Why must you bathe in your perfume!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Customer I had to deal with last night. She stank... of a very strong eyewatering flowery perfume. By contrast, her husband reeked of BO. O_o

[Cedophile]

One's overcompensating for the other? Hate to be the guy who has to stop showering to level us both out at "normal"

[kerrisan]

Blech . . . she may have smelled just like her hubby without the perfume.

I had to go to the library last night for a book and a mother and daughter were in the children section where I had to be . . . the mother REEKED of Eau de Hasn't Showered in Weeks. But I had to get my book for a project, so . . .

[Lace Neil Singer]

I guess this woman probably didn't shower either, but thought that the purpose of perfume is to cover up bodily odour. X_x

[draftermatt]

Whenever I get near someone like that I start coughing (my allergies can't take that kind of stuff) then I say so they can hear me "Why must people douse themselves in that smelly shit"?

I hate people like that. Some of us have sensitive noses.

[kerrisan]

oohh draftermatt, that's a good point. One of these days this woman is going to get into an elevator with an asthmatic and . . . I don't even wanna think about it.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

I had a customer that I swear marinated in cologne. After he came into the store I had to open both sets of doors and bring out the fan to clear the shit out.

What was bad was he came in to talk to my boss and an entire family had to go outside to finish our business. The child was huffing on his inhaler so hard I thought he was breathing nothing BUT it.

Another time he came in his cologne actually caused a woman to go into a full on respiratory emergency. We called the ambulance to help her and her Oxygen levels (pulseox I think it's called) was down to 60...a healthy number would be in the high 90's.

How do you deal with a guy like that? He was truely a good customer and spent a significant amount on the service contract as well as buying new computers on a very regular basis...but on the other hand his cologne was annoying the hell out of us, causing other customers to be very uncomfortable and in one case nearly killed someone. How do you deal with that.

What sucks the most is it's a cologne that is a really nice scent, hell *I* wear it (British Sterling)...in small doses, not a marinade.

Mongo

[MadMike]

I had the misfortunate of crossing paths with one of those walking perfume factories while grocery shopping awhile back. It was so strong, not only could I smell it, I could also taste it. And we just seemed to keep passing each other in almost every aisle, although I probably would have been able to smell it from 2 or 3 aisles over.

Worse yet, I was fighting off a migraine at the time. That didn't help, believe me.

I didn't see her leave, but I pity whichever poor cashier's line she went thru.

[Misanthropical]

Back when I was pregnant with my little guy, I was in line with my daughter (who was 3) to pay for our groceries, when this old woman came in line behind us and not only reeked of perfume, but had to stand in my personal space.

I couldn't take it and I asked her if she had to marinate herself in perfume because my daughter and I were trying to BREATH and couldn't through the cloud of perfume she was wearing.

She got a look of utter shock on her face, and stepped as far away from me as possible.

Yes, I was very evil when I was pregnant with the little guy.

[DesignFox]

I hate it when people bathe in perfume. I have allergies, too, and the smell of perfume gives me an instant sinus headache. Except for one scent called Tuscany that has the peculiar effect of sending me into sneezing fits if I come within 50ft of it...(my dad's GF used to wear it).

Anyways, I always keep Tylenol with me when I work just in case Ms. Marinade walks into our store.

I also tend to be pretty evil to perfume smotherers (when I'm not working, of course)... ooh the stories I could share...

[Dips]

Another time he came in his cologne actually caused a woman to go into a full on respiratory emergency. We called the ambulance to help her and her Oxygen levels (pulseox I think it's called) was down to 60...a healthy number would be in the high 90's.

Pulse-ox is pretty close. It refers mostly to the machine which takes the reading (because it takes the pulse as well as the oxygen level) although I have heard it used to refer to the oxygen reading at times (they do that on ER a lot). The number you mentioned is called "oxygen saturation" or "O2 saturation" and is often shortened to "O2-sats" or just "sats." The number reflects the percentage of ideal oxygen-carrying capacity the patient is using. Most of us are around 98-100%. Going below 90% will make a normal person feel tired and weak. 60% is a very serious medical emergency... and all because some guy had to bathe in his cologne.

[AFpheonix]

I'm betting she had something else going on besides being near Cologne boy to be down that low.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

As bad as stale BO and too much fragrance are by themselves, it's even worse when the two are combined--not showering and dousing oneself in fragrance to cover up the smell, with very noxious results.

We used to have a semi-regular who didn't shower regularly and doused himself in Cool Water to try and cover up his BO. It didn't work. His stench would hang in the air long after he left.

[Lace Neil Singer]

It's worse when it's cheap perfume too... bleh!

[phoenix_rising]

In the old-time days, women often put perfume under their nose to eliminate the smell of BO and such. Maybe she's just trying not to smell him.