Is there a perfume/aftershave that you can’t BEAR

[Flatwhitewhiner]

Inspired by the other thread on fragrances.

What perfumes give you the boke?

Whilst not strictly a perfume, I picked up a can of Impulse ‘hint of musk’ recently and it reminded me of mothballs and net curtains - bleurgh.

Poison

So many fragrances give me terrible headaches so I tend to avoid them. But there are 3 that stand out as particularly bad and they are Angel, Alien and Chance.

@wheresmymojo

And Poison

Poison seems to have been very well named.

I knew a guest house owner who used to have a sign up in reception that said 'Female guests are not allowed to wear Poison perfume on the premises'.

Tweed by Lentheric! Can't believe that I didn't instantly think of this when I posted before.

Poison and opium

Daisy, I absolutely hate it and it gives me the worst headaches.

Angel - far too sickly sweet
Happy - even the name makes me roll my eyes, sorry
CK One - just blah
Joop - sickly and laddy
Kouros - I do like the smell but it reminds me too much of a particularly rocky time with an ex, so no thanks

Another one for Angel. It's vile. Also the Jean Paul Gautier one shaped like a woman in a corset is awful.

I'll second the awfulness that is Tweed @Namechangenumber23

Chanel No5 gives me an instant headache!

@LadyEloise thank you!

@blitzen

Another one for Angel. It's vile. Also the Jean Paul Gautier one shaped like a woman in a corset is awful.

These were my signature fragrances in my 20s 🤣

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess. Truly vile and so cheap.

Sorry @WorldsBestBoss! I used to love CK1 as a youngun but can see it has also been mentioned by a PP here 😆 it's actually made me want to buy some to see if I still like it.

Chanel No5 makes me feel nauseous & gives me a bad headache. Back when my kids were little there was a mum who always sat next to me during school plays, and she always had it on. I was too polite to ever say anything.

Escape / obsession / loulou / anais anais

Chloe Narcisse - absolutely revolting.
Cerruti
Chanel no19
Deep Red
Black Orchid
Jean Paul Gaultier Woman
Amarige
Prada original one
Molecules no3...urgh. Smells like a damp forest floor

I bought Molecule 01.
It was recommended on Mumsnet- posters gushed that they had been stopped on the streets and asked what the beautiful scent was.

It smells like a fly spray we had decades ago, on me

@blitzen

Sorry *@WorldsBestBoss*! I used to love CK1 as a youngun but can see it has also been mentioned by a PP here 😆 it's actually made me want to buy some to see if I still like it.

No need to apologise - I don't wear them now. But if I smell them it is instant nostalgia 😌

Angel and Alien 🤮 people that wear it always seem to bathe in it as well

Tom Ford Tuscan Leather. Absolutely hate it

Angel. Yuck.

(Whispers) Mitsouko. I know it's meant to be a masterpiece but I can't stand it 🤢

I’m so glad that somebody else dislikes Mitsouko. It’s almost like blasphemy to say that to a perfume aficionado though. It smells like varnish and stale musk, no thanks. I scrubbed it off my wrists after trying it.

Also foul, from Guerlain: Jicky. Smells like a farmyard, and not in a good way. I think that particular note is called ‘indole’. Yuck.

@LadyEloise

I bought Molecule 01. It was recommended on Mumsnet- posters gushed that they had been stopped on the streets and asked what the beautiful scent was.

It smells like a fly spray we had decades ago, on me

I bought it too after a colleague raved about it being her favourite perfume and how nothing comes close. It is decidedly average!! Nothing to write home about at all. I'm going to gather up all my failed blind buys and flog them online. And the two Molecule disasters will be the first to go.

@blitzen

Sorry *@WorldsBestBoss*! I used to love CK1 as a youngun but can see it has also been mentioned by a PP here 😆 it's actually made me want to buy some to see if I still like it.

I bought a bottle of CK One for exactly that reason and was gutted to find it had changed in the meantime and doesn't smell the same. I still wear it occasionally but it mostly gets used as a room spray.

Off the back of this thread I have just ordered a small bottle of Angel for exactly the same reason again - I loved it years ago and I do think a lot of the problem with it was the quantity rather than the smell itself. I once got in a lift where the previous occupant must have had a bath in it and then washed their clothes in the tub afterwards, and I had to jump back out before the door closed 🤢

Mitsouko - always smells like an ancient bottle of unearthed perfume that has gone well and truly off.
Giorgio Beverly Hills - was working in a department store when it was released. It was hugely popular and a lot of us ended up going off sick. It gave me a burst blood vessel in my eye.
Lou Lou/Jo Malone Red Roses/ any of those Uber rosey scents smell like toilet blocks.
Chanel no 5 really does smell like wee. Total agreement.
All of the Liz Taylor gemstone fragrances from the 90’s 🤮
Actually, all of the celebrity fragrances I’ve sniffed so far, tbh.
Anything Coty gets their hands on and cheapens the formula of hencewith.