How to deal with strong aftershave and perfumes on a flight
Heavy fragrances and aftershaves in cramped airplane cabins trigger severe headaches and migraines for sensitive passengers. This makes long international flights an uncomfortable ordeal, trapping people in close quarters with overpowering scents they cannot escape.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1complaining to or about the passenger
- 2wishing to avoid sitting near them
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I hope you never sit next to me on a plane after your trip through duty free!”source ↗
“damn aftershave on a flight is torture for many people on the flight with you.”source ↗
“No one wants to smell your aftershave in close quarters on a presumably long international flight.”source ↗
“air travel is horrible for my poor head anyways, but airtravel + strong scents is a whole different kind of migraine hell.”source ↗