I'm sensitive to smells too. I come by it honestly. In fact, i have vivid memories of, when i was younger, going shopping with my mom and my aunt when all of a sudden, in a store, one or the other would just say the word "smell" and we'd troop out again.
Most incense makes me sick. strong perfumes make me sick (though, oddly enough, i wore obsession for a bit and was fine with it). LYSOL DEODORIZER makes me sick. that was a fun one when i had a room-mate who, rather than wash her clothes, would just spray the dirty clothes with lysol. ugh! Unlike you, though, while i do get a headache from a lot of milder smells, the strong ones, like the three mentioned above, literally make me sick to my stomach.
We actually have a situation going on at work right now where the bathroom is in the hall for all the women on the floor to use. There's one particular woman who sprays strong lysol or something similar in the bathroom whenever she's in there. there's no ventilation. you do the math. I'll go in to pee and get so sick from the odor that i end up literally getting sick to my stomach. She also wears/sprays a strong perfume. It's truly atrocious, to the point that i've started going to the unisex handicap accessible bathroom two floors down to avoid it.
I can't use hairsprays, not that i would anyway, i think. And don't get me near a lot of the fancy makeup brands... lancome and all their subsidiaries have perfume in the makeup *shudder* it's fine, though -- all i ever use is a little lipstick or some concealer, and only those on VERY rare special occasions. Left my lipstick in the bathroom at Jimmy's last time i was there. it's been a few weeks *shrug* i'll get it back eventually. with makeup, though, it's not just the perfume. about 75-80% of all lipsticks i've tried make my lips swell and itch and if i dont take it off soon enough, peel. When i was up north right after new years, i tried a new, really great lip balm. Well, it would've been great... if i didnt start getting that tingling burning feeling within three minutes of putting it on. I got an odd look as i started furiously scrubbing at my lips in the car...
so no, you're not unusual in this. or else you just have weird friends ;) I can't answer your question, though, about whether you are how you are out of necessity. I've wondered the same abuot myself. Honestly i think with you it's the same as with me, though -- you're a no-nonsense kinda gal. while you like to pretty yourself up sometimes, you are a take me as i am person. it's a good thing :)
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Most incense makes me sick. strong perfumes make me sick (though, oddly enough, i wore obsession for a bit and was fine with it). LYSOL DEODORIZER makes me sick. that was a fun one when i had a room-mate who, rather than wash her clothes, would just spray the dirty clothes with lysol. ugh! Unlike you, though, while i do get a headache from a lot of milder smells, the strong ones, like the three mentioned above, literally make me sick to my stomach.
We actually have a situation going on at work right now where the bathroom is in the hall for all the women on the floor to use. There's one particular woman who sprays strong lysol or something similar in the bathroom whenever she's in there. there's no ventilation. you do the math. I'll go in to pee and get so sick from the odor that i end up literally getting sick to my stomach. She also wears/sprays a strong perfume. It's truly atrocious, to the point that i've started going to the unisex handicap accessible bathroom two floors down to avoid it.
I can't use hairsprays, not that i would anyway, i think. And don't get me near a lot of the fancy makeup brands... lancome and all their subsidiaries have perfume in the makeup *shudder* it's fine, though -- all i ever use is a little lipstick or some concealer, and only those on VERY rare special occasions. Left my lipstick in the bathroom at Jimmy's last time i was there. it's been a few weeks *shrug* i'll get it back eventually. with makeup, though, it's not just the perfume. about 75-80% of all lipsticks i've tried make my lips swell and itch and if i dont take it off soon enough, peel. When i was up north right after new years, i tried a new, really great lip balm. Well, it would've been great... if i didnt start getting that tingling burning feeling within three minutes of putting it on. I got an odd look as i started furiously scrubbing at my lips in the car...
so no, you're not unusual in this. or else you just have weird friends ;) I can't answer your question, though, about whether you are how you are out of necessity. I've wondered the same abuot myself. Honestly i think with you it's the same as with me, though -- you're a no-nonsense kinda gal. while you like to pretty yourself up sometimes, you are a take me as i am person. it's a good thing :)