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What fragrance is your pet peeve?

post #1 of 14
11/8/07 at 7:21pm
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Not to stir up contention, just a little honest dialogue.

My vote is on anything from the Paris Hilton or Britney Spears lines, mostly just on principle.
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post #2 of 14
11/8/07 at 7:38pm
Aaaah, don't worry about the title--we know what you mean. I do think you can edit the title if you go to advance edit.
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post #3 of 14
11/8/07 at 7:43pm
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Thanks. I love your signature!

"friends don't let friends spritz...and spritz and spritz and spritz"?
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post #4 of 14
11/9/07 at 7:48am
The sheer number of product releases. We're bombarded, and 99% should never have been put on the market because they don't provide anything new or improved.
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post #5 of 14
11/9/07 at 8:39am
acqua di gio. it's not that i dislike the scent, it's more than... i don't know... it's so lacking anything that really interests me yet is so popular! i keep thinking 'damn, there's so much more to this whole perfume thing! guys, seriously!' each time i smell it.
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post #6 of 14
11/9/07 at 8:46am
I agree with quarry. The industry is my pet peeve. Not only the frantic pace of new releases, but the "re-releases" that smell nothing like the originals, celebrities hopping on the bandwagon, and the restrictions that are making a mockery of perfumery.
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post #7 of 14
11/9/07 at 11:33am
I second, third and ratify Quarry's wise statement.

In a similar vein, I abhor the increasing "scent brief" method of creating new fragrances. Why? Mostly because I've seen the same thing in Hollywood destroy the quality of film ("...lots of special effects, and explosions, and...who's hot right now? Get them to star/direct. and what is the projected gross? Has it been done before? Yes? Good then it's safe bet. what age bracket are we gearing this to? kids go to movies a lot! yeah! get marketing reports. get Spielberg/Cameron/Bay/Fincher on the phone...")
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post #8 of 14
11/9/07 at 1:01pm
Celebrity scents are taking up all the shelf space in small dept stores, we are having a hard time finding anything to choose from on account of it. People in big cities probably don't have this problem, but it's BUGGING ME!!! I am also sick of Armani, Calvin Klein, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Lancome, and Elizabeth Freaking Taylor.
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post #9 of 14
11/9/07 at 3:49pm
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i'd like to add Drakkar Noir. Makes me think of a mid-90s wanker and/or date rape.

Same thing goes for the Abercrombie fragrance. I swear I can smell it 50 feet away from the store if the doors are open. At least it's, uh, distinct.
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Hmm, maybe this should go in the "Just Starting Out" board as a kind of tutorial on What Not to Do...
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post #10 of 14
11/10/07 at 6:20am
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Originally Posted by beachroses View Post

Celebrity scents are taking up all the shelf space in small dept stores, we are having a hard time finding anything to choose from on account of it. People in big cities probably don't have this problem, but it's BUGGING ME!!! I am also sick of Armani, Calvin Klein, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Lancome, and Elizabeth Freaking Taylor.



OH! I couldn't agree more!!! And yes, people in big cities DO have this problem! I'm in Chicago, and a Macy's store in the suburbs is in the process of discarding SHALIMAR, L'AIR DU TEMPS, GUCCI II EDP, among others!!! What were they making room for? USHER, SARAH JESSICA PARKER, BRITNEY SPEARS, PARIS HILTON, DONALD TRUMP, MARIAH CAREY, HILARY DUFF, etc., etc., etc. Need I mention that Britney Spears alone has 5 fragrances on the shelves, Paris has at least 3, and SJP has 2.

I am so sick of this!

As far as actual specific fragrances that irritate the crap out of me, they are:

-CHLOE NARCISSE
-FRACAS (sorry, fracas fans-- I'm highly allergic)
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post #11 of 14
11/10/07 at 7:28am
I don't mean offense to people who like those lines, but I really want something else to choose from! It's hard shopping for fragrances online all the time, I really get tired of ordering samples, waiting, not really liking most of the ones I pick, and if I could just go to a counter and smell a few, that would make life so much easier! I would buy from them, but they don't offer what I want!!

I've seen another problem with parents who would like to get their teenage girls a scent and if they take them to those counters, all those perfumes by pop stars who act like tramps, have drug problems or get arrested for drunk driving are in their faces, so what starts as a wonderful mother/daughter trip turns into confict and frustration. I can't believe they are pushing that on everyone, especially girls, which is who those fragrances are marketed toward. Why not offer Baby Doll, Hanae Mori, Lolita Lempicka?
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post #12 of 14
11/11/07 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by beachroses View Post


I've seen another problem with parents who would like to get their teenage girls a scent and if they take them to those counters, all those perfumes by pop stars who act like tramps, have drug problems or get arrested for drunk driving are in their faces, so what starts as a wonderful mother/daughter trip turns into confict and frustration. I can't believe they are pushing that on everyone, especially girls, which is who those fragrances are marketed toward. Why not offer Baby Doll, Hanae Mori, Lolita Lempicka?

I was so excited when my 14 yr old niece told me she wanted perfume for Christmas this year, and "none of that fruity stuff"! Champ-Elysees? Amazing Grace? The possibilities...
Then while in JC Penneys yesterday with her, my sis, and mother - I slip over to the fragrances, she pops over and tells she was going to look for the Paris Hilton fragrances, which she says smell sooo good. :/ My heart sank. I admit that I haven't bothered to smell any of Paris' perfumes, but I'm resistant to throwing money in her direction, on principle.

I guess my peeve is with snobbery - wide-spread and rampant on all economic levels. Among the general public (and in my RL circle) , the obsession with designer labels, celebrity, and price tags; the attitude that if it's expensive (and that's relative) it must be superior.

Or OTOH, that if it's popular or common it must be without all artistry.

I shook my head, and said I just didn't think I could support Paris.
My niece said, "Yes, Paris may be a skank, a slutbag, but she makes good perfume...Britney too." Sigh, maybe I'll go sniff some Paris and Brit scents...
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post #13 of 14
11/11/07 at 5:28pm
Reformulations that remove ingredients and smell lesser as a result.
That would be my first complaint.
Don't get me started.
*warning, warning, red light, siren*
Secondly, most of the mainstream department store offerings bother me because they get all that shelf space when there are far better, more high-quality fragrances which are more deserving but recieve no marketing.
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post #14 of 14
11/12/07 at 12:20am
Caramel and chocolate in fragrances make me want to run screaming for the shower.

An SA once brandished a bottle of Badgley Mishka and chirped "Try it, it's sweet!" I said no thank you, she asked why not. I was this close to giving her one of those stares and decided against it. I said as politely as I could "Do you know the notes in this?" (I knew them, I just expected her to list them so I could say "oh, I really don't do well with this note" and be on my way) And she chirps back "I don't know, but try it, it's SWEEEEET!"
I ran out. What would be the point?

And the fact that the short term profit obsession has won the war against carefully crafted quality fragrances and thoughtfully built up clientele. That imo is the death of the classic frag industry.
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