UGH! Cologne!
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materialsgirl
Cathlete
Ugh, I know what you mean! Today I was walking into my office building (so, mind you, I was outdoors in the fresh breezy air!) and I was walking behing this young woman, nicely dressed, hair neatly groomed, etc - but her perfume was so strong, I could smell it walking 20 feet behind her! BLECH! I can only imagine how overpowering she must smell indoors.
allwildgirl
Cathlete
Oh Donna, I completely agree. I have an incredibly sensitive nose and strong smells like that make me nauseous. Ugh.x(
mogambo
Cathlete
My partner is chemically sensitive, so if he's around, he will cough, react very strongly, possibly get a migraine. I have come to the point where I have to do "smell patrol" and find him a spot in a theater or waiting room where there aren't people with very strong cologne. A gaggle of old ladies is always dangerous, or a group of Mexican men. Odds are they REEK of cheap perfume that smells like bug spray.
Why why why why wwwwhhhhyyyyyy???
Why why why why wwwwhhhhyyyyyy???
allwildgirl
Cathlete
Or quite possibly very expensive perfume that smells like bug spray. I don't get that one. Why not just buy yourself a case of "Off" if you wanna smell like DEET?
materialsgirl
Cathlete
Wait, you guys don't like the smell of DEET? It's like heaven in an aerosol can! 
dss62467
Cathlete
The old lady perfume is the worst. Ther's one scent, I'm not sure what it is, but it's the stuff my kindergarten teacher wore. Every time I smell it, I'm thrown back to the day that old b-word made me sit under her desk as punishment for something. I don't remember WHAT I did, but I do remember sitting under her desk. In my cute little pink minidress with the matching hot pants.
bjbowers
Cathlete
cheap, expensive, it doesn't matter...too much is TOO MUCH!!! The attorney in the office next to me drenches himself in something like Old Spice before heading off to court. I think he does it to drown the smoke smell he has looming above him (picture Linus). The combo is terrible and seeps through the wall that separates us. He's a great guy, but yikes!!
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endorphin_junkie
Cathlete
I hear you Donna about the old lady smell. I've got a theory that their sense of smell is going and they are oblivious, nothing else can explain it. God bless them but some of the older ladies (60+) at the gym absolutely reek. They have just started to put 'scent free gym' signs up and I am so relieved.
I have a daughter in grade 10 and find that they are just as bad. The school reeks of perfume and that yukky 'AXE' stuff that all the boys are soaking themselves in. I said to her that a lot of her peers have an unhealthy fear of the slightest hint of the smell of another human. They are masking all of those fermones that attract people to each other.........on second thought, maybe that's a good thing;-) :7
Take Care
Laurie
Edited to say: I've got the local news on in the background and they have just made the hospitals here scent free zones. Timely indeed...
I have a daughter in grade 10 and find that they are just as bad. The school reeks of perfume and that yukky 'AXE' stuff that all the boys are soaking themselves in. I said to her that a lot of her peers have an unhealthy fear of the slightest hint of the smell of another human. They are masking all of those fermones that attract people to each other.........on second thought, maybe that's a good thing;-) :7
Take Care
Laurie
Edited to say: I've got the local news on in the background and they have just made the hospitals here scent free zones. Timely indeed...
desertbriez
Banned
another one here who is extremely sensitive to chemical scents!
the worst part about movies: you go early and get a good seat.. some some smelly lady comes and sits right near you! UGH! talk about a headache for the duration of the movie! (this is fresh in my mind.. cuz not only did she stink.. she sat right in front of me with her big head and i had her head in the screen the whole time! that's why i hate going to the local theater and prefer the one that's further away with stadium seating.. but i'm getting off-topic!)
i actually had to move offices a couple years ago cuz the women i worked around stunk so bad! didn't their mama's teach them less is more!
and air fresheners and cleaning products give me the same reaction! some worse than others (pine cleaner is the worst offender!)
