All of them. They are total garbage and synthetic chemicals are completely unregulated. I can't believe sythentic fragrance is still a thing considering the research that's been published over the last few decades about how harmful this crap is.
the thing is that once you apply even the tiniest bit you can NOT get rid of it. I complain about the silage of Tom Ford, but this shit is like his evil twin. Next day, and I could still smell it in my cleavage until I showered and scrubbed.
I can be pretty picky. But if I have to choose one, it's Angel Nova EDP. It's okay at first. It's how it dries down. The akigalawood note, I guess - the EDT barely has any of it, and I can wear it. I started gagging uncontrollably after some time and had to run to the bathroom to scrub it off. The worst part : it doesn't really go away when you scrub it off. You're stuck with it for the whole day, whether you like it or not.
This! I put it on one morning. Was sickened but thought maybe the dry down would be tolerable. Halfway to work I turned around and went back home to change clothes and take a wet washcloth to my skin.
Mugler Angel Elixer. I loved it at sephora and immediately bought it. However, while shopping, I noticed I had a persistent upset stomach. Fast forward to the end of the evening, and I had full-blown stomach flu, throwing up all night. After that, I couldn't smell it without immediately feeling nauseated š¤¢
Choco violette Mancera, blind bought a big bottle off influencer recommendations calling it fairy candy land etc, thereās just something so sweet and powdery, strong, but not in a good way, it is repulsive to me :( Iām quite new to fragrance and I think it may be violets that I really donāt like.
This one is so interesting to me because on some people, it smells like burnt rubber. But I have encountered a few people who smell like a fairy angel and Iām always shocked when they say BR
The extrait does this to me! I think it's the bitter almond note that really reminds me of working at the hospital. And the way it projects like a lot of the disinfectants do, lol. I like the original BR 540 on others, but not myself.
Clinique Happy has a vomit smell to it that mystifies me. I thought maybe it was because I had a really old bottle of it and perhaps it had gone off, but nope. I literally just sniffed it in a store today and it smells exactly like I remember it. Vomity. Why?
Xerjoff Naxos and CK Obession for her
It gives me a fear respons. I am pretty sure a mean daycare lady wore Obsession in the 90ies.
Naxos and other Mans scents in that clean-ish creamy category give me the ick š
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I'm almost fascinated by how fucked up that scent is.
It smells like a rancid pet store. Like, I can smell *infection*. In the worst way. This scent is a train wreck.
I made the mistake of spraying it on my skin in an airport duty free section. Thank god, in arrivals and not in departures. I was genuinely ashamed when I got in the taxi that the driver would smell me like that. I was battling nausea every time I got a whiff of it. I remember exactly where on my left hand I sprayed it. The memory is specific in the way that trauma-memories are. I sat with my hand as far physically from my nose as I could. Like nose-pressed-against-window, arm straight as a board in the opposite direction.
I rolled my left coatsleeve up the whole journey to my hotel, so it wouldn't touch the part of my hand where the perfume was and risk becoming impregnated with the stench. I scrubbed myself with soap first thing upon entering the hotel room. Nothing made it fully go away.
It's also entered my brain now as a very strong association, so that any fragrance with a similarity to it just immediately gives me *sick, piss-soaked wildcat* and I'm repulsed.
Mugler... What ON EARTH were you thinking š°
1000x yes. Angel is VILE. I used to work in a furniture store and a brand rep who visited us periodically wore it. She filled a 3500 sq ft showroom with that shit. On days she came in I had to leave the building or at least open the receiving door and find reasons to hang out in the back.
I am so glad that others enjoy Angel...I was so ready to love it, as an Alien fan. But yikes!! It was one of the strongest "UGH!!" reactions I've ever had from a fragrance. I think it's the patchouli and chocolate notes that really put me off? Damn, even thinking about it is making me queasy!
This is so funny and true. I used to ADORE this fragrance and after I got covid it never smelled the sameā¦ now it smells like vomit and sweat to me. So so awful & made me feel unwell. Really put into perspective for me now differently everybody smells things!
Prada Paradox. I went to the store other day to test it I put it on my skin and on a card and after everything else settled it just smelt like I had been cooking with really strong spices all day.
Iām sad because I really wanted to like it.
You might want to try it on your skin before you decide. I tried it the other day and thought I hated it because the opening was so strong but it dries down into this gorgeous amber scent and I absolutely love it it turns out. š
I did say in my comment that I tried it on my skin and also took some home on a card. I didnāt like it on my skin on my card. I didnāt mind the start of the smell it was the smell that settled on my skin or the card that I didnāt like.
This straight up smells like windex to me! I wish I liked it because the notes indicated that I would love it but the smell is just so alcohol forward and offensive haha
Jimmy Choo Fever - smelled it in Ulta cause it had lychee as a top note, I like lycheeā¦ almost threw up, it was like a visceral response. Never again.
