Perfume in the office

They should sit at the wrist bone!

Right, so people aren’t allowed to wear perfume, use fabric conditioner, smoke or vape…anything else? 🤔

To be honest, none of these things bother me day to day, but from my daily commute on the tube, I would like more people to shower and put on deodorant and clean clothes before leaving the house…

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I used to work next to a heavy smoker who would then spray herself with some sickly sweet fume afterwards. It was an u happy olfactory experience.

Grateful to work from home now where the worst thing is my own farts.

I don’t necessarily think it should be banned but maybe it should be restricted in some way…maybe by not spraying in the actual office.

I actually threw up when I was pregnant, when a woman on the next team to me sprayed some strong perfume. I didn’t make the loo either!🙈 To be fair, the smell of water made me puke too so I didn’t stand much of a chance. We were all told at that point to only spray in the loos, which I think is fair.

I’m really sensitive to smells nowadays too, due to chronic illness, so I definitely couldn’t work somewhere where perfume was allowed to be sprayed willy nilly! I note that people keep saying it’s better than the smell of feet/BO etc, but when you’re hypersensitive to smells, nothing is better or worse than the rest. The only thing worse is the BO/feet smell being masked by strong perfume.

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Lots of things are sensory nightmares for some people. It’s not realistic to ban everything just in case

I wear perfume every day, but only a tiny amount, and nobody else can smell it -I've asked. I don't know why some people have a desire to fumigate every around them.

agree.

I've mentioned this before but in Japan it's a faux pas to be strongly perfumed, and you might even be asked to leave high end sushi restaurants as you'd be considered to be interfering with the other diners' experience.

And some flavoured teas. One colleague drank flavoured tea and the staff room smelled like cat urine it was disgusting

Oh come on! Botulinim toxin is organic, you know!

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Ya, nothing worse than the smell of smelly feet being wafted around the office especially when they cooling fans get switched on. I’d rather smell perfume than smelly feet in the office.

That is true within reason. I could not get a job at Lush or in a perfume store. I and others like me still have the right to be employed, despite having a fragrance allergy.

If I had a dog allergy I probably shouldn’t work at a vet.

most of the time though the only thing stopping someone from working with an allergy in a generic office space is hostility.

How many posts are on this thread saying that the choice is between someone smelling of perfume or body odor? That is what I am referencing.

Two of my favourite scents and both naturally occurring compounds that are found in food and medicines as well as perfume so thanks for giving us a classic example of the 'all chemicals are bad' nonsense.

Just because someone is allergic to something doesn't mean it should be banned. DS was allergic to casein and ovalbumin when he was an infant. Don't think I'd have got very far with his nursery if I'd insisted they ban those allergens do you, even though they are the top two allergens? I'm allergic to penicillin, as someone who works in the pharmaceutical industry I can't insist an employer stops making it, even though lots of people are allergic, the onus is on me to not work in locations where I'd be exposed to it.

Perfume can be a sensory nightmare for some people. I don’t think it’s good manners to wear anything other than the lightest of fragrance in the workplace.

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Because their life choices don’t revolve around you and your preferences 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've never really understood why people would willingly smother themselves in that much chemical.

Everything is 'chemical', including lots of things almost everyone puts on their skin - soap, shower gel, moisturiser, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant and things they put in their mouths.

MIL leaves my house (and children) sinking of her perfume she must bathe in the stuff I hate it

Eurgh I agree. I’ve got a really sensitive sense of smell being neurologically spicey and some smells are so bloody loud. When I was pregnant it was even worse! There was one woman in the office who’s perfume actually made me gag 🤮

so people who choose to smell of something rather than nothing @Ponderingwindow are thick? Nice

They should contact you in advance.

i have to use medical facilities that have scent policies because otherwise it is dangerous for me. One of my specialists changed offices and it was a disaster.

you can use deodorant. The sign is poorly worded. You just need a fragrance-free variety. They are available, but most people lack the common sense to be able to select fragrance-free products. They legitimately seem to believe that without fragrance the product doesn’t do its job.