When I am forced into a department store the route around the perfume/cosmetic section must be carefully planned. If my spazthma is clanky the scent tsunami will lock my lungs.
Same with Bath and Body Works.
Lucky for me most folks on my life are light on the personal scents. I cotton to solid perfumes used sparingly.
Same with Bath and Body Works.
Lucky for me most folks on my life are light on the personal scents. I cotton to solid perfumes used sparingly.
Spray, sashay, and walk away. In other words a spritz in the air and walk through it, to gently let it settle on your skin and hair. A person should only smell you within whispering distance, not from across the table, much less the room.
There are times I’m on the elevator or the train and someone’s cologne is so pungent, it leaves me with a blinding headache. Some fragrances trigger a migraine. So, yes, I’m careful with my fragrances.
There are times I’m on the elevator or the train and someone’s cologne is so pungent, it leaves me with a blinding headache. Some fragrances trigger a migraine. So, yes, I’m careful with my fragrances.
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I go for essential oils. But commercial scents are hell for me. As are lavender and rose.
I’m a super taster which means my nose is supersonic, too.
Asthmatic reactions, just shy of “must have epi pen.”
I’m a super taster which means my nose is supersonic, too.
Asthmatic reactions, just shy of “must have epi pen.”
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Fragrance is a chemical and bad you. Perfumes and cologne effect my asthma and allergies and I try to avoid them. I don’t like the smell anyway.
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If one has no issues themselves with scent, and doesn’t marinade in perfume (or cologne, or eau de toilette, or g-d forbid “body sprays”), subtle application should only affect a person close enough to lick the wearer.
I’m not anti all perfumes. I’m anti levels that impact me.
I’m not anti all perfumes. I’m anti levels that impact me.
I never use perfume. Some women use too much. Guys are just as guilty of offending in the form of Drakkar Noir walk-by attacks.
I’m really sensitive and have allergies. One time a friend greeted me after a meeting. She was wearing a new perfume. This well-intended hug ruined my day.
The perfume was so potent and it clung to me with a sickening ferocity. Every breath I took was a battle. A very unpleasant one. I began dry heaving almost instantly and got dizzy, and had to go home. Was fine after an antihistamine, shower, and nap. Nobody’s fault. These things happen
I’m really sensitive and have allergies. One time a friend greeted me after a meeting. She was wearing a new perfume. This well-intended hug ruined my day.
The perfume was so potent and it clung to me with a sickening ferocity. Every breath I took was a battle. A very unpleasant one. I began dry heaving almost instantly and got dizzy, and had to go home. Was fine after an antihistamine, shower, and nap. Nobody’s fault. These things happen
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Mmmm, my breathing isn't great at the best of times, I smoke too much and drink too much and often often sound like a cross between Darth Vader and Dot Cotton, like I've got a ton of gravel lodged in my damn larynx Lol.
Some perfumes will just take my breath away if it catches me right! X
Some perfumes will just take my breath away if it catches me right! X
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My Lyft driver the other day took a straight up bath in cologne. AND kept trying to talk to me! I was like, please stop talking. Every time I open my mouth, I literally *taste* your scent.
Too much perfume gives me a headache and nauseates me which is why I use it sparingly if at all.
Spray scent wise, I usually like very light stuff like Demeter brand. It's less intense than a regular perfume. I kinda also like Jo Malone (amber & lavender). But I rarely use a spray unless I specifically have Demeter.
Every few years I am gifted perfume lotion from brands I like like Chanel or Fendi. I use those a few times a year. Lotion is at least a little more pleasant than spray.
Essential oils are nice too, mostly I use those in the bath.
I need a scent that will be only hinted at if very close to me, not something that assaults the senses as soon as I walk into a room. (Cuz if it's bothering others if I'm a few feet away, it's sure to be giving me a headache.)
Too much perfume gives me a headache and nauseates me which is why I use it sparingly if at all.
Spray scent wise, I usually like very light stuff like Demeter brand. It's less intense than a regular perfume. I kinda also like Jo Malone (amber & lavender). But I rarely use a spray unless I specifically have Demeter.
Every few years I am gifted perfume lotion from brands I like like Chanel or Fendi. I use those a few times a year. Lotion is at least a little more pleasant than spray.
Essential oils are nice too, mostly I use those in the bath.
I need a scent that will be only hinted at if very close to me, not something that assaults the senses as soon as I walk into a room. (Cuz if it's bothering others if I'm a few feet away, it's sure to be giving me a headache.)
