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Could be the perfume clashes with their body chemistry. I wear a perfume that people comment how good it smells and then I tried a cologne that was my daughters and had to jump in the shower because it smelled horrible on me.
I'm allergic to a lot of scents. I got hives and an asthma attack once thanks to someone who had so much perfume on, it felt like the cloud of stench was clinging to my skin. I got a dirty look as I ran outside so I could reverse the reaction. Recently, I was shopping for my mother and found a body spray I thought smelled good. I sprayed a bit on my arm to see how it smelled on me and my skin started burning. It burned for awhile even I after I washed it off.
I can attest to the body chemistry thing. Bath and Body Works makes a scent called Cotton Blossom (I don't know if the name has changed or if it's been discontinued). It smells fantastic in the bottle but smells like urine on my skin. The sales associate thought that maybe the bottle was bad so she grabbed another one from the shelf. Same thing. That experience taught me that I need to test the scent on myself before buying it.
I actually think it isn't appropriate to wear body scents to work, lots of people get sick/migraines.
I am one of those who will get a migraine from scents. I avoid it and am homest with people. I tell them I am allergic as I am backing away or gently asking them to back away.
When we worked out of an office, I could smell one of the agents long before he showed up. And I was honest with him in telling him his cologne was way too strong and he needed to get out of my office. I kept a fan on the rest of the day directing the air out of my office.
Perfume doesn't usually bother me, but some scents are just to loud.
If it hangs like a damp cloud for hours after you leave, it's too strong.
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Coworker wears some kind of nasty smelling cologne. Gives me a headache. She puts more on at lunch. We really aren't supposed to wear anything scented.
So tell them. You can be nice about it if you pull them aside and tell them that while you like perfume, it causes you headaches and if they could perhaps not wear it to work.
That is a tough question, Lily. I usually just grin and bear it. How do you tell someone their body stinks?? Harder for me to endure that. Or that breath mints might help after garlic or certain kinds of Japanese pickles?? I don't know the answer; move away from them???
That is a tough question, Lily. I usually just grin and bear it. How do you tell someone their body stinks?? Harder for me to endure that. Or that breath mints might help after garlic or certain kinds of Japanese pickles?? I don't know the answer; move away from them???
Bad breath is so much easier to overlook/deal with then colognes.
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Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.
I will admit that. Sometimes I run into people (not just women) who seem to have taken a bath in their cologne.... On a train/subway it gets pretty bad.
"Hi, Janie. Oh my goodness - I see you've been trying out
new perfumes. The one you're trying today probably smelled
great in the store, but it clashes with your body chemistry.
Or maybe you just spilled it when it came out of the bottle?
Could you try to avoid me for the rest of the day? I really
like YOU, but the scent is giving me a terrible headache."
"Hi, Jake. Wow! That salesgirl must have really been a
looker! Your new aftershave announces your presence a
block before you arrive!"
I have worked in scent-free environments for years. I can't think of a workplace here that one would be allowed to wear perfume. Generally shampoos and body creams are okay.
Of course, the witch who works as our receptionist is 'highly sensitive and smells make [me] sick!' (imagine that in the whiny-est adult voice possible). She once walked up to a co-worker and told her she smelled terrible. It was Dove unscented soap. That woman is just a douche. And an unscented one at that!
I bought one of those smelly wax things for mom for her birthday or Christmas, I can't remember.
Anyway, big, big mistake!
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