To be sick of breathing strong aftershave and perfume

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I don’t mind a whiff of it but this is getting bloody silly.

I should buy shares in the makers I guess given the fact so many people seem be permanently drenched in the stuff.
It’s unpleasant and inescapable, like someone who won’t stop shouting working next to you.

Strong perfume that's been on a sweaty body for eight or so hours and gone stale is pretty grim too.

It's like choosing between the devil and the deep but I think strong perfume has the edge over BO or the stench of unwashed clothes even if only just.

Ooo I love getting a whiff of other people's perfume or aftershave. Sniff sniff.

I do like someone who smells of a nice fragrance. I think some people are just more sensitive than others.

What I DO hate however is when people (usually men, I have noticed) wear aftershave that is passed its best. They’ve obviously had the same bottle since Xmas 2006, and it smells almost like antiseptic 🤢

Perfume smells etc make me feel so ill! I hate it

I can't tolerate the stench of perfume or anything that stinks of anything that resembles it, like Febreeze, Zoflora, it makes me feel very sick and gives me a pounding headache. Milder smells make me sneeze. Those fabric conditioner booster things knock me backwards and I have to avoid the scented candle aisles in shops and garden centres. Yankee smells are foul.

I buy fragrance free soap, laundry stuff etc.

YANBU. After a painful journey home from work feeling unwell in a tube carriage next to someone wearing aftershave, I stopped wearing perfume in the daytime and only occasionally pop on a smidge on the wrist if I'm going out. Its bizarre that wearing it is so acceptable imo.

Oh I remember the days when all the boys at school covered themselves in Lynx. Would rather smell cigarette smoke it was that potent.

I have 2 teenagers who love to drench themselves in spray, i had this argumnet this morning when they spray it in the living room instead of their bedroom

I'm a man and wear fragrance, but I try not to overdo it as I know some people can't tolerate it.

But to hear others on here say that they would rather smell dirty, unclean people is crazy.

Oh, and not all men who wear Joop are 'shady' characters ;)

I have to carry epipens because of people like that.

The other weekend we went for a meal out and a lady on the table next to us had such strong perfume I genuinely couldn't taste my food and had a raging migraine with aura the rest of day.

I do get what pp say about other smells though, as much as I hate it when some one stinks of BO, at least I don't get a migraine the rest of the day once they've/I've gone

I got in to an empty lift a little while back that stank of the most cloying heavy perfume you could imagine. Next floor a guy gets in and the first words out of my mouth were "that stink isn't me - it was there when I got in!"

I really dislike strong heavy scents that suffocate you as you stand next to someone.

Perfumed body lotion is much nicer than actual perfume. Has a much more subtle effect. Perfume sprayers don’t seem to realise they get used to their own perfume and think that because they can no longer smell it neither can anyone else.

Lol my DH wears Joop and he definitely isn't shady. He's lovely. I also quite like the smell of it.

I absolutely adore perfume and love it on other people, but I only wear a little myself as I'm aware it can cause crushing headaches in some. I can't stand smokers spraying perfume though. It doesn't mask the smoke, it just makes it a huge assault on the senses. I also don't like the smell of fabric conditioner. It smells like chemicals.

I love purfume. The problem Is people don’t seem to know how to put it on so sort far too much.

One of my colleagues, who I’m close with. Sprays so much deodorant on himself you can smell where he’s been as it seeps off his body.

I’ve told him so many times that he smells rank but he won’t change.

I absolutely love perfume and love wearing it and personally I dont mind a whiff of someones perfumed scent as they walk past.

And if someone cant stand what I put on my body that's their own issue not mine as absolutely no one has a right to dictate that.

My DH should have taken out shares in Lynx. I don't mind a wee skoosh but he used to spray for a good twenty or thirty seconds!!! When he lived with his mum in our early dating years you could actually smell it downstairs in the living room as he did it, it was that much! This was every day after his bath so he wasn't covering up BO or anything. I had two choices. Either give up on the relationship to stop me having constant headaches or basically let him know that the smell was so overpowering it was ridiculous. Thankfully he listened. It's 16 years and three kids later.
I also can't use house air fresheners. My mum has a filthy house that she thinks is fine because there's a plug in in every empty socket! It stinks! It's easier just to clean my damn house than try to mask a bad smell.

There's a nurse at the hospital where I work, who you can actually tell when she's walked down a corridor before you, even if you haven't actually seen her. It's the most strong-smelling, God-awful, musky perfume and it makes feel physically sick. I feel really sorry for patients who she looks after who can't get away with it. I cannot describe how awful it is and I actually think she should be told to tone it down.

yanbu -- it's gagging.
It's horrible in offices, and on public transport; and also really horrible in restaurants.
Truly ruins a good meal.

One time, I actually took my plate and glass of wine outside to finish my dinner, as the cow that came in and sat at the next table, was drenched in something that smelled of a floral and pest control spray.
Nasty. Revolting.

I love strong perfumes and aftershaves. Every time I walk past a woman or a man smelling nice and strong, I want to run back and ask them the name of their fragrance.

Joop and Eden literally make me feel sick and can bring on a migraine.

I wear one spray of perfume, but this week I wad preoccupied by what was going in in the house while I was getting dressed agn accidentally did three sprays. It was awful all day!

There's a nurse at the hospital where I work, who you can actually tell when she's walked down a corridor before you,

@Reallybadidea I'm surprised at that. I was under the impression that healthcare workers weren't supposed to wear strong smelling perfumes and such because of everything we're reading on this thread. My niece is a nurse and it's one of her rules. Same with a friend who is a carer. I guess it's a specific location or boss thing rather than blanket nhs rule.

Hate it, makes me cough and sneeze and feel nauseous.

Far worse for one woman of my acquaintance though who is severely allergic and pretty much housebound as a result of other people's perfumes.

I don't go a bundle on scented men. A whiff of soap/shower gel/deodorant is very nice but not aftershave.