03 Jul BREAKING BEAUTY NEWS: Use Of Fragrances And Perfumes Banned In Certain Cities And Government Establishments
Do you ever wonder if you put too much perfume on in the morning? Well, you might have, especially if you’re visiting Tuttle, Oklahoma. According to USA Today, the city warns visitors of City Hall to stay at the front of the building if they are wearing perfume, stressing the importance of fragrance-free air for those suffering from allergies. In the article, allergist Clark Kaufman talks about how certain fragrances can trigger asthma and allergy symptoms (which can lead to respiratory infections) to those who are sensitive to certain aromas, “I equate it with cigarette smoke.”
Although the incentive to help those with allergies is acknowledged, not everyone believes in the banning of wearing fragrances in public areas. Elena Solovyov of the International Fragrance Association believes that the use of fragrance “should be guided by personal courtesy and common sense, not by policies or procedures.”
Tuttle, Oklahoma isn’t the first place to experience anti-fragrance laws. Portland, Oregon banned their city workers from wearing any type of fragrance; Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington asked visitors and employees to bring in “less fragrant” flowers; Bill Lockwood, parks director in Jefferson City, Montana, asked those who attend meetings to “remain as fragrance-free as possible”; and Windom Area Hospital in Windom, Minnesota has been fragrance-free since 1999!
So, ladies, tell us… Have you ever experienced someone commenting on your fragrant perfume? Or has a fragrance in a public place ever bothered you before? If so, let us know and comment below!
– Theresa Romano
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Bobbie J Crippen
Posted at 17:47h, 07 JulyI have Asthma, and have had to leave many places because the effect of some perfumes. It should be an individuals responsibility to be courteous of others with respect to health problems. Unfortunately on the most part, this isn’t so. [Christmas time is the worst!!!!] I have had to get a pager at medical facilities and wait outside in cold and rain because the effect of anothers perfume was so overwhelming. I instantly feel as tho someone has grabbed my throat and cut off my air supply, I get a migraine and loose my voice. I have to carry a portable nebulizer in my car for such instances. Yes, ask my children, it is scary, and an inconvenience at least. I truly believe that all perfumes should be banned at all medical facilities. And although unlikely at least posted upon entry at all grocery stores and other places that we “ALL” have to go to for people to not enter if their perfume my be too strong for others. Comm’on people have some consideration for others and recognize that “Thank God that you are healthy, some others aren’t”. PLEASE!!!
Sara
Posted at 18:00h, 07 JulyI wear perfume, but I apply it to where only I can smell it when I sniff my wrist. I’m sorry, but there are way more impervious smells than perfume. Wet paint, gasoline, car exhaust, someone coming back to work after a smoke break. Smells exist in the world, and perfume gets a bad rap. You don’t hear people say “Lysol gives me migraines, we should ban cleaning”. Honestly, if someone’s perfume offends you, ask them to wear less of it if you have to be around them every day. Loud noises give me headaches, but I don’t tell the neighbors to quit mowing their lawns. Sometimes you just have to suck it up.
linda schwarzkopf
Posted at 19:47h, 07 JulyI do believe that restaurants should ban all employess from wearing fragrances. that is where I notice that it bothers me the most.
SimoneM
Posted at 21:05h, 07 JulyWhat a bunch of nonsense. Now we’re going to get government in on perfume wearing too? What a waste of our tax dollars! What…our country isn’t broke enough?
Truth is, perfume is only strong the first 20 minutes to half hour of applying it. After that, you have to be quite close to a person to smell it.
I think it’s fine to ask people to be courteous about their perfume, but how about Bad Body Odor? MUCH more hard to live with.
How about banning people who work with the public from eating garlic and onions? Want to talk about a stink fest?!?!
Let’s not forget other pollutants:
Noise pollution is horrible! And every idiot that drives a car w/ their music blasting should get a big, fat fine.
And in a hospital…..ewww….I hate that pine scent. Since pine isn’t necessary to clean & disenfect, then how about getting rid of it?
Laundry: Love the smell of fresh, clean laundry? Well perhaps the person next to you in line for their morning coffee doesn’t like it? What then?
If a private business like a restaurant asks their staff not to wear perfume when working, I think that’s fine. But let’s not make rules and regulations about it because the only ones that’ll win this one is…..wait for it…..you guessed it…..they lawyers! I can see the frivolous lawsuits now!
Kirsten
Posted at 21:52h, 07 JulyI knew this was coming…all that cigarette banning…what next I said, perfume? Peanut butter? Yes..I am sorry but this is ridiculous. I have had to live with allergies my whole life and so have my children. You LIVE WITH IT and learn your abilities to take this or that. And if you are around someone that bothers you…ask them to not wear it around you. Good God……