On 2020-12-06 11:50 a.m., cshenk wrote:

> My husband has become sensitive to perfumes in stores. Sensible use
> levels do not bother him though like my scented soaps or his favorite
> 'Old Spice' shower soap.
>
> It's the women (or men!) dousing themselves too heavily that are the
> issue.


There are many times I would rather be standing by a smoker with the
worst smelling tobacco than to be near a woman who has doused herself
with perfume. That stuff is vile. There is the odd perfume that is not
too bad if used in very small doses. There is a department store in a
mall that I frequent where one of the entrances leads in thorough the
women's cosmetics and perfumes. I generally go around to the other
entrance rather than run the gauntlet of stink.