An employee in the Detroit planning department is suing the city over a co-worker's use of perfume, which she claims prohibits her from working.

Susan McBride states in her Tuesday's lawsuit that she is severely sensitive to perfumes and other cosmetics.

Citing unspecified damages in the U.S. District court in Detroit, McBride said that the work environment left after the usage of perfume is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and such scents should be banned at work.

The Detroit News quotes her as saying that she has been facing this perfume-related problem since 2000. The co-worker, who isn't identified in the lawsuit, got transferred into her department.

McBride joined the planning department in 2000. Her lawsuit also claims that the employee also plugged in a scented room deodorizer that caused her to go home sick.

Although the co-worker later agreed to stop using the room deodorizer, the co-worker kept using perfume. McBride also claims that she has required medical treatment for her illness, and has also had to suspend the fertility treatment she had been undergoing due to the medications she has needed to take resulting from the perfume-allergy.