Br540 smells good but it’s too much a victim of its own success it’s now too common and copied. What once smelled exclusive now smells like every chick passing by. Social media ruined it
Layton definitely ovverrated and smells overly mentholated. Not what I want to smell like. Had to sell it. The mix of lavender geranium and the apple STANKS.
Kerosene Followed is an absolute monster. My friend could smell me from the other side of his apartment BEFORE i even rang the bell. I can simply hold the bottle and small specks from previous sprays gets on my hands and it doens't even wash of with scented soap.
@@canalphi2673 I have other niche frags that I can bare and even Interlude man didnt bother me as much as Layton. Layton's geranium, lavender along with the apple do not work for me. Ratios are off.
Hi Sebastian, I'm really surprised to see Maison Crivelli Patchouli Magnetik on the list. That has been my most complimented fragrance for 2023-2024. I've actually been surprised at how people react to it. I'm careful of my sprays because a little goes a long way. This is a lifer for me!
I can't stand ambroxan. It dries out my nose to the point of pain. I get this reaction to sandalwood and amyris also. I suppose I am allergic to sandalwood. Avoiding such a widely used ingredient makes seeking fragrances to sample almost like a puzzle at times.
I loved this episode, I laughed a lot. Do more of these! Ok, BR 540 smells like tomato soup to me. What is it with those chemicals? I have a theory, including Calone, which I like so far, it’s in Snowy Owl, It might be close to female fluids? Thank you for talking about Tango mm in another video, I hated it then tried it because you said you loved it and tried it again and I totally get it now! I matured around the cumin thing I think. When I first tried it I thought it was a barn stable. Also I just put on Salome after you mentioned it here, everything wonderful about growing up in the 70s in that perfume. It’s nostalgic and timeless! It’s historical and unique. How did Liz do it? It reminds me t keep my vast collection of samples because opinons change as we develop.
I really like Red tobacco and the intense version by Mancera, I plan on getting a Tonka Cola sample later this week and I might try that Amore Caffe too. I like ambroxan, I made a Molecule 02 which is just ambroxan mixed with alcohol to help fragrance performance.
I'm scared to spray Followed on me because I'm convinced that it cannot be healthy. My sample arrived in a sealed tube, in a sealed plastic bag, but as soon as I opened the box it arrived in it filled my entire living room with the scent. I refused to even use the sample. I threw it away. It honestly freaked me out.
No way is Followed weakened, i bought it recently and i could smell it through the packaging, and there was lots of it, before it was opened! You do go nose blind to it, but it's an outrageous BEAST!!
@@jzed9138 It’s a pain to navigate through to be honest. Especially if Ambroxan isn’t the prominent note. Sometimes off the card a fragrance will smell good but if worn the Ambroxan shows its face and ruins what is otherwise a good experience. Blind buying is not an option for me. Everything I own needs to be worn on skin to see how it plays out for me.
I am challenging myself to try the notes I stayed away from. Now I am liking and loving some of them. Tubereuse Astrale, Patchouli magnetik and Santal Austral. Will be continuing on this journey.
I have one fragrance that I recently tested that was very unpleasant. It’s Perris Monte Carlo Vanille de Tahiti. It had a strong smell of urine on opening which didn’t go away. Not good. 😮
I haven't tried Followed, but I did test Follow and it's too strong for me so because of that I didn't have the courage to try followed:) As for perfumes I couldn't stand, one that comes to mind is Dame de L'Île - by Gritti ..I've only tried it once and didn't want to retry it..stinky harsh wood with gasoline..
100% fact that Kerosene Followed is straight up the most intense, long lasting, in your face forever mode frag! I personally love it but only break my bottle out every now and then. Takes me probably about 3-4 laundry loads using laundry sanitizer...odor remover detergent...and rinse and refresh to get the smell out. But hey, still one of my favs! The scent is so intoxicating to me. 🥰
Anyone that says Kerosene Followed is weak honestly do not have a clue what they are smelling. I could smell that through two layers of packaging before I'd opened it let alone sprayed.
