[Me, entering the office building] *sniff* Oh, $coworker is here today.
And they came through here 2 hours ago.
[Me, entering the office building] *sniff* Oh, $coworker is here today.
And they came through here 2 hours ago.
Ever walked past someone and started choking?
When I was around 8 years old, my mother and I took a Greyhound bus across the country to visit the grandparents. We were sat next to a woman who was drenched in perfume. There's a picture of me sitting next to said woman with my eyes absolutely streaming tears from being so badly irritated.
I put this much on because I can't smell it anymore! They weakened it!
Uhhhhh noooooo, no they did not
Tip: don’t hold your breath instead preserve the clean air in your lungs by taking rapid short breaths until loss of consciousness occurs
Recently I had a guy deliver a new appliance. The hallway still reeked of his cologne two hours after he left, when he hadn't been in my house for more than 5 minutes. I didn't even think that was possible.
An English friend calls this phenomenon "twinkle twat", as he says it usually indicates the person hasn't, um, washed in a while. Or at least long enough that they know they should have by now, and are trying to mask it.
Now I can't unthink it whenever I encounter it... 😶
Some people are just smelly even when they have washed, for various reasons. Obnoxious levels of perfume may actually be better than the alternative in some cases.
Although even unpleasant body smells don't usually make me sneeze or my eyes itch like most perfume does...
Oh some of those natural body smells do linger, I'm afraid. I pray you never need to know that as viscerally as I know it.
But still yeah I agree, artificial scent bad. But so normalised. I often think about 'brave new world' when I walk into a reception area or house where they're pumping out oderiser. I'm just glad public transport doesn't yet pipe the shit in.
„They“ is a neutral pronoun you can use to avoid the awkwardness of he/she
They is awkward, "he or she" is totally fine. Fight me
Why would I fight your dirty bad opinion having self? Grow the fuck up and get yourself some help, whether that's a licensed therapist or maybe a group that you can discuss your problems with.
I do not fight people with opinions that align with fascists unless I intend to finish it, I will not make the mistake of letting someone asking for an ass whooping get back up and go about their day sharing awful takes and making things worse in the name of opinion and point of view.
Thankfully my current office doesn’t have anyone I interact with like this, but at a previous job I’m pretty sure the dude bought cologne by the 55 gallon drum. It was painful.
It used to be I would have to ask women from time to time to go easy on the perfume. Lately it has been all men. And I do say perfume when I ask them (always a great reaction).
I'll take this over the people that leave elevators smelling like an ashtray after they're gone.
Both are bad, combined is worse. One doesn't make the other better.
Ya but cigarettes are amazing. Oh how I miss them!
If I can smell you when just I'm walking past your office, it's way too much.
I've been this person once and I'm ashamed. I got a knock off parfum not realizing how strong it was and just went ahead and did my 3 sprays. Omg I realized when I was standing in line at the pharmacy and someone muttered something under their breath. I threw that scent away in shame
Arabs: hold my aftershave.
I was even shown a trick by my friend's dad that after a shower, I should go over to the insence burner and hold my hair over the smoke.
I don't really have one of those, but I appreciated the experience.
The worst is when you can smell people walking past you when you're outside... before they pass you.
Once a person told me that the total sprays for a perfume are 4. 2 on the chest, left and right over the shirt, and 2 on the neck left and right. People with very short hair or without hair, can also spray once in the back neck. I follow this rule, and its big difference on the way the perfume develops as the time goes on. Remember, perfume have ingredients, that you will smell as the times goes on.
That still sounds too much
I've always done left and right wrist, rub the wrists around my chest and neck. Maybe one spray for neck too depending on how strong it is.
Idk I also never spray anything over my clothes either that seems like too much. But hey at least you aren't completely bathing yourself in it. It might still be too strong for people who are sensitive to smells. Just a thought.
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