Essential oil diffuser

[Dug720]

A USB diffuser is still an "electrical appliance and component". And is explicitly banned. Don't bring it.

Thank you! The USB still has to be plugged into something.

 

[Lilsia]

Very true. And when one of them sits near me in church or the food court or anywhere, I have to move. I can not do it. I may like the smell, but my immune system reacts and I don't want to suffer the consequences. So, in addition to please leave the diffuser at home, would you also mind leaving the perfume at home too? And the bath and body works/victoria's secret soaps and lotions.

I am the exact same way, instant reaction to these. I wish they would ban all perfume/cologne from airplanes and other enclosed areas. More and more people have developed allergies from these. It is no different then them banning peanut butter for those who are allergic. I have found that there are a lot of people who use scents regularly, have become noise blind to them so they put more and more on. They don't smell it, but others can smell them 20 feet away. We have those types of customers come into where I work and their scent reaches me and I am 15 feet away from the counter(which is the closest they can get to me). That is bad when someone can smell you from that far away. Please everyone, just be aware of how much of the stuff you are putting on.

 

[FigmentSpark]

More and more you are seeing signs of "This is a scent-free facility".

 

[Lilsia]

More and more you are seeing signs of "This is a scent-free facility".

I have never seen that, but would LOVE it this was adopted more places. Especially somewhere that a person needs to be and can not leave like a doctor's office/hospital, etc.

 

[mmmears]

More and more you are seeing signs of "This is a scent-free facility".

I'm seeing it too, especially at doctor's offices. DH's work is also scent-free.

 

[daisyx3]

Hmmm, no oil diffusers at home, but I have a plug in one in my classroom--I'd rather smell an airwick than the occasional HS boy who doesn't understand deodorant. No one has complained yet, LOL.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm seeing it too, especially at doctor's offices. DH's work is also scent-free.

I get it at the doctor's office, as you can't control who you're in contact with. The the "not at work" thing doesn't work for me. I just don't think that making it an office policy that you can't wear perfume (or scented deodorant, or use scented shampoos, etc) isn't right. Just because someone that has issues with scents wants to take a job somewhere, it isn't fair to the other people in the office to restrict their rights.

 

[Lilsia]

I get it at the doctor's office, as you can't control who you're in contact with. The the "not at work" thing doesn't work for me. I just don't think that making it an office policy that you can't wear perfume (or scented deodorant, or use scented shampoos, etc) isn't right. Just because someone that has issues with scents wants to take a job somewhere, it isn't fair to the other people in the office to restrict their rights.

The problem is that people tend to overuse them. There is a difference between putting a small amount on you that someone has to be really close to you to smell it, and wearing so much that the scent permeates a 20 foot radius around you. And yes, people do this all the time. If you are someone that can not tell the difference, then you probably should not be wearing perfume. I honestly do not know how some of these people's families/friends/coworkers do not tell them that they are wearing an extreme amount of perfume, people really should tell them. There was this group of woman that came into the place I worked and one of them was wearing and excessive amount of perfume. One of the other ladies was obviously having a reaction to it and for the life of me, I could not understand why she did not leave or say anything to the other woman. We all could smell the one woman and hear the other one struggle.

 

[Starwind]

I get it at the doctor's office, as you can't control who you're in contact with. The the "not at work" thing doesn't work for me. I just don't think that making it an office policy that you can't wear perfume (or scented deodorant, or use scented shampoos, etc) isn't right. Just because someone that has issues with scents wants to take a job somewhere, it isn't fair to the other people in the office to restrict their rights.

If the person with scent issues is sensitive enough, it becomes an issue of reasonable accommodation of a disability and/or a human rights issue and absolutely makes sense, in addition to being required by law.

SW

 

[lklgoodman]

Hmmm, no oil diffusers at home, but I have a plug in one in my classroom--I'd rather smell an airwick than the occasional HS boy who doesn't understand deodorant. No one has complained yet, LOL.

Back in the early 1980s I was in jr high school. All the girls(including myself ) would go to the bathrooms between classes and put on perfume, and yes we wore way tooooo much. We all thought we were so old and mature doing this, and we all wore different kinds. I don't know how the teachers tolerated this, but they never stopped us. Now I also can't stand to be anywhere near someone who is wearing too much of any scent, I very rarely wear any kind of perfume. I feel like I should send all my former teachers a letter of apology.

