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Writer Adriana Ermter\u2019s love affair with the bottle is put to the test when she\u2019s forbidden, yes you read that correctly, forbidden to spritz…<\/strong><\/p>\n

I once had to give up perfume for my workplace. And, no, it wasn\u2019t a joke.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d heard of offices like this before, but I\u2019d never taken them seriously. I mean come on, who doesn\u2019t wear perfume to work? Turns out: a whole bunch of people. I on the other hand, have always spritzed with a heavy hand. Today was no different. I left a heady trail of lush flowers lingering in the elevator and in the hallways on my first day on the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou smell good,\u201d the HR woman said to me. We\u2019d just greeted each other at the reception desk and now, were on our way to meet my new team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you,\u201d I answered, smiling. It was all I could do to refrain from babbling about the exotic tuberose, gardenia and frangipani blossoms Dolce & Gabbana had lovingly swirled together to create the slightly drunken, sultry scent I was wearing, Velvet Desire. After all, I was keen to make a good, professional impression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re actually a fragrance-free organization, so\u2026\u201d said the HR woman, nodding her head from side to side.<\/p>\n

What?\u00a0Oh. Crap.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been spritzing perfume since I was nine years old and first coated my wrists with a wet, powdery-smelling layer of Love\u2019s Baby Soft. My love affair started three years earlier with a plastic Avon brooch that opened to reveal a circle of waxy fragrance inside. Now, with more than a decade of writing and editing beauty stories for glossy women\u2019s magazines under my skinny Marni belt, my perfume obsession and collection came second only to Imelda Marcos\u2019 shoe rack. But I\u2019d said yes to this job. And based on the firm gaze the HR woman was fixing upon me, the only thing I could to do was put the bottle down and convince myself that not applying a daily dousing of fragrance was no big deal.<\/p>\n

Except that it was.<\/p>\n

For the first two weeks I embraced abstinence, but the novelty of not spritzing wore off during week three. There wasn\u2019t one identifiable breaking point, I just couldn\u2019t seem to shake the nagging sensation of feeling naked when, every morning I\u2019d leave my apartment without a drop of Chloe, Chloe\u2019s sweet floral eau; Maison Francis Kurkdjian, APOM\u2019s Pantene shampoo-like smell; or Bond No. 9, Eau de New York\u2019s sharp, gritty notes wafting off my body. Picking a scent to match my outfit wasn\u2019t just a ritual it defined me and determined my mood. This pale expanse of nothingness required the same Herculean effort as the time I\u2019d sworn off carbs and chocolate in attempt to lose 10 pounds, minus the feel-good, pay-off of flat abs and a tight tush. I craved smoky patchouli, dewy petals and warm wood. Naturally, I started binging.<\/p>\n

Each night, before I\u2019d crawl under the sheets on my bed I\u2019d apply a heavy misting of whatever perfume was in closest reach. My weekends were divided between heavy spiced ouds, pungent \u201980s favourites and dusty earthy elixirs. I fogged out friends at Sunday brunch, was complained about by a fellow gym goer and gave Trixie-the-cat more than one late night sneeze-attack. No one wanted to sit next to me at the movies, but I didn\u2019t care. My new routine worked, at least for a while, but then my alarm clock would go off on Monday morning and I\u2019d be back to smelling like, well, just me.<\/p>\n

Five days a week from nine to five, I felt ugly and soulless. Despite doing what I love, I became resentful of my job and picked fights with anyone who had the freedom to wear perfume wherever, whenever they liked. I was miserable, so I blamed the \u201990s, when political players first labeled the fragrance adverse with \u201cmultiple chemical disorder,\u201d kick-starting the trend to designate certain public areas, like hospitals and clinics as scent-restricted zones. Sure, I know there are people truly afflicted with respiratory issues, but for the most part having a fragrance allergy was, in my opinion, an aversion that could be chalked up to the disgruntled not liking a particular scent or those who were unappreciative of a co-worker\u2019s cloud of Shalimar preceding her long before she\u2019d entered the room. I too am not immune to gagging over white musk, sugary fruits or Dior\u2019s headache-inducing Poison, but I\u2019d never, ever tell someone they couldn\u2019t spritz.<\/p>\n

On week six, I rebelled. Because my workplace was super strict about their non-fragrance-wearing rule, I deduced that the lighter the perfume the harder it would be to detect. I began investigating aquatic- and shower fresh-smelling scents, which I hadn\u2019t gravitated to before. My theory had always been that there\u2019s no point in wearing perfume with little discernable scent. Now, I coveted Serge Luten\u2019s L\u2019Eau, Chanel\u2019s Les Exclusifs No.28 La Pausa and Nina Ricci\u2019s L\u2019Air du Temps\u2019 clean aesthetic.<\/p>\n

I sprayed them sparingly: the tiniest spritz on my throat, beneath my chin or blotted into my hairline and yes, even on my eyebrows. Sometimes, I soaked a cotton ball with Balenciaga\u2019s L\u2019Essence and stuffed it inside my silver, oval locket. The crisp, violet-infused, garden-green scent would slowly seep out of my necklace allowing me to inhale it with deep, gulping breaths throughout the day. For the next several months I had my fix; my work life perked up.<\/p>\n

Then I got caught.<\/p>\n

It was a Wednesday. I was in a meeting with a colleague and I was hot. The room we were sitting in was tiny, window-less and had no air circulation, so I removed my cardigan. Big mistake. The second my arms were bared I could smell the delightful combination of zesty lemon with rose and cedar wood oozing from my pores. I tried to ignore it, but after a mere three minutes I could practically see my colleague\u2019s words floating in the air above me before she\u2019d even spoken them.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you smell perfume?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

I pretended to sniff the air before bold-faced lying.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d I answered.<\/p>\n

Employees who broke the no-fragrance rule were written up\u2014the information potentially used against them during their annual review. Plus, gossip ran rampant and I didn\u2019t want the stigma attached to me. More importantly, I didn\u2019t want to jeopardize my upcoming raise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho was in this room before us?\u201d the woman asked. \u201cAre you sure you don\u2019t smell anything?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lying again, I suggested my hand cream was the culprit, holding out my hand for her to sniff. She inhaled and nodded in agreement. Offering to wash it off, I high-tailed it to the bathroom and hid. Crisis averted.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks later, I was called out again, this time in the elevator by one of the VPs. Silently cursing my three-inch heels that prevented me from taking the stairs, I attributed the scent to my still damp ponytail. My rationale was plausible, but barely. Once again, I got away with wearing the contraband product. But my charade was wearing thin.<\/p>\n

Finally, after two years of sneaking around I caved, admitted defeat and left my job. I was tired of pretending to be someone I\u2019m not. It just wasn\u2019t worth it. Spritzing perfume is who I am and I desperately needed to feel and act like myself, again. And let\u2019s face it, with close to 500 bottles launching each year, fragrance-free will never be me. Admittedly, I still drench myself in the latest eau. My friends continue to avoid being up close and personal when we\u2019re in close quarters, but I\u2019m happy. And I smell great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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