Perfume in the office

[Aninabertsi]

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

Does orange clothing give you a migraine?

I love scent but when I was first pregnant, years ago, there seemed to be a lot of people wearing Estee Lauder's Youth Dew. It made me so nauseous. A birthday trip to the theatre for a play I was very much looking forward to had to be hastily abandoned because someone in the row behind was doused in the stuff. It was my problem, but ever since I can't be around that smell. I had similar reactions to Ma Griffe but few people I encountered wore it. I find the whole thing very interesting.

A light spray is what most wear. I was taught one spray of a heavy perfume is more than enough, 2 of a light scent as anything else is cloying and has the intensity of a bin lorry.

The said colleague was in my car on Friday and yesterday I almost threw up on a 50 min journey because the smell was still so strong and mixed with car smell was just unbearable. I think anyone would agree that if the smell stays 3 days I'm the car, it is TOO much

But what colour was she wearing? 😉

Asthmatic here. I react to perfume. Generally controllable in a light perfume space with inhalers and I wouldn’t dare ask people not to wear it.

However some people wear an awful lot and then it might as well be mustard gas. It’s scary. Literally sucks all the air out of my lungs in under a minute and my airways close up. I can’t breathe, my voice disappears and my eyes stream. If I don't get away quickly I’d imagine I’d be in real trouble.

I also find getting back to normal after a perfume asthma attack takes a lot longer than other triggers (possibly because it clings to your clothes).