Perfume in the office

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Why???!! Why do people think I would want to smell them from 30 feet away!? Or have the same taste as them? If you must use perfume, why not just use a small amount so only if I stand directly next to you I can smell it not all the way across the office (open plan office at that)...I can't think or concentrate on what I'm doing because all I can think off is this effing smell. Sorry for the rant but I think it should be banned

I hate it too. I will keep sneezing if it’s strong as well. When I was pregnant the smells were unbearable.

What if your Kenwigses make other people's eyeballs hurt?

Dr Jack takes care of that while you're lying unconscious.

But yes, Mary Lou should keep her clarion tones to herself too.

It's not that I don't care about people of course I do but I'm not a mind reader and have never had anyone complain about my perfume so what do you want me to do?

i suppose you want me to stop brushing my hair at my desk or looking at my face in a compact as well?

Obviously very strong perfume/aftershave is headache-inducing. But bans?

I went to a hospital appointment and there was a card displayed saying that due to an allergy of a staff member could patients not wear perfume or deodorant. No, sorry. A) too late, I was there. And B) I’m wearing my (actually, scentless) deodorant because… well, because.

I have an extremely strong sense of smell. It’s my special power or in most cases what makes me feel sick. But I didn’t realise that I was missing a trick and I could demand that no one emits a scent in my presence !

What length should the jacket sleeves be?!!

I think you should be banned

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.

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

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 🤮

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

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

agree.

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.

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