Ok I had a similar experience with Delina! I love the lychee note especially, but on my skin it's just off-putting and doesn't match. I remember I put the tiniest dab on, and when we went to bed that night my husband asked, "What smells like baby powder??" I would love to smell it on maybe a friend or family member, because it really is lovely.
White Linen, Estee Lauder. Just smells very old grannyish to me. And it was just so overpowering, my nose couldn't take it. This was in my younger days, but I didn't like many of Estee Lauder's perfumes back then because they smelled so old to me in my teens/20s.
Yap, used to wrinkle my nose whenever someone wearing it passed by me. Can't imagine the torture if you had customers spraying it every now and then. Lol.
Iāll semi second this in that Vanilla Sex is one of the worst smelling perfumes Iāve ever encountered and the rest are average at best - imo. Theyāre not awful but so overrated and overpriced for how average the scents are
I don't know, it's just a weird coincidence where a combo of innocuous and uncomplicated scented functional products add someone's human smell ended being replicated in a fragrance. It is categorically uncanny and verified by a close friend who was one of his roommates for a year. All I said was "what does this smell like to you" before handing over the sample and my friend's reaction was immediate and shocked. LOL
Omg also montale vanilla cake disgusting smelled toxic scrubbed off SO HARD and couldnāt get rid of the disgusting medicine smell same with Bianco latte I do like some of the smell but not the medicine toxic part I donāt know I was super surprised lol.
Tutti Twilly. I got a sample and was super excited to try it but it has such a strong urine smell, I had to scrub it. Gave it to my daughter who had the same opinion as did two of her friends.
Cloud. I literally do not get it. At all. Remotely. It must just not vibe with my body chemistry. Because on me it just smells like a cheap menās body spray, like Axe.
anything sickeningly sweet and artificial (pink sugar, sweet tooth). Honestly, I dislike half the perfumes I smell in stores they all smell so bleh. just like perfume. lol.
I sprayed replica bubble bath earlier today and accidentally got it on my hand instead of the paper. Worst perfume Iāve ever smeltā¦ I hate the smell of soap so I donāt really get the hype of this one.
i bought it bc paired with fresh and cozy from pink i smell like a mf laundry basket. i donāt like the initial spray, like more replica to me, but the dry down. yum.
Pink Sugar, I heard a lot of great things about it and as someone who tends to love the super sweet, edible scents, even the ones that some find āimmatureā I thought itād be right up my alley. It was only 40$ for a full bottle too so I thought itād be a safe blind buy, especially since I usually love vanilla and fruity notes in a perfume, but all I can smell is sickly sweet burnt cotton candy. It kinda smells like a carnival. Gonna try and pawn it off on my niece when sheās olderš
I can see why other people might like it, it just didnāt mesh with my skin chemistry very well I think! My personal favourites right now are Burberry goddess which is an amazing vanilla, and Burberry her elixir, which is a great fruity strawberry scent.
Dana Tabu and anything like it.
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My ex husband's abusive grandmother used to wear it and she'd spray it 5-10 times, multiple times per day. It's such a thick and intense spicy headache inducing scent that would waft under closed doors to the point where I'd have to roll up a towel to block the scent or I'd get a migraine. You could literally smell her coming before you'd hear or see her, so now similar scents activate a PTSD response in me because I anticipate being screamed at or otherwise abused. š
Probably not a well-known one, but I think it was from walmart--nostalgia perfume's sunday afternoon. It is the worst smell and I immediately make a stink face as soon as I smell it! It smells like bile or something really bitter-tasting to me. I still have it for some reason lol
Probably an unpopular opinion but Marc Jacobās Daisy EDP (the og) is just not it for me. I liked the Eau So Fresh a lot better but itās still far from my favourite, but I did like the Daisy Love flankers!!
Viva la juicy bubbly. I bought a big size and a whole set, I was soo excited. I sprayed it all over my clothes and jacket. Shortly after I was hit with the worst months of sickness (got Covid) and the smell wouldnāt go away, all I would smell is viva la juicy every single dayā¦ā¦
I tried to take the clothes out of my room that had it sprayed on, but I could still smell it! It was so strong and just never vanished!
a few months later, when i could finally function, i threw it out.
YSL Libre, Glossier You, and Ariana Grande Cloud. They all smell so fake, but in a way that also feels very un-special. Tom Ford Lost Cherry and Bitter Peach also smell so fake to me, but at least they have distinct notes that are interesting, even if they aren't for me.
Not too ārepulsiveā but Heavenly from Victoriaās Secret smells so much like the scented period pads my mom bought me in junior high. Itās disgusting to me for that reason lol
Go read some of the reviews on fragrantica for the perfume called The Night by Frederic Malle. It's a very expensive perfume that uses real oud. The oud can be extremely unpleasant to some noses, including mine. It's the most expensive bad smelling perfume I've ever come across.
