Is it appropriate

I'd move treadmills. The wrong scents can give me a migraine. Would I say something to her or the gym management? Probably not.

brb_2013 wrote: »

I find people who wear perfume give zero kittens about how it impacts others. I've spoken to a few and It just taught me not to because they don't care. I have asthma and will also get migraines from heavy perfume.

I'd move, and then mention it to the staff. I already saw online my gym has a no perfume in the locker room policy which I'm looking forward to. My last gym had no such policy so you just had to move, even if it meant switching up my plan for the day which sucked.

Agree with this 100%. It can really trigger the asthma and even after I move I can feel a grainy feeling in my throat. I would definitely say something to the staff.

We have someone at my work that comes in and is a smoker and tries to cover it up with perfume. It is the worst smell ever. She smells like she rolled around in an ashtray and dumped the perfume bottle on her. It give me a headache every time she walks through my office.

ChristineE63 wrote: »

I'll take your perfumed lady if you take my smoker dude.

I don't think I would say anything unless maybe it happened repeatedly from the same person. But it IS very irritating when you have to smell that while working out - literally makes me nauseated.

MeganAM89 wrote: »

If it were me I'd let it slide the first time but if it happened again I'd go to the front and ask about their perfume policy and see if a staff member could let her know that it's too much.

I second this. It would be better to say something to staff and let them handle it.

It is worth mentioning, either to the staff, preferable, or to the perfume wearer.

Quite often the wearer's nose has become desensitized to the perfume and they gradually apply more and more without realizing it, or realizing it has got to an offensive level.

Makes me think of my grandma who use to reek of lavender. She didn't think she did; me and my sisters use to gag.

Cheers, h.

SpotLighttt wrote: »

crowleyed72 wrote: »

So today I was in the cardio room, on treadmill a lady came in and got on treadmill next to me, she had so much body spray or perfume on I couldn't breath I had to stop an move to other side of room. I noticed a couple of others left at same time breathing harder. Is it okay to say something or just move.

I am hoping someday someone will say something to these selfish women.
I personally dont have it in me but when they are drowning in perfume, it is VERY migraine/vomit inducing at the gym.

Likewise with people who don't change their gym clothes, therefore their BO is drying and building over, again and again. YUCK. That is one unique type of BO smell which is UNBEARABLE!

To be fair, it's definitely not just women. I have had this problem MANY times with men. Lay off the Axe body spray, guys.

aylajane wrote: »

bikemom06 wrote: »

We have someone at my work that comes in and is a smoker and tries to cover it up with perfume. It is the worst smell ever. She smells like she rolled around in an ashtray and dumped the perfume bottle on her. It give me a headache every time she walks through my office.

ChristineE63 wrote: »

I'll take your perfumed lady if you take my smoker dude.

My mother had a double lung transplant last year after being on O2 for over a year. I am sooooooooooo tired of taking her through the hospital entrance doors both before and after the transplant and having to walk through the "wall of smoke" from the smokers sitting outside the doors (despite some sign saying the policy is no smoking within a certain number of feet from the doors). Come on people!? Oxygen tanks not enough of a "push" to move away from the doors? Hopefully her new lungs wont be hurt by it. Have some common sense/decency. I wont even start on walmart...

This! Sheesh, I went to a birth class yesterday and during the break I wanted to walk out into the patio area since it was too hot inside the room. Then one of the husbands lights up a cig right beside his pregnant wife and pollutes the air we are all breathing. Right outside a door. And we have a LAW saying you cannot smoke within 25 ft of an entrance/exit (these people need to start receiving fines). I feel worst for her baby. I can (and did) walk away. She could choose to as well. But that baby gets no choice and might get developmental problems because of it. Didn't help that I already thought the guy should get punched for being SUPER annoying during the class and wasting everyone's time.

bikemom06 wrote: »

We have someone at my work that comes in and is a smoker and tries to cover it up with perfume. It is the worst smell ever. She smells like she rolled around in an ashtray and dumped the perfume bottle on her. It give me a headache every time she walks through my office.

ChristineE63 wrote: »

I'll take your perfumed lady if you take my smoker dude.

Anyone who thinks they can hide the fact that they smoke with perfume or that horrible cheap body spray is seriously deluded. I despise the smell of cigarette smoke ( I'm an ex-smoker) and putting on perfume to cover the stench is just silly. I'd rather smell honest sweat on someone working out than perfume, dryer sheet smell, or "gasp" stale cigarette smoke!

Perfumes trigger headaches for me. I agree that talking to management is best. A general informative sign won't single anyone out or hurt feelings. We had a guy in my show choir who smelled like serious BO and the director just reminded everyone at the beginning of rehearsal to take 5 minutes to 'freshen up' and put more deoderant on. Sometimes general announcements work!