ai6yr, 24 days ago

This is surprisingly hard to find on the USPS website.

https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c2_023.htm?q=perfume&h=perfume&t=H&s=R&p=1&c=Pub52
#perfume #hazard #usps

zalasur, 24 days ago

@ai6yr As someone who gets physically ill if the smell of perfume gets too strong, this isn't much of a surprise.

LinuxAndYarn, 13 days ago

@ai6yr probably because so much of it is alcohol-based and therefore flammable.

j, 24 days ago

@ai6yr I can smell a coworker before seeing them. I think his cologne’s dispensing function is a garden hose.

ai6yr, 24 days ago

@j 😂 🤢

wendinoakland, 24 days ago

@ai6yr Got pulled out of security on an international flight for perfume once. The bottle was a touch leaky and it set off their alarms. So, yeah, the alcohol levels, potent fragrance, atmospherics…?

ColesStreetPothole, 24 days ago

@wendinoakland @ai6yr
I worked three summers in a perfume FACTORY. Estée Lauder/Aramis. Oh man was some of that stuff nasty.

wendinoakland, 24 days ago

@ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr Oof, so much yuck. This was, honestly, some high end stuff, Annick Goutal, if I recall, subtle, refined, elegant.

ColesStreetPothole, 24 days ago

@wendinoakland @ai6yr The only stuff of Estée's I can still tolerate is White Linen, perhaps the subtlest of her perfumes. When I was working in an office tower, I once said in the elevator "Is someone in here wearing White Linen?" I got a bemused "Yeah, me!" from the back corner.

For airport security, it was probably just the alcohol fumes, not a value judgment on the fragrance. 😂

wendinoakland, 24 days ago

@ColesStreetPothole @ai6yr 😂

ai6yr, 24 days ago

@wendinoakland @ColesStreetPothole I'm now so sensitive to smells I could probably follow people all the way home based on their perfume/cologne trails when they go on a walk around the neighborhood. Bloodhounds have it easy, LOL, people leave such strong scent tracks....