Quote Originally Posted by Karen
None at all, as I am allergic to almost all artificial and some natural fragrances. If I felt like I needed a scent, I'd just use a little vanilla extraxt.
when Karen comes to the dog park I try reallllly hard to remember to NOT wear much if any perfume, as I don't want a "hug" to send her into an allergic reaction.
Quote Originally Posted by Freedom
Me too. Plus the 15 + years I was working professionally, wearing any was frowned on, as too many people are allergic.
I've worked in the hospital setting for almost 9 years and only once have I had a patient say anything and she was having a seizure coming in and I wasn't the only one that was by her that had perfume on so she didn't actually look at me and say "get away from me". She just said someone has perfume on and I'm highly allergic. Since there were a few of us I stepped away from her and I asked her if she wanted me to go wash off before taking her xray and she said "no just do your job I'll be fine". We did it as quickly as we could and left her alone.
I learned my lesson when I was a student and had a small container of Plumeria body cream (bath and body works) in it to put on my hands b/c of my dry hands after washing and one of the techs (who happened to be a &itch on wheels anyway) complained about it. But she'd have complained if she was hung with a brand new rope and a brand new tree. (and put in brand new coffin and a brand new grave - with a brand new headstone - you get the drift!)
But then something happened that I couldn't even smell that smell without getting nauseated....
There was once when I 'bothered' myself and washed myself off with a soapy washcloth!
I keep vicks in my workbag for those that don't know what perfume or bathing is!

or just regular body function smells that happen in a hospital...