Sometimes I wear just a little. Remember that once you have it on awhile that you can't smell it but others can. I think that's when they over do it, they think it's gone and put on more. A little when you leave the house and then no more thru the day.

This reminds me of a story that my DH told me about his dad. (I never got to meet his dad, as his dad passed on when my DH was only 14) He told his sons to avoid woman who wore it..because if they had to wear it..they were covering up something that a bath would not take care of. I have to laugh..as DH mother.. now wears it.

I rarely wear perfumes and I tend to use scent-neutral items (soaps, deoderant, etc). As a result I can really tell when someone is wearing perfume.

For me, it's bad because I can tell when that person goes by my work desk, how long it's been since they've been in the room, etc.

Funny you should talk about this, just recently I had this problem at church and had to go sit somewhere else. The smell was killing me. I wasn't like this at age 20, but the smell really bothers me now (at 60+ years old).

Three years ago I had to find all new soaps, shampoos, toothpaste (baking soda is great), deodorant; have to watch all over-the-counter salves and such. Some people keep telling me to buy all natural stuff but I'm allergic to that too; mostly citrus (grapefruit in toothpaste?!).

Just a slight whiff of Cliniques aromatic elixer. My friends and family love the way it smells.

I wear a little cologne but anything heavy gives me a headache; sometimes even my husband's aftershave. It's no big deal but it makes me avoid heavy scents. Not my style anyway.

I can't wear any. I can't breathe if I do.

I confess to being a fan of the "Este Lauder" perfumes, but have always maintained, like my mama before me, that you only use enough perfume that the guy you're dancing with can catch a whiff of...

A nice scented lotion, but no perfume and I hate to walk thru that section at a department store.

I am very sensitive to perfumes and colognes. The only scent that agrees with me and does not cause me to develop a migraine is Happy by Clinque.

I wear fragrance all the time, even a quick spray when I'm just staying in for the day.

hi, i use jojoba, distilled water, a couple of drops of regular alchol, and f/o or e/o, and oh yes polysorbate 20 as an emulisifer,with sandalwood i use lavender, one of my favorite scents, i do not even mess with it is bergamont and basil, maybe a dash of lime or tangerine in it. i keep mine in the refer so and only make it as i need it, so i do not add a perservative. i love the scent of rose so i use tea rose sometimes, f/o cause the price of the essense would put me in debt for the next 1,000 years
jan in palatka

My DH is severly allergic to most perfumes. An elevator ride with some one with perfume can put him into an asthma attack. We have had to leave theaters because of what someone around us has had perfume. Churches can also be a problem sometimes. Scarry to be out and about and suddenly my DH can not breathe.

Yes to that, and when they wear too much I get an allergy attack. It is the cheap fixer that most perfumes are made with. The Fixer keeps the scent around for hours and hours. Even some of the more expensive perfumes use the cheap fixer. I cannot even walk past the perfume counter with out needing a antihistamine. However the worst of the worst is aftershave, especially the ones found in the drug store...you know the ones with old, spice, and aqua in their names. The best scent is clean and unscented, or the natural scents that nature provides, no application needed. I love the scent that wind over the cedar tree brings though my summer window.

I do not wear any and wish that the people that over load would cut back on the amount they use. I live in a city with a major hospital and employees are not allowed to wear perfumes since there are people that are allergic to the the smells.

Seems that more are allergic than not who responded here. That is probably because it is a huge problem for those of us that suffer and we are very sensitive to this subject. Those of you who "try" to put on only a little scent ... are you kidding yourself? Either you put on a small amount or you don't. If someone enjoys wearing scent, they should be able to, but not at an other's expense. People are not allowed to smoke in public buildings in our state because it is a health hazard to others. As more people have their breathing also affected by scents, the general public needs to be made aware of this.
I do not think people over do it to make others uncomfortable they just are unaware. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find unscented products and if you do not suffer, you just are not aware. This is how we learn from each other.

I once was supposed to have a treatment from an inhalation therapist that was wearing something so strong I could not breath!

I wonder if those who are so defensive about wearing scents would be so if they fully realized that the scent they are wearing can make others ill just by standing next to them? Would they want to know that that others will avoid them and their homes just because of their perfumes? Those automatic room scents are deadly, with every puff I am less and less able to breath. If I can avoid those homes I will, if not then I must sit next to an open window or door just to get some breathable air. Do these facts make the scent wearer more aware and/or less defensive?

Iwear perfume every day! Even now that I'm retired, BUT, being a Southern Gentlewoman (I hope?) I still believe that neither your escort NOR your perfume should EVER precede you.

I don't wear perfume , mainly because of sensitivities, but I don't mind if it's subtle.

