I know this is a crazy subject but I find more and more things affect me as far as smell is concerned. For some time now Cigarette smoke has bothered bothered me to the point that if I smell it on someone I have a headache all day.I've also found things with almost any perfume smell including laundry soap, deodorant, hairspray, hand lotion and many other products.Even the products that claim to be scent free are not. This is a real problem for my wife and my self.We have very dear friends that are the greatest people in the world but the wash there close in Gain a very pefumie Laundry detergent it is so strong when the come to visit the smell from their clothes stays on our upholstery for months after wards and going to their house just kills us and we have tried everything we could think of to neutralize the smell but to no avail. When they walk down the street we can smell them from 20feet away if our windows are open. Are we crazy or do other people have the same problem?
a1Jim
HOW DO FUMES AFFECT YOU?
- Tags
- question
Can't add to the above !
BUT A1jim you are not alone. I leave some grocery store lineups, perfumes give me headache all day. I avoid people that smoke. (I quit smoking 30+ years ago now find it STINKY)
BUT A1jim you are not alone. I leave some grocery store lineups, perfumes give me headache all day. I avoid people that smoke. (I quit smoking 30+ years ago now find it STINKY)
Jim,
The older my wife and I get, the more sensitive our noses have become. Maybe that is a defense mechanism since I am getting blind and deaf
Good luck with figuring how to deal with it all, it is no fun being imprisoned by your own body.
Mike
The older my wife and I get, the more sensitive our noses have become. Maybe that is a defense mechanism since I am getting blind and deaf
Good luck with figuring how to deal with it all, it is no fun being imprisoned by your own body.
Mike
Jim, I am sorry but I would suggest you go to a Toxicologist or an Environmental Doctor. What it sound like you have is called Environmental illness also known as EI. OR. Chemical sensitivity. Its very real. It is not uncommon these days and the only cure is to avoid what bothers you. It will be a whole lifestyle change.
I became super sensitive when I was overdosed on Topamax. I still have a little hay fever with some smells at times.
A1Jim
I am with you on some smells. They affect me, by not to the degree of which you speak. And YES, any time I come upon a smoker, I cross the street. No smell more horride than stale cigarette smoke.
I am with you on some smells. They affect me, by not to the degree of which you speak. And YES, any time I come upon a smoker, I cross the street. No smell more horride than stale cigarette smoke.
You guys wouldn't want to be around me, then…..I smoke cigrarettes and drink lots of coffee…..bet you don't like the smell of coffee either, huh? I'm with Don Tikender…none of that stuff bothers me, either…..There 's something wrong with ya'll….....lol.
Hey Rick
40 years ago I use to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes a day strange as it might sound. I still drink coffee no problem there.
40 years ago I use to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes a day strange as it might sound. I still drink coffee no problem there.
Hi Jim, I live in the middle Norway's largest farming district, so fresh spring air is sometimes in short supply. Otherwise it is so windy here that we have a constant supply of fresh air with no smog and since most of our heating is electric, no power generation smells either. Also we don't have much heavy industry since the Chinese make just about everything we buy these days. On the other hand I just bought a 3" thick plank Lindenwood which is similar, though a bit harder than your Basswood over there. I have to slice it up in my bandsaw, and I hate the smell of it. Otherwise no problems.
Wow Jim: You were a heavy smoker….I'm about a 1 1/2--2 pack myserlf, and been at it for 51 years….
About 2+ pots of java a day…..I know about non-smokers…..I catch "flack" all the time from my kids, grandkids, but mostly I get it more from all the ex-smokers, like my wife's parents, and anyone else who used to light up….When someone like that is around, I just stay away from them, or go outside if I'm at their home….I try to respect their wishes…..The more they gripe, the longer I puff….!!!
About 2+ pots of java a day…..I know about non-smokers…..I catch "flack" all the time from my kids, grandkids, but mostly I get it more from all the ex-smokers, like my wife's parents, and anyone else who used to light up….When someone like that is around, I just stay away from them, or go outside if I'm at their home….I try to respect their wishes…..The more they gripe, the longer I puff….!!!
Sounds like you have one hell of a nose indeed.
I do have some smells that bother me to.
When I had cancer 15 years ago the radiation or chemo made my smell and taste very keen , i am not kidding I live up here in Maine and could smell the deer in the woods, and then after that i could taste chemicals in the food.. No B.S.
Now i am back to normal.
I do have some smells that bother me to.
When I had cancer 15 years ago the radiation or chemo made my smell and taste very keen , i am not kidding I live up here in Maine and could smell the deer in the woods, and then after that i could taste chemicals in the food.. No B.S.
Now i am back to normal.
Geeezz GMman: Couldn't you just post a link or something to all tha stuff you posted?...takes forever to get to the bottom of the page to read everyone else's post. That's like trying to read a friggin medical report, which I didn't…...
Jim,
You're not crazy. No, I'm serious. Neither is my wife who is hypersensitive to a lot of odors.
We were traveling along in the car past a certain place and she claimed to smell gas. Not gasoline, natural gas.
Every time we went by that spot she'd say she smelled it again. I couldn't smell a thing.
Then one day we drove by and there was the local gas company trucks and they were digging like crazy.
Another time she said she smelled gas in the basement. I couldn't smell it, even though i've been known to have a pretty sensitive nose. She told me every day it was getting worst and was starting to make her sick. So, I called the gas company and they came out and their sniffer found gas around the foundation near the gas main connection.