BR540 is the worst. If the car wash place polished your dashboard with BR540 you'd be like, "yes this is definitely dashboard polish, but I need them to remove it immediately because it's making me gag".
For me La vie est belle and all the series, sickly sweet, no thank you. On the other hand one of my favs is Nuda veritas, which has both calone and ambroxane. Worst notes for me: iris and vanilla.
Gucci guilty absolute on my skin smells like you would be inhaling raw petrol. On my friends skin, it smells very fresh green with a little bit of leather. Carlisle on my skin is like dark earth smoke powder. On my friends skin, it turns to chocolate desert. And followed on me is like deep dark coffee on friends skin is like curry with fenugreek as the main spice.
Bianco latte is a shocker for me. It comes off like a synthetic ammonia toilet cleaner with a mild hint of caramel. I really wanted to like it. But it's dreadful to my nose and have to wash my hands multiple times to get rid of the smell. I really like ambroxan
I got a sample of Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bete, tried it and felt really sick. The smell stayed in my nose for days.... Then I remembered, where I had smelled this before.... As a kid a friend and I sprayed her room with musc deodorant to cover the smell of a dead mouse under her floor🤢🤢
Adore Falcon Leather. Tonka Cola, the opening is perfection with that soda scent but the issue I find is that opening doesn't last. I would prefer "Cola tonka" rather than "Tonka Cola" with that Cola note really being present throughout the dry down. Any recommendations for a really good cola scented and cola forward fragrance?
I kinda have to agree with Followed. While i do like it in the first smell, but the projection, sillage, and it's lasting power is so sickening. I think if it was 50% of the potency it had when i tried it, i would enjoy it
Mancera fragrances are superb. Tonka Cola especially, such a great formultaion with all those different layers of cola, cherry and tonka, long lasting too. The worst houses are Montale, all their fragrances are too oud based. Ormonde Jayne, again all their fragrances are samey and too pricey. Anything by Akro, too acrid. Incense is the worst note. It gives me a headache and also makes me anxious for some reason.
Nothing is more artistic in my opinion than animalic done to perfection, and Amouage Silver Oud is one of the pinnacle for me. Got a back up bottle. One of the worst is TF neroli portofino. Neroli is nauseating.
weirdly enough Layton and Red Tobbaco from Mancera are one the most complimented fragrances I have(not that I care about compliments but hey, it happens)
I agree with a lot of these but Layton? Really? And Apple Brandy? The worst note is Ambroxan?? Also, I’m ready to fight anyone over Silver Oud-This fragrance is far from generic; it’s a bold declaration. Initially; like many of you, at a first sniff from the bottle, I doubted its appeal, thinking it too mature and not quite my style. But as the day progressed, after sampling numerous perfumes, one elusive scent captivated me above all others. Curiosity peaked, I found myself repeatedly inquiring about this mysterious fragrance that had unknowingly enveloped me in its intriguing aroma. To my astonishment, it was Silver Oud-the very scent I had dismissed earlier. This experience was a revelation, showcasing its transformative nature from an ashy, earthy opening to a sophisticated vanilla-oud concoction that effortlessly commands attention. It’s specially tailored for cooler moments and formal occasions, where it unveils its full depth and complexity. Silver Oud is undeniably masculine, designed for the assertive individual who exudes confidence. Its distinctive character sets it apart, making it a fragrance not for the masses, but for those who leave a mark. Wearing it you should stand out in any room as the man of distinction.
I loathe BR540. It smells like old wee in a sad aged care home. 🤢. I can’t believe how often I smell it and how it cuts through all other smells around.
Yes! It's ambroxan that smells so bad on me! I have just recently fallen down the perfume rabbit hole and have been trying all sorts of samples and decants. Many have been wonderful (Arte Profumi Bisquit, Mugler Angel Muse, Akro Bake) Some were meh.. And others, horrid. I didn't understand why certain fragrances (BR540, What About Pop, Her) had a dry down so unpleasantly sour that it smelled like an alleyway. On Fragrantica, they all share that amber/ambergris/ambroxan note. Which dries down like urine to my nose. Now I know what to steer clear from.
