Try downloading a report that was written by a doctor that explains your
medical disorder. Make enough copies for everyone that wears too much
perfume. Before you give a copy to a person, make a note of the names of
the witnesses that observed you give a copy to that person. After all
copies have been issued, wait until a person again wears to much perfume.
Tell that person in front of witnesses (and write down the names of the
witnesses) that you are considering filing a lawsuit against that person
if they ever again wear too much perfume.

If you do ever contact a lawyer, you will have the witnesses and the
evidence you need to win the case. Also, before you contact a
lawyer--provide the evidence to the supervisor of the EEO, the union and
various bosses. If they fail to take action--contact the lawyer.

Be advised that your bosses may try to find a reason to fire you if you
decide to file a lawsuit. Of course, they will not tell you that the real
reason they are firing you is because of your medical problem.

It is possible to avoid getting near or setting near those people that
wear too much perfume?

For example, an employee of a company may become disabled and needs to use
a wheel chair. The employee tells the bosses that a ramp needs to be
installed and the bathroom needs to be modified. The small company
determines that it will cost $125,000 dollars to install a ramp and
remodel the rest room. Instead of spending the $125,000--the company fires
the disabled person related to coming in late for work or making errors on
paperwork. Those supervisors would NEVER admit that the real reason was
related to that employee's medical problem.

Jason  

Jason

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the employer must
make reasonable accomodations for any work place issue that causes OR
EXACERBATES a medical condition. I would go to your human resources office
and ask them for a form in order to make a "first report of injury". There
are usually three sections on the forms, one for you to fill out, one for
your doctor, and one for your supervisor. Once the official report has been
filed you can then ask them to make the reasonable accomodation of having a
perfume free environment in which to work. If that does not work, and only
after you have exhausted the process of filing the injury report and giving
them chances to make accomodations, you might want to get a lawyer to help
in that quest. I would specifically ask your doctor to document that wearing
a mask would not be sufficient to block perfume molecules, which are much
smaller than the particulates the masks are designed to filter.

"There is an office at CDC where no one is allowed to wear perfume or even
deodorant, even visitors, so it is possible for you to win this.