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Anytime someone asks me about my scent from across a table, I am mortified! I add essential oil (usually pure rose) to a carrier (MCT coconut oil) and use this to moisturize after I bathe. Sometimes I add a little too much. I dilute as soon as there is room in the bottle. I also sometimes exfoliate with a combination of virgin coconut oil, sugar, and rose oil. When my skin is very warm, the scent can travel pretty far. In the summer, people tell me I smell like coconuts and roses.
I also wear perfume (DKNY Be Delicious). Just a spray I walk through naked. Only lovers have ever reported that can smell apples and grass.
My deodorant has a vanilla rose scent that is VERY rosy. Arm pits, the part of my groin that gets sweaty, and under my boobs. Generally, I'm confident you've gotta be in my face to smell me, but if I'm perspiring, the deodorant befins to smell a bit like candy to people up to two feet away.
If my wig is clean, but smells stale, I spray a cheap vanilla cologne (only vanilla scent I have ever liked). A few bursts toward the ceiling and then I wave the wig around in it. I sit the wig in an open window by a fan while I bathe. Sometimes it gets properly ventillated and only a hint of vanilla and wood smoke remains, and sometimes it smells like it's trying too hard. Sometimes I have another wig ready to wear, or my head is freshly shaved and presentable, and sometimes I put the offensive thing on, drive with the windows down, and hope I'm good before I encounter people. Went to Burger King for a friend and wanted to DIE. Both cashiers loved whatever they smelled on me, and insisted upon knowing where to get it. I think it was the cheap spray in my wig. Humiliating. Not only were they like 4 feet away, which is WAY too far, but they were reacting to a cheap product I don't really want to acknowledge using. (But once it mellows, it smells like shampoo, and you literally have to bury your face in my hair to pick up on it.)
I do regularly spray air freshener in my car. Habit from when I did ride-share. People be stanky. It's a scent that is overtly cinnamon and incense. Sometimes I get one that is hyacinth, or apple pie.
When I get warmed, I smell like a garden outside a bakery, to myself. I'm very pleased with this until someone asks me what I'm wearing. Not only do I not know what layers they smell, I do not intend to be detectable at polite distances. Embarrassing.
I never want to be that person that's giving someone a headache or rash.
Side note. Uber/Lyft passengers generally stink from the back seat, let alone the front seat. They smell like stale sweat, cheap cologne, old cigarette smoke, rancid grease, and dirt weed. Sometimes, all at once. These scents linger, and the next passenger smells the same, but not to themselves, and reports the car for odors. Thus my air freshener habit. Now, if my car doesn't smell like air spray, I'm unsettled. I know from someone who hugged me last week I carry the scent of my car on me. Thankfully, she liked it.
I have pretty severe allergies. But not to any fragrances I use.
I also wear perfume (DKNY Be Delicious). Just a spray I walk through naked. Only lovers have ever reported that can smell apples and grass.
My deodorant has a vanilla rose scent that is VERY rosy. Arm pits, the part of my groin that gets sweaty, and under my boobs. Generally, I'm confident you've gotta be in my face to smell me, but if I'm perspiring, the deodorant befins to smell a bit like candy to people up to two feet away.
If my wig is clean, but smells stale, I spray a cheap vanilla cologne (only vanilla scent I have ever liked). A few bursts toward the ceiling and then I wave the wig around in it. I sit the wig in an open window by a fan while I bathe. Sometimes it gets properly ventillated and only a hint of vanilla and wood smoke remains, and sometimes it smells like it's trying too hard. Sometimes I have another wig ready to wear, or my head is freshly shaved and presentable, and sometimes I put the offensive thing on, drive with the windows down, and hope I'm good before I encounter people. Went to Burger King for a friend and wanted to DIE. Both cashiers loved whatever they smelled on me, and insisted upon knowing where to get it. I think it was the cheap spray in my wig. Humiliating. Not only were they like 4 feet away, which is WAY too far, but they were reacting to a cheap product I don't really want to acknowledge using. (But once it mellows, it smells like shampoo, and you literally have to bury your face in my hair to pick up on it.)
I do regularly spray air freshener in my car. Habit from when I did ride-share. People be stanky. It's a scent that is overtly cinnamon and incense. Sometimes I get one that is hyacinth, or apple pie.
When I get warmed, I smell like a garden outside a bakery, to myself. I'm very pleased with this until someone asks me what I'm wearing. Not only do I not know what layers they smell, I do not intend to be detectable at polite distances. Embarrassing.
I never want to be that person that's giving someone a headache or rash.
Side note. Uber/Lyft passengers generally stink from the back seat, let alone the front seat. They smell like stale sweat, cheap cologne, old cigarette smoke, rancid grease, and dirt weed. Sometimes, all at once. These scents linger, and the next passenger smells the same, but not to themselves, and reports the car for odors. Thus my air freshener habit. Now, if my car doesn't smell like air spray, I'm unsettled. I know from someone who hugged me last week I carry the scent of my car on me. Thankfully, she liked it.
