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My sister and I are allergic to chemical smells and my sister, who works in IT and mainly has male colleagues, left a job because of her colleagues' aftershaves and their unwillingness to not apply them. In my local cafe I have to say if there's any perfume I notice that bothers me it's more often men's aftershaves than women's scents.

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Yes Petra I have to agree, I thought my post was long enough but you're right about aftershave on men as well, for sure, in fact I had to ask my youngest brother to stop embracing when we meet up (and his wife) as the stench of perfume, deodorant and after shave is overwhelming for me, needless to say I'm not very popular and live a more or less hermit's life, but that's ok, life is life and I'm grateful for it, thank you, mart <3

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Oh dear. I'm not terribly popular either but I'm finding it bothers me less and less.

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I always had to shower after work because I'd smell of all my patients! Having an air purifier in my room really helped with the smelly/stagnant air, but I got that many perfumes, aftershaves, washing powder smells etc on my body & clothes that it was horrible! The true country blokes who were kind enough to have a short shower before their appointment - but didn't bother with aftershave or deodorant - were the best to work on from a smell-perspective!

I also wonder if people wearing perfumers/aftershaves end up with more relationship failures because the person they're attracted to is not the person they THINK they're getting together with! They are attracted to the pheromones - but the pheromones are fake.

I remember one boyfriend of mine really loved a particular aftershave. Every time I smelled it randomly on a passerby, years after we broke up, I would think about him! It was a nice aftershave, I'll tell you that, but it wasn't him I was really smelling, was it?! It was just his aftershave! :-D I

Another boyfriend mostly smelled nice...except when you got too close to his underarms. Then there was this acrid sort of smell. Eeew. He covered up his unhealthiness with deodorants and body washes. Needless to say we also broke up ;-)

I also once had a flatmate who used some sort of perfume. It woke me up, bolt awake, early one morning, as the smell somehow seeped from the bathroom, where she was, with the door closed mind you, into my bedroom, where the door was also closed!! Talk about smells that could kill. My god. It was awful.

I can't believe I ever used to like those Impulse sprays when I was a teenager! Young & stupid, ha ha! I can't stand them now. My poor nose has been assaulted too much and is now a tad sensitive!

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All of those products are Endocrine disruptors ( Low testosterone in males., lower sperm count in even penis shrinkage ЁЯШ│)and the aluminum deodorant Probably causes inflammation in the brain

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Endocrine blockers...there are so many of them out there! Like every time you get a printed receipt from the supermarket...what's in the ink acts as an endocrine blocker.

It's ridiculous to think that blocking the sweat glands in the armpits was ever a good idea. And to do it with aluminium no less. Humans are astounding in their ability to screw themselves over! Like the ancient Romans using lead water pipes, or crushing up lead to a white powder to use as face paint/make-up!

Honestly, it's a wonder people can still breed!!!

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Yes! Every time I buy my raw milk I tell them to keep the receipt and watch for shrinkage !

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But only the male check-out chicks, right?! ;-)

(and they don't sell raw milk in supermarkets anymore. It's even really hard to get in health food stores, so my mother tells me!)

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The only real reason to stay in California, and IтАЩm not talking about the great house prices in the easy access to fentanyl and tranq. Raw Milk! You can take my guns but God help you if you try to take my Raw milk!ЁЯШБ. In Texas my other home I buy it at a farm

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