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LafayetteLady -> RE: Thoughts on body spray? (3/26/2012 3:32:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
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There is nothing worse than being able to smell someone's "scent" from across the room.
What about a long elevator ride with that person? [:'(]
I will noticeably and loudly cough and wheeze (which would happen regardless, but I will exaggerate it), and when the person asks if I'm "ok" (which they always tend to do), I will tell them that I'm experience an allergic reaction to their fragrance. If the person has the balls to be indignant about it, I will point out that it is not meant to replace soap and water. If I'm really lucky they will have to pass me later while I have a lit cigarette and I will intentionally blow it in their face and tell them, I'm hoping to minimize their fragrance.
I used to try to be nice about it, but people have responded so arrogantly as though it is their right to stink up the planet, I'm not nice about it anymore too often.
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ORIGINAL: mynxkat
Or being in a closed vehicle with someone who doused themselves and getting out of the vehicle in less than an hour is simply not an option, nor is rolling down windows. When we finally got to the restaurant, I spent the entire time there sitting either outside or in the lobby, trying not to puke and wishing my head would explode like it felt like it was gonna. I couldn't even go near any of my friends inside, by that point I was so sensitized to ANY smells that even food smells were making it worse. And the bitch who doused herself had the NERVE to tell my friend we'd both ridden with that she thought I was faking it to get attention.
Ahem.../rant... sorry.
I went through this with my new business partner. He is very into fragrance. The first time he did it, I mentioned my allergies and told him to show me which colognes he liked to wear and I would tell him which ones would not cause a reaction and he would be allowed to wear around me.
Everyone who knows me knows I have an allergy to most fragrances, and they minimize their use (excluding ones that have a serious adverse reaction) around me. I will not let anyone in my house who is wearing fragrance (it gets into the furniture!), I won't ride in a car with someone wearing it, and I will complain in a restaurant if someone has a fragrance that is causing an allergic reaction.
As time as gone by, more and more people seem to be becoming sensitive to scents. I'm a smoker and in my opinion, if people can rant, rave and loudly complain that my smoking is going to kill them (which is unlikely since they aren't part of my life), then I can do the same when they bathe in some fragrance that will immediately cause me to be unable to breath, give me an immediate migraine or ruin my dinner.
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