Repulsive perfumes

I think this is the new formulation. It is about 95% the same as the original but not exact. Yes I think it is slightly more powdery.

But, the one I have is a full size tester bottle. It wasn't opened when I got it so had not been out in the light etc. I think no-one can convince me now that tester bottles are not slightly stronger than the normal stock versions.

I have thought this for a while now, and I think I did just prove the theory. As I received a tester (2ml tiny spray bottle) of Lancôme Idole Power (which is stunning, you might like this being a Dune lover), and I used this tiny bottle for a week as I needed the tiniest spray. And both of my dc commented on how beautiful it was, and it lasted all day. So I bought the full bottle. From Lancôme directly so not at all a dupe or parallel import. It is just not the same as that tiny sample bottle. One spray of the full size bottle does not give as much Power as one squirt from the sample at all.

So that was a bit of a long story to say that maybe it's not your nose, but Dune's new formulation, but into the shop stock bottles.

coffeelipstickkeys we are snippy today aren’t we and you couldnt be further from the truth. I dont even know what perfume any of my friends use but i know its not Creed.
Not once did i refer to any brand of label being cheap, unlike you. Strange how you picked my post to reply to when the majority of the thread is dissing perfumes left right and centre when actually that was what the post was about. Perhaps you didn’t read the whole thread but not to worry I’m glad you got that off your chest.

Floral Street Black Lotus, on paper, it sounded perfect. In reality it was vile and wouldn't wash off for ages.

No, I always keep my perfumes in their boxes. Saying that, I did hit perimenopause around the same time, so it could be my nose which is a bit off! It just suddenly started smelling ultra powdery all of a sudden. If I’d bought it from eBay I’d have assumed it was a fake, but it was directly from Boots. I adored it when it was first launched ❤️

Yes I think the new formulation is slightly different and I have also only seen the 100ml bottle. I wonder why that is. It isn't something I noticed until you mentioned it.

I still have my original bottle from early 2000s with a few squirts left. It is quite strong of course, but that has not turned. So the turning must be due to whatever formulation they decided to mess around with. I hate that they have had to do that to so many scents.

The older version would last days, this one has good staying power like for all day, but nothing like the staying power of the original.

It's still my go to though.

( I just went to check my latest one. I keep it in a drawer in it box. It has not altered at all, and I have had it over a year. Do you keep yours out and in the light maybe?)

That one is awful but the passion fruit one is nice

The yellow Versace one is vile

Jil Sander - Sun
makes me physically sick

I absolutely LOVE Dune. Unfortunately I can only find it in 100ml bottles, and it always seems to turn before I’m even half way through it. I’ve also had lots of compliments when wearing it

I've never really been a perfume-wearer. Sometimes I like the smell on other people but I find it hard to recreate it on myself! I don't know how people stand to work in department stores or airports however, where the smell is just so strong it gives me an instant headache. As for fabric conditioner, I stopped using it entirely a few years ago. It's just such a con.

But Method products are very (unpleasantly, IMO) scented. The worst is that ylang ylang shower spray stuff that does nothing, except stink your bathroom out.

Smells do weird things to me. Getting a waft of someone's mint or chewing gum I actually find physically upsetting and repellent.

People's "ability" (as it were) to smell really varies. I can smell burnt toast from another room where my husband is oblivious. He does admit to having a poor sense of smell. He brought spraypainted craft stuff into the kitchen yesterday and the smell of the paint fumes was awful yet it barely registered with him.

So, much of the different tolerances (not to specific scents, in general) must be at least partly down to differences between the olfactory sensitivity of the sprayer and the smeller!

There was a recent thread on this very subject, it was quite interesting really.

The vast majority of those in the know, recommended using persimmon soap.

In the menopause section, called Does anyone else smell funny.

I’ve seen some negative comments about Rive Gauche. I loved it back in the 80s, it was really popular. I haven’t smelled it recently and wonder if the formulation has changed.

I really don't want to say this, as I might be accused of being and internal misogynist and ageist to boot. However I am a fifty year old woman, and I'm now in that category, so here goes. Lots of women seem to get to my perimenopausal age and want to cloak their own smell/scent and so really overdo it with the body spray and perfume. I read a thread here recently about certain scents you start naturally producing as you age, and I can remember the "old lady" smell of my grandma from when I was a child. Is some of the overuse of perfume to try and counteract that?

Is this old lady smell inevitable as we age, and will a good soap tackle it rather than horrible artificial perfume which ends up smelling much worse?

I only ever spray one squirt. It doesn't matter what perfume it is.

Where I place it depends on what I am wearing really.

This might be why I do not know of one person who has been offended by how I smell.

But then again, I also did not know that so many people get so offended by other peoples perfume and washing powder until reading this thread.

Dune is my absolute go to perfume and it was not available for quite a long time and I felt a bit lost. I have worn it since the 90s and still do. And I could not even count the amount of compliments I have received while wearing it. Never once has someone mentioned it has given them a headache....

But I do get this is would only suit some people, but it is hardly offensive. So if I can sway you for which to wear today....... 😀

I used to wear Jean Paul Gaultier Classique had done for years, then a friend decided she liked it. It smelt so different on her that I never wore it again. I now smell it on so many people it has lost its uniqueness.

It smells amazing on me, but not on others. I was quite shocked that someone on whom it smelled completely different had purchased it because I wore it, and they loved it, and was disappointed that it didn’t smell the same on them…
Poison also used to make me gag, and agree with the comments about Lynx Africa!

I used to wear Hugo Boss Deep Red, but it made the cat sneeze so I stopped 😂. So even pets have sensitive noses.

good point!

Really?? That’s more than enough for me. I think this explains why some people “overdo” it in the eyes of others. Their sense of smell can’t be as strong otherwise they wouldn’t apply as much. If I sprayed more than twice, even of my favourite scent, I’d get a headache.

I’m surprised you put the perfume down the sink @FilterBubble
I’m very conscious of what I put down the sink because of the water cycle.
Water is a precious commodity and the less contaminated it is, the better.
I don’t use fabric conditioner for this reason as it is not necessary.
Every little helps, as they say.

Depends on definition of overdo. 2 spray total, that’s miserly and measured. V specific.For me perfume is olfactory I want to experience it too,and that takes more than 2 spray total.