Perfume on Planes

[toocherie]

Ok, a vent. My last two trips from Orlando to LA I have had incidents of women who seem to have bathed in their perfume bottles.

Time before last the lady in the row behind me permeated the entire area with her perfume.

This last trip, a young late teen/early 20's walked by me in the terminal and the "odor" from her perfume almost knocked me over. Thank God she was not on my flight.

I am not necessarily allergic, but do find this annoying. (I even gave up season tickets to broadway performances a few years ago because one of our neighbors' perfume was so awful.)

I wanted to tell the girl in the terminal (who sat near me until her flight left) to go to the ladies' room and wash off some of her perfume but held back.

Please people--and this goes for men and their cologne too--be considerate of fellow passengers and tone down the perfume/cologne on the day of your flight!

Has anyone else had this experience? How do you handle it?

 

[ancestry]

Heavy perfume smells make me seriously ill. Having to sit on an airplane with a heavy perfumed neighbor would cause me to have a migraine and possibly even throw up.

As for how to handle it I have no idea short of saying something directly to the person.

 

[Dizzyworld]

It is one of my pet peeves too. If I can taste it in my mouth, it is too much. I think most people get so used to the scent that they add more so they can smell it themselves not realizing it is overkill.

 

[Mama Who]

Yep, heavy perfume and smokers who reek like a dirty ashtray. Both set off my allergies and make me nauseous.

 

[LoveToDisney]

Being sensitive to fragrance is protected by the ADA act. Fragrance can be disabling to those who are sensitive to it. People are wearing fragrance more and more from the perfume and cologne they apply to the permeated clothing they wear that has been scented from their fabric softner.

THE LAW
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992 guarantees access to disabled to institutions, such as government agencies, libraries, doctor's offices, retail stores, and many others. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness is recognized as a disability by The Social Security Administration and HUD. Fragrances are a "barrier to access" to MCS/EI disabled, since breathing is affected. Breathing is a "major life activity" as defined by the ADA. Fragrance bans meet the "reasonable accommodation" clause of the ADA, since elimination and substitution are not expensive.

 

[jsilvers]

Being sensitive to fragrance is protected by the ADA act.

But the ADA does not apply to air travel. It is instead governed by the Air Carrier Access Act.

 

[designermv]

It bugs the hell out of me too. I have to be sure to carry my rescue inhaler because it kicks my asthma in to high gear.

I kind of wish I could carry around a giant, olfactory-accurate fart machine to blow in the faces of perfume offenders.

 

[brenda1966]

It's awful, and I've been lucky to only once sit by someone who's perfume really bothered me. I popped an allergy pill and then sat with my hoodie over my mouth/nose and turned my face away from her the whole ride. Miserable! I also chewed gum so that I smelled the gum.

Add smelling someone's stinky feet the entire ride to my Ick List! Please, keep your shoes on, especially if you are a smelly teenager. LOL.

 

[J0hny]

For me, it's called lack of respect for other passengers. Imagine what would happen if everyone on the plane, were given to three tons of perfume, like that woman you were talking about.

 

[Cindyrellablue]

I have had problems with perfume on planes too. I don't understand why someone would need to wear so much, and it sets my asthma off.

I've also had the unfortunate pleasure of sitting next to a teen that decided an airplane would be a great place to paint her fingernails. Lucky for me, the flight attendant asked her to put it away as others began to ask what that smell was.

 

[TDC Nala]

I ride a subway to work and this is a constant problem. You'd think if someone was knowingly going to spend a long time squished up against strangers they'd go easy on the scent, but they don't.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Its not just the gals...........many of these younger guys could knock a elephant down like it was shot with a elephant gun!

AKK

 

[OThopeful35]

I have never experienced it on the plane but a friend of mines is a Jr. High school teacher and a student wears tons of cologne Well after my friend sent a letter home to the parent, the parent became upset I was like are you kidding me? Strong perfume makes me sneeze big time

 

[lilosurf11]

Haha everyone knows you dab it on, not dive into it.
I would think that people would know better than to wear heavy perfumes on planes, but what can you do?