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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Sept 4, 2014 5:14:46 GMT
Yeah, I am a public transit person too, but the trips are much shorter and I usually have the option to move away from the truly smelly by standing. I will try the vapo rub idea. The perfume idea wouldn't work for me because perfume smells get on my nerves/give me headaches. How can vapo rub be more tolerable than perfume? Vicks is fragranced with natural oils. The thing that gets me with perfume is not so much the specific smell (although I hate floral perfumes the most) but rather the alcohol that is the carrier for the fragrance molecules.
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Post by monicad on Sept 4, 2014 5:26:21 GMT
I've started traveling with a pashmina; it's large enough to use as a blanket if it's cold and I can also use it to wrap around my head/face. I like the Vicks idea--on our way to Mexico earlier this year a little boy got sick a couple rows back. Once that smell hit there was nothing we could do.
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Post by darkangel090260 on Sept 4, 2014 8:36:26 GMT
Please no Vicks! PLEASE! There are people, like me, who get instantly and violently ill at the smell of it (and then it actually triggers my asthma). Even just a tiny dab. Even just opening the tube. I'd rather smell BO. I second this. I put some vicks on a few years ago and end up in the ER all night and part of the next morning. It gave me the worst Asthma attack of my life.
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Post by jamh on Sept 4, 2014 14:38:10 GMT
Please no Vicks! PLEASE! There are people, like me, who get instantly and violently ill at the smell of it (and then it actually triggers my asthma). Even just a tiny dab. Even just opening the tube. I'd rather smell BO. This is how I feel about Vicks! I would be throwing up right away!!! JamH
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Post by Laura in OK on Sept 4, 2014 14:57:33 GMT
I agree the smells are the worst!!! But for me it's the people who bathe in perfume etc. UGH! No one is supposed to smell you coming. This is the one that gets me. I have asthma & perfumes are the worst. It's not just airplanes it's everywhere! Some people must just cover themselves head to toe! The worst is at any medical facility...do they really think someone who is sick wants to smell their perfume?
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