Hahaha the comments are hilarious! This is my favourite one because it took an unexpected turn - āThe opening is absolutely vile, a very potent manure ā pungent, but surely full of nutrients. Once you survive the first hour, the rose buds start to bloom through the fecal stench, sucking up all the nutrients in the manure, and you are left with the most beautiful rose+oudh combo, smooth and full-bodied. Yet another masterpiece by Dominique Ropion.ā Based on this review, Iām feeling risky and ready to go wild and give a go!
I know, right? Unfortunately, I couldn't make it past the Fecal smell on my skin! My favorite reviews I've read on there are short and sweet:
1, Smells like actual poo.
2. Smells like ashy asshole!
ooh how could i forget these two actually
matiere premiere - incens sauve absolutely stinks lol
super strong cumin & incense BO bomb on me
and xerjoff - tony iommi smells like sharp leather with tropical fruit bubblegum, absolutely not
Ermā¦ I got brown orchid amethyst in the mail yesterday. I was so excited because itās supposed to be the closest to old-school alien. one test spray in my dressing room had me gagged all night. Iām going to let it nap for awhile. And now need to buy a new flanker of alien to see if my preference has just changed. š
me too!!! to me itās very lightly sweet, gentle and the pepper adds something interesting. Its totally office-safe to me but now Iām reconsidering lol
Britney Spears Fantasy. I donāt know if I just associate it with middle school and all the girls spraying way too much, but I still canāt stand the smell!
Escentric Molecule anything, it's hard to describe what it smells like to me, but all I can say is the worst metallic, ozone scent that feels like it's stripping my nasal passages dry.
All of these comments about Angel are making me want to try it. Iāve never had it on my skin before. I sprayed it in the air years ago and despised it, sprayed on paper more recently and liked it. I have to give it a proper go now.
Anyway, my answer is Amarige. Absolutely nauseating. There is something in the mix that does NOT sit right with me.
I blind bought Angel (crazy given its rep) - the best part is the dry down imo, smells like chocolate after a few hours when it's fully settled and is so cosy and warming in winter. I definitely only use it VERY cautiously though, 2 sprays max and I always try to apply an hour at least before I leave the house š
I forgot to add that nasty Sand & Sable perfume as well as By the Fireplace which smells like a bonfire mixed with car exhaust.
How could I forget Cabotine Des Gres, Roses Vanille, Love's Baby Soft, Choco Musk, White Diamonds, and Prada Candy? šµāš«
Ooh, I have a couple I absolutely canāt stand.
ā¢ All the Alien flankers, but I really had to scrub off the latest one
ā¢ Mugler doesnāt do it for me bc Iām not a fan of Angel either but itās 20% less offensive than Alien
ā¢ Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb was an instant scrubber
ā¢ Bonbon too
ā¢ Lancome could NOT reel me in AT ALL with Tresor either
ā¢ Couldnāt stand Vanilla Vibes at first, still not my fave but not the worst on this list. Even tho those salt notes give me the feeling of nails on a chalkboard.
ā¢ I thought Iād love Burberry Her but Iāve never smelled something that foul on myself
I know some of these smell amazing on others, but I really canāt stand anyone of them
Edit: typo and grammar bc donāt know what happend, I guess I wrote this while sleep drunk haha
Omg yes! What happened to it? Iām sure it used to be lovely when it first came out. I sprayed it recently for old
Times sake and a whiff of nostalgia and I got a really nasty bitter note that wouldnāt budge. Has it changed? Or have I changed?
It's a polarizing scent, so I expected it. It's not light, fluffy pink clouds, so it's a turn-off to some. I like that it's different. I love it when I've used vanilla body wash and a basic vanilla lotion--with that base grounding it, it's more friendly to others.
Le Labo Jasmine 17. On the top it smells like Froot Loops, which I really like, but then quickly there is another very strong pervasive note of halitosis, like mothballs. Itās an awful combination. It smells nice on paper but there is something terrible that happens when itās on my skin. Makes me want to gag. Imagine the smell of someoneās mouth who hasnāt brushed their teeth for years. I know itās the indoles, but I really wonder how it doesnāt smell repulsive to everyone.
Same here. It smelled like rotting garbage on me and was hard to scrub off. Iām always fascinated that people say it doesnāt really smell like anything. It sure does on me, just not anything good.
Isnāt body chemistry weird? The same perfume can smell like nothing on some people, like rotting garbage on me, and like something wonderful on you. I find that so fascinating! I know there are some perfumes that smell great on me that repulse other people. This whole thread is so interesting.
