<p>I don’t currently wear perfume- I do like it, and often choose scented body lotion, but so many places ask you to not wear anything, and I hardly ever go into dept stores anymore to check out the selection.</p>
<p>I am planning on getting some Calyx though ( made by Prescriptives), because they are closing their cosmetic counters. </p>
<p>I used to really like Calvin Klein ( they don’t make it anymore apparently- it was from the early 1980’s- I * don’t like* Obsession), and I used to wear various Dior and Chanel perfumes when I was younger, cause that was what my great aunts would give me- but it takes so long to find perfume- cause it changes depending on your own body chemistry.</p>
<p>Anyone have anything they really love? Hate?</p>
<p>I really liked Ralph Lauren “Style” - but they add new fragrances and get rid of the old so it’s hard to find and still pricey for me, so lately I’ve just been using body sprays (or whatever the light scented sprays from Bath and Body works etc. are called).</p>
<p>I love perfume but there are a lot of people who don’t so I try to wear it very lightly. It’s kind of sad, actually. My mother used to wear Chanel and Joy. I like it when others wear perfume.</p>
<p>I like Calypso Marine by Christiane Celle. From the Calypso stores.</p>
<p>I hate it all. I am mildly allergic to something that is in most of it. I have had to switch tables in restaurants and other venues when someone next to me wears perfume. Most of it smells like Off bug spray to me. There are some essential oils I like - bergamot for one, and I admit I harbor a soft spot for patchouli.</p>
<p>Try not to wear perfume or anything scented in a work environment, or in a concert environment. Perfumes in music schools or orchestra halls is a big no-no, kind of like flash photography…</p>
<p>I’m jealous of you guys. While I like perfume and other scented products/lotions, i have not been able to wear any of it for over 30 years. My husband is allergic or very sensitive to scents (makes me even rip pages out of magazines that have scent samples). So, I can never wear perfume or lotions, even though I’d like to. I do wonder how he examines patients up close every day because for sure many women buy scented beauty products and wear perfumes. But I can’t. :(</p>
<p>PS, it is funny I am reading this because the other night, my husband was away at a conference and so for my own old time pleasure, I took out the bottle of my perfume that must be more than 30 years old (Fidgi) and splashed it on before I went to bed. I hadn’t done that in years.</p>
<p>There are people who truly bathe in the stuff and you can smell it rows away when at the movies or at an event in a contained space. If I sit near anyone wearing a musky perfume at the theater or in a restaurant I become congested and cough as if I have a heavy cold. It has spoiled more than one night out for me (and I am sure for those around me). I love a light scent as much as the next person but please keep the allergic in mind when putting on your perfume - there are many of us.</p>
<p>I love how smells are so evocative.
When I was in jr high, I wore Bonne Bell musk oil- it still reminds me of my favorite ski jacket. ( I didn’t carry a purse, so every thing was in my pockets- strawberry roll on lip gloss and musk oil).</p>
<p>When D1 was in the hospital, we had to scrub for a long time before we could see her- ( she was in isolation) with Hibiclens or Betadine cleanser- if I happen to smell it- I am whisked back in time.</p>
<p>my Dad wore Old Spice- which I thought was awful ( although I like the current commercials)</p>
<p>One of my first boyfriends wore Brut- and he was sexy as hell- two years older and Italian.</p>
<p>Some people wear * way too much* perfume. My mom used to live in a high end condo in Bellevue and although I usually took the stairs to see her, when I would go into the empty elevator it would smell so strongly of scent that it would make me cough.
Perfume is very big on the east side.
My D1 elementary teacher used to refer to the auction committee meetings as " war of the perfumes".</p>
<p>When D2 was in India, I burnt nag champa in my car & the house, because it made me feel closer to her. ( I can’t believe I let her go so far away for so long)</p>
<p>They even sell oils for aromatherapy at the grocery store. I really like clary sage- it helps me clear my head.</p>
<p>soozie, I have had to have my husband rip the scent samples out as well. For me it seems to be the musk based perfumes. My mother-in-law continues to wear a very heavy scent and comments that I always seem to be ill when we are together. She has asked about my immune system a number of times over the years and I have told her that it is an allergic response to heavier perfumes that seems to cause my cold-like symptoms. She continues to wear the same perfume when around me. Hmmmmmmmm. ;)</p>
<p>While I have a really sensitive nose- , when I am driving and the windows are rolled down, I get annoyed if I can smell someones cigarette when I drive by.
It is kind of a pain, because like background noise, it isn’t something I can tune out very successfully.</p>
<p>But D2 for example, has a very poor sense of smell, she really can’t smell anything- and she has been that way from birth.
I have asked Drs, about it, and they just look at me.
Sometimes it doesn’t matter, but for instance when she was at her sisters cooking on a gas stove ( we have electric at home), it didn’t light, and she didn’t realize the gas was still on, until her sister came into the room.
:eek:
Good thing she doesn’t smoke.</p>
<p>My girls would say, “It smells like mommy.” I have found D2 with my shirt in her bed when she was little (toddler). Even now, she’ll bury her face into my sweater or back of me because she likes the smell. I only use the lotion, not the perfume.</p>
<p>My neck gets red, I get an immediate headache and get stuffy around lots of perfumes. I did like Brut and Aramis as a teen so I don’t know whether I’ve changed or whether they don’t have the offending ingredient. Bonne Bell musk doesn’t bother me either - if used lightly. My D bought some years ago when someone on a talk show commented on how good Sarah Jessica Parker smelled and she said it was Bonne Bell musk. That was before she got her own line of fragrance.</p>
<p>awwww, oldfort, my D does that too. (As long as your D2 does that I don’t think you have a thing to worry about re: her choosing to confide in her father about switching to track!)</p>
<p>Way back when, when magazines first started putting those scented pages in, I spent what seemed like hours tearing apart my living room, trying to figure out where the insecticide smell was coming from. Thankfully they’re less common than they were for a while, but I always have to tear them out before I can read.</p>
<p>I got physically ill - nausea and blinding headache - after smelling the Clinique Happy fragrance when I was pregnant with one of my kids.</p>
<p>To this day, I get a visceral reaction to it. </p>
<p>I do hate the fliers in magazines. I usually rip them out and toss them before starting to read the mag. </p>
<p>Most perfumes don’t bother me, though. I tend to prefer lighter fragrances. When my kids were little, I lived in a couple of Bath and Body works scents. </p>
<p>I remember an old boyfriend who used to wear Polo when I was in college. I loved that scent. </p>
<p>I do find it interesting how some fragrances smell very distinctive on people - and definitely not at all alike. I guess our body chemistries alter the scent, so what smells great on one person doesn’t smell as good on someone else.</p>
<p>I am extremely allergic to anything perfumed and to cigarette smoke. They set off a major reaction resulting in a killer headache and intense running nose for 24 hours. It is very challenging to buy everything fragrance free. Choices are limited. Please folks, someone shouldn’t be able to smell you 5’ away. Unfortunately I also live in the state with the 2nd highest rate of smokers.</p>
<p>All the magazines of which I am aware offer subscriptions without the scent cards. Call customer service and it’s easy to set up delivery of fragrance free magazines.</p>
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