Perfumes, Scents
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free skin care · Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:00 am

Well... there is such a thing as becoming desensitized to any scent. I think it's how I end up cooking with a bulb of garlic instead of a clove or 2. It's how a person can live in a house with cats they don't clean up after... you don't know if you've stepped into a urinal or a meth. house.

I remember a sub. teacher we often had in the 6th and 7th grade. This woman apparently LOVED rose scented perfume. It was winter. She was gagging the class. We didn't want to hurt her feelings, so as a class we agreed to dress really, really warm, and open the windows the second we walked into class. We professed the entire day that we were hot!

Back in my recruiter days, I had to counsel a new college graduate that he was losing job prospectives because his cologne was preventing his interviews from lasting much longer than 5 minutes. It's really hard to tell someone that basically they stink. Even if it WAS a pleasant smell. Even when he swore he did not use ANY cologne, he still smelled of it to an extreme. His clothes were impregnated with the scent. HE COULD NOT SMELL IT! I got nothing but dirty looks from our entire staff for having him in the office so long!

I'm willing to bet the problem has more to do with a lack of smell, and being accustom to a specific scent. Find a friend, ask them to be honest... Or a coworker... Is my perfume too strong, because I can't smell it, and I don't want to gag anyone?

Perfumes should only be detectable within your personal space, not across the building.

If they can't smell it. It may be that it fades. Touch up the pulse points.

However, I don't find fragrance appropriate in a busy crowded work environment, or in a fine dining environment... or for a tasting of ANYTHING, but to me especially wine.

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