I'm with him. If you can smell someone's stench (fragrance) from anywhere beyond an intimate distance (say, more than 4 inches away) then they need to be hosed down (bathe).

Some of the most offensive substances are not the cheap "body-washes", but are found in expensive perfumes.

I can be a lot of fun around some scents. May skin turns bright red with white bumps, my eyes swell shut, my breathing becomes labored . . . then I have to be dragged out of the area before I stop breathing. It's called anaphylactic shock.

Scents are repulsive rather than attractive.

Phthalates, a standard ingredient in fragrances and cosmetics, are suspected carcinogens and hormone disruptors. You won't find them listed on the labels, however, as they are considered a proprietary secret. The cosmetic industry is virtually unregulated.

For more insight as to what your cosmetics contain, visit The Environmental Working Group. They provide a listing of over 25,000 products, comparing the ingredients of each product to 50 toxicity and regulatory databases.

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

Yes, there are a few jokes to be had from the topic of teenagers and cologne.

But, as someone who can be debilitated by scents, whether perfume, cigarette smoke, etc., I assure it's no laughing matter. When people make light of my sensitivity (usually from their own awkward embarrassment), I tell them the feeling is like an ice-pick shoved between my eyes. I know lots of other people who have some problem with scents (even "natural" ones - it has more to do with the concentration than the origin), so it's not an "obscure" condition.

A compassionate society tries to reasonably accommodate people who suffer unduly from the unthinking acts of others. I wish a campaign to educate the students would stop the behavior, but my own experience is that most people just are not empathetic enough to change their behaviors on their own. Especially teens, and especially when there is a billion-dollar-budget behind the fragrance industry's "side" of the debate.

They're kids for chrissake............we used to bathe in canoe, old spice, brut, and the girls tested the power of estee lauder, tweed etc.
This may not be what you and I would do at this point, but they're learning about life and their sexual persona.
best thing we can do is teach 'em 'just a SMALL spritz, and walk through the fog".
My wife is completely allergic to fragrances, but we're not about to outlaw our 18 year old son's experimenting.............and hillary would ban them and Obama says it's ok....really.

Obama 08

This is what you get with Democrats. Government and regulation is the answer to everything. Government knows best. The public is too stupid to know what's good or bad for us.

What's next Democrats, telling the kids what kind of toothpaste they must use?

I suspect that these "body sprays" are just a way for the cosmetics companies to sell perfume to men.

Ha! They're not trying to cover up the scent of not bathing, they're covering up the scent of smoking a joint behind the lunch room or in their car.! You all should know this by now.

If you teach your kid good personal hygeine there will be no reason for them to be dousing on the colongne.

"We really don't think it's a good idea to legislate personal hygiene," said John Hurson, the group's head of government affairs."

Hear, hear!

What about the liquid soaps they make with the same scents?

If Axe Vice is outlawed, only outlaws will have Axe Vice! You'll get my Old Spice After Hours when you pry it from my cold dead hand!

Hear Hear!!!
I agree.
Why do kids in school need to be wearing perfume?

roflmao...when it became vogue to first criticize and then outlaw people who smoked in public, I said (and was scoffed at for it):

"You just wait - someday they'll start telling you what perfumes and colognes you can and cannot wear."

(Although I projected a movement to outlaw obesity first, to be honest.)

Now all that legislator has to do is convince the insurance companies that said colognes and perfumes are negatively impacting their earnings and the lobbyist money will begin to flow...

I would think that the public schools have bigger problems to deal with but I am sympathetic to the problem. I was on a flight from Chicago to LA once and some woman had on the most pungent overpowering musk I ever experienced. It was terrible. What in the world causes people to douse themselves in this junk?

I wish people knew how much their perfumes and colognes affect people with allergies. During allergy season, I dread riding the subway. After about 10 minutes, I'm experiencing symptoms as if I was lying face down in a flower bed!

I remember when I was in high school; the scent at that time was English Leather... everyone I knew used to slosh it pretty heavy on in the hope of attracting girls, but all it did was make me sick. I didn't realize I had ashma at the time - I probably wouldn't have quit using it anyway if I did know.
I hate all that crap... I avoid going to movies and restaurants because of the perfume that is everywhere nowadays... For all I know it's what is causing the ice caps to melt.
srsMN