In the 80’s perfumes had to compete with cigarette smoke and hair product smell. So therefore scents really had to really make themselves standout to be known and remembered ☀️
Omg I am so sorry that happened to you. If I am offended by a perfume, I could never walk over to someone and tell them. I would had been mortified if that happened to me😂
Wow, times sure have changed. I am at least 10 years older than you are RuthAnne, and I have been wearing perfume since high school. My "signature" fragrance when I was young was Dior Poison and I wore it every single day - even to work! (because we did that in the day) - and NEVER had anyone mention it let alone complain about it. No one has ever been that rude or bold to me, even my husband (he never mentions my scents anyway :)) Now I am not an overspritzer, my sense of smell is pretty acute, one spray on each wrist and on my chest is usually good for me, so maybe that's why? I don't know, but people have gotten so very sensitive and outspoken over the years. I would never tell anyone that their fragrance was bothering me even if it did, but quite honestly, I've never been offended by anyone's fragrance before. I find what people wear to be interesting even if I don't like it because it tells me something about them. The story about the Nag Champa was so funny! I don't smoke weed but I love burning incense just for the atmospheric value and it sticks to my hair and clothing and people have always told me that I smell good and that my house smells good. I am going to check out the Zelda oils though because I would love a fragrance that smells like Nag Champa, and the red musk sounds good too. Oh! I ended up getting the Wag's Egyptian Musk oil that you had mentioned in another video and I love it, thank you so much for that! :)
This was so much fun! Really loved this video and like how funny you are, plus the longer your videos the better in my humble opinion! I'm not sure if I should admit to how many bottles of Worcestershire Sauce I get though per year but it's basically the British equivalent of soy sauce and I add it to so many things - we even have Worcestershire Sauce flavoured crisps (or potato chips as they're called in the U.S.A) and people love it on cheese on toast too (AKA grilled cheese!)🤣 If anyone reading this want's to use up their bottle, try adding copious amounts to mushrooms while frying them and cook them down until most of the moisture has gone - with a bit of butter and garlic if you really want a flavour explosion - tangy, spicy, umami goodness!
I also like and wear strong perfumes. We are around the same age. I'm fascinated by all these TH-camrs that constantly get compliments on their perfume. I get zero comments on what I'm wearing. It's probably been at least 10 years since I've got any feedback. I almost wish I'd get complaints!
Tea Rose and Windsong are lovely together. I have Alien and not that fussed about the jasmine opening but love the white amber dry down. 20 sprays is a revelation- I only do about 10. Time to up my game! 😂
Had that same thing happen with my husband a few weeks ago!!😂😂😂 I gave that fragrance away because he never complains lol. The risks we take as perfume lovers!!😉🌺
These were fun stories. I work in a grocery store and we keep febreeze in the cubby under the registers because so many customers smell so bad. I only smell two actual perfumes on women and i greatly dislike both, and they are always nuclear strength. Maybe if they were lighter applications i might like them but i can't stand either at this point. The older women wear Aromatics Elixirs and the younger women wear Cloud. Love your channel Ruth Anne!
Hi RuthAnne, this video made me laugh so hard! I want to get the Red Egyptian musk oil to start a riot in my neck of the woods. 20 years ago, I had a coworker who was an older woman who approached me about my heavy perfume which was Escape. I continued spraying it anyway because I thought she was wrong and others complemented me before. Plus, in Miami, FL, it's a competition of scents. Since then, I use more tame work scents at office environments since it's corporate policy.
I adore perfume so much and also am a small collector and picked up many loves due to your influence (like Blue Grass, White Shoulders and Ciara), but I understand the restaurant story. I work in a restaurant and I can't tell you how many times the middle eastern foreign exchange students would come in and dowse the place in their scent just by walking through the front door. I would smell it all the way to the back of the kitchen while I was cooking on the grill/under the exhaust and then it would linger at least an hour after they left. A little annoying but I have to also admit their perfumes were always really beautiful. A common occurrence with that ethnicity. btw, I am middle eastern too. 😆 We also had another regular who wore D&G Light Blue very heavily, a perfume I always liked but got so sick of it due to the over exposure. and another woman who would apply cucumber melon by bbw inside the restaurant. probably one of my least favorite scents. I wished I had a gas mask in that moment. lol I can understand being triggered in that environment. 😩 Anyway thanks for your reviews. I also have Shaghaf Oud and I don't think it's that bad but I do like it on others more than on myself. I think when we smell a note or combination of notes that is disagreeable to us we can perceive that perfume as stronger than it is. The chocolate one you mentioned sounds amazing! The strongest to my nose in my collection right now is Paris (coral top) by Ysl.
