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Quoth Raieth View PostI'm so allergic to some scents that once when a bottle of fabreeze burst on the till next to mine I had an anaphalaxic (sp?) reaction and they had to phone an ambulance. I'm damn lucky I managed to say "FABREEZE!!" before my throat closed over.
I had another friend who had issues with Zippo fuel. He once fell off a ladder because someone walking by underneath chose that moment to light a cigarette with a Zippo.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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Quoth MystyGlyttyr View PostYou know, my mom taught me that if you're going to wear perfume, you spritz twice into the air and walk through it. That's IT.
Who's teaching what to these people?
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I went through Scent Application 101 with my ex-husband. He loved to wear Polo - thought it smelled good, so he'd pull out the bottle and spray himself about 10 times. Then we'd get in the car where I'd have a choking fit. In the 7 years we were married, I was able to get him down to 2.5 sprays (He'd spray twice, wait for me to walk away, then sneak another) I never could understand why he thought he had to wear so damn much of the stuff.
All I can figure about these folks is that they think the scent is nice, so they want to smell as much like it as possible. I've always used a dab on each wrist and behind each ear, and you pretty much have to come up and hug me to notice.Let it go... Daisy, let it go... Open up your fist
This fallen world... Doesn't hold your interest...
Doesn't hold your soul... Daisy, let it go
-Switchfoot
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Quoth Daisy View PostI've always used a dab on each wrist and behind each ear, and you pretty much have to come up and hug me to notice.
The only people who notice you're wearing perfume are those that you wish to get close enough to notice. Your fragrance should never arrive ten minutes before you do.
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Quoth iradney View PostI've been wondering though - would a dot of aromatherapy oil have an adverse effect on those that are allergic to scents?
Found that out first at work a few years ago. We were standing around waiting, and all of a sudden I smelled vanilla scent. Mentioned it to the co-worker I was standing next to, and she asked "Do you like it?" I, being oblivious, said "Well, most scents give me a raging headache, and this doesn't, so yeah, I do."
That's when she mentioned she was the one wearing it
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Quoth iradney View PostI've been wondering though - would a dot of aromatherapy oil have an adverse effect on those that are allergic to scents?
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I ran into someone like that when we were grocery shopping once. Worse yet, I was fighting off a migraine at the time, which made it a million times worse. I didn't know where it was coming from for the longest time, until I eventually found myself in the same aisle with her. I wonder how far away I was able to smell that from?
As bad as it was for me, I felt really sorry for whichever cashier whose line she went thru.Sometimes life is altered.
Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
Uneasy with confrontation.
Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right
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Quoth Broomjockey View PostFound that out first at work a few years ago. We were standing around waiting, and all of a sudden I smelled vanilla scent. Mentioned it to the co-worker I was standing next to, and she asked "Do you like it?" I, being oblivious, said "Well, most scents give me a raging headache, and this doesn't, so yeah, I do."
That's when she mentioned she was the one wearing it
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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Once again I have been reminded of one of my father's favorite sayings...
A lot of perfume is no substitute for a little soap.
Thank you for giving me a reminder of how uncool I thought he was until I started using the same sayings as him.This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.
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I'm not so much allergic to smells as, say, have an ubber sensitive nose.
Take my mom for example: she puts a dab on her wrists and back of her ears of perfume. Normally a good standard as its often light and only evident when a person hugs the perfume wearer.
I can smell that 'perfect amount' four feet away and if she's got a floral scent, its not too pretty. -- To be fair, I didn't realize WHY I often stayed away from mom while I lived with her (I thought I was just being a teenager) but once I had moved out and came to visit, it was apperant.
Also, just because I can tolerate scent Y today doesn't mean I'll tolerate it next month. As in I don't think its stinky, I still like it, but it just gives me a headache, nausea, etc. Is that normal?"The problem isn't usually that there are stupid people in the world as much as it is that the stupid people like to call or come in and point out how stupid they are to the working public" -Justa
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I don't own any perfume. But people still Tell me I smell amazing and want to know what perfume I use? I think they are smelling whatever products that I use in my hair.
I do not find most scents appealing. I do not like how most of them smell of alcohol.My sanity has been dripping out of me my whole life, today they turned on the faucet.....
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Quoth crazylegs View PostThe only people who notice you're wearing perfume are those that you wish to get close enough to notice. Your fragrance should never arrive ten minutes before you do.Perfume should be meant for those who get close to you - not to cover up BO or "attract" someone from 10+ feet away.
Quoth monolayth View Post...But people still Tell me I smell amazing and want to know what perfume I use? I think they are smelling whatever products that I use in my hair."In the end I was the mean girl/or somebody's in between girl"~Neko Case
“You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.” ~William Stafford
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