Too much and/or sticky perfume/cologne

[Bloodhammer]

I just went to Academy Sports to get some new boots and picked up a couple of thermal shirts. When I was at the register, the chick working at it wasn't standing in a cloud of artificial scent, but her hands touching the shirts rubbed off her perfume on them and now my truck smells like a Dillards....

Not a huge problem, but it's strange how the stuff can stretch so thin and yet remain so powerful. I've had to wash my hands after shaking a guy's hand before because the smell of his cologne got stuck to me and kept following me around.

There's also these people (mostly guys) that walk around in a miasma of the stuff (Really, what are they hiding? No, wait - I don't think I want to know) and I can't help gagging a little when I walk into an invisible cloud of Old Spice or Calvin Klein or whatever........ or past some teenager who took a bath in Axe before leaving the house. Am I the only one who finds it arrogant to walk into a room and overpower everyone and everything in it with spray-on "look-at-me juice"?

On a positive note:
Ladies, I dig the fruity smelling body spray. It makes me want to eat you!

[Ziltoid]

I do perfume but unless you're standing at 2-3 inches from me, I doubt you'll smell it (and I checked with other people to make sure I was not *that* guy who thinks he does not smell.) I keep it discreet. I'm not a fan of the "deodorant is the only fragrance you should wear", I'd rather wear much better smelling odors.

edit: arrogant? I don't know. Disrespectful? yes.

[BBox Bass]

I work with a guy like that. His cologne lingers in the hallway a good 5 minutes after he's walked through it. Department meetings are downright painful and give me headaches. I agree it's arrogant, and in this case, so is my co-worker. Coincidence?

[pacojas]

i fell in love with a girl because of her perfume and those fragrances generally make me nauseous!

the next day i was craving her, so i called her and confessed my love and also inquired about the powerful attractant she was wearing. she simply giggled and said she had no idea of what i was asking.

WARNING: phermones are basically unfair to the victim/prey, but...
they work!!!

[Actium]

I don't mind good fragrances(like Creed or something at that tier) as long as the person using them knows they are very concentrated and where to apply it. (not your wrists ffs, which is prob why you smelled it after she merely touched your items)

It's the cheap stuff that offenses my senses. They just smell like chemicals or like nail polish remover. That or any fragrance that's old and stale.


The worst is hair spray though, ugh. Walk into some jet wash of that and I crash and burn.

[shadowtippy]

I worked with a woman that used so much perfume she would leave a puddle if she stood still for very long.
I can't tolerate overpowering scents. More than a couple of minutes in places like Bed, Bath, and Beyond and I will start sneezing uncontrollably. (Can a person sneeze controllably?)

[BogeyBass]

Yep , people reek, and yes its mainly you and alot of me.

Huh.....i cant stand cologne or perfume especially mens stench products. everything from axe soap/spray to most mens gel based deodorant. all mens deodorant seems to be just a gel base and perfume....yuk blah gives me roaring headaches instantly.
expensive or cheap, instant headache same junk different price. seems to be hundreds of scents, as far as i can tell all based upon 6 or 7 scents for women and about 3 or 4 for men. all watered down to different levels of headache causing stench
garbage.

I hate it when the stink ball little gangster wanna b's hand me my drinks at the fast food drive ins, their smelly hands stink up my cup. and ruin my meal....

all my friends make fun of me because i have to use baby powder scent womans deodorant. why my nose does this i dont know, it just happened everything else just drives me crazy.

i use to be able to use a generic/mens dove brand, but they changed it and started to use fake perfume stuff in that brand so back to womens it was.

[mellowinman]

I am scent free. I highly recommend this. There is nothing good about smelling "sweet."

NOTHING.

[Kwesi]

I like cologne and perfume and just about anything meant to make folks smell better. Some folks definitely overdo it but I've been lucky enough that I don't run into them regularly.

Originally Posted by Bloodhammer

On a positive note:
Ladies, I dig the fruity smelling body spray. It makes me want to eat you!

YES! That said, I actually like manly cologne on girls best... drives me insane.

[champbassist]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

I like cologne and perfume and just about anything meant to make folks smell better. Some folks definitely overdo it but I've been lucky enough that I don't run into them regularly.

That's the case for me too. IME, teachers at school/profs at college are the worst offenders of overdoing scents. Still, I kinda prefer that over someone smelling awful in the other (stinky) sense.

Originally Posted by Kwesi

YES! That said, I actually like manly cologne on girls best... drives me insane.

So, what other signs of manliness do you like on girls? Girl-staches?

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by Bloodhammer

Am I the only one who finds it arrogant to walk into a room and overpower everyone and everything in it with spray-on "look-at-me juice"?

On a positive note:
Ladies, I dig the fruity smelling body spray. It makes me want to eat you!

Agreed on both counts. I rarely use cologne, and when I do its one spray on my neck, and another on my wrist at most.

[ShredderMaximus]

I'm definitely in the "deodorant is enough fu-fu for me" camp. I had a buddy that had this cheap-o cologne that came in a cleaner style spray bottle, and he would absolutely drown himself in it, and when we would go driving somewhere me and some other buddies would fart in the car just to cover the smell. His cologne would always beat it out though.

I feel bad thinking of anyone standing in the general vicinity once those car doors opened now that I think about it....

[pedroims]

believe me, I work with people that stink because they dont take a bath on a daily basis, that is offensive but in their cultere seems to be norma so there is nothing I can do

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

The worst I usually encounter are the elderly women who douse themselves in some heavy floral stuff.

[Gopherbassist]

I don't really have much to add to this thread except that I hate all perfumes and colognes. They are terrible things that make my shopping and movie watching experience terrible and should not exist.

[runmikeyrun]

I think cologne belongs on used car salesmen and old men. I never wear anything scented, and even use unscented dryer sheets. The only smell I like on myself is two stroke exhaust after riding one of my motorcycles...

I can handle a little perfume on a woman but really don't enjoy it. Most of it I find annoying, except that fruity stuff which makes me want to eat them as well.

[Morkolo]

I hate the stuff and get short of breath when I'm around people that wear it in heavy doses. As ignorant as it initially seems I'd rather walk away than pass out or get sick.

[dmusic148]

Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus

...and he would absolutely drown himself in it, and when we would go driving somewhere me and some other buddies would fart in the car just to cover the smell.....

THAT is EPIC. ROTFLMAO!!!!!

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by champbassist

So, what other signs of manliness do you like on girls? Girl-staches?

There was a girl I liked in middle school who had a bit of peach fuzz going on... . Actually, she still looks great.

[droppedurpocket]

I use original old spice deodorant and cologne that smells like cedar with a bit of dirt mixed in. Completely bearable, even to those with sensitive noses.

And the fruity body spray on women...mmm