"purest vaginal secretions of the last living fucking unicorn". Made me laugh. I can't stand that shit either. My sister, who works in fragrance, says that only someone close enough to you to kiss (hug) you should be able to smell it. Seems a good rule to me.

I used to share an office with a woman who used an olive-oil based leave-in conditioner in her hair. On rainy days it would get wet and create a funk that made my head feel like it had been hit really hard with a pillow

I had a run in with some dude at my gym who was putting cologne on in the locker room after he worked out & showered. He just started spraying himself all over. I'm talkin' BIG sprays of that nasty shit. All over. In close quarters. The few of us that were unlucky to be around him were startled and I said "what the fuck, dude -- don't put that shit on inside a LOCKER ROOM!"

He looked at me like I had two heads -- completely bewildered and clueless.

I'm with the IA, I hate patchouli too.

Thanks for the war stories you guys above.

Same for smokers. P fucking U.

There was a woman on the 35 tonight putting lotion on her braids for about 20 minutes, hands behind her head, not caring that someone (not me) was sitting just behind her. I couldn't smell the stuff, but I was some distance away and don't have a very strong sense of smell anyway. People are rude.

I want to be friends with the writer of this one.

The majority of us find heavy cologne unpleasant. In my experience, few people actually get dizzy, start retching, or lose their ability to do their job when they are briefly exposed to it. I have run into a few, though, who claim all those things. I have come to the conclusion those people suffer from an olfactory disorder. Much like certain epileptics who suffer seizures from flashing lights, these people are brought to their knees by old ladies with too much perfume, crappy "mountain breeze" dryer sheets, and pomegranate body butter. The poor dears. I'm so glad I'm not like that.

Wow, comment 10 here and still no one has called bullshit on this IA. Not saying that it's deserved, only that it's unusual for there not to be some trolling by this point. Where's DamosA today?

I feel your pain I,A bathing one self in grodie wisp of garbage fumes is a true test to your composure.

Also, smokers smell extremely horrid! It's like a barely living/ breathing ash tray standing next to you. I rather smell the way I do after a bike ride than anything else & then walk onto a packed MAX, standing in close proximity to others.

Take a shower at least once a day and wear unscented deodorant, all lotions, etc should be unscented also. There is absolutely no need to put anything scented on your body.