Perfume is Unfashionable and Inconsiderate

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These threads are the BEST. This one is even better than the ones where OP can scarcely believe that anyone is still buying scented laundry detergent and had to hire an exorcist to get the smell out of the house after a 2 hour playdate with a Tide kid.

Just got to the part with ~le migraineur~ and her heightened olfactory. I love her.

Let me blow your mind. I wear perfume and I agree with that scented detergent hater (though I haven’t seen that thread; Off Topic?). We had a worker in who used scented detergent (or the scented beads or softener or something) and we had to open the windows.

But it didn’t cause me anything other than annoyance.

Haha it’s not one specific thread...just every few months the topic comes up and people get sooo over the top about it that it’s comical.

I love detergent smell, but perfume makes my eyeballs ache and my nose feel really weird and uncomfortable (anyone else?), so I get that some people truly are sensitive. But it’s not a true anaphylactic allergy, and it’s very very hard to believe that anyone would have a reaction so serious it required supplemental oxygen just from someone passing by. I don’t buy it and I think there’s a mental component to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads are the BEST. This one is even better than the ones where OP can scarcely believe that anyone is still buying scented laundry detergent and had to hire an exorcist to get the smell out of the house after a 2 hour playdate with a Tide kid.

Just got to the part with ~le migraineur~ and her heightened olfactory. I love her.

Let me blow your mind. I wear perfume and I agree with that scented detergent hater (though I haven’t seen that thread; Off Topic?). We had a worker in who used scented detergent (or the scented beads or softener or something) and we had to open the windows.

But it didn’t cause me anything other than annoyance.

Haha it’s not one specific thread...just every few months the topic comes up and people get sooo over the top about it that it’s comical.

I love detergent smell, but perfume makes my eyeballs ache and my nose feel really weird and uncomfortable (anyone else?), so I get that some people truly are sensitive. But it’s not a true anaphylactic allergy, and it’s very very hard to believe that anyone would have a reaction so serious it required supplemental oxygen just from someone passing by. I don’t buy it and I think there’s a mental component to it.

You have never known a severe asthmatic, have you? Asthma can be deadly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads are the BEST. This one is even better than the ones where OP can scarcely believe that anyone is still buying scented laundry detergent and had to hire an exorcist to get the smell out of the house after a 2 hour playdate with a Tide kid.

Just got to the part with ~le migraineur~ and her heightened olfactory. I love her.

Let me blow your mind. I wear perfume and I agree with that scented detergent hater (though I haven’t seen that thread; Off Topic?). We had a worker in who used scented detergent (or the scented beads or softener or something) and we had to open the windows.

But it didn’t cause me anything other than annoyance.

I mean, lucky you.

Honestly, I hope all the jerks posting in this thread mocking allergies and asthma develops a severe allergy or ends up with a kid with one. You’ll change your tune realll fast.

Yes, live with it for a while. Watch someone struggle to breathe. Go to the funeral of someone who died from an asthma attack. Then get back to us with your half assed knowledge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think perfume is just worn by old people, step into a Sephora and notice that entire wall that's dedicated to perfumes. Their demographic isn't exactly senior citizens.

I think people just believe that very few people wear perfume because most of us perfume wearers don't abuse it. I put on a little bit on my pulse points, and you can only smell my perfume if you get within hugging distance. The few people who spray themselves down with so much fragrance that you can smell them from 20 feet away give the rest of us a bad name.

No no no no no no. You are NOT allowed to introduce any logical thoughts here!

Pp is not an example of logical. *All*these perfume wearers say all they do is hit the pulse points. They still stink. They can’t tell because the olfactory system adapts.

So odd! You couldn't prove otherwise. You couldn't prove that she is wrong because the whole point is you WOULD NEVER KNOW. You just assume you know and can't possibly be wrong. Are you like that with everything or just this?

By your “logic” you cannot prove she’s correct, either.

What do most people say over and over on these repetitive threads about perfume? They say, ‘but…but…I only use a little…” who are these people you believe douse themselves?

We'll have fun holding your breath and shouting at the clouds

WTF?

[Anonymous]

And in conclusion, perfume-lovers are nasty people, an affront to our senses and ready to mock all edgy sufferers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And in conclusion, perfume-lovers are nasty people, an affront to our senses and ready to mock all edgy sufferers.

Allergy sufferers not edgy sufferers.

Although stinky perfume can make you edgy as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And in conclusion, perfume-lovers are nasty people, an affront to our senses and ready to mock all edgy sufferers.

