Don't Wear Perfume/Cologne to the Gym

The other day I was doing laps on the track in my gym. And no,the Guinness people were not there to record any records being set.

Lo and behold (I promise to use that phrase more often), every time I passed this woman working out, I would get a lung-full of perfume.

Why do people wear perfume/cologne to the gym? You're supposed to sweat and stink.

I learnt this at the Yeshivah of Flatbush. Class for us used to start at 8am, gym was often times 4pm or 4:45pm. As high school students, some of my peers were deodorantly-challenged. In fact, I once described one of my peers as smelling like an oil refinery and I was being polite. So, if you didn't smell good at 8am by 4pm you positively stunk to high hell. And then if you ran around a bit in gym class....
Well, let's put it this way, the stench in the gym locker room after class was so bad that I learnt how to get dressed in 5 minutes flat. I did that for self-preservation as I was afraid I would pass out from the stench. That's a cruel way to go.

Bottom line, do not wear perfume/cologne to the gym when you go to work out. You miss the point.