Had your new scent 'stolen' from you?

Originally Posted by mikeperez23

I don't mean 'stolen' as in, burglarized. I mean stolen from you by a friend/spouse/fellow fragrance junkie?

One of the fragrances that I had hearing lots of good things about, for a while, was Paco Rabanne Black XS. I remember reading a review by Marlen (Perfumecritic.com) that called it "goth Pez" and I loved that description and couldn't wait to smell it (plus the Paco Rabanne ads for the scent were very...stimulating: the young hottie in the ad was sporting a six pack, tattoos, buzzed short hair & a long chain; very 'thug Abercrombie').

I literally went to atleast 20 different stores (department stores, Perfumania-esque stores, kiosks at the mall) and NOONE had a tester for me to sniff. They all kept saying 'We have Paco Rabanne XS' - which I tried and did not like. This only continued to increase my obsession about the Black XS - I just HAD to smell it. I almost blind bought it (it's pretty inexpensive on Ebay), but then I found a fellow BN member who swapped me a half-bottle for my half-bottle of Marc Jacobs.

As soon as it arrived I opened it at home, in front of my partner (not a fragrance junkie like me) and when I sprayed it, he instantly fell in love with it. I had literally not even smelled it for 10 seconds on my skin & he had already proclaimed this was his new fragrance. And then it was gone - out of my hands & he has been wearing it every day this week (receiving lots of compliments, I might add...hmphh!!).

I like my Black XS - don't get me wrong (it smells like Smuckers Strawberry jam on me). But, jeez, I wanted to like it all by myself for atleast a couple of weeks, Is that selfish of me?

Any similiar stories out there in BaseNotes - I'd love to hear them...

Originally Posted by mikeperez23

But, jeez, I wanted to like it all by myself for atleast a couple of weeks, Is that selfish of me?

Originally Posted by Biffo_the_Bear

I have a strict rule of not telling ANY male acquaintances what I'm wearing, unless it's something that's difficult to get in this country or where I know the price would put them off copying me.

I'll tell female friends what I'm wearing if they really really REALLY want to know, but this is a potential danger zone. Just imagine, if you will, that they decide to buy some of this scent for their SO, but one fateful day that relationship ends; never again will you be able to wear that particular fragrant delight in their presence lest they burst into tears from the memory of their one-time love. Mind you, it could work the other way round if the fragrance was nice enough i.e. "I always thought it smelled nicer on you than that horrible beast I used to be with" /cue extra cuddles

Originally Posted by Pepe Le Pew

Biffo,

There's another side to that. Perhaps smelling the scent on someone else will trigger PLEASANT memories of someone whom they loved, like a brother or other relative, a teacher or something. I don't worry too much if other men (or women) are wearing the same things that I wear (I mean, ARAMIS isn't exactly a rarity). If it suits me, I don't care if others like it too. And they say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." I also happen to believe that, due to factors that tend to vary from person to person (like skin tone and oil, as well as pH of the skin), the same fragrance usually smells different depending on who is wearing it. Unless you're like me, of course, and you intentionally overapply whatever you are wearing so that it drowns out everything else! ;-)

By the way: I remember that *I* stole my dad's Old Spice from him when I was a kid. I liked it, and I'm not sure that he cared one bit because he never used it anyway! ;-)