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Wife arrested in aroma assault
Sunday, May 11, 2003 Posted: 11:54 AM EDT (1554 GMT)

STUART, Florida (AP) -- A woman was arrested for dousing herself with perfume, spraying the house with bug killer and disinfectant, and burning scented candles in an attempt to seriously injure her chemically sensitive husband, prosecutors said.

Police charged Lynda Taylor, 36, with aggravated battery Thursday.

David Taylor, 46, is disabled due to allergies that resulted from exposure to toxic mold and hazardous chemicals as a construction worker, his doctors say. That exposure netted him $150,000 in a recent workers compensation settlement.

The fragrant incident occurred April 4 during a conversation the couple were having about separating after three years of marriage.

Taylor told investigators that his wife became enraged when he refused to give her half of his settlement.

"Lynda came in the kitchen wearing perfume and applied some to [her daughter]. Then [she] went around the house spraying Lysol and even sprayed some in my face," David Taylor wrote in his complaint.

Taylor's physician provided investigators with a letter confirming he suffers from extreme chemical sensitivity, "including all fragrances, air fresheners and other volatile chemicals," and that his wife was aware of it.

Lynda Taylor's attorney, Karen Steger, said the charge was a misuse of the criminal justice system.

"The guy's a faker," she said. "He just wants to gain an advantage in the divorce case."

David Taylor's lawyer, Cynthia Grooms Marvin, said she could not talk about the case.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/05...t.ap/index.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now if they'd only go after the secretaries at work. I get sick walking 50' behind some broad wearing 1/2 a bottle of perfume - you know, the kind of women that you can smell them comming long before you see them? I know some guys wear a gallon of aftershave too, but the ratio is like 1 guy for every 20 women. If only they'd wear a perfume that reeked of goodness, like fresh ground coffee or chocolate! That I could handle.

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Registered: Aug 2000
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My roommate uses so much cologne (or maybe it's aftershave, I can't tell) that the whole damn room reeks of it for about 15-30 minutes after he leaves. Makes it hard for me to breathe when he does that.

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they have told us that this is a "fragrance-free zone", out of consideration for the more sensitive. that's okay, my natural musk is like liquid sex anyway.

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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Ducktown, GA
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Just walking through the perfume section of a department store nets me a headache for a good 15 minutes. I have had very few problems with women at work overdoing perfumes and such, but some of the dapper dudes doused in Drakkar have me headed for outside really quick.

My wife's stepfather is french, i think he bathes solely in man-perfume. I can't even get in a car with the guy. Which is okay by me, as he acts generally french anyway.

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