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post #1 of 23
11/17/08 at 12:15pm
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I bought a bottle of L Instant and my mother and sister didn't really like the scent but i myself like it. I'm 19 and don't have the confidence now to wear it since nobody in my house liked it. What should i do?
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post #2 of 23
11/17/08 at 12:18pm
Go outside the house when you wear it.
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post #3 of 23
11/17/08 at 12:29pm
It's strong stuff - don't apply very much... it might get annoying. One spray to the chest does it for me. Also, it's more of a cold weather scent and Puerto Rico might be too hot and humid to wear it in the summer. I wear it only in the winter here.


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I bought a bottle of L Instant and my mother and sister didn't really like the scent but i myself like it. I'm 19 and don't have the confidence now to wear it since nobody in my house liked it. What should i do?
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post #4 of 23
11/17/08 at 12:32pm
My mother and sister don't like alot of scents I wear, but that doesn't stop me from wearing them. If you like the scent, WEAR IT!!! Wear it for you, not for your mom or your sister.
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post #5 of 23
11/17/08 at 12:58pm
L'Instant is an amazing scent, wear it with confidence! You can always start by spraying just a little
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post #6 of 23
11/17/08 at 1:15pm
I agree with everyone else...wear it anyway. It's nice...they'll learn to like it.

OR - you could always stop washing for a week and ask which scent they prefer.
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post #7 of 23
11/17/08 at 1:15pm
wear it
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post #8 of 23
11/17/08 at 1:35pm
19? Get a job and move out
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post #9 of 23
11/17/08 at 1:40pm
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19? Get a job and move out

Don't listen to Silverbullet, stay at home and use the extra money to buy colognes! By the time you're 40 you'll have quite a collection...
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post #10 of 23
11/17/08 at 1:58pm
You mean the original L'Instant or L'Instant pour Homme?
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post #11 of 23
11/17/08 at 2:11pm
With all due respect, who cares what Mom and Sister thinks about fragrances ( that you wear). You made a good choice and it is interesting because I have been pondering this scent since Saturday. If I did buy it, it would be blind. It sounds great and who wouldn't want to have a Guerlain in their wardrobe.
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post #12 of 23
11/17/08 at 2:36pm
Wear it if you like it... simply because being your age means that it is time to make your own decisions and it is time for your relatives to understand this fact of life.

Bye! And have fun.
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post #13 of 23
11/17/08 at 2:44pm
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Don't listen to Silverbullet, stay at home and use the extra money to buy colognes! By the time you're 40 you'll have quite a collection...


Hogwash, I still live at home and only have Lolita Lempicka and Zino Davidoff, and 30 factory authorized samples of Aramis Devin

Get out while there's still time
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post #14 of 23
11/17/08 at 4:37pm
Depends on what you want the cologne for.
Trying to smell good to others, or smelling good to yourself?

If the first, then go out and see before you decide. Your mom and sister are just two people.
If the latter, then just wear it.
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post #15 of 23
11/17/08 at 5:02pm
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Originally Posted by simple1 View Post

I bought a bottle of L Instant and my mother and sister didn't really like the scent but i myself like it. I'm 19 and don't have the confidence now to wear it since nobody in my house liked it. What should i do?

You can always tone it down, like wear one spray to the lower body. You can mix a spray in with your body lotion too.

Before you give up on it, you may want to try it outside of the parameters of your immediate family, or worn in a softer way. If you honestly like it, you just need to build up the confidence to carry it off. Getting positive opinions of some other people may help you, and also just recognizing that it is ok to like something even if your family doesn't.

You may try reading some reviews about it too in the fragrance directory. Maybe identifying what it is you like about it will inspire you to try to pull it off.
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post #16 of 23
11/17/08 at 6:18pm
I agree with the comments that urge you to wear it because YOU like it. Use it an expression of yourself. See it as a step in your self-discovery.
I think that if a scent pleases me, others will sense that I'm enjoying it and will come to appreciate that.
At the same time, the advice to "start small" is good. Apply small doses, wear it often, gradually people will associate it with you and it will seem normal to them.
You see, whether a person is 19 or 90 they still can learn things.
Best wishes to you.
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post #17 of 23
11/17/08 at 6:52pm
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With all due respect, who cares what Mom and Sister thinks about fragrances ( that you wear). You made a good choice and it is interesting because I have been pondering this scent since Saturday. If I did buy it, it would be blind. It sounds great and who wouldn't want to have a Guerlain in their wardrobe.

This.
If they don't like it that much, ask them to breath with their mouths.
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post #18 of 23
11/17/08 at 8:22pm
Most of your postings are in the Male Fragrance Discussion forum, so I'm assuming your "Undisclosed" gender actually secretly involves sporting a kickstand. So I'm guessing you are talking about L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme. The first point is that it is a very good fragrance, but you can already surmise this from the abundance of positive reviews here on BN. It's not like it's something that will make you smell like you've been wrestling unwashed goats.

If you're 19 years old, I'm guessing your mother and sister are reacting more to the fact that you are wearing a fragrance at all, and it probably has nothing to do with L'Instant itself. Your mother probably figures this is precursor behavior to you either moving out of the house or getting someone pregnant. If your sister is like my sister, she never liked you much in the first place. If neither of these is the case, you can simply write them both off as having embarrassingly bad taste.

Bathe in it, and wear a beanie hat with a propeller to create artificial sillage. (The hat will also reduce the chances of that pregnancy your mother fears so much.)
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post #19 of 23
11/17/08 at 8:23pm
may i just say that y'all crack me up!
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post #20 of 23
11/17/08 at 8:31pm
I second that shuzkelly. This community is like no other on the internet. And I love it for that.
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post #21 of 23
11/17/08 at 9:42pm
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Most of your postings are in the Male Fragrance Discussion forum, so I'm assuming your "Undisclosed" gender actually secretly involves sporting a kickstand. So I'm guessing you are talking about L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme. The first point is that it is a very good fragrance, but you can already surmise this from the abundance of positive reviews here on BN. It's not like it's something that will make you smell like you've been wrestling unwashed goats.

If you're 19 years old, I'm guessing your mother and sister are reacting more to the fact that you are wearing a fragrance at all, and it probably has nothing to do with L'Instant itself. Your mother probably figures this is precursor behavior to you either moving out of the house or getting someone pregnant. If your sister is like my sister, she never liked you much in the first place. If neither of these is the case, you can simply write them both off as having embarrassingly bad taste.

Bathe in it, and wear a beanie hat with a propeller to create artificial sillage. (The hat will also reduce the chances of that pregnancy your mother fears so much.)

Astaroth, I wish I could say I was awe-struck for the first time by your brilliance and humor, but I've met you in person and experienced it first-hand. But you got me.
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post #22 of 23
11/18/08 at 2:47am
First of all let me be clear that I consider L'Instant a sophisticated classical scent which is not usual for a 19 YO. BUT don't worry if you like it. It should be a general principle in the whole life to do anything we like which is not harmful for others. If you don't wear your favorite scent, what should you wear instead?!!
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post #23 of 23
11/18/08 at 5:16am
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Astaroth, I wish I could say I was awe-struck for the first time by your brilliance and humor, but I've met you in person and experienced it first-hand. But you got me. .

I have a tendency to just lose it when I work too many hours. I really shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard after about 12 hours or so.
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