The Worst perfume ever!

[anniewoo]

Was in HOF today and as i have no money at the moment to spend (despite their sale) decided to cheer myself up with a spray ( or two) of their posh perfumes. Big Mistake- sprayed Serge lutyens Tuberose Criminale- and it was!!!! Well the smell was criminal- like camphor, moth balls mixed with wintergreen , that awful muscle rub stuff. Jesus wept and it lasts and lasts and lasts. Can't kill it off, despite Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio on my other wrist. You have been warned.....Though i do dare you!!!

Aha! I've just googled and yeah the pink ish bottle looks like that could be the one thank you!!!
Any attempts at quizzing get met with hand flapping and "I wasn't looking at it THAT closely"

DonaAna

Can you let em know what your view of L'Heure Bleue is? I've bought it for DH to give me for Christmas. please don't say you hate it as I'll cry

Also, do you know anything like Donna Karan's 1992 (i think?) born original fragrance? the one with the black and gold 'clitoris' bottle? I bought it on a flight to NYC in 1994 and I want so much to smell it agin and be reminded if being 19 and frivolous again....

Piiiiiiiiiiinot! I smell like the shizzle. You would LOVE me.

brighthair it's not one of their masterpieces I'm afraid.
But if that makes a mum happy for Christmas, what more could we possibly want?

For it to be about £40 cheaper?!
She has always worn Chanel no 5, Shalimar and Poison. Recently she's liked Juliette has a gun (I think) and Elie Saab. Also adores Lush Ginger but Dad hates it..

true dat!

I always love you, Boffy But I bet it'd make me want to dry hump you.

The worst perfume in the world is Donna Karan Black Cashmere. I wanted to kill myself after putting that on, just to get away from it!

I also loathe the original Giorgio Armani aftershave (though partly due to unfortunate ex associations).

My all-time favourite is Joseph Parfum du Jour. I've hardly worn anything else for 20 years, though when it was repackaged they changed it and it's never been as lovely as the original formula.

I think I'm in the minority in liking slightly old lady perfumes: Y de Yves Saint Laurent; Rive Gauche; Must de Cartier, Jardins de Bagatelle by Guerlain (best name ever) and Valentino.

My mother loved Eau de Molyneux, by Molyneux. If anyone knows where that can still be found, I'd love to know.

BOF blimey! Start saving... There is no passable cheap alternative.
That was my gateway drug and there is no going back.

Like in a bad movie, there is a sequel - La Petite Robe Noire 2.

I'm trying to grow in age, grace, wisdom, quotient of designer items in my wardrobe, well-hidden scars from plastic surgery etc etc to be one day truly worthy of L'Heure Bleue. It's my favorite of classic Guerlains, graceful and radiant in a Princess Grace of Monaco sort of way... I like to spritz it at airport duty frees and as a consequence usually get royal treatment even in cattle class.

Armanis are ghastly these days. This does not prevent them from topping best-seller lists. The saffon note in Idole d'Armani triggered my curiosity and I wore it several times, but there are much better niche alternatives (Safron Troublant from L'Artisan for example, full bottle worthy for me, comfortable and homey like gray sweatpants).

Eldrich you have great taste, keep'em coming! Some great perfumes are sadly extinct. There is a perfume museum (Osmotheque) in Versailles, they have rare things - via them I have smelled perfumes that cannot be found anywhere else.

Like a bad guest, Bellodgia refuses to go away. I'd like to smell something else for a change...

Remember the 80s when men wore Davidoff Cool Water? Wasn't that one of the first ozone-y ones? Super super tacky, that one. Kouros was foul, too.

Arpege, by Lanvin. I wore that for a while as a teenager, all my friends hated it.

Anyone remember Schmitty (sp?) - around at the same time Charlie was in its heyday. The women's equivalent of Brut if you ask me.

The only perfume I will wear is Chanel Allure Eau de Parfum. Yes its about £80 a bottle, but worth it!

Boffy, it says on the Frgrantica site that your Coromandel is similiar to my beloved Donna Karan 1992 jobby. We are well stylish innit.

red door

O one worked in the factory that made it UGGGHHHHHHHH

and Gorgio Bev Hills

Ooh, we are!

I love this thread. DonaAna, you are like a crack dealer .

:o

Eldritch!
You reminded me.
Kenzo L'Eau.
Blimey, forgot that one.
Bloody hate it.

Cacherel LouLou. Awful. More awful than an awful thing in awful town.

DonaAna is definitely the perfume equivalent of a crack dealer, I'm on the Bottega Veneta as a result of her dangerously seductive fragrance pushing and I'm waiting until the hoodie on the BMX gets here with my Surrender To Chance samples.

Also now want to smell Coromandel. Bugger.

LouLou!
I was pining for that when I was 12.
It seemed everything there was on a bike with a cherry on top.
I wanted it. I coveted it.
And I didn't even bother smelling it. It didn't matter how it smellt.
I knew, that was it.
Luckily, I didn't have money.

And then I grew up.

I know. Except that I don't get commissions.

I neeeeeed Giorgio, just to carry out some experiments
But hey, I do have Charlie. And original Chloe.

Arpege on a teen - hardcore

Perfumes are the cheapest luxury. Most of the perfume lovers I know are penniless students, self-employd, unemployed, SAHMs - people of very limited means. I got into this during unpaid maternity leave Once you find a couple of perfume buddies, you can keep going with very limited capital - people trade samples, split bottles, give away things that don't suit them, give you a decant of their newest purchase...

I used to work for Giorgio Beverly Hills. The whole office whiffed of it.

Perhaps you'll get a commission from Surrender to Chance, they've certainly had an increase in sales since you mentioned them.

I think perfume is an essential, it's a shortcut to lifting your mood or feeling sexy or sophisticated or comforted - having said that I bought Eau d'Hermes after reading on a thread on here that it smells like sex. Top tip, don't spray it on just before going to an exercise class, it gets a bit 'ripe'

Im tempted to by the 'skank' sample set on surrender to choice.
I think I may be that way inclined looking at the list and the description.

But now I also want Cormandel. I do love Chanel. Coco is my great love.

But I also want the Guerlain set. I've adored Samsara forever.

Oh what to do, what to get??

That site is like temptation incarnate, Ohsiena, I can see myself working my way through it but I'm starting off with the Beginner Niche and Classic Fragrance sample set and the Niche Beginner sample set - so only the 32 fragrances to go at......

Balenciaga's new Florabotanica. PEW. Smells like someone bottled the colour pink.