Perfume is Unfashionable and Inconsiderate

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

Oh...well...if it doesn't trigger YOUR asthma, then no one should complain.

You are an insufferable a-hat.

im an asshat for…wearing perfume? everyone who wears perfume is an asshat?

[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.

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.

Honestly, I hope you shut your trap and quit telling other people what to do.

If you and your precious spawn are so sensitive, just stay "safe" in your basement.

I hope you are a troll. If not, you are the one who needs to stay in a basement. Actually, regardless, please do not interact with others.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

Oh...well...if it doesn't trigger YOUR asthma, then no one should complain.

You are an insufferable a-hat.

im an asshat for…wearing perfume? everyone who wears perfume is an asshat?

Stupid and an a-hat, apparently.

It's your complete lack of compassion for others that makes you an a-hat.

Good Lord.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

Oh...well...if it doesn't trigger YOUR asthma, then no one should complain.

You are an insufferable a-hat.

im an asshat for…wearing perfume? everyone who wears perfume is an asshat?

Stupid and an a-hat, apparently.

It's your complete lack of compassion for others that makes you an a-hat.

Good Lord.

Because I was just saying that not everyone with asthma is triggered by perfume, like myself, who has asthma and also wears perfume? That’s literally all I said. Why does that make me lack compassion?

[Anonymous]

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Sorry, I will keep wearing a minuscule dab of J'Adore, or Poison, my two favorite perfumes. I have a very sensitive sense of smell and a tiny dab goes a very long way. Feel free to tell me that you can't stand the way I smell. I won't be offended, but I will keep doing something non-lethal that makes me happy.

Also, my son has anaphylactic allergies to peanuts and tree nuts, and I do not appreciate that people like you demand that others cater to their sensitivities when others need to carry Epipens for their lethal allergies and navigate potentially deadly situations, often daily, without making a big deal out of it. As a general rule, I've noticed that the people with the biggest burdens in life don't make the most noise.

I have literally never been able to send a peanut butter sandwich to school the entire time my kids have been at school and instead I’ve bought expensive as hell Sunbutter. That’s a way bigger PITA than not wearing perfume to work.

You are selfish.

-NP

You must not have children in FCPS, which sells PB&J.

Laughing that you think not being able to send peanut butter is a terrible burden. Good one. I’m guessing that both being allergic to peanuts (not ever getting to eat peanut butter and having to carry freaking expensive epi pens) and:or being allergic to perfume or asthmatic is more burdensome than your kids being denied a PB&J sandwich for a 30 min lunch 5 days a week. Get some perspective.

[Anonymous]

I’m not allergic to axe body spray but it does make my nose wrinkle and my vagina close up.

[Anonymous]

I think the perfume and scent haters have a fundamental lack of understanding of scented and “unscented” products. This includes natural essential oils.

Laundry detergent and other functional products have a smell. The unscented products have scent added to mask the natural smell of the chemicals (synthetic and natural chemicals) that are in them. This is called functional perfumery. For example l wear Mitchum “unscented” deodorant that has a nice subtle musky scent.

All of these products contain some scent. All foods have scent. To say you are allergic to all of that is false, just as you cannot possibly be allergic to all perfume. There are certain popular aroma chemicals that you may be allergic to (something like ambroxan that has a big projection and is very popular in current perfumery) that may lead you to believe you’re allergic or have an asthmatic reaction to all perfume. So l do think people should be considerate especially when using perfumes with a big projection.

l have migraines, but they aren’t triggered by scent. I do wear small amounts of perfume for my own pleasure. I also dislike too-strong and over applied perfume.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

What are your asthma triggers? Just wondering so I can say, "I don't give a sh/t."

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

Oh...well...if it doesn't trigger YOUR asthma, then no one should complain.

You are an insufferable a-hat.

im an asshat for…wearing perfume? everyone who wears perfume is an asshat?

Stupid and an a-hat, apparently.

It's your complete lack of compassion for others that makes you an a-hat.

Good Lord.

