I felt very womanly to have my own bottle of scent when I got older and started going out with boys. Photograph: Darren JamesBut half an hour after I’d left the house I’d have a piercing headache, my nose would be stuffed up, my eyes would be sore, and I’d be cranky. As soon as I dabbed it on – even while I was still saying “Thank you so much” – I felt the headache starting. I opened the laptop, searched for “fragrance headache” and within minutes I was deep in the science of scent. If an odd and awkward problem with fragrance is the price for that, it might just have been worth it.

Source: The Guardian September 03, 2017 07:30 UTC