Have you ever chucked away? Half used perfume because it reminds you of something unpleasant?

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Realise that one of my relatively expensive perfumes actually reminds me of a friend's addiction and that whole era of chaos .
I know I can do what I want, but it just seems so wasteful. I wanted to kind of rebrand it mentally in my head.!
so did you bin, give away carry on using?

No, but they don’t last that long anyway IMO so I often chuck them away because they’re past their best.

Not recently, so the market may have changed, but I've successfully sold partially used perfumes on Ebay in the past.

In your circumstances I wouldn't use it, so I'd get rid one way or another.

Yes, it was a fairly cheap one, but one of my colleagues who I didn't like started wearing it regularly and after that I just didn't want it any more. Can't remember what I did with it though.

Scents are so evocative of memories so I wouldn't wear one that gave me unpleasant ones .
A 10ml spray Liz Earle No15 ( actually I recycled rather than throw out ) . I'd used it years ago and loved it . Then later I don;t know if the scent changed or my sense of smell but it smelled like rubber .

I have given perfumes away and also sold some on.

I have only even thrown one away, and that is because it turned so badly and was just unusable.

I would struggle to throw something perfectly good away.

Recycle at perfume shop or sell on Vinted

I always wish there was a ‘swap/donate’ site for perfumes/clothing/jewellery that we for one reason or another can’t bear to wear any longer. A few of my favourite perfumes I feel are now unwearable due to my brain associating them with a person/time in my life that I don’t want to be reminded of!

I wouldn't throw it away but if it deeply unsettled me smelling it I'd stick it on ebay or give it away to a friend or someone.

Yes ! I went for dinner one new years eve and wore a ted Baker perfume that I had gotten for Christmas. The restaurant served me food which contained one of my allergens (which I had notified them of ) and I nearly died. After that I could never wear that perfume again because the smell reminded me of that night.

I would normally pass on but literally I’ve just thrown one out this morning for this very reason

I had to pass on a perfume to a friend because i was wearing it one night and ended up in bed all the next day with a hangover and all I could smell was the very strong perfume I had put on the night before. I felt rather ill and the smell kept appearing and I couldn’t stand it so the next day I gave it away!
Other than that though, I will pass on anything that I don’t like or want anymore so it’s not wasted. Unless it’s damaged etc.

Yes I’ve passed two on as felt so awful when I could smell it! I couldn’t stand wearing it.

ta everyone I think there's under half left so that no point putting it on Vinted. That's funny I love Liz number 15.

Yes, perfume on a hangover is terrible

Which perfume is it?

Even if it is half full, someone may still want to purchase it from you.

I gave it to a colleague on the condition that she didn't wear it to work.

Yes. I had a perfume I’d been wearing leading up to the death of my nan. Got rid because it reminded me of that.

Yes. I threw out my wedding perfume recently as part of my divorce. I just can’t wear it.
I also threw out a load of fragranced things my ex MIL bought me because I can’t stand have anything from her in the house. I’m not usually wasteful but it was very healing.

Yep, I haven’t chucked it but I don’t wear Rose by Paul Smith anymore because I wore it when I first got pregnant and it reminds me of throwing up constantly at my office.
Similar for nappy bags that are “scented” 🤢

Chanel something

Chanel will definitely sell.

Gosh.

I used to love a particular perfume but when I was pregnant the smell made me feel sick. Many years ago, but I can’t smell it now without feeling slightly queasy.

Not recently - but many years ago I had the women's perfume version of the aftershave my then boyfriend wore, and I chucked it away when he dumped me.

I would definitely sell, give away or bin a perfume that reminded me of unhappy times.

I had to go a number of post mortems for work ( don’t ask!). I covered a hanky with Diorissimo which was my favourite perfume at the time to mask the scent.
Big mistake…. I had to give the bottle away.