Agree. Le Labo Oud 27 is a good example. The civet is very prominent then you get hit with the oud.. and omg what a skank. I think they discontinued it 😁
Believe it or not but I hated MFK Oud Silk Mood, it smelled like window cleaner to me and I didn’t get any oud from it, could be my skin tho. The other MFK ouds I haven’t sampled, and I didn’t want to anymore after smelling them once in store and after having tried to like Oud Silk Mood
Worst fragrance: YSL Kouros. Probably around 25 years ago I had been hearing about it and finally happened to see it in an airport. I bypassed the test strip and went straight to the back of my hand. What a mistake! It smelled of pee so much that I high-tailed it to the bathroom to wash it off immediately. Worst note: cumin. It adds B.O. vibes to any scent.
I haaated PDM’s Althaïr. Notes sounded fine. 🤔 The spritz opened pleasantly. But 10 minutes into the sample’s dry-down… Cloyingly sweet cheap frozen dessert Panic; you’d think melting creamsicle fumes accompanied my being run over by an ice cream truck. I raced to wash it off, juggling shopping bags & leaving an unfinished coffee I’d just bought at a cafe. Who the bleep reacts like that to [benign,childlike] orangey marshmallow???? Me, apparently.🤷🏻♀️
I've been surprised to see it in a few fragrances I like. When a very small touch of it is under some heavier notes it just smells a little animalic. Any more and it's pure curry sweat the second it dries.
The perfumes I dislike the most are Luxor and Allende from Xerjoff, which is one of my favorite niche perfume brands. I was so excited to buy Luxor because the notes looked right up my alley and the bottle looks stunning but super disappointed when I smelled it... It smelled like animal feces! and Allende smelled very plasticy to me. There are probably worse fragrances I have smelled in passing but I do not remember them.
As a lover of perfumery I’d have to say my least favorite notes are saffron cumin and oud. All notes that take up a large piece of the market. I can handle them in minute doses but if they are the focal point they generally are not for me.
The closest I came to strongly disliking a fragrance was one I blind-bought because of your positive review: Milano Cento. On my skin it was all "musty, dusty attic," a somewhat suffocating presence. But you know what: I gave it to my brother and a few days later I asked him, "What is that that smells so great?!" He said, "the cologne you gave me!" So there you go: chemistry, I guess.
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I adore Matière Premiere Falcon Leather! So good in the fall and winter. Both my husband and I receive tons of compliments from this fragrance.
I have Falcon Leather and I enjoy it. I also like Encens Suave from Matiere Premiere.
Me too! I ❤ both of them. It’s one of my favorite brands.
Encens suave is glorious
Encens Suave is incredible, but Falcon Leather actually made me vomit.
BR540, Layton, Pegasus are all 10/10
Br 540, no thank you, makes me nauseous.
Br540 smells good but it’s too much a victim of its own success it’s now too common and copied. What once smelled exclusive now smells like every chick passing by. Social media ruined it
Pegasus definitely a 10/10. Very unique Creamy metallic almond. I'm surprised not many people is talking about it but that's why it's so underrated
Layton and Pegasus are for sure, BR540 is 8/10 imo
Layton definitely ovverrated and smells overly mentholated. Not what I want to smell like. Had to sell it. The mix of lavender geranium and the apple STANKS.
Kerosene Followed is an absolute monster. My friend could smell me from the other side of his apartment BEFORE i even rang the bell.
I can simply hold the bottle and small specks from previous sprays gets on my hands and it doens't even wash of with scented soap.
Yikes! That sounds way too treacherous to have in my collection. 😂
While people absolutely can have different preferences, some do enjoy being contrarians. It takes all types…
The smell of calone is my most despise note in fragrances.
Tastes and colors.... We all have different tastes. We all likes different things
Ok? Water is wet
@@FSVR54 wow! You are very intelligent and very funny.
