening!

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 08/10/2024 18:12

Viviennemary · 08/10/2024 18:08

I don't mind strong perfume if it's nice. The original Angel one was awful. Made me sneeze.

I hated that, my friend used to wear it when I was pregnant 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

YourLastNerve · 08/10/2024 18:12

Yanbu..i find a lot of people, particularly women my mums age (60s +) are very nose blind and wear huge amounts of strong perfume. I find it sickening.

Skyrainlight · 08/10/2024 18:10

Completely agree, they make me sneeze too. I think they are nose blind so they don't realise how much they stink.

SoManyTshirts · 08/10/2024 18:09

I only use a little, and give it time to ‘settle’ before I leave the house. The most penetrating smell on the bus is usually BO or weed. Dogs can be pretty unpleasant too, but are rarely travelling at the times I do.

AgnesX · 08/10/2024 18:09

Some perfumes are very strong and people just get the number of squirts wrong so it's stronger than intended. Especially first thing.

Thinking of my neighbour 😁

Viviennemary · 08/10/2024 18:08

I don't mind strong perfume if it's nice. The original Angel one was awful. Made me sneeze.

IDontHateRainbows · 08/10/2024 18:05

I douse myself heavily in perfume at home, I love the smell and probably have become a bit nose blind as I use it daily.

I don't spritz it when out but I'm certainly not going to stay in the house reclusively because I put some on earlier.

CruCru · 08/10/2024 18:04

No one should wear perfume at the dentist or on an aeroplane (and it should be really subtle at the cinema / theatre).

AmICrazyToEvenBother · 08/10/2024 18:02

Do you mean spraying in public? I don't like that (along with brushing hair, applying make-up) in public either, but could it possibly have been done because someone stank?

abracadabra1980 · 08/10/2024 17:58

I agree - it just screams chavvy to me - whatever the perfume may be.
Also I have dogs-wearing perfume is tantamount to abuse of their senses-so I let them be comforted by my own natural smell - whether it's perfumed or not 😜

LlynTegid · 08/10/2024 17:56

It is probably less unpleasant than those people who stink and are one of the reasons why many people shun public transport.