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

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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?

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

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 🤷‍♀️

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

@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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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 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.

I go on public transport a lot and the amount of BO, greasy hair, fusty clothes, unwashed hands, cheesy feet etc is gross.

I suppose it won't be long before the well known imbeciles of this parish-Khan, Thunberg or Miliband decide to shout that perfume is killing us; stealing our future; killing the planet;destroying the air and making it impossible for giant pandas to breed and anyone who is caught wearing it should be fined on the spot..

Squirt is a funny word

I think people don't wash properly
They get in the shower, rub some shower gel under their armpits with their hands and call it a day

One of my colleagues was complaining about his stinky feet and I said make sure you alternate shoes, cotton socks, are you using soap to wash your feet
He said "but the shower gel runs down?"
Give me strength!

One of my favourite things about getting ready is deciding which perfume to wear. Three sprays every day.

I love smelling perfume and aftershave on other people. I also enjoy wearing perfume. I had no idea it was considered antisocial. I have lots of compliments about my perfume and haven’t noticed anyone coughing or showing signs of PTSD.

Mainly all I smell is teenagers doused in body spray- sol de janeiro number whatever is popular this week- but then teenagers have always doused 🤣 can't say I have the issue with adults much that I've come across- most adults have learnt three is enough. Although that's probably controversial given it MN and much like the chicken that can feed 10, half a squirt only is ever acceptable.

I can't get upset over perfume smells when the air is polluted with the stench of BO, cannabis, car fumes and sickly smelling vapes, I'll take perfume over any of those smells any day of the week!

I have extremely porous hair and if I'm beside someone wearing strong perfume for too long, I can smell it in my hair for ages. It makes me feel really nauseous.

I had an older neighbour who was..fragrant. it didn't bother me until I had PFB. After the neighbour had had a hold.. baby stank!
A week old baby smelling of lady perfume was not something I could cope with.

Strangely, the same happens now, many years later, with one of my cats. I don't know where he goes but he comes back smelling of perfume☹️

I don't notice perfume very often. But there are several colleagues in my office who smoke- obviously outside, but I was in a meeting with them today and the smell was awful, and it feels like it gets in my throat.

You lot on here must pass out if you venture into John Lewis.

Disgusting it was too. Used to work with someone drenched in Estée Lauder Beautiful, she’d get nose blind to it and keep resquirting. Awful.