Wearing too much perfume 'signals depression'

Telegraph ^ | 01/04/08 | Rebecca Smith

[Condor51]

IMO Estee Lauder's 'Youth Dew' should be outlawed.

For one is smells to high heaven and secondly it's dangerous to Married Men. It jumps on your clothes just by entering a two foot radius of the wearer. Really, I'M SERIES!

A now departed buddy of mine would actually sniff (discretely) a woman who sat near him at a bar after work. When he first met my wife and she sat between us at the bar he sniffed her and asked if she was wearing Youth Dew. He explained he got into gazillions of fights with his wife, accused him of cheating, for the smell of it on his suits.

And women weren't his problem, booze was.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I bet women who are ovulating wear more perfume than normal.

Personally, I love walking outside by a woman or having her walk by me and having her perfume carry in the wind. It’s not enough exposure to be overwhelmed. It’s a nice random treat.

[trisham]

Well, when I read the title, I thought it was about the French. Does that count?

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Hmmmmm. Not if one considers the impossibility of the task. Maybe it should have been posted under "Religion", since spiffing up the French would be in the realm of the miraculous.

[Admin Moderator]

Foreign Affairs: think Pentagon, State Department . . . .

[TigerLikesRooster]

OK. I will take note of the guideline.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

While I'm not in favor of outlawing personal choices among the masses, everything that Estee Lauder markets smells pretty yukky.

[1rudeboy]

Just pour beer on the suit before you head home. Works for me (but it also explains why I’m not married).

[BunnySlippers]

Eau de wee wee ...

[Condor51]

I was kidding about banning Youth Dew, but woman wearing it should come with a warning sign :-)

[Ditter]

You are sure right! Don’t wear any perfume. I start getting depressed when I am forced into close quarters with someone,male or female, who smells strongly of perfume because I know I am going to start a migraine headache soon.

[Condor51]

*** Just pour beer on the suit before you head home. Works for me (but it also explains why I’m not married). ****

Nah, the Beer Trick won't do it.

Nothing stops Youth Dew. It should almost be listed as a Chemical Weapon ;-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Maybe we can pour it over Bin Laden or other Jihadi brothers.:-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Youth Dew, the Jihadi killer

[Condor51]

Justing thinking of that stuff is giving me a headache.

[yellow rubber ducky]

Foreign Affairs: Think state department, etc. .....

But probably not Bill Clinton on a European holiday. :)

[gardengirl]

Amen! I don’t mind a little bit on others—I don’t wear any. It’s the “Belk’s brigade” that kill me. The ones who not only bathe in perfume but evidently drink it as well. Within seconds, my chest tightens up, my sinuses start screaming, and I’m heading for a migraine. You can’t wait on people and keep but so much distance between you and them.
I read an interesting article once that said people like that have no sense of smell.
An interseting side note—natural perfumes don’t bothr me. The more synthetic something is, the worse and the faster it bothers me. I use no smell detergent, fabric softener, etc. Incense—BLAH! BLAH! Double BLAH! :)

[Ditter]

The smells in detergents turns me off and I get hives as well, so it is something more than the smell. I figured this out when I wore a clean but detergent smelling t shirt belonging to a friend. I had hives within 20 minutes. I wash clothes with ALL Free & Clear and have no problems.

[gardengirl]

I use Tide with no smell and Bounce free when I can find it. I have been picked on mercilessly for washing everything before wearing—even socks. Don’t care. Something in the dyes/chemicals used in manufacturing sets me off. Hate to go clothes shopping because even touching new clothes makes my face burn. ???
No hives but I hate to even walk down the detergent aisle at the store. Glad to meet you, because most people think I’m looney tunes!

[tioga]

Good grief. What a waste of money. Some women are just enamored with wearing perfume.........and they are a bit inconsiderate of others when they do so. I doubt a truly depressed woman even bothers with the stuff. Too much effort.

My daughter and her friends would spray the perfume in front of them count to five and walk through the mist. It was never overpowering on them. They learned that trick reading endless girly magazines. It works quite nice. I guarantee you none of those bubbly happy girls were depressed.

[Ditter]

LOL! Glad to meet you too! And NO, you are not looneytoons, you are just sensitive. I hate it because it takes a lot of time but I have to be careful about what I eat and what I use.

How about the potpourri and candle stores? UGH! LOL!