Firstly I am NOT suggesting that perfume is as dangerous to health as cigarette smoke ............... however my wife reacts extremely to Lavender.

Blinding headaches, loss of vision, swelling of the throat, nausea, you name it, she gets it. She has had to seek medical intervention on numerous occasions and has even been hospitalised. We avoid Lavender and people who have Lavender on for obvious reasons.


Bit of a bugger really because I love the smell of Lavender!

Bit of a difference from getting a whiff of someone else's second hand smoke in the street though.