I will try to be tactful. The subject is people that wear perfume.
Today I was hugged affectionately by a lovely neighbor. Her perfume, although not a scent that was appalling (as many are) was all over me after the hug.
My hair, my clothes, the whole side of my face.
Within 10 minutes I had a raging headache. I was on my way out and had no time to change my clothes, so I washed the side of my face and sprayed myself with unscented Fabreeze…… it didn't make a dent in the smell that lingered all over me until I could return home and shower.
This is not the first time this has happened to me.
It is getting to the point where I dread going to a group gathering. Being hugged by multiple people (or even just sitting next to perfumed people on a couch) and picking up the residue of the different perfumes each is wearing is unbelievably annoying.
I can't believe that someone wearing scent wouldn't get annoyed when another's scent invades their own body/clothes/hair as they hug. They want their OWN, don't they? Or is it okay for all the perfumes to mingle? Or don't they know the difference?
I gotta say, many scents don't go well at all with others rubbed on top… or when multiple ladies are side by side somewhere, all wearing perfume that competes.
I honestly don't understand this. Even if the majority of stuff did not give me a headache, I'd much rather smell the fresh air we are in, or the food we are eating at the time.
Instead the perfume demands the attention. Sadly, that's how I am beginning to look at it- as a detraction rather than a compliment to an otherwise beautiful woman. AND, they pay good money for this effect? !!!
I truly do not understand.
I'll add a bold P.S.- Do you mind if you leave your scent on somebody, or in someone's home after you have gone? Or someone's auto?
Just curious.