Seems as if the 2% are the loudest and ruin things for the 98%.

Just think about it when you go to drench yourself with it that wearing so much may cause an allergic reaction to quite a few people. I say leave the perfume at home when riding with others in a golf cart or car or going to someone else's home especially if you know they have an allergy to it. Scented candles and perfume tend to close up my throat.

A spritz is not drowning oneself.

hmmm. gotta disagree Forohun. I don't get used to it and it doesn't spray like hair spray...it squirts once and very lightly. most clothes get washed after they've been worn. Some people wear a fragrance I don't like and wear more than I wish they would. but you really can't make people do what you want them to, otherwise people would drive like I want them to...:loco:
It seems like most of us are allergic to something...and I appreciate the reminder not to wear it when I'll be close to strangers who might be allergic as in a performance theater.

The voice of reason. :wave:

how does one find out or know who is allergic to what, where under what circumstance(s)?

One just cannot adjust ones lifestyle to accomodate all the maladies, real or imagined, in an open society.

The main ingredients in the 100% is moderation, patience and understanding......three element usually lacking in much of the 2%.

btk

Here is my favorite
I am a big hit @ the dog park

Maybe your Indian name should be Runs From Dogs...

Really tired of the 2% trying to run the other 98%. Perhaps we should ban all candy because someone might be diabetic; ban all bakery items because someone might be gluten sensitive; ban all seafood because someone might be allergic to shellfish; ban all pets because someone might be allergic. Enough already. You can't please all the people all the time.

I honestly don't understand why this is such a hot topic.

I do understand that there are smells some of us can't handle. Those smells are different for different people. As we've seen on this thread, some people can't handle suntan lotion. I've heard some say they couldn't handle the smell of cleaning products.

I don't care for certain fragrances as well. One person posted they didn't like the Musk scent. I happen to love most of them.

I have friends who have dogs, cats, and smoke. Some have had bad breath and others don't always smell so nice. I know we think our own body odor smells sweet.... but not always to all of us. I know smokers don't think we can smell the smoke on them.... We may not know it's smoke... but we know we smell something.

I wear fragrance. I have also been complimented on my fragrance more than I can tell you, and in fact found the fragrance when someone walked past me in a restaurant and I chased her down to find out what she was wearing!

I have dogs.... I know my dogs emit a scent.... Someone without dogs would be able to smell it, while others with dogs most likely wouldn't.

My point is.... I don't ask my friends to change for me. If I like/love them... I accept them for who they are. I'm so very sorry this topic has come up. It seems to have brought out the mean in people. I think I like to to have nice smelling people around me, then to have mean people around me.

And BTW.... I'm guessing if this offends you.... You probably realize you've been one of the mean people.

Getting back to one of the things I wanted to understand (from my original post) I will ask Dianne as I believe she will share a very honest answer (and not hold back) !

If you are out, wearing the Channel #5 you enjoy and another woman/man, wearing a different fragrance embraces you/shakes your hand- ( I am referring to another wearing abundant fragrance that transfers to you from their hands or clothing and deposits on your person.)

Would that be something you would notice/ detect? (If wearing one fragrance precludes smelling another, I will understand)

If you CAN smell the other's scent on your clothing or skin, along side your Channel, would that be okay, no big deal?
To your senses, would it compromise the essence you wish yourself to project?

Perhaps this has never happened in your experience, but I am curious to know how you (or any fragrance wearer) would feel about that aspect of wearing fragrance, if you encountered that scenario.
?

This is the most entertaining thread I have read in a long time. Can't wait to try the new bacon scented deodorant!

I wear cologne every day. White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor. I like it because it's not an over powering scent.
I do know a couple of gals that you can smell them when they walk in a room and it's not a nice smell. Oh well, that's life.

As I said previously, I'm very sensitive to scents. At the same time, I would never dream of asking my friends or acquaintances to not wear a scent unless I know we're going to be in a car together for a long time (and then it would have to be a very close friend for me to even consider mentioning it). It's my problem, not theirs, and people should be able to enjoy what they do without someone trying to stop that. I can always take a Benedryl if it becomes too much of an issue.

Oh, and I love perfumes. I did learn that if I only sprayed the back of my neck and behind my knees, I could wear it and did. Sadly, my favorite scent is no more -- Lauren by Ralph Lauren.

But if someone is wearing enough perfume that I can smell them long before they get near me, there is no way I'm going to let them close enough to touch me, let alone hug me. I try to be as polite as possible and simply explain that something they are wearing is triggering an allergic reaction, so, as long as we keep a reasonable distance we can still converse (sides, I HATE being touched by people I really don't know). And that's my solution to not smelling like someone else nor having their scent linger on my clothes and in my nose.

just wondering where you get your statistics?