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(Message started by: Renee on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:29am)
Title: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Renee on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:29am
I've been pf since Monday...yippee..until I walked into one of the admin offices at work this a.m.

One of the ladies had put on cologne or perfume prior to arriving at the office and I went upstairs into her office and had not been in there 5 min. when I started getting hit!

This was not allergies but a CH!

Does anyone else notice cologne/perfume as a trigger?

renee
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by hopefull on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:30am
Big Time!!!!.....can't wear it most of the time!
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Jimi on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:33am
 Oh yeah..........Strong perfume will trigger a headache when I am in cycle everytime. I sing in a choir, and the last time that I was in cycle, I walked into choir practice and the perfume hit me, and I had to leave.
  The ladies decided that they would not wear any more perfume until my cycle was over. I will never forget that gesture.
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by JDH on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:37am
Another good reason to stay out of the fragrance dept. at dept. stores.

Jim
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by kissmyglass on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:43am
Absolutly!  Scented candles too...
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by floridian on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:46am
Never noticed this as a trigger for me, but lots of people report it is for them.  Mine start in my sleep, and continue through morning.  I go to work when the beast lets me, and am PF until I decide I need sleep.  
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by BruceD on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:49am
Nope to cologne & perfume. But, the smell of maple syrup kicks me into a CH. During a cycle IHOP is strictly off-limits for me.

Take care
BruceD
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by athos on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:51am
yes and finger nail polish and remover
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by bobkip on Feb 11th, 2004, 1:01pm
Lessee, colgnes, perfumes, night bloomin jasmine, solvents, smoke from a BBQ and more. I once worked at an office where we had a gal that worked 2nd shift. I think she bought her perfume at K Mart; 10 cents a gallon. There were 2 doors, one an outside and another at the end of a hallway that lead to my office. I could tell when she walked thru the outside door;  the beast would attack immediately. If I stayed in the same room with her I was guaranteed a 10 by quitting time. Fortunately for me, she had major attendence probs and was let go. For example, she found out she could get 3 days off for a death in the immediate family. Her family started dropping like flies 'til grandma died..... twice.
But yes, those are major triggers for me.
Kip
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by 9erfan on Feb 11th, 2004, 1:04pm
Definitely, yes! That and fragrant flowers!
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Jackie on Feb 11th, 2004, 5:43pm
Strong Colognes and Perfumes REALLY make it tough on Blake....Almost always causes a cluster....unless he can get away from it soon enough.  So does nail polish and remover.  He also has trouble with the smell of raw onions.

I love beautiful perfumes but have had to give them up for years....he's given up his colognes too... :P

Jacks 8)
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Little Deb on Feb 11th, 2004, 5:48pm
Most definately!
All colognes, cig smoke, toner from the copy machine and many other things!  Very sensitive to smells, can't even have a little whif.

Avoid everything like the plague.

Big Hugs.....Little Deb
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by jonny on Feb 11th, 2004, 6:18pm
Wake up and smell the coffee....LMMFAO ;;D

This is THE only time I feel good about having CH.....Not one trigger for this dude ;;D

On the other hand its a double  edge sword cause i do feel for all you that are triggered.

Oh well, La la la la la......LMMFAO ;;D

Buy a gas mask ;;D

.................................jonny
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Paigelle on Feb 11th, 2004, 6:18pm
I can't wear perfume during my cycle, flowers also bother me, and copier toner too!  One of the biggest things smell wise that bothers me is cleaning products, so my house stays dirty during cycle.

Paige
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by t_h_b on Feb 11th, 2004, 6:28pm
Absolutely.  If I have to walk through the fragrance section at a department store I shout "No!" to the "squirters" and breathe through my mouth!  

Even the detergent aisle at the grocery store can bother me.  Getting on an empty elevator when someone had been in it with a lot of perfume has triggered me.  That's one of my pet peeves.  In the morning if someone gets on with a lot of perfume I hop off if I don't think I'll be able to hold my breath.

Walking past an incense vendor on the street will do it, even from a half block away if the wind is right.  Beauty parlor chemicals REALLY get me.  Burning food, too.  

I can only wear vetiver, lavender, and for some reason, Grey Flannel, but usually just don't use any cologne.  Got a bottle of cologne for my birthday last year from some well-meaning friends and had to spray some on and rave about it, got one from that.

When I first started my job people were spraying air freshener because of a coworker with awful BO/cat piss smell but now they warn me before they spray.  Got a couple of attacks that way.

The attacks triggered by smells are always really bad ones, too, come on fast, hit HARD, last a long time, resistant to abortives.
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Cerberus on Feb 11th, 2004, 6:45pm
hrmmmm. Hafta get back to ya on that one........never paid attention enough to notice. [smiley=huh.gif]


Ramon
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Giovanni on Feb 11th, 2004, 7:14pm
The smell of gasoline got me once.  Other than that, I haven't noticed any other smell triggers.

John
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Callico_Kid on Feb 11th, 2004, 9:59pm
Not all, but most.  Scented candles as well.  Natural fragrances don't bother me, but the chemical imitations will do it every time.  I was in Wal Mart andthey moved a candle display to an end cap.  I literally hit my knees with a 10 on the spot and had to be helped out of the store.  Room fresheners are an instant 8 to 10 too.

jc
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Renee on Feb 11th, 2004, 10:39pm
Wow!!!  I'm glad to hear I'm not the only with with problems with cologne/perfumes.

After reading the other posts it jogged my poor memory that i can't get anywhere near that stuff..oh...you know that dry stuff on a stick...a stick with round things on it and they put it in alot of artificial plants.   [smiley=huh.gif]

my memory sucks!  Can't even remember the name of that stuff...they have lots of it at Garden Ridge, Michael's, MJ Designs, etc. and it stinks.

Anyone have any clue what stinky stick of plant i'm referring to?  omg...my mind is empty!  I wish I could remember if there ever was any memory there or not.   [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

anyway, there won't be anymore cologne/perfume wearers at my office anymore for sure and I don't have any of those stinky sticks in fake plants either.

renee
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by echo on Feb 12th, 2004, 1:12pm
I'm thankful to say that my nose is not clustorially connected to my eyeball.

Sorry for those of you that are impacted by that connection.
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by Belle on Feb 12th, 2004, 3:18pm
Yep, I'm the same with cologne's and cleaners.  I had to switch to fragrant free laundry detergent and softener and shampoo and conditioner.  The one big one for me is when an  orange is peeled near me, insta 10, and my husband loves them.  Thank goodness he loves me more.

Belle
::)
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by thomas on Feb 13th, 2004, 3:15pm
When I am in cycle, all of my senses are heightened.  Smell, taste, vision, hearing, touch, any stimuli that presses the "envelope" will put the beast on a rampage, just like kip, all kinds of smells, I can't even eat grilled meat when in cycle, I can taste the lighter fluid in the meat...... nasty.......... but as soon as I'm out of cycle, my senses return to normal.  Then I get to have a big fat steak and a cold beer...... mmmmm.....
Title: Re: Cologne/Perfume a trigger?
Post by t_h_b on Feb 13th, 2004, 9:04pm

on 02/12/04 at 15:18:15, Belle wrote:
The one big one for me is when an  orange is peeled near me, insta 10, and my husband loves them.


And I use orange oil cleaner because the smell DOESN'T affect me!


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