However,it seems some people bathe in it for the sake of it. It's either that, or they are using it for one of the reasons perfume was originally created for: to cover the odors from people not bathing. :)

Originally perfumes were designed to mask some pretty potent body odors. People bathed irregularly, other than an occasional dunking in the river, it was considered unhealthy to bath for reasons other than, bred, wed and dead. Later they became a fashion accessory. I think if we bath often and are clean it is enough. If you need something to cover up you body odor, then please increase you bathing, not your perfume. Perfume will not cover BO, it just makes it more.....hmmm......unique.

I personally wear very little (and I do mean very little)if any. Most trigger my migraines. There have been times when I have had to leave the place I was because of the smell of perfume. I don't understand why some people think they need to smell like a perfume factory. Maybe they don't realise how sick it makes some people.

I love Ralph Lauren Blue. It is light and fresh!

Yes, everyday. Living in So Cal I wear my favorite Chanel that I've worn for years. It's very light and still get complements even from strangers. After my daily shower, it's my favorite girl "Coco" plus earrings and watch. I love feeling fresh.

I am allergic to some. So I spray a little bit of splash on my clothes. Also sometimes when I am in a store and walking by someone with too much perfume on, I have to hold my nose and get deathly sick.
And also some popuri smells make me sick from the smell.

I get migraines from other peoples cologne, its bad when a person leaves a room and their scent stays, to me if your clean, perfume isn't needed. I worked in a doctors office and older women came in drenched in it, we figured it was from wearing their clothes and hanging back up after wearing, and they reapplied the perfume- it had old perfume and newly applied perfume smell also, I will never do that when I get to be older.

I don't wear it because the first Asthma attack I had was because of perfume. We are not allowed to wear it to work. Except my manager who I have told not to wear perfume still comes with it on or on her clothes. I sat beside her one day and my voice started to go. She asked me if I was sick and I said no you have perfume on again.

I feel even if I found one that did not make me sick it may make some one else sick.

Good old soap and water work for me.

Quilterfay

I'm with you! perfume should only be smelled if someone is VERY close to you; other than that, you have on WAY too much

I used to be able to use lightly fragranced colognes and perfumes, now I get migraines from smells. The only thing I can stand is lavendar -- and then only in some soaps. I have people I have to avoid because of the fragrance they wear -- really nice people, but I can't be around them without getting sick.

I have found that as my estrogen level changes, so does the smell of my cologne. What I use to wear and love now reminds me of a skunk! LOL But I do like to wear a little. Maybe the perfume manufacturers could concentrate (no pun intended) on the more, em how shall I say it. ahem...mature gals??? Or maybe I just need to buy more expensive stuff!

Unfortunately, there are smells everywhere. I don't understand why clothes detergent, for example, has to smell like lilacs or whatever.
The second time "Smelly Woman" came to my house after being told of my severe allergies, she came smelling differently...but still smelling. She said, "I'm not wearing anything except dryer sheet!"
Has anyone else but me ever notice that it says "parfum" right on the front?

My house, my rules. I just wish everyone else understood how sick I and others get with odors.

yes I do where it... my favorite is CK-B....
don't like anything that smells like a flower garden from H*LL

I learned a lesson many year ago when DD and I both layer on 3 layers of perfume, the lotion, powder and the the actual perfume. We got in her very, very tiny car and neither of us could breathe. It was funny, but since then I've been careful of the layers. My DIL gets migraines so when I'm going to be around her I don't wear any perfume. Also if I'm going to be in a room of all women I don't wear perfume. I don't wear perfume every day as I forget about it, but when I remember it's just a tiny bit. I have showered again after putting perfume on if it was to heavy.

I only wear a very small amount of it if we're going out someplace nice, other than that I don't wear it. I've walked into elevators and hopped right back out because someone took a bath in perfume and I can't breathe! Or the worse one is having someone take a bath in perfume but hasn't actually taken a bath whole new mix of odors.

Most businesses now don't allow perfume or scented oils, or creams because of people's allergies.

I wear an after bath splash. It has been around probably as long as I have. I am hot most of the time. perfume has a tendancy to get stronger on me. I wear Jean Nate. It is just clean smelling and unless I reapply it, it just gets softer.

I wear an after bath splash. It has been around probably as long as I have. I am hot most of the time. perfume has a tendancy to get stronger on me. I wear Jean Nate. It is just clean smelling and unless I reapply it, it just gets softer.

I do wear perfume but very sparingly as I'm asthmatic. I never wear it to work (I work in a medical office). Because I'm asthmatic I had to ask a patient who comes in frequently not to wear her perfume when she comes. She must take a bath in the stuff and whenever i had to assist in the examining room I had an asthma attack. Hers is the only perfume that does that to me. Maybe because she puts so much of it on.

I have asthma and really have a problem with certain fragrances. Occasionally I have to leave a store when someone is wearing one of those fragrances. I am unable to go into candle stores too.

When I was in practice I couldn't wear any scent, but now that I am happily retired I buy bath gel in fragrances which dissipate within an hour. Current favorites are Pomegranate Lime, Water Blossom and Freshwater Mist, all from ULTA.