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the worst part about movies: you go early and get a good seat.. some some smelly lady comes and sits right near you! UGH! talk about a headache for the duration of the movie! (this is fresh in my mind.. cuz not only did she stink.. she sat right in front of me with her big head and i had her head in the screen the whole time! that's why i hate going to the local theater and prefer the one that's further away with stadium seating.. but i'm getting off-topic!)
i actually had to move offices a couple years ago cuz the women i worked around stunk so bad! didn't their mama's teach them less is more!
and air fresheners and cleaning products give me the same reaction! some worse than others (pine cleaner is the worst offender!)
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cute work out clothes are good for AT LEAST an additional 10-15 calories burned!
Elaine Keller
Cathlete
I'd take the smell of someone drenched in perfume any day over someone with BO. That's disgusting. Does that person not bathe or just skip the deodorant?
Actually, smell IS the first sense to go when you get older! I lurned it in skool. So the old people really don't realize how offensive it is.
I plan to go deaf, and have my smeller gone, so I can be one of those old ladies that goes ptthp, ptthp, ptthp while walking and thinks nobody can hear or smell it.
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Bella
I plan to go deaf, and have my smeller gone, so I can be one of those old ladies that goes ptthp, ptthp, ptthp while walking and thinks nobody can hear or smell it.
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Bella
endorphin_junkie
Cathlete
Bella: That is just fartoo funny!!!!:7
Take Care
Laurie
Take Care
Laurie
kathryn
Cathlete
>I hate when cologne and perfume wearers come into my office!
>I can still smell them minutes after they leave. Of course,
>they aren't as bad as the woman in IT who has a nasty B.O.
>problem. It requires a hefty shot of air freshener after she
>leaves the room.
>
I hate the smell of most colognes (and perfumes as well). I only wear a few scents that are alcohol and essential oils, and very light.
I don't know what's worse, though, heavy cologne/perfume, or B.O. I was in the check=out line at Walmart the other day, and some guy came behind me, putting his booze and ciggies on the belt. He smelled like he hadn't washed his hair in weeks (a very distinctive odor that you recognize when you smell it). I had to step as far forward as I could, because I felt like gagging. And I'm sure I had a really disgusted look on my face.
Having a sensitive sense of smell (like I do) is great when the lilies of the valley are in bloom, but when people are reeking...another story all together.
>I can still smell them minutes after they leave. Of course,
>they aren't as bad as the woman in IT who has a nasty B.O.
>problem. It requires a hefty shot of air freshener after she
>leaves the room.
>
I hate the smell of most colognes (and perfumes as well). I only wear a few scents that are alcohol and essential oils, and very light.
I don't know what's worse, though, heavy cologne/perfume, or B.O. I was in the check=out line at Walmart the other day, and some guy came behind me, putting his booze and ciggies on the belt. He smelled like he hadn't washed his hair in weeks (a very distinctive odor that you recognize when you smell it). I had to step as far forward as I could, because I felt like gagging. And I'm sure I had a really disgusted look on my face.
Having a sensitive sense of smell (like I do) is great when the lilies of the valley are in bloom, but when people are reeking...another story all together.
kathryn
Cathlete
I was wondering if some older women, especially, can't tell how strong their perfume is.
I once worked at a coop where a woman maybe in her 50s or 60s (seemed older back in those days!) would come and buy (or usually shoplift!) essential oils, like lavendar. And she would drench herself in them. But it was to cover...or I should say TRY to cover...the smell of urine from her incontinence. Worse than perfume, worse than b.o., is the combo of the two, when the scent of one doesn't cover, but adds to, the scent of the other. ( I now realise I'm typing this with my nose all curled up in disgust, like smelling a fresh cat poo!).
I once worked at a coop where a woman maybe in her 50s or 60s (seemed older back in those days!) would come and buy (or usually shoplift!) essential oils, like lavendar. And she would drench herself in them. But it was to cover...or I should say TRY to cover...the smell of urine from her incontinence. Worse than perfume, worse than b.o., is the combo of the two, when the scent of one doesn't cover, but adds to, the scent of the other. ( I now realise I'm typing this with my nose all curled up in disgust, like smelling a fresh cat poo!).