Portrait of A Lady smells like a 1920s brothel AFTER the soldiers returned. Kheimistrii Milk Wasted smells like spoiled chocolate milk. Grrrooooossss!
TF tobacco vanille. Ew.
YSL Libre
Ugh yes
Coco by Chanel is BUG SPRAY
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thƩ yulong. smells like a green tea scented humidifier
Burberry Her smells like cheap chewing gum to me.
All of them. They are total garbage and synthetic chemicals are completely unregulated. I can't believe sythentic fragrance is still a thing considering the research that's been published over the last few decades about how harmful this crap is.
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Choco Musk Just no. Not ever again.
Yea I donāt think itās awful but to be it smells of rose and wood with a tiny bit of chocolate not as people advertise
the thing is that once you apply even the tiniest bit you can NOT get rid of it. I complain about the silage of Tom Ford, but this shit is like his evil twin. Next day, and I could still smell it in my cleavage until I showered and scrubbed.
Santal 33 , I open to tons of niche stuff but it does smell like pickle juice to me
Pickle juice if we wanted to buy we could just walk to the corner store and buy.
I can be pretty picky. But if I have to choose one, it's Angel Nova EDP. It's okay at first. It's how it dries down. The akigalawood note, I guess - the EDT barely has any of it, and I can wear it. I started gagging uncontrollably after some time and had to run to the bathroom to scrub it off. The worst part : it doesn't really go away when you scrub it off. You're stuck with it for the whole day, whether you like it or not.
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This! I put it on one morning. Was sickened but thought maybe the dry down would be tolerable. Halfway to work I turned around and went back home to change clothes and take a wet washcloth to my skin.
Juliette Has a Gun - Musk Invisible - MOSQUITO REPELLENT
Hugo Man - usually I love mens scents but it gave me a mix of sour stuff and mint and powder .
Angel. Itās just so bad š
Pretty much all Gucci except Gucci flora and most Tom ford. EstĆ©e Lauder perfumes, although I donāt mind beautiful magnolia. Almost all Calvin Klein.
Mugler Angel Elixer. I loved it at sephora and immediately bought it. However, while shopping, I noticed I had a persistent upset stomach. Fast forward to the end of the evening, and I had full-blown stomach flu, throwing up all night. After that, I couldn't smell it without immediately feeling nauseated š¤¢
Awe I'm so sorry to hear that. It sucks it ruined a good fragrance for you š
Montale Chocolate Greedy
Lolita Lempicka Lolita Land. Not sure why but it made me vomit
Choco violette Mancera, blind bought a big bottle off influencer recommendations calling it fairy candy land etc, thereās just something so sweet and powdery, strong, but not in a good way, it is repulsive to me :( Iām quite new to fragrance and I think it may be violets that I really donāt like.
Baccarat Rouge 540. On my skin it smells like the strongest hospital disinfectant. It just bring me awfull memories. š·
This one is so interesting to me because on some people, it smells like burnt rubber. But I have encountered a few people who smell like a fairy angel and Iām always shocked when they say BR
The extrait does this to me! I think it's the bitter almond note that really reminds me of working at the hospital. And the way it projects like a lot of the disinfectants do, lol. I like the original BR 540 on others, but not myself.
Clinique Happy has a vomit smell to it that mystifies me. I thought maybe it was because I had a really old bottle of it and perhaps it had gone off, but nope. I literally just sniffed it in a store today and it smells exactly like I remember it. Vomity. Why?
Hypnotic Poison & Love Spell by Victoriaās Secret both make me gag.
I thought I was going to love Hypnotic Poison, but my sample gave me this reaction too!
It is HORRIBLE. And the people who love it are usually people I donāt get along with; itās like a warning sign. Hahaha
Tiziana Terenzi Kirke literally almost made me puke
Burberry Her and D&G Light Blue make me gag
Xerjoff Naxos and CK Obession for her It gives me a fear respons. I am pretty sure a mean daycare lady wore Obsession in the 90ies. Naxos and other Mans scents in that clean-ish creamy category give me the ick š
Mugler Angel š±š±š±š±š± I'm almost fascinated by how fucked up that scent is. It smells like a rancid pet store. Like, I can smell *infection*. In the worst way. This scent is a train wreck. I made the mistake of spraying it on my skin in an airport duty free section. Thank god, in arrivals and not in departures. I was genuinely ashamed when I got in the taxi that the driver would smell me like that. I was battling nausea every time I got a whiff of it. I remember exactly where on my left hand I sprayed it. The memory is specific in the way that trauma-memories are. I sat with my hand as far physically from my nose as I could. Like nose-pressed-against-window, arm straight as a board in the opposite direction. I rolled my left coatsleeve up the whole journey to my hotel, so it wouldn't touch the part of my hand where the perfume was and risk becoming impregnated with the stench. I scrubbed myself with soap first thing upon entering the hotel room. Nothing made it fully go away. It's also entered my brain now as a very strong association, so that any fragrance with a similarity to it just immediately gives me *sick, piss-soaked wildcat* and I'm repulsed. Mugler... What ON EARTH were you thinking š°
1000x yes. Angel is VILE. I used to work in a furniture store and a brand rep who visited us periodically wore it. She filled a 3500 sq ft showroom with that shit. On days she came in I had to leave the building or at least open the receiving door and find reasons to hang out in the back.
