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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you perfume lovers are ridiculous. It triggers my asthma and makes me unable to breathe, how is that not a problem? What makes people think they are more entitled to their perfume versus someone else’s inability to breathe. This is a common problem![/quote]
No one takes you seriously because you refer to people as “dousing” themselves in perfume. I think you guys honestly can’t smell most of the perfume that most people wear, you’re just smelling the people who are wearing heroic and offensive amounts of frags with strong sillage and acting like everyone who wears perfume is wearing that much.

I get it. I have a hypersensitive nose and I can probably smell better than you can. My migraines have only been triggered by perfumes that I have tried on (and I will never ever wear Tom Ford as a result). But many of us are wearing perfume in appropriate amounts and you have no idea. Not all of us are dragging monster sillage behind us. I have way, way more trouble with lawn chemicals and the repellent fug of people’s fabric softeners that permeate entire neighborhoods. [/quote]

The PPs with extreme sensitivity should consider Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of their treatment for asthma and hypersensitivity.  I'm not saying it is all in your head, but studies have showed that heighted awareness and hyperfocus on triggers can worsen symptoms, even in the absence of significant triggers. The same therapies are used with chronic pain patients (my daughter suffers from chronic pain). I am in no way suggesting that some people don't experience breathing problems and issues caused by fragrances, but sometimes, stress and anxiety about the problems can cause worse symptoms than the triggers themselves. CBT would be a management tool to complement medical management.

Here is one study:

The results of present research showed that cognitive behavioral therapy can play an important role to resolve this problem. If patients learn to use complementary treatments along with conventional and medicinal treatment, then they will be able to obtain better results and reduce substantially enforced costs to community by preventing from disease recurrence. Asthma can be affected by stress, anxiety, sadness, and suggestion, as well as by environmental irritants or allergens, exercise, and infection. It also is associated with an elevated prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders. Asthma education programs that teach about the nature of the disease, medications, and trigger avoidance tend to reduce asthma morbidity. Other promising psychological interventions as adjuncts to medical treatment include training in symptom perception, stress management, hypnosis, yoga, and several biofeedback procedures. There are many potential research avenues to consider in regards to the coexistence of asthma and anxiety. Future research should also consider 'big picture' studies, in which a number of different variables such as medication compliance, asthma self-management, quality of life, and lung function might all be examined in one investigation.

Here is another source discussing this:

[url]https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/11/17/363837479/the-power-of-suggestion-could-trigger-asthma-or-treat-it[/url][/quote]

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