@@FSVR54... Hey! You're both right!!
Layton??? Come on people...
Even the most mass appealing is going to be gross to someone out there
Layton does not smell good. Mentholated apple mess. Its Vicks like. Certainly overrated imo. Some like it. Not all.
Only smelled Pegasus and I can't stand it. I'm glad I only bought a sample.
@@K_Reezee75 lol its like level 0,01 niche, interlude man would make you cry
@@canalphi2673 I have other niche frags that I can bare and even Interlude man didnt bother me as much as Layton. Layton's geranium, lavender along with the apple do not work for me. Ratios are off.
Hi Sebastian, I'm really surprised to see Maison Crivelli Patchouli Magnetik on the list. That has been my most complimented fragrance for 2023-2024. I've actually been surprised at how people react to it. I'm careful of my sprays because a little goes a long way. This is a lifer for me!
Silver Oud is gorgeous imo….
Mancera makes some great ones (e.g., Cedrat Boise, Aoud Lemon Mint)!
Mancera Red tobacco. I bought that 💩, took it to work, & left it there. Let some other sucker smell like 💩!!
@@RonnieMorgan-fw8qj I've had multiple compliments from wearing Red Tobacco.
@@paulvallandigham6701. Wow. It gagged me so bad, I threw the shirt away.
Falcon Leather is beautiful in the air but with some drydown it does get animalic on the skin
Ambroxan - if it’s in a perfume, it dominates to my nose. Just smells like warm biscuits 🤷♀️
😮dang, that sounds like plus to me! 🍞🥐
I can't stand ambroxan. It dries out my nose to the point of pain. I get this reaction to sandalwood and amyris also. I suppose I am allergic to sandalwood. Avoiding such a widely used ingredient makes seeking fragrances to sample almost like a puzzle at times.
My batch of Followed is an absolute bomb!! It is easily the strongest thing I've ever experienced! One spray, just one, lasts for days and days!!
Why would anyone even be deranged enough to BUY Followed!? How does that happen???
Falcon Leather my absolute best ❤
I loved this episode, I laughed a lot. Do more of these! Ok, BR 540 smells like tomato soup to me. What is it with those chemicals? I have a theory, including Calone, which I like so far, it’s in Snowy Owl, It might be close to female fluids? Thank you for talking about Tango mm in another video, I hated it then tried it because you said you loved it and tried it again and I totally get it now! I matured around the cumin thing I think. When I first tried it I thought it was a barn stable. Also I just put on Salome after you mentioned it here, everything wonderful about growing up in the 70s in that perfume. It’s nostalgic and timeless! It’s historical and unique. How did Liz do it? It reminds me t keep my vast collection of samples because opinons change as we develop.
Ooh I agree with Sintra, I like orange blossom and petitgrain but this is so sickly sweet and cloying.
Falcón leather is such a beautiful scent
BR 540 smells super synthetic to me.
I really like Red tobacco and the intense version by Mancera, I plan on getting a Tonka Cola sample later this week and I might try that Amore Caffe too. I like ambroxan, I made a Molecule 02 which is just ambroxan mixed with alcohol to help fragrance performance.
I'm scared to spray Followed on me because I'm convinced that it cannot be healthy. My sample arrived in a sealed tube, in a sealed plastic bag, but as soon as I opened the box it arrived in it filled my entire living room with the scent. I refused to even use the sample. I threw it away. It honestly freaked me out.
Lol wtf
No way is Followed weakened, i bought it recently and i could smell it through the packaging, and there was lots of it, before it was opened! You do go nose blind to it, but it's an outrageous BEAST!!
Wow, through the packaging! 😂
The sound of this frightens me lol
I cannot stand Ambroxan as well. Immediately triggers a response for me. Nausea, headache and overall disgust.