I'm going to have a colonoscopy next week.I wonder which perfume I should bathe in before I leave home. Shalimar?White Diamonds En Rouge?Khamrah?The nuclear Rose 01 ? Maybe its not such a good idea to piss off the doctor who's perfoming the procedure.
I layer body sprays (usually some type of vanilla) and put a tiny bit of a perfume on my neck & inner elbows. I recently discovered Shaghaf Oud and thought it was a GREAT addition, so exotic yet sophisticated!! So I’m so sorry to hear your relative didn’t appreciate the fragrance. 👀😟😔
I'm in healthcare, so like you I have to be super stealth and choosy about the fragrances I wear to work. As a result I usually only spray once on each forearm, and stick to freshies or very soft florals. I wear perfume for myself anyway, so I don't mind if it's a skin scent all day. One of my coworkers is affectionally known as the "Perfume Grinch", and he complains about the scent of our dish soap, bathroom freshener, or ANY scent he picks up. One day I foolishly thought I'd try Angel EDT, and went my usual 2 sprays. NOPE!!! He begged me to never ever ever ever wear it again, and as a result I sold that bottle soon after! LOL PS: In the evenings and on weekends is when I "play" with new scents, samples, and wearing the stronger stuff that I love! I don't ever do more than 4 sprays of anything? ✌
I just discovered you and so far I love the videos, you talk about fragrances that are not main stream that used to be popular like Cierra and tea rose and Loves baby soft, my mom got me some of that it was her favorite. I think I need to buy some. Kind of disappointed to find out Ciara it's not a fragrance a lot of people like because I kind of want to get that it's cheap enough that I probably will but I work at a school with kids so I don't want to get roasted too much I definitely want to buy tea rose and I looked it up not too long ago but it was out where did you get it?
What a fun video! Some people demand to be seen or heard...I demand to be smelled! I'm all about incense, patchouli, musk, & roses. I'm on my 2nd bottle of Shagaff Oud! 😂 Honestly, my son wears it, too, though, and it's taken years. I think it smells like pecan pie incense. I once had a woman ask the waitress to move tables...outside!...because "something smelled like incense"...it was me! I was wearing Wags nag-chouli. Patchouli Garden's nag champa is even stronger. ❤ Tea Rose reminds me of my gramma, too. My husband bought be a big bottle and thankfully, loves it as much as me. I often spray it on before breakfast and it ends up being my first layer.
“I am kind of like appalled… but also a little impressed!”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love it! Like a true champ! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 One of your best videos Ruth Ann!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😆😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Omg Shagaf Oud smells like pee and my entire family didn’t miss a chance to tell me so lol.. it’s AWFUUUUUL. Funny thing is, it never came across as strong to me. Now the Amber Oud Gold edition by Al Haramain is ETERNAL lol 😆
In the 80’s perfumes had to compete with cigarette smoke and hair product smell. So therefore scents really had to really make themselves standout to be known and remembered ☀️
❤😂Not the Borg.. Worcestershire sauce...😂...
These stories are great! It’s like we were right there with you!🤣
Omg I am so sorry that happened to you. If I am offended by a perfume, I could never walk over to someone and tell them. I would had been mortified if that happened to me😂
Wow that last story 😂 that guy was so rude. If he couldnt say anything nice he should have kept it to himelf. The rudeness of some people amazes me.
People are so rude!! 😮
Wow, times sure have changed. I am at least 10 years older than you are RuthAnne, and I have been wearing perfume since high school. My "signature" fragrance when I was young was Dior Poison and I wore it every single day - even to work! (because we did that in the day) - and NEVER had anyone mention it let alone complain about it. No one has ever been that rude or bold to me, even my husband (he never mentions my scents anyway :)) Now I am not an overspritzer, my sense of smell is pretty acute, one spray on each wrist and on my chest is usually good for me, so maybe that's why? I don't know, but people have gotten so very sensitive and outspoken over the years. I would never tell anyone that their fragrance was bothering me even if it did, but quite honestly, I've never been offended by anyone's fragrance before. I find what people wear to be interesting even if I don't like it because it tells me something about them.
