I just got back from an appointment in Manhattan. Frankly, the trip there and back again was, as the French say, insupportable. The weather today is heavy and extremely humid - conditions that make any scent or odor seem considerably stronger than usual. I was therefore assaulted five times by perfectly obnoxious "fragrances" - four of them "musk". I am now back in my studio feeling perfectly sick.
I sincerely wish, that for just one hour, those who insist on drenching themselves with "musk" or other crap fragrances would be forced to experience themselves and I and people like me do. And I hope that, should such a miracle occur, they have their puking bowls handy.
I would not deny anyone the right to choose to wear whatever fragrance they wish. Far from it. However, I must insist on greater personal responsibility when it comes to wearing scent in public. And i will insist that Your Right to Wear Any Strong Perfume Ends Where it Hits My Nose.
It is only fair to point out that I am currently in NO mood for backchat on this subject. Those who disagree and are perfectly happy to continue to be public olfactory offenses are welcome to go to hell or at least to stay the hell away from me. I have had ENOUGH.
Now I am going to cancel the rest of my appointments for the afternoon and take an enormous amount of aspirin. Hopefully I will be unconscious until the acute headache and nausea pass. And when i regain consciousness, I will begin searching for a fully operational gas mask.