Fragrance Free Workplace?

[sunairco]

I had a bizzare incident happen Wednesday. I took a service call at a buillding that we've been handling for years. While I was in the elevator, this fat bitch starts going "OMG" "OMG" and really starts getting loud with the drama like she's going to be sick. We get off on the next floor and I proceed to the office manager's cubicle to check in and wait for someone from maintainance to come up with keys to the roof. While I'm chatting with the manager, some pimp from security comes up to us and tells me that I'm in violation of the company's frangrance-free policy and I've caused an employee to become ill. Huh? I'm asked to leave and get escorted out to the lobby. When I get back to the shop, my partner already got an earfull about how I was reeking with a fragrance and one of the employees had to take the day off. Here's what gets me, I've worn Royal Copenhagen for nearly 35 years and use no more the two dabs. I never use any aftershave. With daily use a bottle will last nearly 10 years I use it so sparingly. It's probably the most lightest of any men's cologne available with a fragrance that closer to a perfume then a men's strong cologne. Nobody has ever complained about it before. My wife and girls love it and it's the main reason I even wear it.

Anyone here encounter a "Fragrance Free Workplace"? First it's no smoking and now they don't want you wearing perfume or colognes? I have to admit that there are times that you encounter a person that's drenched in too much perfume,cologne, or aftershave and it gets to you, but this is getting ridiculous.

[tsmandy]

Actually alot of people have pretty serious allergies to scents such as cologne or perfume, my best friend is one of them. It makes life a living hell for him whenever someone walks into the room reeking of cologne or perfume, and because of it I've actually grown pretty sensitive to scent myself (though not allergic.).

It seems like they could have handled things better, and I'm sorry you were embarassed, but if the building has a policy, its probably for a good reason.

[BLKGSXR]

I doubt they can MAKE you stop wearing cologne or perfume....Since its a thing that doensmt make people smell like ass....And if the girl had a problem she should try and taking a empty elevator or the stairs.-my 2cents

[phobun]

My bias is that the typical cologne wearing guy simply puts too much on, even when he doesn't think he's being obnoxious.

And I associate cologne with fat, hairy older guys who use it to hide odors coming from their fat hairy hinterlands.

Actually all they need is soap and water, but some guido types must think masking body odor and dirty ass with perfume makes them sexy.