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What’s that smell, or colognes that smell like things they should not.

post #1 of 24
11/3/06 at 12:27am
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I was at work tonight and one of my coworkers was wearing something that smelled I knew but could not place until my first bathroom break when I figured out that his Axe body spray smelled exactly like the urinal cake

So what have you encountered that remind you of something that a person should not be walking around with
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post #2 of 24
11/3/06 at 2:38am
Hey guys, what starts with a "K" and ends with an "ouros"?
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post #3 of 24
11/3/06 at 3:15am
Although I like it, Dzing! often has such a strong black rubber accord that I think I smell like the Michelin Man's musk glands.
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post #4 of 24
11/3/06 at 3:59am
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Originally Posted by tvlampboy

Although I like it, Dzing! often has such a strong black rubber accord that I think I smell like the Michelin Man's musk glands.

LOL!
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post #5 of 24
11/3/06 at 5:48am
As genvy already pointed out, we can't forget Kouros (which I still love) and its famous "overspray equals pee pee" notes.
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post #6 of 24
11/3/06 at 5:54am
Oh, and can't forget Mitsouko, which (to me and my b.f.) always ends up smelling like some dirty old woman bathed herself in Liquid Smoke.
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post #7 of 24
11/3/06 at 6:01am
Antaeus is much closer to urine than Kouros. As I wrote in the "What a beauty is Antaeus" thread, for a certain amount of time Antaeus smells like cystitic urine.

Another one might be the make up smell of Dior Homme.
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post #8 of 24
11/3/06 at 6:20am
Melted beeswax (which, oddly enough, I like!) in Body Kouros. Freaky, in any case -- albeit eminently workable.
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post #9 of 24
11/3/06 at 6:39am
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Originally Posted by fakepurseninja

Antaeus is much closer to urine than Kouros....

I sampled Anteus just recently and agree with that.
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post #10 of 24
11/4/06 at 6:51am
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Originally Posted by GenuineImitationLife

I sampled Anteus just recently and agree with that.

I tend to agree as well. Antaeus is still beautiful though.
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post #11 of 24
11/4/06 at 5:56pm
Ok I love both Kouros and Antaeus and neither smells like pee to me. Someone said Bulgari Black smells like condoms, I guess because of that rubbery smell.
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post #12 of 24
11/4/06 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by Azsmells

Someone said Bulgari Black smells like condoms, I guess because of that rubbery smell.

Oh Mmy god that's so amazingly right! Condoms!!
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post #13 of 24
11/5/06 at 3:57am
I wish I took better notes on stuff I've tried the most miguided cologne I have ever sniffed, it seems to me, is the one that smelled like 2nd hand clothes.

how do thrift stores get that weird smell into the clothes, I wonder? is it some kind of disinfectant?
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post #14 of 24
11/5/06 at 6:47am
Thank god for this thread, now I know what to try.

I love the smell of live Beeswax.
I might be going out on a limb here, setting myself up for ridicule, but the truth must see light!:

I think that the smell of urinal cakes is rather pleasant. I have heard Kouros being mentioned as a 'urinal caker'

It is used to mask the odor of urine, which I am not fond of really, and I always thought it was it's own thing. Ah well...Submit Reply.
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post #15 of 24
2/15/07 at 5:38pm
Amouage Gold - cat pee, with sugar on top.

Timbuktu (on me) - burning plastic.
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post #16 of 24
2/15/07 at 6:45pm
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1. After hearing the analogies, the first time I tried Kouros I couldn't stop laughing for a good minute. They were dead-on. I don't know what bathrooms that the people who like this scent visit, but it smells EXACTLY like a urinal cake to me, with no other notes that redeem it (as if you could after a smell like that).

2. Rive Gauche smells exactly like Barbasol shave cream to me. Not necessarily a bad thing though.
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post #17 of 24
2/15/07 at 7:33pm
I used to be big fan of Mark Birley, that is until, a coworker walked into the room and loudly asked "what smells like carrots and gasoline"? I had no clue what she was talking about until I smelled it as well, only to realize that it was me. I sold it the next day.

TNMA
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post #18 of 24
2/15/07 at 7:59pm
Dior Fahrenheit smells awfully close to gasoline spilled out of a mower in a dusty, grassy garden shed. Which I rather enjoy actually. I should get some. I used to go in my family's garden shed just to smell it when I was little, and I liked mowing the lawn
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post #19 of 24
2/15/07 at 8:08pm
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Originally Posted by LiveJazz

Dior Fahrenheit smells awfully close to gasoline spilled out of a mower in a dusty, grassy garden shed. Which I rather enjoy actually. I should get some. I used to go in my family's garden shed just to smell it when I was little, and I liked mowing the lawn

Thank you! Gasoline - I couldn't put my finger on it, but that's the other element that makes Timbuktu turn my stomach.
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post #20 of 24
2/15/07 at 9:02pm
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Originally Posted by Brut

Thank god for this thread, now I know what to try.

I love the smell of live Beeswax.

Since you love beeswax, you have to try Miel de Bois by Serge Lutens. After it dries it smells just like a beeswax candle.
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post #21 of 24
2/15/07 at 9:11pm
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Originally Posted by ajmc

Since you love beeswax, you have to try Meil de Bois by Serge Lutens. After it dries it smells just like a beeswax candle.

So right, I also love the smell of beeswax. Miel de Bois is heaven on its dry-down. The first hour can comes close to resembling a tigers cage. Ammonia anyone?
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post #22 of 24
2/16/07 at 11:12am
Great thread - cardex!

Ok here are mine:

1. Guerilla 1 by Comme de Garcons - the middle note smells like raw meat or, for lack of a better word, like a butcher shop...with flowers
2. Paco Rabanne Black XS (which I am wearing right now) - Smuckers strawberry jam...right down to the smell of the seeds of the strawberry
3. Dior Homme - makeup bag, makeup bag, makeup bag
4. Odeur 53 by Comme de Garcons - copier toner cartridges, I swear.
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post #23 of 24
2/16/07 at 12:09pm
Kouros smells like cat litter screaming for retirement
Guerlain Vetiver smells like a Lifebuoy factory just exploded on a golf course
Davidoff Zino for a small time has that vanilla extract meets a landfill of orange peels
Mark Birley = lemon pledge
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post #24 of 24
2/16/07 at 1:09pm
Joop! Homme smells like Toilet Duck toilet bowl cleaner and Robitussin cough syrup mixed together.
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