# That Goddamn Woman Smell **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762 "2000-08-01T22:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/41 "2000-08-03T23:44:33Z")
Hmm, I guess it depends. If you’re allergic to tobacco smoke, would you also be allergic to the smell itself? ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/42 "2000-08-03T23:49:13Z")
I know I read too many cartoons and not enough literature, but I immediately thought of the Dilbert strip on this. “Have you heard the one about the woman who stank like a hog-rendering plant?” “Three times today.” Some city folk consultants came to our little town a few weeks ago, and you could smell them for days afterwards. Yuck. And yes, lots of people are allergic to cigarette smoke, including [Unca Cece](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000602.html). ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/43 "2000-08-03T23:50:37Z")
Let me put it this way: My friend who’s allergic to tobacco smoke once did this… Her room was on the third floor. We were all sitting in there with the window open, and she just suddenly said “somebody’s smoking outside”. OK, fair enough… A few minutes later, this guy walks past her door, and she just asks him, “you were the person smoking outside just now, aren’t you?”. This is from 10 feet away, and he didn’t really smell of smoke to me (I was much closer). I was impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/44 "2000-08-03T23:50:40Z")
[LINK](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000602.html). ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/45 "2000-08-03T23:52:11Z")
> [@](#): > > I dunno man, there’s a difference between just smelling bad, and actually polluting the air with chemicals that some people are allergic to. And this differs from smoking because . . . ? Anyway, I was just trying to make a point–there’s another side to **everything**. The smoke smell, and smoking itself, is one of the reasons I quit playing in my old band. For one thing, my wife, who has asthma, lost her enthusiasm for seeing me play when she had to do it in smoke-filled bars. For another, I got sick and tired of coughing and choking and sneezing while I inhaled it all night, then had to come home and wash that ungodly **smell** out of my clothes and my hair and my skin. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/46 "2000-08-04T00:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > I dunno man, there’s a difference between just smelling bad, and actually polluting the air with chemicals that some people are allergic to. > > ``` > And this differs from smoking because . . . ? > > ``` I wasn’t talking about smoking, I was talking about smelling like smoke. I perfectly understand that the smoke can bother many people, that’s why I don’t smoke around people who are sensitive to it. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/47 "2000-08-04T00:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > And yes, lots of people are allergic to cigarette smoke Gee, no shit? I never would have known. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/48 "2000-08-04T00:36:47Z")
> [@](#): > > I mean, when someone’s wearing that heavy perfume, it makes my eyes water, my throat close up and my stomach heave. It’s a bit like having an asthma attack. Replace **heavy perfume** with **cigarette stench** and you will know exactly how I feel. I would rather smell perfume than the rancid stink of cigarette smoke on your breath, clothes, skin. . . It smells just like poop! ---
**Author:** ![jubei2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@jubei2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jubei2k)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/49 "2000-08-04T01:32:12Z")
Freak, brother, you’ve got my vote for most interesting subject lines by a poster. This one sealed the deal. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/50 "2000-08-04T02:54:59Z")
Diane- So you actually have a medical reaction to the smell of tobacco? jubei- It’s all about the advertising, m’man. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/51 "2000-08-04T05:27:36Z")
Yeah, ya gotta love **Freak** ’s school of posting : 1. Throw as much shit on the board as possible 2. See what sticks. 😃 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Anyone notice some perfumes remind you of certain people? > B] Absolutely . . . tea rose. Whenever and wherever I am when I catch a scent of that I am instantly reminded of a very lovely girlfriend from my freshman year of college. She was incredible. It always puts a smile on my face. - **NM** ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/52 "2000-08-04T05:39:32Z")
Y’know, I just had a thought. I bet the shit would stick to NothingMan… Hmmm… Shall I try? ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/53 "2000-08-04T06:52:50Z")
(Methinks I hit a nerve.) ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/54 "2000-08-04T07:20:07Z")
Shit, I’ve got so many nerves it’s hard to avoid hitting at least **one** of them. No, you didn’t hit a nerve, I assumed you were joking, as was I. However, if you weren’t, do tell me. I’ll be perfectly happy to flame you… ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/55 "2000-08-04T07:48:20Z")
Actually I **was** joking. I wasn’t sure if **you** were . . . but just so you know, anytime you are feeling brave - I am here. _God, it’s nice to see the Pit getting somewhat back to normal again._ ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/56 "2000-08-04T08:14:09Z")
Awww, I didn’t mean anything by it. C’mere you big lug! Gimme a hug! _ **NOW!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/57 "2000-08-04T13:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Diane- So you actually have a medical reaction to the smell of tobacco? Yes, it makes me want to puke. ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/58 "2000-08-04T14:45:16Z")
cigarette smokers, chronic bo’ers, bad perfume/cologne wearers all stink. they can all make your eyes water and your face scruntch up in disgust as they pass and their trailing wind hits you. i hate when a girl i’m with asks me if i like her perfume. if i liked the perfume, my face would be very close to hers and my nose would make it to her neck on occasion, and i would probably say something about how great she smelled. if she has to ask, then i’m either ambivalent about it or i really don’t like it. in either case i would lie and say i did like it because i wouldn’t want to make her feel bad. on the other hand, if we’re in a department store and she has dragged me kicking and screaming to the cosmetics department and asks me what i think of some rank shit she’s sprayed on her wrist, i’ll say i don’t like it. if she sprays something else on her wrist and asks my opinion, i’ll say whatever i think will get us the hell out of there fastest. they should really issue gas masks to men who are forced to stand in or near the cosmetics department. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/59 "2000-08-04T16:47:46Z")
Remember the late '80’s when every guy with a baseball cap and a Polo barnd shirt also wore Drakkar cologne for men? That wast the worst smelling shit ever. ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762/60 "2000-08-04T19:44:59Z")
I have a friend how keep 2-3 bottles of $150+ colgne in his car, just in case he needs to redouse himeself before stepping out. Jesus! His car, clothes, hair, skin everything fucking REEKS!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goddamn-woman-smell/27762.md?page=4)