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Why do people wear perfumes? Or aftershave? The smell is disgusting

Because they don't smell it as well as we do. I can't stand perfumes.

I don't want to smell anything on people, but I guess perfume is better than B.O. I like my wife to smell like unscented soap . And just to clarify; "unscented" soap has a smell to it. Just a little less obnoxious than fruity or flowery soaps & products. I use unscented deodorant (Mitchum clear), and unscented liquid soap in the shower. NO aftershave; just unscented lotion as needed.

My worst nightmare: Having to sit near somebody who hasn't had a shower since Carter was in office, and douses him/herself in perfume to cover it all up .

Charles

I wear perfume sometimes. I just wear it because I like the aroma. Likes and dislikes are personal things and some people like certain smells that others find unpleasant.

However...

I wear only a small amount (usually a tiny dab on the pulse points behind my ears). I find this adequate. I don't drench myself in cologne, perfume or essential oil blends. I am well aware that some people are sensitive to perfumes and scents and need to be mindful of this.

I think that most people use WAAAAY too much product. A little dab ... fine. But the whole world should not need to share ones love of perfume. I often can smell a trail of perfume/aftershave after someone walks past. Walking in the path of this "trail" is like walking into a wall of scent. Yuck!! !

I don't think that you would have much problem with the aromas that I use - you'd have to get pretty close to me to detect it. LOL!!

If I wanted to mask my scent, I'd go roll in dead bird or a dead something. My chihauhua rolls in dead bugs. I personay think dead bird smells better than half the perfumes out there.

I wear a little cologne from time to time... nothing extreme. Gives me a slight confidence boost for some reason.

*Wow, he's really weird but hey he smells nice!*

I don't know. I don't know why they think it smells good.

It smells terrible and burns when I breathe around it.

My wife gets physical symptoms if too near someone perfumed [her sister has sometimes been hard for her, and we have to watch for uncented this and that].

I went into big time tizzie once when a barber AGAINST MY EXPRESS REQUEST poured about a gallon of Eau de Goo in my head - I hate showers and water running on my head but I got home as fast as I could for decontamination under the spray. Ugh.

I have managed to find a couple of perfumes and body sprays that I really love the smell of, but most of them just smell revolting and give me a headache.

To start, most perfumes are "toilet water" (eau de toilet). They are based on alcohol. This is why they tend to burn and irritate the skin. They are cheap to mass produce, last a short time, and you usually have to use much more of it.

Perfumes that are "eau de parfum" are proper perfumes. They are oil-based. They don't burn or irritate, they're significantly more expensive (but not the most expensive) because they cost more to produce, but you use very little of it and the scent lasts a good period of time (8-10 hours for most people).

I can't stand toilet water perfumes. I find proper perfumes to be non-irritating...sometimes even pleasing.

Should have known this back when I was a teen and some natural food stores sold natural herbal perfumes. They didn't irritate when I smelled them, but I didn't inquire how they were made.

I like perfumes.my favourite ones are made of aromatherapy oils. I love scented lotions and shower gels. I also love lush. I dont like perfumes that are really strong though- headache material.