Odor Sensitivities

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I'm extremely sensitive to smell. I loathe cigarette smoke, and I think of the perfume area in department stores as the "gas department", to be hurried through as quickly as possible. I love essential oils and make my own perfumes from them.

hey me too, perfumes are ok, the only smell i cannot stand is that of bad motor oil or hydraulic fluid (but yet i fix and own door closers) the sensitivity hit me in 6th grade on second floor of middle school i almost fainted in a classroom because of leaking oil.

this sensitivity has came in handy when detecting problems with cars and hardware i smell it b 4 it leaks oil.

Smell sensitivity is bad for me, too. Strong perfumes can make me gag, smoke is bad, especially burnt toast for some reason..that will give me a headache and hurt my eyes. I can't stand fresh paint, that makes me feel sick and dizzy and hurts my eyes and head. I will often smell strange or bad odours around the house that no one else can smell, they all think I am imagining things, but the odour can be overwhelming to me.

I am the same. I have to leave when my husband showers with very fragrant body washes like High Endurance or AXE. They make my eyes and throat burn. I cannot stand the smell of burnt popcorn, or smoke of any kind. It makes me nausated and dizzy. I have to leave the neighborhood when my neighbors burn leafs. Pine sole and chlorox fumes choke me. I own a gas mask which I ordered from ebay to use when I have to use strong cleaning products like Oven Cleaner. True Story!

Three smells make me physically ill:
Rubber. Cigarettes. Formaldehyde.

The rest, I can tolerate.

My mother (NT) has a very low tolerance for smells. She can't even live in a house older than about ten years, because older houses have moldy basements.

love the cats Bettyboo.
Burnt popcorn is horrible but I do not like the smell of microwave popcorn period. Most soaps are ok but purfumes are generally too strong for me. I smoke so cig. smoke is ok it does not bother me to much.
I love the smell of fresh cut grass and the smell after the rain.

Thanks Itfits, Your cat is handsome, also.