 

[serenitynow]

Back in the early 1980s I was in jr high school. All the girls(including myself ) would go to the bathrooms between classes and put on perfume, and yes we wore way tooooo much. We all thought we were so old and mature doing this, and we all wore different kinds. I don't know how the teachers tolerated this, but they never stopped us. Now I also can't stand to be anywhere near someone who is wearing too much of any scent, I very rarely wear any kind of perfume. I feel like I should send all my former teachers a letter of apology.

Remember “Love’s Baby Soft”???

 

[lklgoodman]

Remember “Love’s Baby Soft”???

OMG!! That was one of the ones we would pour on!! Along with the Liz Claiborne one that was in the different colored triangle containers!

 

[mmmears]

I get it at the doctor's office, as you can't control who you're in contact with. The the "not at work" thing doesn't work for me. I just don't think that making it an office policy that you can't wear perfume (or scented deodorant, or use scented shampoos, etc) isn't right. Just because someone that has issues with scents wants to take a job somewhere, it isn't fair to the other people in the office to restrict their rights.

I'm not sure it's a right to wear stinky perfume. But in any case, DH follows the rules there, and saves his lightly scented hand lotion that I gave him to use at home, and only uses unscented there. It's an issue of making the place safe for everyone. He didn't make the rule, but he has no problem with it. I think it's simple courtesy to not choose to wear something that will physically harm another person.

 

[Atilley]

I honestly do not know how some of these people's families/friends/coworkers do not tell them that they are wearing an extreme amount of perfume, people really should tell them.

Sadly even when you tell them they don’t listen. I used to tell my uncle he smelled like he took a bath in Old Spice after shave. It did no good. He would tell me I was crazy he didn’t put that much on.

 

[AngelDisney]

Hmmm, no oil diffusers at home, but I have a plug in one in my classroom--I'd rather smell an airwick than the occasional HS boy who doesn't understand deodorant. No one has complained yet, LOL.

My school board has a fragrance free policy but students may not know about it and it’s not a pleasant experience to walk through a long hallway when some kids just spray themselves. I usually just try my best to endure whatever scent coming out from a student. No airwick for me!

 

[SyracuseWolvrine]

Just because someone that has issues with scents wants to take a job somewhere, it isn't fair to the other people in the office to restrict their rights.

First of all, wearing perfume is not a right. Secondly, even if it was, my right to be able to breathe is more important than someone else's right to wear scents. Life comes before 'pursuit of happiness'.

 

[ladyofthetramp]

OMG!! That was one of the ones we would pour on!! Along with the Liz Claiborne one that was in the different colored triangle containers!

Omg! Guilty! Now I can't tolerate anything! Pay back!

 

[lorenni]

Hmmm, no oil diffusers at home, but I have a plug in one in my classroom--I'd rather smell an airwick than the occasional HS boy who doesn't understand deodorant. No one has complained yet, LOL.

If I were in your class I would complain constantly about the migraine I would have from your air wick.

I also hope you are joking about kids with BO. Not too culturally or socially sensitive for a teacher, otherwise.

 

[Lilsia]

If I were in your class I would complain constantly about the migraine I would have from your air wick.

I also hope you are joking about kids with BO. Not too culturally or socially sensitive for a teacher, otherwise.

I would like to add on that people become much more sensitive to odors as they age. When I was in school, most of these things did not bother me. But now, I have a severe reaction to even minor scents.

 

[monarchsfan16]

Hmmm, no oil diffusers at home, but I have a plug in one in my classroom--I'd rather smell an airwick than the occasional HS boy who doesn't understand deodorant. No one has complained yet, LOL.

I work in a school district with a large percentage of kiddos who don't have the luxury of bathing or using deoderant regularly. I've also successfully gotten air fresheners banned in common staff areas (staff bathrooms) in said schools. Trust me, for those of us who struggle with scents, Air Wick, etc is far more offensive than BO, etc.

Back on topic, please don't bring any type of diffuser (especially those darn bracelets and necklaces that probably would slip through a screening) on board. They are just as problematic as perfumes for many, no matter what the essential oil companies say. I sat behind a woman who kept a portable diffuser going in her purse on a flight last year. It was not pretty.