Like any? That must be hard to work around no? It’s present in so many modern fragrances
@@jzed9138 It’s a pain to navigate through to be honest. Especially if Ambroxan isn’t the prominent note. Sometimes off the card a fragrance will smell good but if worn the Ambroxan shows its face and ruins what is otherwise a good experience. Blind buying is not an option for me. Everything I own needs to be worn on skin to see how it plays out for me.
I am challenging myself to try the notes I stayed away from. Now I am liking and loving some of them. Tubereuse Astrale, Patchouli magnetik and Santal Austral. Will be continuing on this journey.
5:54 I spray this on my hand about a month ago. And the scent is deep in my skin. Super eternal longevity.
That sounds….unhealthy lol
Silver oud is funky, but i can't lie, i wann track down an old 50ml for the winter months at home.
Kerosene: Followed should be called; It Follows because you can't escape it.
😂
Tauer's L'oud. Mallo's Hoz. Cannot state which one is worse. Ah, Oroluna and African Leather as well...
Favorite notes leather Iris vanilla vetiver, fruits, can’t do orange blossom or tuberose
I'm with you on orange blossom and tuberose. They give me headaches along with certain jasmines and frangipani.
Wow im wearing kilian apple brandy on the rocks today and i think it smells great. Got a compliment too😅
I have one fragrance that I recently tested that was very unpleasant. It’s Perris Monte Carlo Vanille de Tahiti. It had a strong smell of urine on opening which didn’t go away. Not good. 😮
I luv Pegasus. It's one of my faves. Gorgeous.
I haven't tried Followed, but I did test Follow and it's too strong for me so because of that I didn't have the courage to try followed:)
As for perfumes I couldn't stand, one that comes to mind is Dame de L'Île - by Gritti ..I've only tried it once and didn't want to retry it..stinky harsh wood with gasoline..
100% fact that Kerosene Followed is straight up the most intense, long lasting, in your face forever mode frag! I personally love it but only break my bottle out every now and then. Takes me probably about 3-4 laundry loads using laundry sanitizer...odor remover detergent...and rinse and refresh to get the smell out. But hey, still one of my favs! The scent is so intoxicating to me. 🥰
Apple brandy no the rocks i have it and it is really good to be honest
Layton? What are you smoking?
Anyone that says Kerosene Followed is weak honestly do not have a clue what they are smelling. I could smell that through two layers of packaging before I'd opened it let alone sprayed.
BR540 is the worst. If the car wash place polished your dashboard with BR540 you'd be like, "yes this is definitely dashboard polish, but I need them to remove it immediately because it's making me gag".
For me La vie est belle and all the series, sickly sweet, no thank you. On the other hand one of my favs is Nuda veritas, which has both calone and ambroxane. Worst notes for me: iris and vanilla.
I like all the fragrances on this list
I just got my bottle of Amore Cafe few days ago and I’m currently obsessed with it 😍
Layton just stop it ppl
Gucci guilty absolute on my skin smells like you would be inhaling raw petrol. On my friends skin, it smells very fresh green with a little bit of leather.
Carlisle on my skin is like dark earth smoke powder. On my friends skin, it turns to chocolate desert.
And followed on me is like deep dark coffee on friends skin is like curry with fenugreek as the main spice.
Falcon leather is amazing.
My favorite animalic is Afrika Olifant by Nishane. It’s all the animals at the zoo wearing tuxedos.
These descriptions from y'all are hilarious!
Mattiere Premiere Falcon Leather is that lovely...... Layer it with Jazz Replica and you'd love it even better
Falcon Leather is insanely good. A man's fragrance.
Agreed!
Notes I find challenging are usually aquatic and marine notes. Must be my skin chemistry but they usually smell very dirty on me.
Black Gold is one of my absolute favorites from Mancera...😮
Bianco latte is a shocker for me. It comes off like a synthetic ammonia toilet cleaner with a mild hint of caramel. I really wanted to like it. But it's dreadful to my nose and have to wash my hands multiple times to get rid of the smell.
I really like ambroxan
I recently smelled oud Maracuja from maison crivelli. It gave me an headache and made me unwell. Too much for me.
