OK….to all you fuckers who literally BATHE in cologne, perfume and “axe body spray”….please, fuck off.
there are certain people who seem to follow this smelly faux shower trend, though i wont specify who those certain people are, but 9/10 times its one of you guys/girls that fucking stink. all types of people OD on scents, but not as much as YOU and you know who you are. go the hell home and take all the axe body spray with you.
YOU REEK
This article appears in Jul 24-30, 2008.
I’m conflicted on this issue.My ex was allergic to scents and had to leave the room if anyone had a hint of this stuff. I don’t think its fair her life is affected because someone else chooses to wear scents.HOWEVER, some girls love this stuff. So I am conflicted!
It’s not fair that someone’s life is affected by someone else wearing scents, but it’s just another thing in life that is not fair. It would also be less fair, and very selfish, to expect the whole world to bend over to accomodate you and your condition. If you are sensitive to scents, then it is your responsibility to avoid them. I have a friend who is allergic to a chemical in their workplace and instead of demanding that the chemical be banned (which is possible) they bought a mask/respirator to deal with it. Sure it’s an inconvenience to them, but it would be more inconvenient, and selfish, to demand that everybody else change the way they do things.
Someone once told me that the more scent a person wears, the less that person washes/showers/bathes. I tend to believe this. If you can smell a scent more than three feet away, then you’re wearing too much and should stay the fuck away from elevators and open flames.
Or move closer to the open flame… Problem solved… NEXT..!!!
You’re right there’s a ‘certain type’ of people that statistically are worse at this than others.. Unfortunately, they have a large population in Halifax and you can’t go downtown to certain bars without getting high on fumes.
Everyone just needs to ooze machismo like myself, The Bad Guy!
Thats not machismo BG… That’s BO.
Machismo…
BO…
what exactly is a ‘certain type’?and while I do agree that if I can smell you across the room, you’re wearing too much, I have to say I’m terribly annoyed with people who are ever so sensitive to scent they make everyone else change.you will probably NOT actually die if someone dares to wear scented deodorant in your presence. very very very few people are THAT sensitive to scents that they will literally expire over a whiff of cologne. but a lot of people maybe get a little stuffed up, or it’s a little harder to breathe or whatever. hell, I get a little congested walking down the detergent aisle at the grocery store- but I’m not going to insist they get rid of the tide for those 5 seconds I pass by in discomfort.
It’s weird how in regions with “Scent Free” policies abound, there are lots of people who complain about allergies and sensitivities, but in regions where this isn’t the case, you NEVER hear about it. Power of suggestion is my favorite.PS I’m the most allergic-to-the-world person I know, and I can withstand an onslaught of body sprays and colognes with little more than minimal irritation.
It’s almost like it’s fashionable to be ‘scent sensitive’. ooh look at me, I’m such a delicate flower, I’m allergic to EVERYTHING. oh you’re not allergic to at least one thing? you must not be as cool as me…..I always laugh when I hear coworkers etc complain about others scents, then I see them microwaving stinky food, or dousing themsleves in their chosen scent. Apparently they’d be alright if everyone wore the same eau-du-tramp as them……
I worked with a scent-free freak who threw a fit because someone peeled an orange in front of her. I guess she didn’t get the memo explaining how it’s the CHEMICALS that trigger allergic reactions.Hedgy, if I didn’t know better, I’d swear you were me.
hedgy = qwerty
nono floyd…clearly I AM EVERYONE!!!!! 😉
Hedgy = Miles. Hedgy is my troll name that I made up to trap you into agreeing with me and to make you think that I was even stranger than you previously thought. Sucka!
miles, I’m giggling…except of course, you implied I was a troll. Moi? Never! although why am I picturing you know, laughing maniacally and screaming ‘dance puppets dance’ like some terrifying internet puppet-fetishist machiavelli?
In my eagerness to reveal my treachery and deceit I completely forgot my manners. My apologies puppet-hedgy. You are more of a fraggle, than a troll…probably mogley.
Can I be a fraggle too?? Can I Can I??? Pleeease?(*praying not to be a Dozer*)
No Qwerty, you be Bosley.
Ok, you can be Red fraggle. Floyd’s Gobo, our leader. I’ll be Wembley, the nervous guy. Now all we need is a Boober, the negative Nelly of the group, now who among us would be right for that role?
I vote for Kay…..or homie….mostly becuase I’m waiting with baited breath for one of them to emerge and tell us all to stay on topic or slink back to fraggle rock….ps which one was mogley again?
SHHHHH!don’t say that name ever again, missy.I vote Kay.
OH THAT’S RIGHT, one of his lurking henchmen (oops sorry women) may hear him mentioned, take it as a call for his aid, and thus swoop down to drown us in google…………he’s definatly a doozer. and Gingy can be one of those big furry thing-a-ma-bob people.
Was it fraggle rock that had the talking trash heap? If so, that’s you know who.
Hedgy, mogley is actually mokey I think (my bad) she was the smart one. A little artsy and usually wise.
It was Fraggle Rock. I referenced the heap last week in a different bitch. Crazy
aww, thanks miles (tear). and I agree- he who shall not be named can be the trash heap
I think in those environments where there are no scent free policies people are so desensitized, or nasally numb, that nothing bothers them. In health care environments, for example, where “no scents” are common, people aren’t used to any perfumes and become over-sensitive.I’ve worked with some scent free freaks and they can be quite disingenuous about their presumed sensitivities. I recall reading a recent study where chemicals that normally have a strong scent were released into an environment but their odor somehow chemically masked. Lo and behold, the deathly-allergic types noticed nothing. Says a lot for the power of suggestion.Mokey was a tres cool fraggle. She kinda reminds me of Alison Goldfrapp’s latest incarnations. Red is my favorite Fraggle, but I really dig the Doozers most.
Would you rather be near someone who smelled like B.O. or ass??? I’d rather choke on cologne/perfume anyday than be subjected to those smells.
So the choice is either doused in cologne/perfume/axe sprays or ass or BO?? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a long time.There IS a choice #3. Its called…..wait for it……wait for it…A fucking SHOWER. Or a BATH. I work in a place where people spray that shit over and over again “just to see what it smells like” or the infamous “why buy it when I can spray it on for free here?” A tiny spray and you can see what it smells like. But NOOOOOO…you have to spray it for 5-10 seconds so I can choke and gasp all day. THAT is unneccesary and inconsiderate. Passing by it I can deal with. I can’t leave my job or wear a mask, so I get to have a blinding headache all day. Yay me.