On 1/29/2020 2:47 AM, Rocco wrote:
Hi there,

I'm new to this forum.

I am allergic to peanuts and all fabiciae trees, which includes
Laburnum. I found out I was allergic to it when we moved in to an
apartment, which had one right outside the bedroom window. It was a
nightmare. We had the windows open all spring and I was just getting
sicker and sicker, specially when I got a wiff of the fragrance, it
would make me insanely dizzy. Eventually I figured out it was the tree
and moved out.

Has anyone experienced or heard about this before? My doctor is
mesmerised.

Anyway, we just rented a new apartment and there is a Laburnum outside
the apartment which the landlord agreed to get rid of, for my allergies
sake. The problem is that the smell is lingering in the apt.(probably
from the previous tenant having the window open during springtime) and
it's making me dizzy and sick again, but to a lesser degree.

Any ideas on how to get rid of the odor?

You should leave windows open. In the meantime, see your physician
about a regimen of anti-histamine medications until the cause is gone.

I strongly suspect you are actually allergic to pollen from the plants,
not the odor. Allergies generally result from exposure to proteins
(pollen) and not to volatile oils (odor). Pollen and odor go together
when the plants bloom. The problem is that the pollen can persist in
the air of your apartment as long as (or even longer than) the odor.

I am violently allergic to grass pollen. In my climate, that is a
year-round problem.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary