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Originally posted by SoTrue1920:
Just about every perfume known to man (or woman) nauseates me. I can think of no greater h*ll than sitting behind someone who took a bath in perfume (instead of taking a real bath) and being stuck near them in a movie theater/on a city bus/ or anyplace that I can't easily escape. 
The only things I can stand are body oils like Egyptian Musk or Chinese Musk, and a perfume I bought from Lush called "ICON". Most of the designer fragrances make me seriously ill.
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LOL SoTrue...my family used to be "perfume" afficandos, and favored heavier Italian scents and Spanish scents. I used to wear these same fragrances myself, although I was about 117 pounds at the time. Well, I eventually developed a sickened reaction to all perfumes and had to wear nothing for almost a year. Then I reintroduced body lotions into my life. When I finally introduced perfumes back, I selected those perfumes that fit my body and personality, and my life is much happier as a result. I found I favor: pure florals (Gardenia, mixed bouquets a little tuberose), herby and grassy fragrances and grapefruit-centric fragrances. And too much perfume or cologne, is simply, well...too much perfume or cologne.
And Shannieglass...I also have different perfumes for different settings (day, evening, casual, office). If you wear an "evening" perfume in the office or at the amusement park, there will be a lot of nauseated and unhappy folks around you.
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