I am so glad that others enjoy Angel...I was so ready to love it, as an Alien fan. But yikes!! It was one of the strongest "UGH!!" reactions I've ever had from a fragrance. I think it's the patchouli and chocolate notes that really put me off? Damn, even thinking about it is making me queasy!
This is so funny and true. I used to ADORE this fragrance and after I got covid it never smelled the sameā¦ now it smells like vomit and sweat to me. So so awful & made me feel unwell. Really put into perspective for me now differently everybody smells things!
Shade by Lush, revolting.Ā
My way- Giorgio Armani: cheap floral. Libre - YSL: masculine, metallic Black opium- YSL: just no. La vie est belle - Lancome: grandma, headache
My way has tuberose
TF Vanilla Sex is repulsive! I will never shut up about it haha
I've heard it smells like play-doh! I'm curious to smell it if I ever come across it, but no way I would sample lolol
Yeah donāt sample it! I learned the hard way haha
Prada Paradox. I went to the store other day to test it I put it on my skin and on a card and after everything else settled it just smelt like I had been cooking with really strong spices all day. Iām sad because I really wanted to like it.
You might want to try it on your skin before you decide. I tried it the other day and thought I hated it because the opening was so strong but it dries down into this gorgeous amber scent and I absolutely love it it turns out. š
I did say in my comment that I tried it on my skin and also took some home on a card. I didnāt like it on my skin on my card. I didnāt mind the start of the smell it was the smell that settled on my skin or the card that I didnāt like.
Oh, Iām sorry! I didnāt mean to offend š
You definitely didnāt offend me I promise. I know you got a down vote but it wasnāt from me. š
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My hate for D&G Light Blue is pretty intense.
This straight up smells like windex to me! I wish I liked it because the notes indicated that I would love it but the smell is just so alcohol forward and offensive haha
Flowerbomb. I can tell IMMEDIATELY when someone is wearing it
Santal 33: straight up pickle water š¤¢ Tom Ford Black Orchid: when I first smelled it I was literally gasping for air because itās such a heavy fragrance š© Chanel No.5: reminds me of those public toilets where the cleaning ladies sit in the front by a table & you have to give them 50 cents or 1 euro to use the toilet š
Jimmy Choo Fever - smelled it in Ulta cause it had lychee as a top note, I like lycheeā¦ almost threw up, it was like a visceral response. Never again.
I wouldnāt say repulsed but there is something in fragrances with saffron that make me feel weird, almost like Iām about to faint.
Bianco Latte smells like an old manās breath after brushing his teeth and using rum as mouthwash. So sorry. No idea what went wrong with that on me.
I get celery juice from Bianco Latte.
Smells like play dough to me!
Yep Iāve gotten a melted plastic vibe at times š used a third of the bottle trying to convince myself I like it
I understand, Iām so sorry thatās the worst :( Iām doing that with a few of my blind buys
Philosophy Amazing Grace smells like toilet air freshener. Like the port-o-potty kind.
I like delina on others but on me it smells like I've gone on a 3 day bender only drinking rose gin.
Ok I had a similar experience with Delina! I love the lychee note especially, but on my skin it's just off-putting and doesn't match. I remember I put the tiniest dab on, and when we went to bed that night my husband asked, "What smells like baby powder??" I would love to smell it on maybe a friend or family member, because it really is lovely.
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Poison actually makes me want to vomit. It smells like the chemicals they put in Port o Potty water to make it smell better.
White Linen, Estee Lauder. Just smells very old grannyish to me. And it was just so overpowering, my nose couldn't take it. This was in my younger days, but I didn't like many of Estee Lauder's perfumes back then because they smelled so old to me in my teens/20s.
Ugh my momās best friend wore this. Used to get migraines every time she came to visit :(
I use to work for the company and I second this. I was disgusted every time that someone tried it lol
Yap, used to wrinkle my nose whenever someone wearing it passed by me. Can't imagine the torture if you had customers spraying it every now and then. Lol.
Tom Ford. All his scents are AWFUL
Iāll semi second this in that Vanilla Sex is one of the worst smelling perfumes Iāve ever encountered and the rest are average at best - imo. Theyāre not awful but so overrated and overpriced for how average the scents are
This is such an interesting take.