I have pretty severe allergies. But not to any fragrances I use.
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Like @AlteredEgo, I scent my hair.
For me, it’s the main scenting point. Two pulse points at the back of my neck, in my hairline. Maybe a mist of water and essential oils. I aim for suggestion of scent.
I’ve assumed with as much hair as I have, scenting it will do. I don’t need body pulse points.
Plus my partner likes to lick. Oils don’t taste that good.
On my body, my care products are unscented. My conditioner is unscented, but the oil I apply can have a drop of essential oil.
I went years being the person who smelled of patchouli. I like it, but now know it needs to be a note, not the entire score. Now it hides in woodsy, herbal blends I make, usually on the fly.
If my options are only scented, I go for the most woodsy or spicy scent.
For me, it’s the main scenting point. Two pulse points at the back of my neck, in my hairline. Maybe a mist of water and essential oils. I aim for suggestion of scent.
I’ve assumed with as much hair as I have, scenting it will do. I don’t need body pulse points.
Plus my partner likes to lick. Oils don’t taste that good.
On my body, my care products are unscented. My conditioner is unscented, but the oil I apply can have a drop of essential oil.
I went years being the person who smelled of patchouli. I like it, but now know it needs to be a note, not the entire score. Now it hides in woodsy, herbal blends I make, usually on the fly.
If my options are only scented, I go for the most woodsy or spicy scent.
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Last week, my hands were swollen and painful. And a touch itchy. Slightly red. Everything pointed to overuse.
But after icing, compression and a day off, no better. After a couple shorter days, they got better, but when I did one massage at a particular office, all symptoms returned.
I was using hand-sparing techniques.
And a fresh bottle of the lotion my contractee and I agreed upon, as she is convinced oil ruins sheets. And laundry is done by weight through a drop off service.
A new client, highly allergic, so I was scanning to remember the essential and emollient oils in the lotion.
Middle of the list, lavender. Check old bottle. Nope.
I’d been exposing my hands to my major essential oil allergen daily.
so, I’m diluting it with the hated and banned oil. I’m hoping blending will avoid the laundry issue and the red swollen hands issue.
But after icing, compression and a day off, no better. After a couple shorter days, they got better, but when I did one massage at a particular office, all symptoms returned.
I was using hand-sparing techniques.
And a fresh bottle of the lotion my contractee and I agreed upon, as she is convinced oil ruins sheets. And laundry is done by weight through a drop off service.
A new client, highly allergic, so I was scanning to remember the essential and emollient oils in the lotion.
Middle of the list, lavender. Check old bottle. Nope.
I’d been exposing my hands to my major essential oil allergen daily.
so, I’m diluting it with the hated and banned oil. I’m hoping blending will avoid the laundry issue and the red swollen hands issue.
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I want to echo a statement above than men can be just as overindulgent in scent.
Oh trust me, i personally know that to be a fact. I've been around more than a few dudes trying to impress women by robbing them of air.
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The local Russian expat community loves cologne. It’s eye watering in enclosed spaces.Oh trust me, i personally know that to be a fact. I've been around more than a few dudes trying to impress women by robbing them of air.
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Ran across this today, looking up lavender subs for perfumerie.
I Am Deathly Allergic To The World's Most Popular Smell | Cracked.com
I Am Deathly Allergic To The World's Most Popular Smell | Cracked.com
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So this isn't super relevant to the thread, but I was realizing earlier today that I'm basically out of probably my favorite designer fragrance, Fendi Theorema. I only ever had it in a spray format and the bottle I have is maybe 15 years old (I use it like once a month maybe, at most). And as it turns out, it's discontinued!!
It had a citrusy and woodsy scent blended together which was just amazing.
Theorema by Fendi (1998)
It had a citrusy and woodsy scent blended together which was just amazing.
Theorema by Fendi (1998)
Ms @Enid the intorwebz doth provide. There are multiple listings across several sellers.
I umm. Holy shit nuggets stuck on unicorn's horn that's scary. Can't even imagine all that suck. That's one person who has crossed at least three of the hate human beings and has a reason to lines.
Stuck a cord with me too. Had more than a few situations in which i told a family member i don't like blank and had them purposefully do blank multiple times just because they were pieces of shit. Though having people do that within that context is much much worse.
Yeah, not like i needed any more proof that there were more psychos within the human race than normal people. Thanks for the input though. Had no idea that was a thing. Kind of makes me wanna get unscented everything now.
