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post #1 of 161
1/11/05 at 5:51pm
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Name one cologne that makes you sick when you smell it.....

For me it's FENDI UOMO. It smells like the worst BO and I remember when this was popular, I could pick it's stinch out of a crowd of people. Lagerfeld is close behind. Yuck.
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post #2 of 161
1/11/05 at 6:01pm
> Hei, by Alfred Sung. I said, 'HEI!' Runner up: Creed Silver Mountain Water.
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post #3 of 161
1/11/05 at 6:06pm
A*Men
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post #4 of 161
1/11/05 at 6:08pm
no no no.... The real stinker is

L'Eau Bleue by Issey Miyake
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post #5 of 161
1/11/05 at 6:19pm
Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold...Amouage Gold > > >
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post #6 of 161
1/11/05 at 6:49pm
Hermes d'Orange Verte
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post #7 of 161
1/11/05 at 7:01pm
Ted Lapidus. The one in the cheap gery bottle. A total YUCK frag, to me.
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post #8 of 161
1/11/05 at 7:05pm
I guess I get to be the first to say Kouros.

There are scents I don't like, then there's Kouros, which is actually gross. It smells like cheap air freshener badly losing the battle with a very stinky public toilet,
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post #9 of 161
1/11/05 at 7:17pm
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Originally Posted by baron

I guess I get to be the first to say Kouros.

There are scents I don't like, then there's Kouros, which is actually gross. It smells like cheap air freshener badly losing the battle with a very stinky public toilet,


I am going to agree with everything you said about Kouros. It is, without a doubt, the most awful 'thing' I have ever smelled.
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post #10 of 161
1/11/05 at 7:48pm
Pepe Le Peu
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post #11 of 161
1/11/05 at 7:49pm
Easy. LeMale.

Close second: Fahrenheit
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post #12 of 161
1/11/05 at 8:04pm
i have never hated somthing as 'Ted Lapidus'.
you are right sabatar.
it is very cheap & ugly
yuck
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post #13 of 161
1/11/05 at 8:17pm
Blue Jeans
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post #14 of 161
1/11/05 at 8:17pm
Iceberg Fluid Man. Absolutely horrendous. Seriously, I'm almost having dry heaves just thinking about it
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post #15 of 161
1/11/05 at 8:20pm
:P :P :P Passion by Elizabeth Taylor :P :P :P

gianni
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post #16 of 161
1/11/05 at 8:22pm
I agree on the Amouage Gold, stuff is horrandous and very over-priced. To each his own. ;D
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post #17 of 161
1/11/05 at 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by baron

I guess I get to be the first to say Kouros.

There are scents I don't like, then there's Kouros, which is actually gross. It smells like cheap air freshener badly losing the battle with a very stinky public toilet,

I agree, I am in quantum disgust for this putrid hell juice!
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post #18 of 161
1/11/05 at 9:16pm
Oscar Pour Lui has discordant notes and smells like castor oil.

Got a whiff of One Man Show one time, my nose might never forgive me.


I guess that's two stinkers. Sorry.
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post #19 of 161
1/11/05 at 9:20pm
BVLGARI BLV pour homme
smells like aluminum and ginger :not in a good way :P
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post #20 of 161
1/11/05 at 9:49pm
Estee Lauder - 'Beyond Paradise'

Plain Awful! >
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post #21 of 161
1/11/05 at 10:03pm
I could understand and forgive almost all colognes.
A*Men and Hanae Mori For Men - NO!!!
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post #22 of 161
1/11/05 at 10:36pm
Joop! and Cool Water are totally hurl-inducing to me. Literally.
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post #23 of 161
1/11/05 at 10:50pm
Anything by Gianfranco Ferre.
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post #24 of 161
1/12/05 at 1:25am
Caron Pour Un Homme and Aqua di Gio' pour Femme.
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post #25 of 161
1/12/05 at 2:56am
Well...since I am a masachist (spelling)
I will venture to sephora today at lunch to smell Kouros ;D I have to know what "hell juice" smells like ;D
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post #26 of 161
1/12/05 at 3:13am
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Originally Posted by rjrober22

