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post #301 of 330
7/16/12 at 4:00pm
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Originally Posted by andylama View Post

This thread is funny. What's the difference between this thread and the "BEST of all time" thread? Hard to tell--there's a lot of overlap.

LOL! You aren't kidding.
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post #302 of 330
7/16/12 at 4:17pm
I wish there were some sort of nifty statistical tool that would mine these forums and display the fragrances that are most often cited as both best AND worst. The list would be long.

This tool would also parse out references to "Iso E Super" and show that it is probably both the most common AND most hated ingredient in all of perfumery.
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post #303 of 330
7/16/12 at 4:35pm
I second that. Secretions Magnifiques. Bloody semen. Disgusting.
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post #304 of 330
7/16/12 at 8:47pm
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Originally Posted by anomie et ivoire View Post

Only the worst to my nose, and partially because they could be so good:

Feminine: Missoni (2006). Some make excuses for Missoni because it's a Roucel comp and is "complicated." To me it is the olfactive representation of 'fail.' Because I was more of a read-about-stuff and enjoy-the-science-of-it kind of person and not a natural frag-head to begin with, Luca Turin's recommendations helped me get into plenty of good stuff, but he was so off his rocker five starring Missoni, in particular since he did so largely based on the explanations of the perfumer.

Thanks for the warning. There are a few that T&S loved and I didn't, and I had my suspicions about this one. I got plenty of good steers from that book, but a few were duds, and this one looked suspicious.

For me, it's womanity. I've even smelled the new, lighter, low-mercury-tuna version, and I still can't take it.

I respect the scent for trying. I really do. So many cowardly, redundant, all-marketing scents out there. Mugler is brave, and a fashion genius, and nothing will ever take that away. Angel, A*Men, the Pure series, and more - he could do nothing ever again and I would respect him. I even find womanity sexy in a very unique way - for about 15 seconds. But my nose simply cannot tolerate the dead fish amines in womanity. I convulse in cringes within minutes of wearing it. HUGE scrubber.
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post #305 of 330
7/16/12 at 11:14pm
Really? There's a FISH note in that? Eeee-yikes! Grotesque!
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post #306 of 330
7/16/12 at 11:28pm
my grandma used to always get my super cheap colognes for christmas. i just remember them being absolutely awful
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post #307 of 330
7/17/12 at 12:46am
Nautica Blue is pretty awful...just some indistinct chemical residue smells mixed with anti bacterial gel. A*Men is on the other extreme of the scale: nauseating.
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post #308 of 330
7/17/12 at 1:06am
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Originally Posted by andylama View Post

This thread is funny. What's the difference between this thread and the "BEST of all time" thread? Hard to tell--there's a lot of overlap.

Quite true. The fragrances are interchangeable. And with my fickle nose fragrances can go from the best to the worst list like dance partners at a junior highschool graduation. If I ever start to like Grey Flannel though, that's it, no more perfume for me. That will signal the final dissolution.
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post #309 of 330
7/17/12 at 8:56pm
Animale Animale.
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post #310 of 330
7/17/12 at 11:14pm
Was just about to purchase Animale Animale, is it that bad? I heard it is quite similar to Pure Malt, although I find that hard to believe.

Apparently Grey Flannel is so bad, it reminds people of death...
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post #311 of 330
7/18/12 at 2:34am
Opium PH
Sorry, but this just isn't nice. Fizzy explosion of spices attacking my nose? No thanks.

Hugo
The epitome of synthetic

Eau Savage
Just too dated. It is literally the smell of yesteryear.
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post #312 of 330
7/18/12 at 3:06am
Wow, how about that. Three years ago, I'd said that the "worst fragrances ever" were Silver Mountain Water and Givenchy Pi. And now I own Silver Mountain Water and think it's great! LOL.

Still not much a fan of Givenchy Pi, but I certainly wouldn't consider it to be the worst.