I got a sample of Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bete, tried it and felt really sick. The smell stayed in my nose for days.... Then I remembered, where I had smelled this before.... As a kid a friend and I sprayed her room with musc deodorant to cover the smell of a dead mouse under her floor🤢🤢
Adore Falcon Leather. Tonka Cola, the opening is perfection with that soda scent but the issue I find is that opening doesn't last. I would prefer "Cola tonka" rather than "Tonka Cola" with that Cola note really being present throughout the dry down. Any recommendations for a really good cola scented and cola forward fragrance?
The age group and status plays role in the taste. Silver our is good of u spray it 30 min before you wear the cloths
I kinda have to agree with Followed. While i do like it in the first smell, but the projection, sillage, and it's lasting power is so sickening. I think if it was 50% of the potency it had when i tried it, i would enjoy it
The Tempel description had me laughing. Sheer horror! 😂😂😂
Chanel no.5
Agree!!!
Haha yes, 👏
I like Eau d’Hadrien quite a lot..it was one of the first niche perfumes that I acquired many years ago.
Pegasus is just marvelous
Mancera fragrances are superb. Tonka Cola especially, such a great formultaion with all those different layers of cola, cherry and tonka, long lasting too. The worst houses are Montale, all their fragrances are too oud based. Ormonde Jayne, again all their fragrances are samey and too pricey. Anything by Akro, too acrid. Incense is the worst note. It gives me a headache and also makes me anxious for some reason.
Layton ? That’s a solid one but to each their own
Nothing is more artistic in my opinion than animalic done to perfection, and Amouage Silver Oud is one of the pinnacle for me. Got a back up bottle. One of the worst is TF neroli portofino. Neroli is nauseating.
weirdly enough Layton and Red Tobbaco from Mancera are one the most complimented fragrances I have(not that I care about compliments but hey, it happens)
Followed... Atomic maple syrup that dries down to a curry note.
I agree with a lot of these but Layton? Really? And Apple Brandy? The worst note is Ambroxan??
Also, I’m ready to fight anyone over Silver Oud-This fragrance is far from generic; it’s a bold declaration. Initially; like many of you, at a first sniff from the bottle, I doubted its appeal, thinking it too mature and not quite my style. But as the day progressed, after sampling numerous perfumes, one elusive scent captivated me above all others. Curiosity peaked, I found myself repeatedly inquiring about this mysterious fragrance that had unknowingly enveloped me in its intriguing aroma. To my astonishment, it was Silver Oud-the very scent I had dismissed earlier. This experience was a revelation, showcasing its transformative nature from an ashy, earthy opening to a sophisticated vanilla-oud concoction that effortlessly commands attention. It’s specially tailored for cooler moments and formal occasions, where it unveils its full depth and complexity. Silver Oud is undeniably masculine, designed for the assertive individual who exudes confidence. Its distinctive character sets it apart, making it a fragrance not for the masses, but for those who leave a mark. Wearing it you should stand out in any room as the man of distinction.
Somehow I cannot stand “Terre d’Hermes “, but I know that it’s very popular, but doesn’t go well with my body chemistry,!
Hi. Have you tried tubereuse astrale by maison crivelli?
I loathe BR540. It smells like old wee in a sad aged care home. 🤢. I can’t believe how often I smell it and how it cuts through all other smells around.
Mad Madame by Juliette has a gun - to me really challenging.
Matiere Premiere Crystal Saffron has a great opening, but the drydown is so so medicinal on me, it smells like a hospital
Yes! It's ambroxan that smells so bad on me! I have just recently fallen down the perfume rabbit hole and have been trying all sorts of samples and decants. Many have been wonderful (Arte Profumi Bisquit, Mugler Angel Muse, Akro Bake) Some were meh.. And others, horrid. I didn't understand why certain fragrances (BR540, What About Pop, Her) had a dry down so unpleasantly sour that it smelled like an alleyway. On Fragrantica, they all share that amber/ambergris/ambroxan note. Which dries down like urine to my nose.
