Prior to the mid 1990's, the issue of scents in the
workplace was virtually non-existent. By 2000, so called
"Halifax Hysteria" erupted with the introduction of local
by-laws prohibiting perfume in many public places. In April 2000,
The Globe and Mail published this
article on the issue saying:
"The Halifax scent crackdown has drawn notice not only in
the Canadian Press but in The New York Times ("Canada Sniffs
and Dislikes the Smell"), The Wall Street Journal ("A
City Smells Perfume and Holds Its Nose") and Glamour magazine.
The right-wing American Spectator has just run a piece by
professional skunk-science debunker Michael Fumento. Dubbing the
scent ban the "Halifax holy war," Fumento dismissed the
entire North American anti-scent lobby, declaring that
"nowhere is it worse than in ocean-fresh Halifax."
