Pragmatist
Pragmatist

I HATE PERFUME!!!!
Mon Mar 09 2009

And I curse to all eternity the person who invented it!!

If you want to use perfume it should be intimately only.  People who douse themselves so they can be smelled five blocks away should be drowned in their perfume.

So why am I venting? Because I'm home gasping and wheezing from an overdose of male perfume at the shul. Tonight is Purim. I expected to be in shul listening to the story of Esther, seeing all the children, and some adults, all dressed up in costumes. I expected to be in shul laughing and singing and eating all kinds of goodies.

Instead, I'm home, still wheezing, and dizzy from the Albuterol all because some gigolo doused himself in whatever men think it's sexy to douse themselves with. I got two lungs full as I walked in the door and immediately started wheezing. I couldn't get my breath. and all the women around me were getting ready to call 911. My friend who knows my apartment ran over here and got my inhaler and rushed it back to me. I took four puffs--twice as much as usually prescribed. Still wheezing, but letting up. I was standing outside the door (on the women's side) to get fresh air, and help clear the lungs.

I started to go back in when the wheezing began to let up, but got another whiff of the damned asthmatic-killer. And then the Albuterol started making me dizzy. And my chest started hurting. So my dear friend drove me home in my car, and walked all the way around the block, back to shul. She'll be back later with a goodie bag. I told her to tell Rabbi why I wasn't there, and that I wanted a goodie bag.

So now I'm going to go read the Megillah by myself and use my own little noisemaker at every mention of Haman the Villain who wanted to exterminate all the Jews of Persia.

And maybe take another puff of Albuterol in an hour or so.


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9 Comments
  • From:
    Nibbles (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    I love the story of Esther.

    Sorry about the perfume though.
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    Some people just don't think.
    If they have never had breathing problems or a close family member who does, they just don't think.
    Sorry your night was ruined.
    Hopefully he'll get the message and you get a goodie bag.
    Hugs, Tiggs
  • From:
    Parett (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    I know how you feel....I've had asthma since I was 8 mos. old. Luckily, I've outgrown a lot of it. I'm sorry you had to miss out on an enjoyable night out. At least you got some goodies.

    God Bless
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    I can't stand the stuff, either! I never wear aerosol scents, and very little, if any, of the dab or roll on kinds. Men seem to be the worst offenders, in general, and I'm not sure if it's the strong scents or user error. Either way, I prefer men to smell of nothing but soap.

    My grandmother was horrible with perfume. At some point she lost the ability to smell anything subtle and she would spray perfume on her neck until it ran down her cleavage. I told my mother I would never drive Nana anywhere again if she bought Nana any more of that horrible Opium perfume, and then "hid" Nana's last bottle in the dumpster. Oops. Not. Seriously, I could *taste* it! It used to make Nana really angry when I'd drive down the road 60 mph with the window down in winter, but I had to breathe!
  • From:
    Saucygirl (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    Ughh! I feel your pain.

    Over the last few years I have developed awful symptoms when I smell strong colognes and perfumes.

    I read an interesting article last week that made me think of it in a whole new light. Apparently people suffering with depression have weakened olfactory senses, so they literally cannot smell perfume unless they 'bathe' in it.

    So, even though I still want to clobber them over the head, part of me feels a little sorry for all of these 'stinky' people, they are the 'funky' ones in a funky!
  • From:
    DancingButterfly (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    I like perfume, but only a little dab on me that only I can smell :)
    I dislike it intensely when anyone douses themselves in it and walks past, leaving me gasping at my desk!
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    Sorry your special time was ruined by someone that inconsiderate. Two perfumes in particular set me off. Vanilla Fields gives me an instant migraine and Estee Lauder's Beautiful puts me into full blown asthma attacks *sigh*. Hope you get some relief soon.

    Hugs
  • From:
    Camomille (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    I use a light body spray (when I'm working or out). It's been vanilla, and I think I'm switching to a light melon scent. My oldest sister once bought me Lauren. Wow! It'll knock you over. I wore it the year I was out in California (because she bought it for me special and at 17 it did make me feel special). I do like the scent, but it WAS overpowering and man did I ever get the headaches! There are certain perfumes that seem to cause me to have an instant headache. I wonder what makes a person douse themselves in the stuff, especially when being in a crowded situation like that? It seems very egotistical to me.

    Anyway, I'm very sorry for the effects this had on you (same for me as when people smoke in public, I'm glad there is less of that these days). I can see how disappointing it would be to be able to get out and then have to suffer this.

    :-)
  • From:
    Dreamerbooks2003 (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Mar 10 2009
    GS used to spray himself with this expensive men's scent. I loved the smell of it.. and he has ashma - I have this aromatics elixir by Clinique that I have to use very carefully.. it can be overpowering
    Hope you got a nice goody bag...
    sorry you missed the costumes, laughing, and singing...