Women love to smell sweet in all the right place, but there’s always that one person that puts on a tad too much, which gives everyone around them a headache that never seems to go away. It’s even worse if it’s a scent that you don’t find appealing.

In 2008, Susan McBride sued Detroit by way of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and claimed that one of her co-workers’ perfume made it almost impossible to breathe properly and do her job to her full capacity. She was given $100,000 and the city told workers to lay off the perfume, cologne, deodorant, lotion and even aftershave. New Hampshire seems to have been inspired by the city, and is looking to do the same.

State representative Michele Peckham is readily sponsoring House Bill 1444 which wants to ban every state employee, who comes into contact with other people, from wearing any form of perfume. Peckham told the Union Leader, “It may seem silly, but it’s a health issue. Many people have violent reactions to strong scents.”

Jonathan Bayuk, an allergist at Hampden County Physician Associates, claims that potent fragrances can be annoying, but they can also do much worse to various people. “There are many people who have chemical sensitivity type of issues, where they are either allergic to other things, say dust mites or mold or pollen and then when they are exposed to chemicals or irritating fragrances they have a reaction that’s very similar.”

What do you guys think? Should people be allowed to smell however they like, or are people’s allergies enough reason to ban perfume?