I've always had a keen sense of smell, and my mother did, too. We came close to killing a lady in front of us at a concert once, who apparently thought it was a good idea to wear the entire bottle of perfume. I can't stand when somebody puts on too much of anything -- it will give me an instant headache, as well as setting the sinuses dripping, and sometimes my sinuses or throat will just try to close up in self-defense and I have to get out of the area.
I'm better about laundry soap and dryer sheets with scents these days, but I still can't use any soap or lotion that is perfumed. They sometimes use a perfumed soap in the dispensers at work, and I have to go find a different soap to wash it off with so I can stand to be around myself. And the carpet service brings in these scented things that attach to the toilet pipes, and hook them to all three toilets in the ladies' room, and I can't even breathe in that hallway, much less the bathroom, until I go in and remove two of them and send them to the dumpsters outside.
Not sure about my kiddos yet, though. It's hard to tell what's "normal" when you're used to being really sensitive.
