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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am also really allergic to perfume or any kind of scented product. It's a shame. I used to love wearing Coco Chanel.

No one should wear perfume to work or every day activities. Save it for nights out.[/quote]

I suffer from migraines and had to stop attending live theater, symphony performances and other concerts because of the people who bathe in cologne/perfume/after shave lotion prior to a ‘night out’. I got tired of having to walk out on an expensive ticket because someone else’s inconsiderate behavior resulted in hours or days of agony for me.

Perfume/cologne should be applied in very small quantities, able to be smelled only by you and someone who gets very intimate with you. [/quote]

The issue is probably the aggregate scents, not overapplication by individuals. I can wear perfume myself and do daily. I can even sit with a group of friends wearing perfume for hours with no issue. But 15 min in Bath and Bodyworks or Perfumania will start a migraine.[/quote]

I get triggered by aggregate scents too, but I can be triggered by one individual who sits nearby having doused themselves in whatever. We all know the type and we all encounter them - people who think MORE is better, and apply numerous spritzes or splashes of whatever.

I also avoid the cleaning aisle at the grocery or box store. The aggregate scent in that aisle is a nightmare.

Yes, it sucks to be a person with heightened olfaction and a migraineur to boot.

No, the typical mask we wear to suppress our droplets for covid19 transmission doesn’t help much at all at filtering odors. Just more evidence that they don’t impact our intake of oxygen, either.

I just really don’t understand people who bathe themselves in parfum/cologne/aftershave - and yes, men are terrible offenders too. I can only suspect that these people have deadened olfaction, or somehow think that their stench is actually attractive. In reality research shows our brains are best stimulated by lower levels of scents, even levels of which we aren’t consciously aware. Additionally, there is research indicating that many men prefer the natural scent of their partner to artificial scents which mask it. And finally, many people aren’t aware that the scent that they might like when they smell it in the bottle doesn’t actually mix well with their own body chemistry - sometimes it makes them smell very funky.

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