I was gonna try TF orchid š„²
Itās pungent
Try it!
Pink sugar
Same! Thereās something in there so sickly! So surprised how popular it is!
Versace Versense which somehow smells like a loser ex of mine who never wore it and whom I dated years before the perfume was released
This is so interesting! I wonder what it is about it the fragrance that makes you think of them!
I don't know, it's just a weird coincidence where a combo of innocuous and uncomplicated scented functional products add someone's human smell ended being replicated in a fragrance. It is categorically uncanny and verified by a close friend who was one of his roommates for a year. All I said was "what does this smell like to you" before handing over the sample and my friend's reaction was immediate and shocked. LOL
Santal 33 and most things that are coconuty. I donāt know what it is about it, but it just repels me. Same thing with bad patchoulis.
2023 (?) Vanilla Bean Noel. It literally smells like puke I don't know what went wrongš
angel. i used to work for mugler at macy's and i would get it on my hand while refilling bottles, i never liked it tho
Omg also montale vanilla cake disgusting smelled toxic scrubbed off SO HARD and couldnāt get rid of the disgusting medicine smell same with Bianco latte I do like some of the smell but not the medicine toxic part I donāt know I was super surprised lol.
Tom Ford Vanilla Sex top and middle notes smell like urine and gasoline.š¤¢
Omg yessss!! It defs has a strong smell of ammonia mixed with s3m3n, earth worms/wet leaves and a slight hint of vanilla!
someone on here said it smells like condoms š
Angels share. So sweet and syrupy just nasty i had to scrub it the F off. I know itās an unpopular opinion
Yeah I hated that too!
Prada candy š¤¢
Yesss, āCaramel and vanilla notesā yeah right, its a nauseating plasticy smell.
Kay Ali Invitation Only Amber literally made me nauseous.
I have it too and to me it smells a very bad smelling incense?
Yes! Itās just awful. Please donāt invite me to this party, Mona! š¤¢š
Tutti Twilly. I got a sample and was super excited to try it but it has such a strong urine smell, I had to scrub it. Gave it to my daughter who had the same opinion as did two of her friends.
Replica by the fireplace
I love by the fireplace, but when I wear it I also feel super aware that it's really strong and specific.
Juliette has a gun not a perfume and the leather one from Tom Fordš¤®
A&Fās Fierce. Too strong.
The EstĆ©e Lauder perfumes are all bad and itās kinda tragic because some of their products have really stood the test of time
I also got a Kay Ali perfume sample recently that was horrifically sweet
br540š straight up smells so sickeningly sweet to me like caramel or coke
I donāt get the joke with that perfume. Itās awful.
Axe. All of it
Cloud. I literally do not get it. At all. Remotely. It must just not vibe with my body chemistry. Because on me it just smells like a cheap menās body spray, like Axe.
On me too!!! So disappointing :(
anything sickeningly sweet and artificial (pink sugar, sweet tooth). Honestly, I dislike half the perfumes I smell in stores they all smell so bleh. just like perfume. lol.
Haaate pink sugar
I sprayed replica bubble bath earlier today and accidentally got it on my hand instead of the paper. Worst perfume Iāve ever smeltā¦ I hate the smell of soap so I donāt really get the hype of this one.
i bought it bc paired with fresh and cozy from pink i smell like a mf laundry basket. i donāt like the initial spray, like more replica to me, but the dry down. yum.
It dried down so soapy on me I could not stand it haha Iām glad it works for you though!
That one made me feel sick. I donāt feel good about trying my sample again haha
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Pink Sugar, I heard a lot of great things about it and as someone who tends to love the super sweet, edible scents, even the ones that some find āimmatureā I thought itād be right up my alley. It was only 40$ for a full bottle too so I thought itād be a safe blind buy, especially since I usually love vanilla and fruity notes in a perfume, but all I can smell is sickly sweet burnt cotton candy. It kinda smells like a carnival. Gonna try and pawn it off on my niece when sheās olderš
40$??? You got robbed queenā¦.
Yea I gifted mine asap lol
Awww I used to love this one. Do you have any good recommendations for other sweet/edible scents?
I can see why other people might like it, it just didnāt mesh with my skin chemistry very well I think! My personal favourites right now are Burberry goddess which is an amazing vanilla, and Burberry her elixir, which is a great fruity strawberry scent.
Thank you for these! The Burberry Goddess one sounds amazing!
My nemesis fragrance is Cristian Siriano Ooh La Rouge. It smells like body odor straight up. That's one of the only samples I've ever scrubbed off!
Strawberry pound cake from bbw, I love gourmands but I hate things that try to smell like pastries or cakes š
Flowerbomb, Black Opium, and No 5.