The story about the Nag Champa was so funny! I don't smoke weed but I love burning incense just for the atmospheric value and it sticks to my hair and clothing and people have always told me that I smell good and that my house smells good. I am going to check out the Zelda oils though because I would love a fragrance that smells like Nag Champa, and the red musk sounds good too. Oh! I ended up getting the Wag's Egyptian Musk oil that you had mentioned in another video and I love it, thank you so much for that! :)
This was so much fun! Really loved this video and like how funny you are, plus the longer your videos the better in my humble opinion!
I'm not sure if I should admit to how many bottles of Worcestershire Sauce I get though per year but it's basically the British equivalent of soy sauce and I add it to so many things - we even have Worcestershire Sauce flavoured crisps (or potato chips as they're called in the U.S.A) and people love it on cheese on toast too (AKA grilled cheese!)🤣 If anyone reading this want's to use up their bottle, try adding copious amounts to mushrooms while frying them and cook them down until most of the moisture has gone - with a bit of butter and garlic if you really want a flavour explosion - tangy, spicy, umami goodness!
I can't tell you how many bottles of worsches sauce I've tossed, only time I've used is to add to bloody marys!
@@ruthannemackinnon588 oooohhh bloody Mary's yum! I put it in stew and gravy and pie and all sorts 🤣
I throw wish' sauce in all the things! Helps onions brown up so yummy!
This was great - love the funny anecdotes 😆
If you re looking for an affordable Alien dupe ,try Sacrifice for Her Ajmal
I’m actually wearing it now! It’s sooooo beautiful especially when layered with Boucheron Jaïpur Bracelet; makes it fresh and I love it 🩵
I also like and wear strong perfumes. We are around the same age. I'm fascinated by all these TH-camrs that constantly get compliments on their perfume. I get zero comments on what I'm wearing. It's probably been at least 10 years since I've got any feedback. I almost wish I'd get complaints!
They lie
These reviews were hysterical. You have weaponized me!!!
Tea Rose and Windsong are lovely together.
I have Alien and not that fussed about the jasmine opening but love the white amber dry down.
20 sprays is a revelation- I only do about 10.
Time to up my game! 😂
Had that same thing happen with my husband a few weeks ago!!😂😂😂 I gave that fragrance away because he never complains lol. The risks we take as perfume lovers!!😉🌺
That last story was WILD! I'm so sorry that happened to you! Thank you for sharing
These were fun stories.
I work in a grocery store and we keep febreeze in the cubby under the registers because so many customers smell so bad.
I only smell two actual perfumes on women and i greatly dislike both, and they are always nuclear strength. Maybe if they were lighter applications i might like them but i can't stand either at this point. The older women wear Aromatics Elixirs and the younger women wear Cloud.
Love your channel Ruth Anne!
Hi RuthAnne, this video made me laugh so hard! I want to get the Red Egyptian musk oil to start a riot in my neck of the woods. 20 years ago, I had a coworker who was an older woman who approached me about my heavy perfume which was Escape. I continued spraying it anyway because I thought she was wrong and others complemented me before. Plus, in Miami, FL, it's a competition of scents. Since then, I use more tame work scents at office environments since it's corporate policy.
I looove shaghaf oud so much💓💓💓
I love those stories you shared. Laughed a lot. Thank you ❤
I love all you reviews. my personal opinion if have a perfumes 80’s 90’s 2000 are classics. I Love All you perfumes.❤❤❤
I can’t imagine anyone being disgusted with violet blossom. It’s beautiful!
I adore perfume so much and also am a small collector and picked up many loves due to your influence (like Blue Grass, White Shoulders and Ciara), but I understand the restaurant story. I work in a restaurant and I can't tell you how many times the middle eastern foreign exchange students would come in and dowse the place in their scent just by walking through the front door. I would smell it all the way to the back of the kitchen while I was cooking on the grill/under the exhaust and then it would linger at least an hour after they left. A little annoying but I have to also admit their perfumes were always really beautiful. A common occurrence with that ethnicity. btw, I am middle eastern too. 😆 We also had another regular who wore D&G Light Blue very heavily, a perfume I always liked but got so sick of it due to the over exposure. and another woman who would apply cucumber melon by bbw inside the restaurant. probably one of my least favorite scents. I wished I had a gas mask in that moment. lol I can understand being triggered in that environment. 😩
Anyway thanks for your reviews. I also have Shaghaf Oud and I don't think it's that bad but I do like it on others more than on myself. I think when we smell a note or combination of notes that is disagreeable to us we can perceive that perfume as stronger than it is. The chocolate one you mentioned sounds amazing! The strongest to my nose in my collection right now is Paris (coral top) by Ysl.
