tamago23

Thanks for the responses to my vertigo/dizziness question. The vertigo did end up passing after a day, and I seem to have come down with some sort of illness (seems to be a minor cold) a couple days later. I do think the vertigo is related to the perfume exposure though, since when I tried applying a tiny dab of Lampades the next day, my headache and dizziness returned within a few minutes. Luckily it passed within an hour or so (I'd washed the tiny spot of Lampades off as soon as the dizziness came back). And I've been very sensitive to smells since last weekend; even my deodorant and hand soap, which normally I don't notice, have been smelling very "sharp" to me. I'm avoiding BPAL or any other scents until this over-sensitivity passes. My guess is that the dizziness was scent-related, and concurrently, I was coming down with a minor cold. Maybe it wouldn't have been an issue if I wasn't already working with a lowered immune system, or maybe it would have kicked my butt even if I'd been in perfect health. Either way, it's fair to say that I won't be assisting with any more decanting marathons.

This is kind of an odd question, but maybe someone will have something to offer. I'm quite sensitive to perfumes; I can't even walk through the perfume area in a department store without feeling ill. I've tried on a couple BPAL scents and they didn't have the same effect on me, so I was thrilled about finally getting to wear scent. Yesterday evening I spent several hours in a room with a friend decanting eighteen various Carnivale Diabolique bottles of BPAL. It gave me a passing headache off and on and made me a little dizzy, but wasn't too bad. I came home, put a little Count Dracula on my husband, and spent about thirty minutes with my nose plastered to his neck, LOL! I started feeling a little vertigo while we were, ah, engaged, but thought it was just due to the current activity and lingering dizziness. This morning when I got up, I had vicious vertigo, and it's been lingering all day. I don't have any other symptoms of illness. I rarely get vertigo, and on the few occasions I've had it, it's always been an accompaniment to the flu. I'm definitely not coming down with the flu, because I would be feeling other symptoms by now. This is pretty unpleasant; the kind of vertigo where if you stay perfectly still then the world eventually settles down, but as soon as you move your head everything is spinning again, even with your eyes open. Is it possible that the BPAL decanting session and then very close proximity to my husband yesterday evening caused this vertigo? Has anyone else run into issues with BPAL or other fragrances causing dizziness and/or vertigo within six hours or so of exposure?