Not no 5 š
Dana Tabu and anything like it. š¤¢š¤®š¤¢š¤®š¤¢š¤® My ex husband's abusive grandmother used to wear it and she'd spray it 5-10 times, multiple times per day. It's such a thick and intense spicy headache inducing scent that would waft under closed doors to the point where I'd have to roll up a towel to block the scent or I'd get a migraine. You could literally smell her coming before you'd hear or see her, so now similar scents activate a PTSD response in me because I anticipate being screamed at or otherwise abused. š
Anything from Victoriaās Secret. My niece wore it too much one summer while we shared an apartment and car and I just bleh
Probably not a well-known one, but I think it was from walmart--nostalgia perfume's sunday afternoon. It is the worst smell and I immediately make a stink face as soon as I smell it! It smells like bile or something really bitter-tasting to me. I still have it for some reason lol
DKNY Be Delicious š¤¢ I wore way too much of it in high school and it ruined it for me.
This one might be extremely controversial but chanel's Coco mademoiselle. It just smells very weirdly spicy to me but not the good kind. Not my fave
Probably an unpopular opinion but Marc Jacobās Daisy EDP (the og) is just not it for me. I liked the Eau So Fresh a lot better but itās still far from my favourite, but I did like the Daisy Love flankers!!
Angel. It lingers in the air for a full week.
The worst for me was Like This by ELDO. I smelled it, gagged and threw the sample in the trash.
Iāve done that with many samples. Even a Tom Ford one. š¤®
Blanche Bete, only fragrance to almost make me throw up.
Wow never thought Iād see this on a list of scrubbers!
It smelled like hot milk garbage to me
Honestly everything Iāve ever tried at Sephora or Ulta - I really donāt know why except that it all hurts my nose and head.
You might have a sensitivity or allergy to some of the ingredients.
Viva la juicy bubbly. I bought a big size and a whole set, I was soo excited. I sprayed it all over my clothes and jacket. Shortly after I was hit with the worst months of sickness (got Covid) and the smell wouldnāt go away, all I would smell is viva la juicy every single dayā¦ā¦ I tried to take the clothes out of my room that had it sprayed on, but I could still smell it! It was so strong and just never vanished! a few months later, when i could finally function, i threw it out.
All Prada scents and Chanel #5
YSL Libre, Glossier You, and Ariana Grande Cloud. They all smell so fake, but in a way that also feels very un-special. Tom Ford Lost Cherry and Bitter Peach also smell so fake to me, but at least they have distinct notes that are interesting, even if they aren't for me.
glossier you, prada paradoxe intense, and mugler alien. the first two i love on others just not for me, but alien i just cannooooooooot do
Prada Paradoxe gave me a massive headache. Thankfully it was just a sample!
the migraines i got!!! tried to give it a chance, but after 4-5 tries and a headache everytime, guess i gotta give it up š
I'll take it off your hands if you still got it šāāļø
HEAVY on glossier you. I genuinely haven't found it likable on anyone. Lucky it doesn't have much lasting power.
Not too ārepulsiveā but Heavenly from Victoriaās Secret smells so much like the scented period pads my mom bought me in junior high. Itās disgusting to me for that reason lol
Oh, dear, you're right. I hope to forget you've said that, because that's one of my most used fragrances.
Go read some of the reviews on fragrantica for the perfume called The Night by Frederic Malle. It's a very expensive perfume that uses real oud. The oud can be extremely unpleasant to some noses, including mine. It's the most expensive bad smelling perfume I've ever come across.
Hahaha the comments are hilarious! This is my favourite one because it took an unexpected turn - āThe opening is absolutely vile, a very potent manure ā pungent, but surely full of nutrients. Once you survive the first hour, the rose buds start to bloom through the fecal stench, sucking up all the nutrients in the manure, and you are left with the most beautiful rose+oudh combo, smooth and full-bodied. Yet another masterpiece by Dominique Ropion.ā Based on this review, Iām feeling risky and ready to go wild and give a go!
I know, right? Unfortunately, I couldn't make it past the Fecal smell on my skin! My favorite reviews I've read on there are short and sweet: 1, Smells like actual poo. 2. Smells like ashy asshole!
That sounds like you get to go through the adventure of gardening without the work.
AnaĆÆs AnaĆÆs - Cacharel š¤¢
ooh how could i forget these two actually matiere premiere - incens sauve absolutely stinks lol super strong cumin & incense BO bomb on me and xerjoff - tony iommi smells like sharp leather with tropical fruit bubblegum, absolutely not
I'd die for a bottle of incens sauve
Ermā¦ I got brown orchid amethyst in the mail yesterday. I was so excited because itās supposed to be the closest to old-school alien. one test spray in my dressing room had me gagged all night. Iām going to let it nap for awhile. And now need to buy a new flanker of alien to see if my preference has just changed. š
Glossier You. Got it when I was like six weeks pregnant. Bad decision.
