blasting yourself in perfume

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 08:59AM #1

So im on the luas and there's a woman beside me who smells like a bottle of perfume fell on her.
Unfortunately I suffer badly with hayfever and I'm allergic to a lot of perfumes however regardless of this I don't think anyone needs that much perfume unless of course they haven't showered in a while. So I'm sneezing like a dust mite who's allergic to dust and my mascara is running down my face. Not a good look

starbelgrade · 10-09-2012 09:01AM

Aha, the weekly "Woman wearing too much mascara complains about woman wearing too much perfume" thread.

MagicMarker · 10-09-2012 09:02AM

Nothing better than a smelly woman.

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 09:03AM

Hmmm well my mascara isnt going to make anyone sneeze

Tombi! · 10-09-2012 09:03AM

Why didn't you just say "excuse me but *sneeze* I think that you should *sneeze* know you have to much perfume *sneeze* on you"?
You sneeze on her, she gets the message.

WhimSock · 10-09-2012 09:03AM

She's covering up the stench of her rancid gash. Probably.

Mr.Crinklewood · 10-09-2012 09:06AM

Nice smelly girl v. Sneezy girl with stuff in her face?

Sorry, she wins ( unless she is Ray Darcy )

Priori · 10-09-2012 09:13AM

Poor woman could be depressed...

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 09:14AM

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Nice smelly girl v. Sneezy girl with stuff in her face?

Sorry, she wins ( unless she is Ray Darcy )

Haha who said it was a competition? Btw I'd win hands down

fishy fishy · 10-09-2012 09:14AM

move?

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 09:17AM

fishy fishy wrote: »

move?

Wow what an excellent suggestion, unfortunately the luas was packed

the groutch · 10-09-2012 09:22AM

did she have that makeup and fake tan that makes her look like an oompa loompa?

nbar12 · 10-09-2012 09:24AM

blacklilly wrote: »

So im on the luas and there's a woman beside me who smells like a bottle of perfume fell on her.
Unfortunately I suffer badly with hayfever and I'm allergic to a lot of perfumes however regardless of this I don't think anyone needs that much perfume unless of course they haven't showered in a while. So I'm sneezing like a dust mite who's allergic to dust and my mascara is running down my face. Not a good look

Use waterproof mascara next time

Mr.Crinklewood · 10-09-2012 09:34AM

blacklilly wrote: »

Haha who said it was a competition? Btw I'd win hands down

Everything is a competition.

We compete for air, for jobs, for love, for money, and for space on the Luas.

fishy fishy · 10-09-2012 09:45AM

blacklilly wrote: »

Wow what an excellent suggestion, unfortunately the luas was packed

good job your stop wasn't coming up soon then, if you weren't able to move.

:D

Rigol · 10-09-2012 09:46AM

Beats people who smell like a bottle of fart just fell on them.

Teyla Emmagan · 10-09-2012 10:00AM

This is a pet hate of mine as well. There are few things grosser than being stuck in a confined space with someone who has drowned themselves in perfume. I used to go to bootcamp (not in a confined space, admittedly) with a woman who was like the perfume counter in Woolworth's, you'd be there running behind her gasping for breath and getting a mouthful of disgusting, eye watering fumes. I would actually prefer the smell of farts, they tend not to hang around as long.

Some people have no sense of smell, unfortunately. Or mistakenly think they smell delicious. You should be able to get ASBOs against them, for olfactory assault. Seriously. This in no way would be a waste of public monies.

Giselle · 10-09-2012 10:11AM

blacklilly wrote: »

I don't think anyone needs that much perfume unless of course they haven't showered in a while.

If thats the case, its a shower they need and not perfume.

I feel your pain, I hate this too. Its usually the really sweet sickly perfumes that they go overboard on too.

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 11:02AM

the groutch wrote: »

did she have that makeup and fake tan that makes her look like an oompa loompa?

No she wasn't one of them,she looked relatively normal.
Really good suggestion re;waterproof mascara but I don't think it suits me

Hardonraging · 10-09-2012 11:06AM

blacklilly wrote: »

Wow what an excellent suggestion, unfortunately the luas was packed

Green Line or Red line ? Actually must have been the red line, we have individual carriages per passenger on the green line ...

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 11:34AM

Hardonraging wrote: »

blacklilly wrote: »

Wow what an excellent suggestion, unfortunately the luas was packed

Green Line or Red line ? Actually must have been the red line, we have individual carriages per passenger on the green line ...

Green line, donno what time you get the luas at but its always packed when im getting it its always jamed

xDramaxQueenx · 10-09-2012 11:36AM

I once sat next to a lady on the luas who reeked of toilet duck, true story.

AnonoBoy · 10-09-2012 11:36AM

Eeeewwwwww public transport!

say_who_now? · 10-09-2012 12:03PM

There are some perfumes that can smell incredible and I wouldn't care if the girl was bathed in it, but then there are some that are so pungent that like the OP they make my eyes water!

They have to be fairly strong anyway because being a smoker I have practically no sense of smell, so I can only imagine what it must be like for a non-smoker!

10-09-2012 12:05PM

blacklilly wrote: »

No she wasn't one of them,she looked relatively normal.
Really good suggestion re;waterproof mascara but I don't think it suits me

id say it suits you better than mascara running down your face

Hardonraging · 10-09-2012 12:08PM

blacklilly wrote: »

Green line, donno what time you get the luas at but its always packed when im getting it its always jamed

7:30 .. after that it's a tough and go scenario ...

Meauldsegosha · 10-09-2012 12:10PM

Why is it that people who drown themselves in perfume always wear the sickliest, sweetest, cheapest smelling perfume they can find. It turns my stomach.

blacklilly · 10-09-2012 12:24PM

I wear perfume daily but I don't drown myself in it. I remember being on a bus once and the lady sitting in front of me kept spraying perfume. I could barely breath and had to ask her to stop, she didn't take well to this but thankfully a number of other people backed me up

Defiler Of The Coffin · 10-09-2012 12:32PM

#greenlineproblems #FML

vader65 · 10-09-2012 12:35PM

blacklilly wrote: »

I wear perfume daily but I don't drown myself in it. I remember being on a bus once and the lady sitting in front of me kept spraying perfume. I could barely breath and had to ask her to stop, she didn't take well to this but thankfully a number of other people backed me up

nothing worse than when someone misses with their perfume and hits you right in the face with it... happened to me once swallowed some crap perfume!! :-/ #nottasty

say_who_now? · 10-09-2012 12:36PM

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Why is it that people who drown themselves in perfume always wear the sickliest, sweetest, cheapest smelling perfume they can find. It turns my stomach.

Burberry "Weekend" for women always does it for me, mmmhmm!

But now I think of it, one of my female friends wears Tom Ford "Black Orchid" for men, its weird, but it actually works on her! :pac:

Can't think of others right now off the top of my head but I do remember being in Brown Thomas once and trying out one or two on recommendation of a friend, the girl handed me the card and the smell of this one particular perfume was so pungent almost like sniffing white spirit that my nose still wasn't right an hour later! :pac:

blasting yourself in perfume

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