They dug it out and found one pipe that ran below ground to our meter to be thoroughly pinholed from soil contact. They said the gas was following the outside of the pipe and infiltrating our stone foundation. We could have had a terrible explosion had it not been for Marge's sensitive nose.
Then a week later she complained again. I thought it might just be a residue of the stuff in the dirt and stones, but she was adamant. I called. Sure enough they found gas in the loose dirt of the hole they had filled in the week before. They trenched out to the big main that runs past our house and found another leak right where the pipe nipple was welded to the main.
She can't abide smoke and perfume. she can smell a dirty, smelly dog a hundred feet away.
On another note, I love the smell of cherry wood when I'm working it. However, I was working some cherry, making quite a lot of saw dust. The central DC doesn't get everything and a short time later I came down with double pneumonia. It didn't test out for bacteria, I didn't have a fever, either. I believe i was caused by inhaling cherry dust. That was last September. I still haven't got back to normal.
So, no, you're not crazy.
Best regards,
Don
You're not crazy. No, I'm serious. Neither is my wife who is hypersensitive to a lot of odors.
We were traveling along in the car past a certain place and she claimed to smell gas. Not gasoline, natural gas.
Every time we went by that spot she'd say she smelled it again. I couldn't smell a thing.
Then one day we drove by and there was the local gas company trucks and they were digging like crazy.
Another time she said she smelled gas in the basement. I couldn't smell it, even though i've been known to have a pretty sensitive nose. She told me every day it was getting worst and was starting to make her sick. So, I called the gas company and they came out and their sniffer found gas around the foundation near the gas main connection.
They dug it out and found one pipe that ran below ground to our meter to be thoroughly pinholed from soil contact. They said the gas was following the outside of the pipe and infiltrating our stone foundation. We could have had a terrible explosion had it not been for Marge's sensitive nose.
Then a week later she complained again. I thought it might just be a residue of the stuff in the dirt and stones, but she was adamant. I called. Sure enough they found gas in the loose dirt of the hole they had filled in the week before. They trenched out to the big main that runs past our house and found another leak right where the pipe nipple was welded to the main.
She can't abide smoke and perfume. she can smell a dirty, smelly dog a hundred feet away.
On another note, I love the smell of cherry wood when I'm working it. However, I was working some cherry, making quite a lot of saw dust. The central DC doesn't get everything and a short time later I came down with double pneumonia. It didn't test out for bacteria, I didn't have a fever, either. I believe i was caused by inhaling cherry dust. That was last September. I still haven't got back to normal.
So, no, you're not crazy.
Best regards,
Don
Jim,
I don't know if you're crazy or not… probably NOT!
I smoked cigarettes for awhile… and went to a pipe… for close to 40 years… until I stopped Cold Turkey.
I do not crave it at all now… BUT,
If a neighbor is on their patio smoking a cigarette, I know it! I smell it!
I can smell a cigarette burning from cars in line at a stop sign many cars away!
It does not bother me in any other way…
I can also smell food cooking… and the food that has already been cooked…
I am breathing and Smelling without any problems…
I do disallow anyone from smoking in our house or in a vehicle I am driving.
Good Luck!
I don't know if you're crazy or not… probably NOT!
I smoked cigarettes for awhile… and went to a pipe… for close to 40 years… until I stopped Cold Turkey.
I do not crave it at all now… BUT,
If a neighbor is on their patio smoking a cigarette, I know it! I smell it!
I can smell a cigarette burning from cars in line at a stop sign many cars away!
It does not bother me in any other way…
I can also smell food cooking… and the food that has already been cooked…
I am breathing and Smelling without any problems…
I do disallow anyone from smoking in our house or in a vehicle I am driving.
Good Luck!
Hey Jim - Maybe it's because of quiting smoking, and the sniffer became more sensitive to smells around us. I too quit smoking in 1989, 3 packs a day to nothing in one day, and I have the same snuffer problem. I can smell things a long way before it reaches my vicinity. Drives my wife crazy, "What smell? It smells like what? I don't smell anything." The smell of any petroleum product makes me nauseated. I have to stand up wind when I am refueliong my vehicle. Even then I get dizzy!
I think you have a dogs nose. I have never hear of any thing like this before. Now I can understand the smoking as I can smell it for a long ways off, but soap?
I know what you mean Jim, I smoked for 27 years and quit 3 years ago and now I can't get near it without getting this nauseous feeling, it smells so bad, I can smell going down the freeway coming from other cars, and other odors too, a friend of mine uses some lotion that has coconut and lime, oh man that stuff is so gross! they should make nose plugs like ear plugs so you can shove something up there to keep from smelling it. Yikes!
I usually try to hold my breath and get out of the bathroom as quick as I can, shut the door tight and wait to see what poor sucker goes in next.
I just finished a project with Lacquer (3 coats). I can usually take most anything but wet Lacquer, WOW. Hard to keep the doors and windows open and still maintain the minium 65 degrees they recommend….............
Former smoker here too. Quit 13 years ago. Am very sensitive to being around smokers but I do try to cut them some slack. I know how hard it is to quit.
I can appreciate where Jim is coming from and he's certainly right,some of these "perfumes" are nauseating(read stinky)
I can appreciate where Jim is coming from and he's certainly right,some of these "perfumes" are nauseating(read stinky)
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