Interesting. My take from this thread is that the people insisting a mere whiff in passing is pushing them near death are nuts. Perhaps if you retooled your message, perfume wearers might be willing to listen? Chastising and insulting people out the gate is not likely to net the results you want here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads are the BEST. This one is even better than the ones where OP can scarcely believe that anyone is still buying scented laundry detergent and had to hire an exorcist to get the smell out of the house after a 2 hour playdate with a Tide kid.

Just got to the part with ~le migraineur~ and her heightened olfactory. I love her.

Let me blow your mind. I wear perfume and I agree with that scented detergent hater (though I haven’t seen that thread; Off Topic?). We had a worker in who used scented detergent (or the scented beads or softener or something) and we had to open the windows.

But it didn’t cause me anything other than annoyance.

I mean, lucky you.

Honestly, I hope all the jerks posting in this thread mocking allergies and asthma develops a severe allergy or ends up with a kid with one. You’ll change your tune realll fast.

I have allergies and a high school classmate died from an asthma attack, but that was 20 years ago. It’s clearly not the common scourge that you guys are claiming it to be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And in conclusion, perfume-lovers are nasty people, an affront to our senses and ready to mock all edgy sufferers.

Interesting. My take from this thread is that the people insisting a mere whiff in passing is pushing them near death are nuts. Perhaps if you retooled your message, perfume wearers might be willing to listen? Chastising and insulting people out the gate is not likely to net the results you want here.

THIS. And to freak out about perfume when there are products with fragrances being used all around you is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And in conclusion, perfume-lovers are nasty people, an affront to our senses and ready to mock all edgy sufferers.

Interesting. My take from this thread is that the people insisting a mere whiff in passing is pushing them near death are nuts. Perhaps if you retooled your message, perfume wearers might be willing to listen? Chastising and insulting people out the gate is not likely to net the results you want here.

That is your take-away? You are one of those suckers for click-bait on the internet, aren't you?

After a thread full of people who discuss things like getting migraines etc., you focus on ONE PP who has a son with an extreme allergy and act like every anti-perfume poster claimed that same extreme allergy.

People are arguing that perfume allergies are real, not that everyone dies from a single whiff.

Learn to read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads are the BEST. This one is even better than the ones where OP can scarcely believe that anyone is still buying scented laundry detergent and had to hire an exorcist to get the smell out of the house after a 2 hour playdate with a Tide kid.

Just got to the part with ~le migraineur~ and her heightened olfactory. I love her.

Let me blow your mind. I wear perfume and I agree with that scented detergent hater (though I haven’t seen that thread; Off Topic?). We had a worker in who used scented detergent (or the scented beads or softener or something) and we had to open the windows.

But it didn’t cause me anything other than annoyance.

I mean, lucky you.

Honestly, I hope all the jerks posting in this thread mocking allergies and asthma develops a severe allergy or ends up with a kid with one. You’ll change your tune realll fast.

I have allergies and a high school classmate died from an asthma attack, but that was 20 years ago. It’s clearly not the common scourge that you guys are claiming it to be.

People still die from asthma. Please educate yourself.

[Anonymous]

Crazy world, lotta smells.

I’m sorry that some people are triggered by smells, it sounds very inconvenient, but I’m not going to stop wearing a modest amount of perfume that I enjoy because of a slim chance that a stranger will have a reaction when I’m in public (which still seems extremely far-fetched to me) If a coworker or friend told me that it was causing them discomfort I wouldn’t wear it around them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads are the BEST. This one is even better than the ones where OP can scarcely believe that anyone is still buying scented laundry detergent and had to hire an exorcist to get the smell out of the house after a 2 hour playdate with a Tide kid.

Just got to the part with ~le migraineur~ and her heightened olfactory. I love her.

Let me blow your mind. I wear perfume and I agree with that scented detergent hater (though I haven’t seen that thread; Off Topic?). We had a worker in who used scented detergent (or the scented beads or softener or something) and we had to open the windows.

But it didn’t cause me anything other than annoyance.

I mean, lucky you.

Honestly, I hope all the jerks posting in this thread mocking allergies and asthma develops a severe allergy or ends up with a kid with one. You’ll change your tune realll fast.

I have allergies and a high school classmate died from an asthma attack, but that was 20 years ago. It’s clearly not the common scourge that you guys are claiming it to be.

People still die from asthma. Please educate yourself.

Duh. My point is that if people were dropping from moderate perfume exposure, we’d hear about it.

Honestly. People are wearing perfume all around you all the time. You just can’t smell it.

[Anonymous]

Where's the data on fatal perfume accidents?

Otherwise, this comes down to "personal preference," just as I feel all dogs smell gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where's the data on fatal perfume accidents?

Otherwise, this comes down to "personal preference," just as I feel all dogs smell gross.

I don't know about deaths, but their are reports of anaphylaxis.