Well...since I am a masachist (spelling) Ê
I will venture to sephora today at lunch to smell Kouros Ê;D I have to know what "hell juice" smells like Ê;D

The correct spelling is 'masochist'. Now I bet you wouldn't mind me publicly correcting you
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post #27 of 161
1/12/05 at 3:49am
Yes, Kouros. Also Estee Lauder Metropolis which smells like the city dump!
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post #28 of 161
1/12/05 at 4:06am
Patchouli hell...umm, I mean Givenchy Gentleman.
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post #29 of 161
1/12/05 at 4:13am
1. Lagerfeld Photo
2. Everything else by Lagerfeld :P
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post #30 of 161
1/12/05 at 4:21am
Moustache by Rochas is a horrible sour old lady powdery scent...
Another stinkers: Zino Davidoff (Argh! :P ), Nino Cerruti pour homme, Givenchy Insens (Floral hell)
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post #31 of 161
1/12/05 at 6:12am
Joop...... nuff said....
Gary
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post #32 of 161
1/12/05 at 6:41am
JOOP ! :P
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post #33 of 161
1/12/05 at 6:43am
Joop
A Men
Fahrenheit
Polo
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post #34 of 161
1/12/05 at 6:48am
KINGDOM !!! (that said, I do like it...).
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post #35 of 161
1/12/05 at 6:49am
Halston :P
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post #36 of 161
1/12/05 at 6:53am
Joop!

Whenever someone is wearing this, I run for fresh air.
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post #37 of 161
1/12/05 at 7:41am
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Originally Posted by Ballardbeau

Easy. LeMale.

Close second: Fahrenheit

I'll have to agree with Fahrenheit, though I know many really like this. I'm so glad I only got a mini of this one. Smells like gasoline on me, both to my nose and my wife's.

Jeff
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post #38 of 161
1/12/05 at 7:59am
Ben Gay

Just kidding...
I remember from an episode in 'Three's company' when the girls thought Jack was in love with an old lady, so they asked Larry to seduce the old lady. Larry leaned over the old lady and asked what perfume she was wearing. The old lady responded "Ben Gay". It was one of the funniest moments of 'Three's company'.

Sorry for getting off topic...
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post #39 of 161
1/12/05 at 9:02am
Out of the hundred or so fragrances I have smelled over the last twenty-some-odd years, the only one that made me wonder, "How could ANYONE think this smells good?" is:

Pour Un Homme (Caron)

All the other scents I dislike (e.g., Piper Nigrum), I at least can understand and generally tolerate. Pour Un Homme makes me want to run away...
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post #40 of 161
1/12/05 at 9:08am
Eau sauvage extreme------------------vomitiva
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post #41 of 161
1/12/05 at 9:26am
Tabac Blonde
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post #42 of 161
1/12/05 at 9:35am
I'll second Le Male. That is the worst smelling thing I have ever intentionally put on my skin- and it wouldn't wash off!
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post #43 of 161
1/12/05 at 9:38am
Quote:
Originally Posted by rjrober22

Well...since I am a masachist (spelling) Ê
I will venture to sephora today at lunch to smell Kouros Ê;D I have to know what "hell juice" smells like Ê;D

Welllllllll.......I think I am going to puke...why did I not just take your word for it...I took a small spot between my thumb and index finger....sprayed....smelled....thought, hmmm not that bad....10 minutes later I was running to the mall restrooms and began scrubbing my hands.
even after washing my hands I can still detect somewhat...how disgusting...any suggestions on what to spray here to cover up.
I love A*MEN and Silver by Amouage...would this cover the scent of Kouros?
>
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post #44 of 161
1/12/05 at 11:39am
This is such a heavily subjective topic...