These days my pick for "worst" would have to be H.M. by Hanae Mori. I've tried and tried to appreciate it, but it just rubs me the wrong way.
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post #313 of 330
7/18/12 at 3:09am
Angel Men by Mugler is a insult to the nose and I have boycotted the house for the affront of creating something so vile.
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post #314 of 330
7/18/12 at 3:57am
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Originally Posted by Jack Hunter View Post

Angel Men by Mugler is a insult to the nose and I have boycotted the house for the affront of creating something so vile.

I like A*men, call it a guilty pleasure...

Now, talking about vile, I don't know if it's the worst fragrance I EVER tried but Amouage Gold Man comes pretty close. I hated it when I sprayed it on yesterday and today it's still going strong unfortunately, even after a shower and trying to scrub it off. And yep, it still smells like piss to me...
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post #315 of 330
7/18/12 at 4:00am
+1 SL Serge Noire
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post #316 of 330
7/18/12 at 6:19am
Mine are

Dunhill Desire - Smells like cat pee
A*Men - Smells like butt paste
Dirty E - Make me wanna gag
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post #317 of 330
10/20/12 at 4:43am
Le male - sprayed myself once and I was rushing to the bathroom to wash my wrist
Kouros - I just dont understand this
Narciso Rodriguez for Him - ridiculous
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post #318 of 330
10/20/12 at 5:57am
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Originally Posted by jordanm View Post

Mine are

Dunhill Desire - Smells like cat pee
A*Men - Smells like butt paste
Dirty E - Make me wanna gag

What exactly is "butt paste?"...and does it come with a butt brush?
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post #319 of 330
10/20/12 at 5:58am
*double post
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post #320 of 330
10/20/12 at 7:06am
To me, has to be Fahrenheit. Seriously, smells like Citgo #2 lithoplex grease with some motor oil thrown in.
Second worst of the ones I've tried... Curve. Smelled just like a woman's perfume on me. So much that I felt really self-conscious while wearing it at the gym, and couldn't wait to get it off.

Both of these were samples, thankfully
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post #321 of 330
10/21/12 at 8:12am
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Originally Posted by MikeJ View Post

Was just about to purchase Animale Animale, is it that bad? I heard it is quite similar to Pure Malt, although I find that hard to believe...

Top notes are those of A*Men and the mid base notes are those of Lapidus' TL. It might be too sweet for many.

For me, D&G Light Blue.
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post #322 of 330
10/21/12 at 10:17am
Azzaro Silver Black/Onyx: Gross
Body Kouros: Disturbingly gross. I picture a homeless male prostitute smelling like this
Burberry Touch: Starts off promising, then the musk ruins everything
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post #323 of 330
10/25/12 at 5:23am
Joop Homme!
Really suffocating to me...
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post #324 of 330
10/25/12 at 5:32am
Worst ever must and has to go to Jacques Bogart Silver Scent. Awful.
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post #325 of 330
1/31/13 at 4:13pm
Rather than start a new thread I figured I would just add to this one. While their are fragrances I dislike.. there are rare ones that deserve recognition for being so damn horrible.

Without further adieu..

Debonair by Smell Bent.

This does not make me wanna try anything else from this fragrance house. It smells like burnt hair.. and is insanely strong.. 1 spray stuck up my living room for a week. This stuff is bad!!

I'd say, if you want to pull a prank or practical joke on somebody, use this, or a stink bomb, either or will do the trick!
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post #326 of 330
1/31/13 at 5:10pm
Secretions Magnifique.
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post #327 of 330
2/1/13 at 10:32am
I dislike HM by Hanae Mori equally as much as Amen by TM.
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post #328 of 330
2/1/13 at 1:38pm
Disel fuel for life. Headache in a bottle
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post #329 of 330
2/1/13 at 2:03pm
Paul Smith Extreme. I bought this on offer but can't stand it. Tried to give it away but no one wanted it. It's just a very synthetic, stinky unpleasant scent. And that's the positives.
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post #330 of 330
2/1/13 at 2:15pm
It's a draw between Davidoff Cool Water and Yves Rocher Antartic. Why? They both have a very sharp metallic note that is painful.
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