Does the name of a perfume ever put you off it?

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Would the name of a perfume ever put you off trying it or put you off wearing it even if you actually liked the smell?

I was given a bottle of Insolence by Guerlain some years ago and the name really annoyed me.

It made me feel women wearing it were being compared to a disobedient child.

But maybe it is just me that thinks about the name of a perfume at all.

Fucking fabulous by Tom Ford is really annoying. Like, hey we're so edgy we used the F word.

I’m so thick.
I didn’t realise the meaning of Tom Ford’s Lost Cherry.
In fact it made me think of my dear old cat of the same name!

Not a perfume but the perfume brand dedcool is another one that sets my teeth on edge. I don't want to be reminded if something i might have said when I was 12!

I'd be really curious to know how that sold. Especially at Goop prices. A better name might have been 'You are gullible, and also strange'.

Obsession
Poison

also - just my own prejudice - Happy (detest the smell).

Marmalade by Jo Malone, I wouldn’t even smell it .

I feel the same about those bottles. I feel like it only has a place on one of those teenage girl bling type dressing tables with the lights on the mirror.

Came on to say Loverdose sounds like the clap but actually... Beaver is not great either

I agree but unfortunately I really do like the actual scents so had to swallow my pride and buy , I have the blue and red ones

Every time I saw the 'Daisy Daisy Daisy' advert it put me off just a little bit more. I don't even like the (very very faint) smell of daisies, and even though I knew that the perfume wouldn't smell of actual daisies, I wasn't keen to try.

Dear Polly - love it but the name feels like I’m buying something off the same shelf as exclamation! in boots not spending £250 on luxury perfume

Avon used to do weird bottles back in the 70s/80s.
My aunt had one shaped like a telephone, one like a shoe and one like a bell.

Weirdly enough, because its quite inoffensive, I took against La Vie et La belle, because it sounded wet, plus the pink packaging. Then I got a sample and I quite like it. Might not buy it but its nice.(dh really likes it so will have to hide the bottle or ill get a Xmas gift set)

Weirdly enough, because its quite inoffensive, I took against La Vie et La belle, because it sounded wet, plus the pink packaging. Then I got a sample and I quite like it. Might not buy it but its nice.(dh really likes it so will have to hide the bottle or ill get a Xmas gift set)

There was an aftershave called Grey Flannel which when we saw it my family thought hilarious: it sounds like a manky old face flannel left on the side of the washbasin, rather than a gentleman’s high-end suit fabric.

La vie est belle is my current favourite.
The M&S dupe Pink Pepper is plainer packaging and bottle if that helps?
Smells exactly the same to me, just doesn’t last as long so I stick with the original.

Duplicate post

La Vie Est Belle is forever ruined for me by the association with the Peru 2 teenage drug mule one of whom was wearing the t shirt in all the pictures. Life is beautiful rotting in a third world jail because you were stupid enough to mule drugs?

This is going back years now, but what was the perfume whose advert tagline was the smell of it! The way it was voiced always sounded to me like it was a really, really bad thing….most unfortunate advertising.

ETA - just answered my own question. It was Calvin Klein’s Obsession, and the advert’s still every bit as stupid

Me too. The shiny buff stuff was lovely - a really natural skin sheen.

I'd forgotten it existed. Such a nice smell.

Yes ‘Take a picture it lasts longer’. I’m ashamed to say I still have a half used tin. It’s ancient but still smells of Maybe Baby.

Also ‘ Touch me then try to leave’ body lotion.

All smelled gorgeous and discontinued. 😩

Moons ago,I was with a really abusive boyfriend-I almost lost everything thanks to him

Not long after we broke up someone brought out a perfume which was spelt the same way as the shortened version of his name

It's not pronounced the same but is spelt the same

At the time,I point blank refused to go into any shop that sold it

It could be the perfume of my dreams,but I refuse to go anywhere near it,let alone smell it-i never have

I did buy a bottle of tramp a few years ago but it wasn't very nice on me-its the only one dp said he didnt like

Si which was advertised by the lovely Cate Blanchett for a while.
In the ad she was saying 'Si to life, si to love' etc and then 'Si to myself' which unfortunately means wanking where I'm from. I can't get past this and snigger like a teenager whenever I see it advertised.

Carnal Flower by Frederic Malle. It just makes me think of fannies. I have never wanted to smell it just in case.

I know, it has the opposite effect for me.