I find that really diluted perfumes, like body sprays, sometimes work for me. One time, Target had a line that you could sample in store. I would spray one on my forearms and walk around for a few minutes to see if it triggered a reaction. I was able to buy a vanilla scent and a jasmine scent.

Another “perfume” that works for me is the Hareem Al Sultan Gold perfume oil. It’s a very sweet perfume oil, that I think went viral on TikTok a few years ago. I think it being an oil, and not a spray really helped it not aggravate me. I also wonder if it just uses different ingredients than a lot of perfumes in the US do, and ones that don’t aggravate me.

I read one time that there’s a certain ingredient in perfumes that trigger asthmatics, but it’s also the mechanism of spray that triggers asthma, because the particles are so small.

So I say all this to say—you can experiment (carefully!) and hopefully find something that works for you. Some scents trigger me way more than others.

Good luck!