Cologne or Perfume?

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

Neither.

Some people are sensitive/allergic to scent; don't bathe in it...if I can smell your scent from my bubble 3 feet away, you are wearing too much.

When I worked in an office we were not allowed to wear scent that could be smelled by anyone else, and it made for a happy office. When I used to hire and fire, if I could smell scent during the interview they didn't get hired. Period.

When I get hugged at church and have to wear your scent for hours, YOU BATHED IN IT. When your scent lingers behind you, YOU BATHED IN IT. I don't care how good you THINK you smell, I DON'T WANT TO SMELL YOU!!!!

Just make sure you shower and wear clean clothes, that is good enough for me.

So very true!!

My asthma is triggered badly by heavy colones and perfumes.

In nursing school and every medical/clinical/hospital environment I have ever worked in; scents were forbidden.

Can you imagine working with a patient in the hospital, with severe COPD or asthma, walking in bathed in a scent? There you go triggering a new respiratory event!

[dark_crystal]

I wear Mademoiselle.

I am probably one of the people who wears too much. People have correctly guessed it from me just walking by

I only use two dabs though! One at the throat and one for both wrists to share

[gotoseagrl]

I wear mostly body spray, as perfume is usually too potent for me. I have nearly choked passing by someone with perfume that was too strong. I love smelling good, and I love when someone smells good for me too, especially cologne!

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

So very true!!

My asthma is triggered badly by heavy colones and perfumes.

In nursing school and every medical/clinical/hospital environment I have ever worked in; scents were forbidden.

Can you imagine working with a patient in the hospital, with severe COPD or asthma, walking in bathed in a scent? There you go triggering a new respiratory event!

One of my employees in Texas was allergic to a lot of heavy fragrances and other heavy odors in general tended to trigger migraines in her.

I know I do okay most of the time because she was okay with me and she was really sensitive to that stuff.

The state claimed imminent domain so we had to work in a construction trailer for the duration of her employment.

Texas is hot and hot people are sweaty plus there are a lot of smokers in that area and those that bathed in their cologne. Put those folks with her in a tiny trailer and she was not happy.

She knew all this and still kept silent through the hiring process. Poor thing didn't last long there, for that and other reasons. She left right after I got back from one of the Reunions, actually.

I may have said it before but I use a variety of scents because I never know what kind of mood I will be in. I may be in a sultry mood and my cucumber melon perfume wouldn't work in that case, for example. My go to scent is Provocative Woman. It just depends on my mood or, if I know I'm going where there are scent sensitive people, I'll just go sans extra scents. My deodorant (a must!) is a nice pear scent and that doesn't seem to bother anyone.

[EnderD_503]

I mostly smell like Lush's Dirty. Its a body spray that works really well as a deodorant. I started getting allergic to stick deodorants and after a while of using Axe body sprays decided to switch to something more natural. That's usually the only kind of "scent" I wear daily.

But if I'm not going to work or if I'm going out and know I won't be around someone I know has an allergy I'm still a fan of Adidas colognes. The one I mainly use now is Adidas Moves (Him) that I like a fair bit. I also really like Adidas Deep Energy which is the one I've used the longest. I also like that they both smell pretty good but are slightly more subtle too (at least to my nose).

[nhplowboi]

I have noticed that if I do not notice/smell fragrances applied they are usually appropriate. I am an Old Spice kind of guy.

[Gayandgray]

Way back when my butch spouse and I first got together, I was into heavy scents: Opium, Poison, Dark Vanilla, real strong patchouli, etc. and she loved them too. However, ever since she had her first stroke, all her taste buds and scents are all off and stuff she used to love to smell and or eat, she now can't stand. She only got her taste for coffee back, that's it and that took a few years. Now she can only stand real light scents, so I usually just wear an oil or a light body spray. I still wear my patchouli but only a drop behind each ear, because I love it almost as much as I love coconut. Sometimes I will just wear cocoa butter lotion and she says she smells that but it's good. If I wear Bath & Body works coconut spray I can't wear too much though or she is gagging and coughing. Plus I'm a cna in a nursing home, on a rehab floor and we really are not supposed to wear any scents. Sometimes in the Summer I will splash on a little Jean Nate after my evening shower and my spouse is ok with that because she says it smells like baby powder.

[homoe]

I'm just an "irish spring" and "pert" person

[Zimmeh]

What I love about my perfumes from L'Occitane is tgat they are essential oil based. They really don't have a heavy fragrance and I use very little.

Zimmeh

[RockOn]

for some time now, I do men's Cool Water after shave, use a little like cologne ... it seems lighter to me than the cologne

[JDeere]

I don't always know when I'm wearing too much as my sense of smell is off kilter. If I can smell it on myself and it's not too much for me then I go with it.