Now I know what to steer clear from.
Omg Falcon leather and Layton are my most favs
Eau d'hadrian is my go to summer fragrance.
Oh a juicy video, niiice
Worse notes: civet and tuberose.
Agree. Le Labo Oud 27 is a good example. The civet is very prominent then you get hit with the oud.. and omg what a skank. I think they discontinued it 😁
I adore both 😂
The one fragrance house I've never cared for is Burberry. The note I've never liked is tomato leaf - YUK. 🤢🤮
Believe it or not but I hated MFK Oud Silk Mood, it smelled like window cleaner to me and I didn’t get any oud from it, could be my skin tho. The other MFK ouds I haven’t sampled, and I didn’t want to anymore after smelling them once in store and after having tried to like Oud Silk Mood
Layton and apple brandy on the rocks?! Thats my favorite mixture on my hubby! 😂😂😂 He smells SO dang edible and manly 😋🤤😋😋
Amoral Cafe Rocks!!!
Black gold is my favourite Mancera 😂
Hmm i am.curious to smell Patcholi Magnetic
Sintra smells like cheap wine and I have the same headache wearing it! 😂
Worst fragrance: YSL Kouros. Probably around 25 years ago I had been hearing about it and finally happened to see it in an airport. I bypassed the test strip and went straight to the back of my hand. What a mistake! It smelled of pee so much that I high-tailed it to the bathroom to wash it off immediately.
Worst note: cumin. It adds B.O. vibes to any scent.
10 year ago i buy coromandel edt i did not like it but after 3 week i love it
Aqua di gio and all flankers! Platinum egoiste and versace eros
Platinum egoiste 😂 please
Aqua di Gioia has been an everyday staple for me. I think it's good for the office. I'm halfway through the bottle. I never get compliments on it.
I haaated PDM’s Althaïr. Notes sounded fine. 🤔 The spritz opened pleasantly. But 10 minutes into the sample’s dry-down… Cloyingly sweet cheap frozen dessert Panic; you’d think melting creamsicle fumes accompanied my being run over by an ice cream truck.
I raced to wash it off, juggling shopping bags & leaving an unfinished coffee I’d just bought at a cafe.
Who the bleep reacts like that to [benign,childlike] orangey marshmallow???? Me, apparently.🤷🏻♀️
Cumin has to be the worst note. Caron de Caron is awful. Just Vile.
I've been surprised to see it in a few fragrances I like. When a very small touch of it is under some heavier notes it just smells a little animalic. Any more and it's pure curry sweat the second it dries.
The perfumes I dislike the most are Luxor and Allende from Xerjoff, which is one of my favorite niche perfume brands. I was so excited to buy Luxor because the notes looked right up my alley and the bottle looks stunning but super disappointed when I smelled it... It smelled like animal feces! and Allende smelled very plasticy to me.
There are probably worse fragrances I have smelled in passing but I do not remember them.
But the amouage opus is gorgeous!
Falcon Leather, Come on please! It’s just too good!
As a lover of perfumery I’d have to say my least favorite notes are saffron cumin and oud. All notes that take up a large piece of the market. I can handle them in minute doses but if they are the focal point they generally are not for me.
The closest I came to strongly disliking a fragrance was one I blind-bought because of your positive review: Milano Cento. On my skin it was all "musty, dusty attic," a somewhat suffocating presence. But you know what: I gave it to my brother and a few days later I asked him, "What is that that smells so great?!" He said, "the cologne you gave me!" So there you go: chemistry, I guess.
Or was it "Concrete"? Well, you know what I mean.
Layton smells like Vick's Vapor Rub to me. I never understood the hype abt it but I guess scent is subjective.
BR540 totally overrated
Odd that you like Aqua Viva but didn’t like Oud Mineral at first.
Killian born to be unforgettable has a lot of calone. Am I wrong? I smelled it last night and it’s gross
Mancera the worst- regret getting “Holidays” synthetic coconut worst than any sun lotion I ever smelled