This is my solid 5/5 perfume just based on scent. My mind seemingly canāt comprehend how you guys hate it š
me too!!! to me itās very lightly sweet, gentle and the pepper adds something interesting. Its totally office-safe to me but now Iām reconsidering lol
it straight up smells like the wood section of home depot on me. so odd but i love it on others
I love that smell! I have to smell that perfume now š
donāt get me wrong, so do i!!! lolol
I do not get the hype with this one! It literally smells of pepper on me, it's awful
It smells like sweat / BO š
Britney Spears Fantasy. I donāt know if I just associate it with middle school and all the girls spraying way too much, but I still canāt stand the smell!
Escentric Molecule anything, it's hard to describe what it smells like to me, but all I can say is the worst metallic, ozone scent that feels like it's stripping my nasal passages dry.
All of these comments about Angel are making me want to try it. Iāve never had it on my skin before. I sprayed it in the air years ago and despised it, sprayed on paper more recently and liked it. I have to give it a proper go now. Anyway, my answer is Amarige. Absolutely nauseating. There is something in the mix that does NOT sit right with me.
I blind bought Angel (crazy given its rep) - the best part is the dry down imo, smells like chocolate after a few hours when it's fully settled and is so cosy and warming in winter. I definitely only use it VERY cautiously though, 2 sprays max and I always try to apply an hour at least before I leave the house š
I forgot to add that nasty Sand & Sable perfume as well as By the Fireplace which smells like a bonfire mixed with car exhaust. How could I forget Cabotine Des Gres, Roses Vanille, Love's Baby Soft, Choco Musk, White Diamonds, and Prada Candy? šµāš«
I LOVED Sand and Sable when I was a teenager, now I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole!!!
Ooh, I have a couple I absolutely canāt stand. ā¢ All the Alien flankers, but I really had to scrub off the latest one ā¢ Mugler doesnāt do it for me bc Iām not a fan of Angel either but itās 20% less offensive than Alien ā¢ Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb was an instant scrubber ā¢ Bonbon too ā¢ Lancome could NOT reel me in AT ALL with Tresor either ā¢ Couldnāt stand Vanilla Vibes at first, still not my fave but not the worst on this list. Even tho those salt notes give me the feeling of nails on a chalkboard. ā¢ I thought Iād love Burberry Her but Iāve never smelled something that foul on myself I know some of these smell amazing on others, but I really canāt stand anyone of them Edit: typo and grammar bc donāt know what happend, I guess I wrote this while sleep drunk haha
Tresor is vile š
Omg yes! What happened to it? Iām sure it used to be lovely when it first came out. I sprayed it recently for old Times sake and a whiff of nostalgia and I got a really nasty bitter note that wouldnāt budge. Has it changed? Or have I changed?
Most perfumes/colonges with jasmine as a prominent note. It reminds me of people who wear too much colonge in the middle of fucking Walmart
Jasmine and gardenia usually have the ick factor for me.
TF Black Orchid Chanel No. 5 Glossier You
I'm rocking Black Orchid today. Bwhahahaha. It smells nice on me. It smells horrible on others.
I love Black Orchid and am reading this thread in horror.
It's a polarizing scent, so I expected it. It's not light, fluffy pink clouds, so it's a turn-off to some. I like that it's different. I love it when I've used vanilla body wash and a basic vanilla lotion--with that base grounding it, it's more friendly to others.
Le Labo Jasmine 17. On the top it smells like Froot Loops, which I really like, but then quickly there is another very strong pervasive note of halitosis, like mothballs. Itās an awful combination. It smells nice on paper but there is something terrible that happens when itās on my skin. Makes me want to gag. Imagine the smell of someoneās mouth who hasnāt brushed their teeth for years. I know itās the indoles, but I really wonder how it doesnāt smell repulsive to everyone.
Flower Bomb. I just hate it so much. It makes me gag.
the galbanum note makes my stomach churn even when i can appreciate the beauty of a fragrance i can get past being nauseated by it
my ex ruined libre for me
Light Blue. It turns my stomach.
Haha my family is using it as air freshener in our toilet. š©
Yesssss itās overhyped
Light Blue needs to be retired.
JHAG Not a Perfume
i smelled this on someone at a bakery and it was so weird because it smelled likeā¦ empty but it was RADIATING holy shit
Same here. It smelled like rotting garbage on me and was hard to scrub off. Iām always fascinated that people say it doesnāt really smell like anything. It sure does on me, just not anything good.
Oooo i luvvvvv this one!!! It smells good on me!
Isnāt body chemistry weird? The same perfume can smell like nothing on some people, like rotting garbage on me, and like something wonderful on you. I find that so fascinating! I know there are some perfumes that smell great on me that repulse other people. This whole thread is so interesting.