Please remember what your mom and dad taught you. When in confined places, do not pull out the smelliest items you have at hand. You know what I mean. A meatball sandwich on the subway, fingernail polish in a car or a splash of perfume in line at the DMV.
The newest offender? Essential oils on a plane. On a recent flight from New York to Salt Lake City, it happened again. Someone in the seat behind me pulled out a small vial with a mix of sandalwood or lavender and something vaguely reminiscent of teenage sneakers. Despite the fact that air in planes is filtered and recycled about every 8-10 minutes, that stuff lingers like no other substance on the planet.