On our sister site, Fragrance Free World, we get a lot of people that find the site and send us an email. We’d like to encourage everyone to leave a comment here instead. You can leave a comment on any post.
OR, we’ve set up a couple of pages just for your Tips and Complaints:
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I can’t express the joy I’m feeling right now at having come across your blog. My friend sent me a link to the NYTimes May 1 2008 article “Sickened by the Office (Really)”
I’ve been suffering from MCS for a little over 4 years now. As you know, it’s been a battle not only physically but emotionally as well. Part of the struggle is “combating” people who just don’t get it.
I’d love to be part of the conversation!
Thanks!
Welcome, Skittle! I’m truly glad you found the blog. Feel free to comment. This blog is all about sharing experiences.
I work in the Disability Services for Students Office at a college in Buffalo, NY and a faculty member down the hall wears an excessive amount of patchouli oil (2 different kinds). I am very allergic and I get temporal artery headaches, my throat swells up, etc. I went to the Administration over a year ago and I was told in writing that I was not allowed to approach this person about her smell nor was I allowed to mention the horrible smell to students in our office. During exam week May 2008, four students were nauseous and had headaches due to her patchouli oil perfume. Since I am not allowed to approach this person, my boss has asked this person several times to give me the name of the products she is wearing. It has been a year now, and I still do not know what she is wearing. I have gone to an ear, nose and throat doctor, seen an allergist, and a neurologist and still cannot give them the name of the products she is wearing. An air purification unit was installed inside our office in May 2007 but this does nothing to address the issue of the smell outside our office. On June 12, 2008, I left a phone message for Ann Curry Thompson to contact me. I have contacted lawyers in the Buffalo region, but no one wants to deal with fragrance issues.