Love your perfume tales.
Thanks. Awesome
Violet Blossom I wear and like😉
Wow people are something else but I’m sure you were smelling great ❤
Ciara ❤
I love the story about your husband
I'm going to have a colonoscopy next week.I wonder which perfume I should bathe in before I leave home. Shalimar?White Diamonds En Rouge?Khamrah?The nuclear Rose 01 ? Maybe its not such a good idea to piss off the doctor who's perfoming the procedure.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Such a good question, what scent to wear to a colonoscopy? Lol I'm thinking something boozy to go with the versed :)
😂😂😂
Shalimar is beautiful... go with that one. Best of luck!
I layer body sprays (usually some type of vanilla) and put a tiny bit of a perfume on my neck & inner elbows. I recently discovered Shaghaf Oud and thought it was a GREAT addition, so exotic yet sophisticated!! So I’m so sorry to hear your relative didn’t appreciate the fragrance. 👀😟😔
I'm in healthcare, so like you I have to be super stealth and choosy about the fragrances I wear to work. As a result I usually only spray once on each forearm, and stick to freshies or very soft florals. I wear perfume for myself anyway, so I don't mind if it's a skin scent all day. One of my coworkers is affectionally known as the "Perfume Grinch", and he complains about the scent of our dish soap, bathroom freshener, or ANY scent he picks up. One day I foolishly thought I'd try Angel EDT, and went my usual 2 sprays. NOPE!!! He begged me to never ever ever ever wear it again, and as a result I sold that bottle soon after! LOL PS: In the evenings and on weekends is when I "play" with new scents, samples, and wearing the stronger stuff that I love! I don't ever do more than 4 sprays of anything? ✌
To work I stick to musks on skin, I did a 3 part series on work scents
Oh dear Lord, the horror, but stil those stories 👏 😱😭🤣
I just discovered you and so far I love the videos, you talk about fragrances that are not main stream that used to be popular like Cierra and tea rose and Loves baby soft, my mom got me some of that it was her favorite. I think I need to buy some. Kind of disappointed to find out Ciara it's not a fragrance a lot of people like because I kind of want to get that it's cheap enough that I probably will but I work at a school with kids so I don't want to get roasted too much I definitely want to buy tea rose and I looked it up not too long ago but it was out where did you get it?
I'm pretty sure I bought on Amazon, if not then ebay. It does come in a small 1/2 or 1 ounce, very inexpensive but so very lovely
Would love to know the name of the rose perfume your Grandma wore.
I think she has a video talking about it! If I remember correctly!! 🤔
She wore "To a wild rose" by Avon which was a pure rose, very similar to Tea Rose. She also wore Rose Milk lotion which I sooo much loved to wear
Oh gosh yes. I love both of those. I loved the lotion when i was a little girl. My grandmother also loved rose.
I'm thinking people where you live are like people where I live they don't where perfume 😂
What a fun video! Some people demand to be seen or heard...I demand to be smelled! I'm all about incense, patchouli, musk, & roses.
I'm on my 2nd bottle of Shagaff Oud! 😂 Honestly, my son wears it, too, though, and it's taken years. I think it smells like pecan pie incense.
I once had a woman ask the waitress to move tables...outside!...because "something smelled like incense"...it was me! I was wearing Wags nag-chouli. Patchouli Garden's nag champa is even stronger. ❤
Tea Rose reminds me of my gramma, too. My husband bought be a big bottle and thankfully, loves it as much as me. I often spray it on before breakfast and it ends up being my first layer.
My kind of gal👍🏻🙌🏻!!! I have been on a hunt of a nice Nag Champa fragrance/oil lately… would you have any suggestions? I appreciate it! 🥰
Patchouli Garden's nag champa is the strongest and truest I've ever smelled!
Oh, Ruth Ann, you might also like their Patchouli Oakmoss!
“I am kind of like appalled… but also a little impressed!”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love it! Like a true champ! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 One of your best videos Ruth Ann!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😆😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Omg Shagaf Oud smells like pee and my entire family didn’t miss a chance to tell me so lol.. it’s AWFUUUUUL. Funny thing is, it never came across as strong to me. Now the Amber Oud Gold edition by Al Haramain is ETERNAL lol 😆
i think the shaghaf oud version with the english text is a bit weaker
Lol, Freebreez, is nowhere near scent free. I imagine it would have been more effective to wash it off or put on another scrub top.