I work in a corporate setting as does one of my best friends for many years. I’m very conscious of my style. I like expensive suits and cologne, but I’m very careful not to wear any spray cologne at the office as my friend is sensitive to smell. For a decade, it’s never been an issue until last week. I got a $400 bottle of cologne that I sprayed 2 spritzes of because I loved it so much. It was stronger than I expected but I was already at the office before I realized it was strong. Friend wasn’t in the office until the afternoon so they missed the rest of us joking about the cologne being too strong and me saying I’d never wear it again at the office. On top of that, it had mostly dissipated by afternoon. Fast forward to this week, I’m brought into a formal meeting because they had made a formal complaint asking me not to wear cologne. My boss joked about it and said they were embarrassed to even have to bring it up, but I’m more embarrassed my friend couldn’t tell me they didn’t like a cologne ONE DAY. So much so that they felt it more appropriate to escalate it as a formal complaint on my file. I’m a blunt person and my friend is on the shyer side, but I’m constantly advocating for them to use their voice, speak their mind, their opinions are valid. For them to “anonymously” file a formal complaint rather than tell me “bruh, don’t wear that shit” feels like they value their own inconvenience over my career.

AITAH for thinking I should reassess this friendship?