Don't like it when people wear strong perfumes

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Ever been in public and walked past someone and they smell of perfumes or even just a little bit, it gets too much and its distracting if I have to talk to them.

Me too, I always have to cover my nose. Perfume stores are my worst nightmare.

I don’t like it either although I love the smell of fragrant flowers like lilacs.

I have trouble with that, too. Some people wear so much perfume/cologne that I feel I could faint.

I'm absolutely hyper-sensitive to smells in addition to sound and to a lesser extent, light and touch.

I loathe when someone wears too much perfume or cologne. I've been around people that have it on so strong I can literally taste it. I'm fortunate that I work in a workplace where perfume and cologne is forbidden out of respect for people's sensitivities.

In my position I have to meet with certain traveling company representatives that come to our place of work. There are a few that wear too much cologne and my work space wreaks of the cologne for the rest of the day and stays on my hand after shaking theirs even after I wash my hand.

Perfume, cologne, and air fresheners can throw me off for hours.

I have more problem's with men's cologne rather than women's perfume. I guess perfume tends to be lighter and more floral. I definitely think I notice it more than others though, it just doesn't overwhelm me. Cologne on the other hands I have real difficulties with. I used to think this was because I had a teacher that wore so much that it made me feel sick and that I just associated it with that but it doesn't appear that anyone else in the class even noticed how much he was wearing. When he would lean over to check work or something I really thought I was going to throw up and couldn't concentrate on a word he was saying.

I hate it too. I have sinus & allergy problems & it can make my nose drip.

I also don't like the smells of perfumes. If someone wearing even a little perfume walks by, my eyes water and I start feeling nauseous. It must be a Sweet Pea thing.

NO!!

No, it's awful! Makes my eyes and nose run like crazy!

When I was in my teens, my mum used to work at a perfume counter and her co-workers used to think it hilarious to spray me with perfume as I walked past them. I really hated having to visit where she worked and avoided it at all costs. Supermarkets are one of the worst places for perfumes. It seems that people just cannot do a bit of shopping without lathering themselves in perfumes, bodysprays and aftershaves. I can almost see the trail of smells that people leave in their wake!

One of my colleagues goes to the gym first thing in the morning before he starts work. He always comes in reeking of strong smelling antiperspirant and I have to surreptitiously hold my nose until it dissipates. I always use a mild roll-on deodorant for that very reason.

Oh, and fabric conditioner is banned in our house. Stinky, nasty stuff!