http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mbauer/detail?entry_id=41377&tsp=1 "I am a restaurant industry professional. I am often faced with the issue of having guests arrive at the restaurant reeking of cologne or perfume. To say that this is both obnoxious, and in some cases nauseating, is putting it lightly. Can you explain to your readers to impress upon them the importance of not overdoing the use of cologne or perfume when going to a restaurant? I feel -- and smell -- your pain. To me it's almost worse than secondhand smoke. I've had clouds of stinky floral perfumes engulf me as I try to enjoy my meal. Not only does everything end up tasting like a truckload of gardenias, I leave with a headache. When professionals go to a wine tasting, they know not to wear a fragrance because it can impact the impression of the wine. In fact, we have a no perfume policy in the Food & Wine department since we're tasting wines or recipes on a daily basis. Unfortunately, restaurants can't implement the same policy. I wrote about this subject more than a year ago, but little has changed." Your thoughts? Highly unlikely, but interesting to think of none the less.
I was at prom the other day, this girl walked by our table, it was smelly, we got up, walked around, talked to some of the teachers chaperoning, came back, and it smelled just as strong. Some women are worse than prepubescent boys with Axe.
I can't wear perfumes, I'm really sensitive to fragrances and heavy perfumes give me migranes. I remember one evening when J and I went out to dinner and there was a woman several tables away that smelled like she took a bath in her perfume. I got such a migrane from it that I ended up throwing up. I was miserable! I *wish* they would have a perfume ban in close quarters sometimes, because some scents are totally overpowering, which, from what I've been told, when you wear a fragrance, you should use it in a subtle manner, not drown yourself in it. I don't think they realize how offensive it can be to other people. But oh well, it's their right to wear it. Unfortunately I usually end up sick from being too close to someone like that, so I have to suffer, but if I can move away from the area, all the better.
I wear perfume all the time...but I know how much to wear, meaning that if you can smell it, and you're not my b/f, you are too damn close to me! lol
i hate perfume. ive never owned a bottle. the most i will do is body spray or mist i had a substitute teacher than smelled like she bathed in it....ya know that distinct old lady perfume
Haha, same here! If you're close enough to smell me, you are too close! I fucking hate it when I can smell someone's perfume when they walk in the front door, all the way back in the kitchen at work. I fucking hate that so much, because if it's offensive to me in the kitchen with all the food cooking, I can't imagine how those poor people in the dining room must feel having to practically bathe in it themselves. But what I hate even more than that is the guys who work jobs that make them stink like chemicals decide to come in and sit down for an hour or so for lunch. Fucking assholes, I don't understand where common decency went, if you reek like you've been bathing in weed killer, we have a drive-thru, with a plenty big enough clearance for your truck! I always think of people like Face Eater and Boog when those douchebags come in because of their allergies. Grrr.
some people overdue it, but i could care less what they do with there own body. they wanna load up, go ahead and waste money. it really is none of my business
At one point there were a lot of girls wearing way too much here, I had migraines and felt sick. There is a rule here because our CEO and one of the supervisors also have migraines triggered by sents like that.... I usually don't wear it, but sometimes I do, I don't take a bath in it. Hell, I've bought perfume twice in the past 5 years... heh.
