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AIBU?

To spray a deodorant in the shop?

74 replies

SublimeCorpse · 09/07/2014 16:42

Just a tiny squirt, into the lid of the can to see if I like the smell?

Apparently IABVU and it's parents like me that allow their kids to do this that cause teachers to worry for the next generation Shock

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Onlyonamonday · 09/07/2014 16:45

So if everyone did this we'd all be buying half empty cans of deodorant ... Most deodorant smells fine no need to smell it

OurMiracle1106 · 09/07/2014 16:48

I stick to the same ones for that reason so I don't end up with something awful smelling.

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 09/07/2014 16:48

wish they left one at the front as a tester with tester written large and sealed the others with cellophane or something then you could sniff first and still buy a full can securely... guilty though Blush

LastTango · 09/07/2014 16:48

Just get a Thai deodorant stick - much better all round......and no stinky smell of ANY sort.

Jelliebabe2 · 09/07/2014 16:48

Everyone does this! Can't buy without knowing if its nasty! I have been a bit told off in Boots for doing something similar though!

HoneyDragon · 09/07/2014 16:48

When some cost about £4.00 a tin I think it's perfectly reasonable.

BeCool · 09/07/2014 16:49

why do you use spray deodorant? Do you like breathing it in every morning as you apply it?

SublimeCorpse · 09/07/2014 16:51

So possibly iabu. Ok.

I always buy the one I spray from though, and it's never crossed my mind - when I pick up one I'm familiar with the scent of - to be worried that someone might have had a little squirt out of it Confused

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HoneyDragon · 09/07/2014 16:51

Boots told me they stopped doing the actual testers because people nicked them.

Morethanalittlebitconfused · 09/07/2014 16:53

Why not smell the roll on equivalent (most brands do their ranges in spray and roll on) so no waste then?

WorraLiberty · 09/07/2014 16:59

I'm a sprayer/sniffer too Blush

sarahquilt · 09/07/2014 17:02

But would you like it if you ended up buying one that someone else had been spraying and sniffing?

WaitMonkey · 09/07/2014 17:09

YABU. I don't want to buy something you have been taking the lid of and spraying I'm afraid. It costs enough, I want my full tin.

SublimeCorpse · 09/07/2014 17:14

Morethan - good point! Can't do that with body spray etc though.

Glad I'm not the only one who does it - I see loads of people doing it though and genuinely thought everyone did!

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SublimeCorpse · 09/07/2014 17:15

Sarah - never thought of it like that, honestly!

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WorraLiberty · 09/07/2014 17:16

I'm the same with air freshener.

HTF are you supposed to know what it smells like by looking at the tin?

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 09/07/2014 17:18

I don't want to buy one that goodness knows how many people have had a squirt out of already so no, I don't and YABU. I just buy ones with scents that I can be fairly sure will be OK, like cucumber or something.

BeanyIsPregnant · 09/07/2014 17:19

I always have a spray first, but I will pick the one up from the front and smell the lid first incase someone else has had the same thought!

Downamongtherednecks · 09/07/2014 17:23

I have never heard of anyone doing this. It seems an odd thing to do, it isn't as though you are buying a 50 pound bottle of scent.

MasterFlea · 09/07/2014 17:23

Just did that yesterday. No way to know if it is nice otherwise. Bought the one I sprayed but had sprayed other scents of the same stuff and left them behind. It was dry shampoo so no roll on equivalent to sniff. My first time buying too.

I don't think it is unreasonable behaviour.

jessiemummy28 · 09/07/2014 17:34

It never even occurred to me to do this! I don't want to buy a can that someone has opened and sprayed someone out of, and would assume noone else would either so wouldn't dream of spraying it before buying it.

Petitgrain · 09/07/2014 17:43

I've always done this if I want to buy a different deodorant to my usual brand, because some of the fragrances they put in them currently are absolutely rank. I want to smell clean and fresh, like I just got out of the shower, not like a super-cheap version of the sickly perfumes that are unfathomably popular now. The only way to tell is to spray the teensiest bit into the lid and have a discreet sniff. If the retailers don't like it then they need to provide testers, and put measures in place to stop people stealing them.

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AndHarry · 09/07/2014 17:51

You can't possibly always buy the one you squirted from, otherwise what's the point of the squirt? If you'll buy it even if you don't like it then fine.

Cuteypatootey · 09/07/2014 17:52

YABU. Do you try a few crisps from a packet and then decide whether you'll buy them?

AllDirections · 09/07/2014 17:55

I never do but I know that others do so I never buy the ones at the front and I always give them a shake just to check it's not half empty Grin

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