Upsidedown Fuji wrote:I think you've come across the wrong women or men in general. Perfume/calognes are not supposed to be sprayed all over the body libearlly. They are supposed to be used sparingly, like a light single spritz on the wrist and then rubbed together or right on the neck area.
I do agree people who wear too much calogne or perfume need to be informed about how much they smell, but if used properly perfumes can be pleasant enough.
I suppose it also comes down to what kind of fragrance the person is using. Some people are more sensitive to musks and floral scents than others.
I agree with this. Plus, not every perfume smells good on every woman (same with men and colognes). It depends on the body chemistry. Those products start working when they're warmed by areas they're applied (I forget what these areas are called, but someone else probably knows it... the wrists and neck are a some). Therefore, since people don't smell the way they want to smell right away they put way too much on. The product gets warmed and ever more potent and you have someone who stinks like a shitty bathroom covered in airfreshener. My wife found a perfume that smells great on her and a cologne that smells great on me. When we first apply it you can barely smell it. Once the night moves on it comes through very subtly so that someone walking by may not even think we are wearing anything, just that something nice caught their nose.
The worst products are the ones that old people wear. I don't know if it is just people wearing what they have always worn and these things used to stink or if you reach a certain age and you have to adopt certain behaviors that go along with it. Perhaps it is a code. Reminds me of Mrs. Doubtfire when the son thinks the grandmother smells funny and Robin Williams says it's the formaldehyde.
What I like about perfume is its feminine quality. It makes a pretty girl just seem a little more attractive to me, much in the same way the right shade of lipstick does. Don't get me wrong, I am attracted to women who don't use perfume too(and I also don't mind it if a woman doesn't use makeup), but when a girl has just the right fragrance it really does add a little something extra to her sex appeal in my opinion.
A woman can be attractive with or without makeup, perfume, etc. but when a woman knows how to use those things effectively, WOW. That's all I'm gonna say
RyaNtheSlayA wrote:
Seriously. Screw you Shao Kahn I'm gonna play Animal Crossing.
i have a super sensitive nose....so when i smell perfumes, colognes, and certain body spray i get dizzy and sick to my stomach. shampoo's and bodywash is usally fine as long as it's not super strong...
weasels wrote:i have a super sensitive nose....so when i smell perfumes, colognes, and certain body spray i get dizzy and sick to my stomach. shampoo's and bodywash is usally fine as long as it's not super strong...
Thats the same way I am, I also get headaches, runny nose or stuffed up nose, and sneeze.
Some people are really sensitive / allergic to certain scents or certain chemicals that are included in perfumes (in a bad way). I often get headaches, nausea or similar even if the other person didn't overdo the dosage (I mean, as far as I'm concerned the person overdid it, but I meant to most other people).
It is really a question of personal freedoms and where one person's freedom ends the other person's freedom starts. Personally (and I'm obviously biased) I lean on the side that not having headaches should trump the frivolous desire to "smell nice", but how one would go about legislating that kind of stuff is hard to say.
I believe some offices have internal regulations (on the dress code or whatever) about using perfumes very sparingly in order to protect the staff that is sensitive.
I don't know if this applies to the OP, but if you have this kind of problem at your workplace perhaps you can ask the person(s) and then talk to HR if they don't comply (or skip to talk to Human Resources directly, they should know how to handle that stuff better).
This reminded me of a teacher I had in elementary school.
I think at one point we've all had that one teacher. The "Wretched Hag", for lack of a better term. The one old bitch who should of stopped teaching at least forty years ago considering she taught your parents and even probably your grand parents. She literally marinated herself in perfume from the time she leaves school until the time she has to leave for school the next day.
Myself and others always nearly choked to death whenever she was around, and none of us even had any allergies or anything. I really feel bad for people who are overly sensitive to these things because I still come across these Wretched Hags every once in a while.
Yeah, perfume is pretty gnarly...Some good shampoo/conditioner works good for smell, methinks, much better than perfumes or colognes...
And OH MY GOSH, some guys overuse on the Axe spray a liiittle too much. Good lord. A little smells good, but it makes me gag every time I have to walk through a heavy cloud of Axe shrouding a guy trying way too hard to impress the ladies.
I Feel Asleep!! wrote:And OH MY GOSH, some guys overuse on the Axe spray a liiittle too much. Good lord. A little smells good, but it makes me gag every time I have to walk through a heavy cloud of Axe shrouding a guy trying way too hard to impress the ladies.
Ugh, I knew a guy that chose to spray himself down with Axe as opposed to bathing. And when I say spray himself down, I mean he'd go through a can of the aerosol deodorant in two days. He spent a couple weeks sleeping on my couch when he was without a place, and it was six months before the smell finally faded.
I'll admit to using their antiperspirants, but Jesus that was unnecessary. Plus once you got beyond the cloud of deodorant, you'd get hit in the face with his actual funk.
My wife has a perfume that would give a dog a bone. Serious pheromones. Even my friends will tell me that she "smells sexy". When I'm off work, I'll find the bottle and post what she wears, as it really smells good.
I'm surprised that no one has brought up the fact that smells are usually linked to memories, causing some to either hate or love certain perfumes/colognes/odors in general. There is the classic Beech-Nut Gum and Cigarette article where a lady would become aroused anytime she smelled the combination, like one of Pavlov's dogs.
I could smell pipe tobacco all day, but the smell of cheap smokes (especially menthol) nauseates me.
Luke wrote:My wife has a perfume that would give a dog a bone. Serious pheromones. Even my friends will tell me that she "smells sexy". When I'm off work, I'll find the bottle and post what she wears, as it really smells good.
I'm surprised that no one has brought up the fact that smells are usually linked to memories, causing some to either hate or love certain perfumes/colognes/odors in general. There is the classic Beech-Nut Gum and Cigarette article where a lady would become aroused anytime she smelled the combination, like one of Pavlov's dogs.
I could smell pipe tobacco all day, but the smell of cheap smokes (especially menthol) nauseates me.
A good woman knows just how much perfume to use, what kind, where, and when. My wife occasionally uses a couple of kinds of perfume from Victoria's Secret that don't cause any allergic reactions/headaches/etc. in other people with the sensitivity (her mom has this affliction quite seriously).
It's all very reasonably priced, and if you want to get your woman into something that won't hurt your head, it might make a nice gift. I'm a fan of the rose and vanilla scents, personally.
