Posts Tagged ‘Cologne’

I have been traveling for work over the last few days and Mrs. Gradversity and I had planned to go out for a nice dinner when I got back. Everything was going according to plan until we sat down at our table and were hit with a wall of perfume.

The woman at the table next to us was covered in the stuff. She must have been wearing half a bottle. And even though she was just about to leave when we arrived, the scent lingered through most of our meal.

Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem. The trouble is that last night, I had a massive allergy attack (brought on by the perfume) and spent the entire dinner sneezing my head off.

The lesson here is that you shouldn’t wear perfume or cologne to an interview (or any other time when you will be meeting a potential employer). You never know how an interviewer is going to react, either from a personal taste perspective (liking or disliking the scent), or from an allergy perspective (sneezing like mad).

Don’t take the risk. Leave the perfume/cologne behind!