Perfume is Unfashionable and Inconsiderate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

[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.

For real? That is really surprising. Aren't schools nut free now?

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you resurrect this topic from 2021?

You’re insane if you think perfume is as bad as cigarette smoke. And I’m no fan of overly strong perfumes.

DP but to some of us it's just as bad. But I love how anyone with a different opinion from yours is "insane".

Really? You think saying perfume is as bad as cigarette smoke is a sane statement?

I think cigarette smoke is preferable to air freshener. Air freshener penetrates everything -- hair, clothing, coats, backpacks. It's cheap and nasty. Cigarette smoke is pleasant by comparison.

I don’t use air freshener and l can’t think of anyone else l know who does. Who uses it?

Literally everyone but you and me. And literally every office and classroom and bus doctor's office etc. It's everywhere. Literally.

I keep air freshener in the bathrooms. I don’t like the smell of feces or flatulence.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you resurrect this topic from 2021?

You’re insane if you think perfume is as bad as cigarette smoke. And I’m no fan of overly strong perfumes.

DP but to some of us it's just as bad. But I love how anyone with a different opinion from yours is "insane".

Really? You think saying perfume is as bad as cigarette smoke is a sane statement?

I think cigarette smoke is preferable to air freshener. Air freshener penetrates everything -- hair, clothing, coats, backpacks. It's cheap and nasty. Cigarette smoke is pleasant by comparison.

I don’t use air freshener and l can’t think of anyone else l know who does. Who uses it?

Literally everyone but you and me. And literally every office and classroom and bus doctor's office etc. It's everywhere. Literally.

I keep air freshener in the bathrooms. I don’t like the smell of feces or flatulence.

Feces + fake flower smell is truly worse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

Or in any of my doctor’s offices or anywhere I go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you resurrect this topic from 2021?

You’re insane if you think perfume is as bad as cigarette smoke. And I’m no fan of overly strong perfumes.

DP but to some of us it's just as bad. But I love how anyone with a different opinion from yours is "insane".

Really? You think saying perfume is as bad as cigarette smoke is a sane statement?

I think cigarette smoke is preferable to air freshener. Air freshener penetrates everything -- hair, clothing, coats, backpacks. It's cheap and nasty. Cigarette smoke is pleasant by comparison.

I don’t use air freshener and l can’t think of anyone else l know who does. Who uses it?

Literally everyone but you and me. And literally every office and classroom and bus doctor's office etc. It's everywhere. Literally.

I keep air freshener in the bathrooms. I don’t like the smell of feces or flatulence.

Feces + fake flower smell is truly worse.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

Yes there is. I guarantee it. Usually when people say they don't use it, they're lying. "Oh, THIS plug in? THAT'S AIR FRESHENER? Who knew???" etc. One of my kids had asthma when he was little so I became very familiar with this particular song and dance. Teachers putting carts in front of the plug-ins, even doctors use it. It's everywhere. Don't pretend you don't know that.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

Or in any of my doctor’s offices or anywhere I go.

We just started with a new pediatrician. He's really great -- but his entire office smells like Febreeze. Not surprisingly, there was a can of Febreeze in the exam room. So stupid for a doctor to use that. You're kidding yourself if you think people aren't using it. They are.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

Yes there is. I guarantee it. Usually when people say they don't use it, they're lying. "Oh, THIS plug in? THAT'S AIR FRESHENER? Who knew???" etc. One of my kids had asthma when he was little so I became very familiar with this particular song and dance. Teachers putting carts in front of the plug-ins, even doctors use it. It's everywhere. Don't pretend you don't know that.

I’m not pretending. It really isn’t a thing in most of my life. Where do you live? I’m in DC and work in Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

Or in any of my doctor’s offices or anywhere I go.

We just started with a new pediatrician. He's really great -- but his entire office smells like Febreeze. Not surprisingly, there was a can of Febreeze in the exam room. So stupid for a doctor to use that. You're kidding yourself if you think people aren't using it. They are.

So a doctor sees nothing wrong with using it but you do. Of course you do. Because everything is always about you.

[Anonymous]

I'm a perfume/candle addict but I don't care for the overly sweet fragrances/fresheners/lotions either. I am weird and love the smell of the gas station, book stores, tires, Home Depot and the woods (love pine, cedar, tea tree, sandalwood, eucalyptus). My house is full of lavender and rosemary plants, although its never as strong as I want it to be. I'm sorry if you don't like it, but you don't have to come over. But I'll agree the fake fresheners suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a perfume/candle addict but I don't care for the overly sweet fragrances/fresheners/lotions either. I am weird and love the smell of the gas station, book stores, tires, Home Depot and the woods (love pine, cedar, tea tree, sandalwood, eucalyptus). My house is full of lavender and rosemary plants, although its never as strong as I want it to be. I'm sorry if you don't like it, but you don't have to come over. But I'll agree the fake fresheners suck.

I want to come to your house!

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Perfume has become unfashionable because no one can smell it anymore. The only smell is air freshener. How lovely.

I think you are among the few who find this an issue. I very rarely smell air freshener.

Ditto. There’s none in my office, house or friends houses

Or in any of my doctor’s offices or anywhere I go.

We just started with a new pediatrician. He's really great -- but his entire office smells like Febreeze. Not surprisingly, there was a can of Febreeze in the exam room. So stupid for a doctor to use that. You're kidding yourself if you think people aren't using it. They are.

So a doctor sees nothing wrong with using it but you do. Of course you do. Because everything is always about you.

You'll be surprised at all the other unhealthy things doctors do.