I think the original request for no strong smells in the room is a valid one and you responded to the request. After that, it sounds as if a miscommunication happened. Very often I find that when we have negative feelings about something we engage in internal negative self-talk that is not communicated to the person we have an issue with and it results in an escalation of the problem. This might have happened to both you and your room mate. I suggest contacting your RA and coming up with a solution/contract that both you and your room mate agree upon and sign. Good luck. It’s very hard to cohabitate with someone when there is conflict in the air.
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