+ 1 What a shocking response. I don't care about perfume, either. Just shocking to know someone walking around in society is feeling "not my problem" if they cause someone's asthma. Shocking. Monsters really do walk among us in plain sight.

[Anonymous]

NP. I like scent. I like smelling it on others. My children like it. my husband likes it. So I wear it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

Oh...well...if it doesn't trigger YOUR asthma, then no one should complain.

You are an insufferable a-hat.

im an asshat for…wearing perfume? everyone who wears perfume is an asshat?

Stupid and an a-hat, apparently.

It's your complete lack of compassion for others that makes you an a-hat.

Good Lord.

Because I was just saying that not everyone with asthma is triggered by perfume, like myself, who has asthma and also wears perfume? That’s literally all I said. Why does that make me lack compassion?

"NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem." LOL "NOT MY PROBLEM" pretty much sums up lack of compassion. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the perfume and scent haters have a fundamental lack of understanding of scented and “unscented” products. This includes natural essential oils.

Laundry detergent and other functional products have a smell. The unscented products have scent added to mask the natural smell of the chemicals (synthetic and natural chemicals) that are in them. This is called functional perfumery. For example l wear Mitchum “unscented” deodorant that has a nice subtle musky scent.

All of these products contain some scent. All foods have scent. To say you are allergic to all of that is false, just as you cannot possibly be allergic to all perfume. There are certain popular aroma chemicals that you may be allergic to (something like ambroxan that has a big projection and is very popular in current perfumery) that may lead you to believe you’re allergic or have an asthmatic reaction to all perfume. So l do think people should be considerate especially when using perfumes with a big projection.

l have migraines, but they aren’t triggered by scent. I do wear small amounts of perfume for my own pleasure. I also dislike too-strong and over applied perfume.

No one is allergic to normal smells. We know the difference between something you can smell and something that is "scented." Something scented is usually off the scale in terms of smells. Horrible overkill. I'm talking about air fresheners, cleaning products, wipes, scented laundry detergents, etc., not perfumes. Perfume is more controllable -- the more you wear, the more you smell. I can smell for a block away when someone is drying their clothes with dryer sheets or drying clothes washed in scented detergent. That's stupidly scented. Same with air freshener. Massive overkill that hits you over the head and overpowers all other smells -- the exact opposite of a nice perfume.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a store not long ago when a woman walked by wearing perfume. I started coughing and choking. Asthma does that, it isn't just a dislike of smells.

My oldest son was a severe asthmatic as a child. We would end up in the ER over someone's favorite scent. More than one attack could have been fatal.

Would you rub peanuts in an allergic person's face, and then slough it off as that person being too sensitive?

Peanut allergies can induce anaphylaxis. Perfume does not. Stop with the drama.

Being unable to breathe properly (airways constricting while also becoming inflamed) tends to be a little dramatic. It would be lovely if some people could at least admit that they don't know much about asthma.

NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem.

I call bs, you do not have asthma.

Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume.

Oh...well...if it doesn't trigger YOUR asthma, then no one should complain.

You are an insufferable a-hat.

im an asshat for…wearing perfume? everyone who wears perfume is an asshat?

Stupid and an a-hat, apparently.

It's your complete lack of compassion for others that makes you an a-hat.

Good Lord.

Because I was just saying that not everyone with asthma is triggered by perfume, like myself, who has asthma and also wears perfume? That’s literally all I said. Why does that make me lack compassion?

"NP. I have asthma and I wear perfume. If it triggers you, leave. It's not my problem." LOL "NOT MY PROBLEM" pretty much sums up lack of compassion. LOL

Yeah, I didn’t say that. I said “ Np. i do have asthma and it is not triggered by scents. i wear perfume”

[Anonymous]

Perfume is not unfashionable. It can be inconsiderate in some circumstances (a group forced into a small room to work on a project) but not always. Plenty of people enjoy wearing it and smelling it on others.

Scent is as old as time.

[Anonymous]

Ah yes, we should all live in this sterile world where no one has a scent, wear masks indefinitely, ban everything that we personally can't handle, and generally impose our own dislikes on everyone else.