<semi hijack> To fellow Dopers who’re sensitive to fragrances, do you literally break out in cold sweat, get nauseous, and disoriented to boot when you’re in a perfumed environment? I’ve been wondering about that ever since I figured out what it was about a certain bookstore’s second floor that makes me never ever want to go back there. </hijack>
Most perfumes and colognes are just too overpowering on the people who slather it on. There have been a few cases where a women will cleverly dab 1/15th of a drop on her neck and it doesn’t smell all that horrible, so I guess I am not rabidly sensitive or allergic to all fragrances, in moderation.
Then again…anthing is better than that rage of Patula Oil back in the 60’s…that crap seemed to grow on anything it came in contact with and you could not get rid of that stench unless you burned the place down. A whiff of that will send me running in the other direction as fast as possible. Please tell me nobody uses it anymore!