“If it’s a good friend, you should tell her, “ a friend said
when asked what would she do if someone she knew doused herself with too much
perfume. “If not, just open a
window.”
“To me,” said Yvette, “perfume should be a surprise. Someone
gives you a hug and suddenly realizes and likes the scent. Perfume shouldn’t
announce someone’s arrival.”
Once a scent seeker always a scent seeker, man or woman even
in a car - the person using ounces and ounces of perfume a day thinks nothing
of festooning his/her car with smelly little trees or scented clips that fit
onto vents.
Yvette’s advice is to say nothing. I think I’d go along with the good friend route and say
something because too much perfume can be so nauseating it becomes a stinky proposition.
What would you say?
2 comments:
I have a male co-worker who wears the strongest cologne in a shared office with many other people. When he's in the office I have to open the door or leave the office and work elsewhere until he leaves. He often sprays himself while in the office adding more to what he already has on. I really need to figure out a delicate way to let him know that his cologne is overpowering and makes it difficult to work in the same room with him. Any suggestions. Not saying anything is not a good idea.
I am allergic to many fragrances so I have to tell a friend that I cannot be near them when they wear an offending fragrance. I believe the offender would want to know!
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