[MD Expat in PA]

When I was a kid and my family went to Mass, when the priest would walk down the main aisle coming up to the alter with the incense and during other parts of the Mass when incense was used, which I presume was frankincense and or with myrrh, I would start coughing and wheezing, my throat felt like it was closing up, my eyes would start watering and then the sneezing would start. My mother thought I was being overly dramatic and when I was in my late teens’ her thinking it was my excuse not to want to go, but I think I am allergic to it.

I have a similar reaction to any fragrance or hair care products or candles with balsam oil. There was a perfume that my mother used to wear, I think it was Emeraude and I’d have the same reaction.

I love the fragrance but not what it does to me.

[Excellence]

It happens to me, too, and then I get bronchitis.
I thought I was alone in suffering a reaction to the stuff.

[T-Bone Texan]

My mother wore Emeraude.

You just brought back many wonderful memories.

[MayflowerMadam]

I wore Emeraude in college for a while but I figured out that’s what was making me sneeze. Moved on to Wind Song.