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Holy Hell, Vicoria's Stinky Secret is out!

post #1 of 13
1/18/07 at 12:10pm
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Went into Victoria's Secret today because the one near my house is closing. They had 1/2 off their fragrances, so I thought I would check them out. I was sniffing around and finally I decided to purchase Basic Instinct, it smelled nice in the store but approximately an hour later I started to smell like a cheap fruity, used up, to much lipstick wearing, rent by the hour hotel, torn stocking wearing whore. Not a a French whore, not a Heidi Fleiss whore, but a "do you want a *&%# job for 10 dollars whore".




For an added chuckle, I asked the girl behind the counter about the staying power of VW's frags and she said, "We sell only high end stuff. That bottle goes for 52 dollars not on sale. So yes, it stays"


LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







To top it off, I can't get the sh*t to wash off! I have to go into the garage and use the orange stuff that mechanics use to wash car grease off of their hands.






Note: I respect hard working whores.
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post #2 of 13
1/18/07 at 12:18pm
The only scent of there's I've ever liked is Halo. Everything else smells off or just cheap. You could sell it on eBay, you would definitely get your money back.
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post #3 of 13
1/18/07 at 1:19pm
LOL just one week ago I went into a VS seeing if they had any Basic Instinct (it's been discontinued). Then I went on eBay and in a fit of discontinued-frag buying (it happens), bought a 100ml of the stuff. I like it, but yah, it is a bit on the cheapish side. Really to me, the name is so perfect. It IS tawdry Sharon Stone with a psychotic edge. But, I'm not (really) ashamed to say I think this is a good thing for say, a night on the town when you don't want those other stinking whores coming near your man!

Hahahaha :bounce:

But really, I like the port wine note it has, but since receiving my bottle, I find the fruits are maybe a wee bit overdone, and totally synthetic. Oh well. It's a very particular aesthetic. It's Sharon Stone sitting the wrong way on the chair, trying to mind f*ck you, but after a while of trying to keep up, you either get intimidated or bored, and leave.
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post #4 of 13
1/18/07 at 1:19pm
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Originally Posted by tinker424

The only scent of there's I've ever liked is Halo. Everything else smells off or just cheap. You could sell it on eBay, you would definitely get your money back.


I just got back from returning it. They didn't give me any problems.
Which was nice because I was prepared to lay into them if they did. lol

Anyway, I simply can't believe how nasty that stuff is. I mean, I really can't.

And it won't come off!
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post #5 of 13
1/18/07 at 1:33pm
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Originally Posted by mochi227

LOL just one week ago I went into a VS seeing if they had any Basic Instinct (it's been discontinued). Then I went on eBay and in a fit of discontinued-frag buying (it happens), bought a 100ml of the stuff. I like it, but yah, it is a bit on the cheapish side. Really to me, the name is so perfect. It IS tawdry Sharon Stone with a psychotic edge. But, I'm not (really) ashamed to say I think this is a good thing for say, a night on the town when you don't want those other stinking whores coming near your man!

Hahahaha :bounce:

But really, I like the port wine note it has, but since receiving my bottle, I find the fruits are maybe a wee bit overdone, and totally synthetic. Oh well. It's a very particular aesthetic. It's Sharon Stone sitting the wrong way on the chair, trying to mind f*ck you, but after a while of trying to keep up, you either get intimidated or bored, and leave.

It made me ill, seriously! Now I have a headache. In the store it did have that sexy whore smell, but as I mentioned above, it turned very sweet. Like cough syrup. I am still ill from it, almost like I am car sick.
If that makes sense?

Ps. I'm a a big fan of dirty whores and their smell, just not this one.
Keep on rockin dirty whores, but for the love of God/Goddess, rock away from VS's frags.
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post #6 of 13
1/18/07 at 7:04pm
I read a magazine article the other day, in Glamour or Oprah, about an ex-stripper who goes back into clubs to give working girls gift baggies. She includes a simple note that if they want help getting out of the business to call her little (or not so little,now) organization for support. She mentioned how difficult it was the first time she went back in, all the bad memories and the "smell of Victoria's Secret body spray."

I think your on to something real.
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post #7 of 13
1/18/07 at 7:30pm
Well, my eighth grade daughter and her pals wear Love Spell from Victoria's
Secret (not my idea)...and it just smells like fruit punch. Haven't tried anything else, though.
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post #8 of 13
1/18/07 at 7:36pm
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Very interesting Shycat, very interesting.



As for you Vezerne, you better keep an eye on that 8th grader of yours.
VS might start selling stripper poles next.

Hell, I might be in line for one of those!
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post #9 of 13
1/20/07 at 5:34pm
I pay attention to stripper issues, because I have a very dear friend who stripped her way through nursing school.
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post #10 of 13
1/20/07 at 6:31pm
VS's first fragrance, called just Victoria ( I think), was one of my favorites many years ago. I believe it was the early '90s. At the time I thought it smelled elegant, mysterious, and kind of like a haunted Victorian mansion (that's good for me). I haven't smelled it since around 1992 and I have no idea what the notes were, but my scent memory of it is still positive. I've never liked any other VS scents.

The Body Perfumery (www.thebodyperfumery.com) has a dupe of the original Victoria called Viktoriya. Has anyone here tried it? I plan to, one of these days.
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post #11 of 13
1/20/07 at 6:54pm
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For an added chuckle, I asked the girl behind the counter about the staying power of VW's frags and she said, "We sell only high end stuff. That bottle goes for 52 dollars not on sale. So yes, it stays"


LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







To top it off, I can't get the sh*t to wash off! I have to go into the garage and use the orange stuff that mechanics use to wash car grease off of their hands.

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And it won't come off!

Calvin Klein CONTRADICTION
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post #12 of 13
1/21/07 at 4:15pm
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Originally Posted by Loli

Very interesting Shycat, very interesting.


As for you Vezerne, you better keep an eye on that 8th grader of yours.
VS might start selling stripper poles next.

Hell, I might be in line for one of those!

The Lovespell is one of the least of my problems. It's quite innocuous. Aargh.
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post #13 of 13
1/21/07 at 4:22pm
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Originally Posted by vezerne

The Lovespell is one of the least of my problems. It's quite innocuous. Aargh.

That's part of the point, I think, these are fragrances suitable for 8th graders, and so easy to sniff and buy while mall-ratting around.

As for adolescents, don't get me started!!! Mine are boys, 12 and 14, and the reins are already taunt.
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