I'm actually having a hard time thinking of stuff that I strongly dislike...oh...wait...I just remembered one:

Pi --sickly sweet vanilla overload
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post #45 of 161
1/12/05 at 11:50am
Sadly, Eau Sauvage.

My deepest apologies, M. Roudnitska.

I want to like this classic, but lo these thirty years later, it inevitably recalls for me a wholly unpleasant ö even repugnant ö evening.

Alas, the olfactory memory response is remarkable. That limbic system is so powerful!
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post #46 of 161
1/12/05 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by Concord

Joop! and Cool Water are totally hurl-inducing to me. Literally.

I was around a guy in a training class that was wearing Cool Water and it almost mad me puke. Terrible stuff.
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post #47 of 161
1/12/05 at 12:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis

Out of the hundred or so fragrances I have smelled over the last twenty-some-odd years, the only one that made me wonder, "How could ANYONE think this smells good?" is:

Pour Un Homme (Caron)

All the other scents I dislike (e.g., Piper Nigrum), I at least can understand and generally tolerate. Pour Un Homme makes me want to run away...

Well put! Now you just have to smell Acqua di Gi pour Femme and then join the club!
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post #48 of 161
1/12/05 at 12:56pm
For all you Kouros haters I hated it too when I first tried it at Sephora. I bought a bottle of it for some reason and now I love it.
The biggest stinker for me is Canoe which my uncle gave me as a gift once.
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post #49 of 161
1/12/05 at 1:18pm
The absolute worst and most vile fragrance I know of is Grey Flannel---I bought a bottle for $4 on clearance at Wal-Mart so I didn't waste much money but I don't think I would wear it unless I was going out on a date with an ugly girl who I never wanted to see again.
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post #50 of 161
1/12/05 at 1:55pm
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What a nice bunch of beautiful scents named here. It looks like all noses are VERY different!!

My stinker is Habit Rouge - makes me sick, for real!

Mic.
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post #51 of 161
1/12/05 at 2:03pm
Too many to name! If I had to pick one though ... Hmmmm ... gonna go with Pasha de Cartier. Literally "right at the top of my throat" sickening to me.
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post #52 of 161
1/13/05 at 7:15am
Obsession for women - CK
Joop(!)
And some candy-floss scented cologne my bro bought from a market for $2.
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post #53 of 161
1/13/05 at 12:54pm
Caron Pour Un Homme
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post #54 of 161
1/15/05 at 5:45pm
Totally on board with the Eau Sauvage slam.

I experienced a total mind/body/spirit - "NO, NEIN, NICHTS !!!" when I tried this one out not once, not twice, but three times!

I gave mine to the cleaning lady for her husband. She thanked me when I gave it to her, she did ... then never mentioned it again!

XXX Eau Sauvage XXX

Zdime
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post #55 of 161
1/15/05 at 6:08pm
Hummer. It smells like vomit.
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post #56 of 161
1/15/05 at 6:26pm
Anyone whom wants to experience the worst fragrance in existence, please PM me your address so I can send my bottle of Iceberg Fluid Man to you, all expenses paid.

[move]:P :P :P :P :P[/move]
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post #57 of 161
1/15/05 at 7:32pm
Well, 'Touch' by Fred Hayman is honestly bad enough to make you want to wear Antonio Banderas!

Thanks to the author of this thread. The laughs have been very welcome!
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post #58 of 161
1/15/05 at 11:04pm
memorie d'homme by nina ricci
smells like fish curry :-/

i wonder how they could replace ricci club for this stinker ???
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post #59 of 161
1/16/05 at 6:01am
Gucci Rush is the first thing that comes to my mind.
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post #60 of 161
1/16/05 at 4:14pm
mmm.. let's see..... my number one stinker is Animale Animale and Givenchy Gentleman... ugh! I can't stand either one of these. PUTRID!
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