Okay, this isn't as much of a rant as it is an impassioned plea:

Please. PLEASE. POR FAVOR. I beg of you...

If you wear perfume or cologne, PLEASE check yourself to make sure you're not overdoing it.

I just got back from the grocery, where I was behind someone who had apparently swum a few laps in a pool full of Joop. Within seconds, I could literally feel my sinuses swelling like a coupla balloons and my eyes started watering.

Maybe I should get on some kind of allergy medication or something, I don't know - all I DO know is that when people wear moderate amounts of perfume or cologne, it doesn't bother me. When I have to be around someone who overdoes it, my sinuses are screwed for the rest of the day, and more often than not, I'll get a headache to go along with it.

Now, even if you don't care if you're making other people sick with your olfactory carpetbombing, know that it's tacky as well. People wonder if you're overcompensating for not taking a bath, or if you have odor issues or if you just don't know how to put on perfume or cologne. It draws attention to you. Not the good kind.

Seriously. Ask someone's opinion. Just say, "Be honest - am I wearing too much perfume?" They'll tell you, trust me.

I'm not saying perfume and cologne are bad. I'm just sayin':

TONE IT DOWN.



Rant over. Thankyaverrmuch.

Perhaps you need one of these

Oh, sure. Like you can actually smell me!

scififilmnerd said:

smell ya later, alligator.

Anxiety said:

Does that woman only have one leg? I can't figure out where her other leg is. Is that some new kind of mobilization device for amputees?

CarrieMpls said:

I see her other foot - she's doing like a Karate Kid thing with her leg. I think people who wear too much perfume should be forced to stay in one of those balls for 24 hours or until all the oxygen has been replaced by their white shoulders ragweed stank.

But, Anxie... It's like Madonna says: "If you got it, flaunt it!"

Anxiety said:

A-HA! Now I see it.

But see, that looks like fun. I'm afraid it would spawn more and more perfume/cologne abuse. Who wouldn't want to run around in a hamster ball all day?

CarrieMpls said:

hmmm....dammit, you have a point.

scififilmnerd said:

awww, just pass me some Sine-Aid.

Ugh I know what you mean. Really people, a dab or two of perfume goes a long way. And when your body heats up the scent gets stronger...no need to take a shower in that shit.

CarrieLee said:

YA KNOW?!?!

Well, then you should stay away from Miko Weaver. I had a whiff of him on the Nude tour. He definitely took a bath in that overpowering perfume.

scififilmnerd said:

Lately when I smell someone wearing too much cologne or perfume I turn to my girlfriend and say something loud enough for the offendtor to hear like, "Damn SOMEONE is wearing WAY too much perfume and it's making me sick". Then I usually add "Why do people think they need to bathe in it?"

This way the offender hears me and hopefully understands my message without having to confront them directly.

reminds me of that joke


what does joan collins put behind her ears before a date . . .


her ankles

shausler said:

i could make another joke about toxic stank, but i won't.

though i think i just did.

A lil' bit of this usually works for me.....














Man, I got chicks sniffin' my neck left 'n right!

i'm not puttin' NOTHIN called AXE on my neck!!!!!

CarrieMpls said:

All of a sudden I have to think of Dawntreader...

Anxiety said:

C'mon.....a lil' axe won't hurt'cha. Look what it did for this guy.....

Thinking about old ladies in church

lovemachine said:

It's rude but I do this too

OdysseyMiles said:

Let them eat cake, I say!

Sweeny79 said:

I do it too... So i guess we are both rude!

ditto.

i once had a severe allergic reaction in an airport due to a passerby's waft of perfume!!!

reactin is a great 24hr allergy medication...i always take one now an hour or two before going to a very public place...airport/mall/funeral

my comment is always the same "you know you've got too much perfume on when people can TASTE IT after you leave the room" and it's either said to the person or anyone else in the elevator

Slave2daGroove said:

oh DAMN, and i know exactly what you're talking about. it's almost like you can see the perfume particles floating around in a little cloud or somethin'.

I feel you, Anxiety. If I'm around someone with some nosebleed cologne, I'm through for the rest of the day.