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post #1 of 30
12/8/10 at 4:08pm
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Lanvin have committed what surely must be commercial suicide with the dreadfully titled "Marry Me!"

Even if this smelled like God's own preferred fragrance I could not in all conscience ever buy this for my girlfriend. The fallout could be devastating.

Even without the idea of buying it for a woman who is overly-keen on tying the knot, the concept of asking a woman what she is wearing and her declaring "Marry Me!" is likely to make most men run a mile...
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post #2 of 30
12/8/10 at 4:30pm
Davidoff The Game
Givenchy: Play (although the bottle is worse than the name....although not as embarrassing as the Fierce bottle)
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post #3 of 30
12/8/10 at 4:34pm
On El by J del Pozo, even if I like the scent, the name is way too nondescript
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post #4 of 30
12/8/10 at 6:16pm
Cigar
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post #5 of 30
12/8/10 at 6:54pm
Visit Azzaro, and there was some nonsensical ad campaign explaining a man was 'visiting' his lover.
I really like the scent despite the name.
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post #6 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:11pm
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Animale, Bas de Soie, Cumming, Éloge du Traître, Feeling Man, Full Choke, Sex Panther, Unforgivable, Viva La Juicy....etc.
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post #7 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:23pm
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La Vierge Folle (The Mad Virgin) by Gabilla has to rank right up there with Mon Fluide (My Fluid)
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post #8 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:25pm
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post #9 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:31pm
Only The Brave...simply awful
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post #10 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:32pm
Dunhill's Desire for a Man
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post #11 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:35pm
Bang
the one
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post #12 of 30
12/8/10 at 7:47pm
Michael for Men....... it's sounds a little ghey...... not that there's anything wrong with that!

/Seinfeld
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post #13 of 30
12/8/10 at 8:20pm
Doesn't Etat Libre D'Orange win this contest hands down?

Preface these names with the question "What are you wearing" or "What's that smell" or "What do you smell of" ...


Delicious Closet Queen

Don't Get Me Wrong Baby (I Don't Swallow)

Putain des Palaces - Hotel Slut

Nombril Immense - Belly Button

Rien - Nothing

Je suis un Homme - I am a Man


Philosophy's 'Falling In Love' and 'Unconditional Love' might be worth a mention too.
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post #14 of 30
12/8/10 at 8:32pm
Opium !!
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post #15 of 30
12/8/10 at 8:33pm
I think ELDO is very creative and (even) daring when naming the scents.

Right now, I think G. Ferragamo Free Time pour Homme is worst of the worst.
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post #16 of 30
12/8/10 at 8:40pm
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Originally Posted by chocolateguy View Post

I think ELDO is very creative and (even) daring when naming the scents.


Don't get me wrong, I like the names myself, and agree with you; but in the context of the question and the example given by the OP, I reckon they take the cake.

Q: What's that smell ? A: That's my belly button

Q: You smell great, what are you wearing ? A: Nothing

Q: You smell nice, what are you wearing ? A: Don't get me wrong baby, I don't swallow.
(Response: I was only asking about your perfume)
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post #17 of 30
12/8/10 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by Dr_Rudi View Post

Don't get me wrong, I like the names myself, and agree with you; but in the context of the question and the example given by the OP, I reckon they take the cake.

Q: What's that smell ? A: That's my belly button

Q: You smell great, what are you wearing ? A: Nothing

Q: You smell nice, what are you wearing ? A: Don't get me wrong baby, I don't swallow.
(Response: I was only asking about your perfume)


Doesn't it a great way do keep secret about your favorite scents? :P Though it sounds a little weird and...out of control : ))
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post #18 of 30
12/8/10 at 8:54pm
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W a z a m b a

Sounds tribal and clumsy...
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post #19 of 30
12/8/10 at 9:06pm
secretions manifique
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post #20 of 30
12/8/10 at 9:28pm
How about Passage d'Enfer, pathway or gateway to hell. (Could even be loosely translated as Highway to Hell.) That sounds appealing, doesn't it? The scent is good, though.




I wonder what would happen if you layered it with Straight to Heaven? Some sort of explosion, I suppose.
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post #21 of 30
12/8/10 at 9:31pm
Grey Flannel!?!?!
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post #22 of 30
12/8/10 at 10:14pm
Exceptional....because you are.

Sounds like a bad self help book.

What's next....I'm Good Enough, I'm Start Enough, and Gosh Darn it....People like Me!?!
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post #23 of 30
12/8/10 at 10:48pm
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Grey Flannel!?!?!

I rather like this name...it seems perfect for the juice
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post #24 of 30
12/8/10 at 11:44pm
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I rather like this name...it seems perfect for the juice

ditto!

I get annoyed by anything with "Homme" in the name.
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post #25 of 30
12/8/10 at 11:58pm
The house of STD has some explaining to do......
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post #26 of 30
12/9/10 at 12:53am
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The Malignant Dreams of Cthulhu in Love by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
So, who can pronounce that 'C' word? I'm serious.

More to follow.:-)

What, you don't know how to pronounce Cthulhu? That is incomprehensible.

(Not really, but I can make a decent attempt at it - I even think Lovecraft gives some sort of description of how it should sound somewhere, IIRC.)

I love some of these names. Bas de Soie makes me want to love the fragrance much more than I do, for instance, I find the association with seamed silk stockings incredibly sexy. Passage d'Enfer is lovely, too, and I rather like many of État Libre d'Orange's admittedly unorthodox names.

All those Victoria's Secret names and the like make me cringe, though. Any name in excess of three words had better be very, very good to pull it off - L'Air du Desert Marocain works, but that's about it.
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post #27 of 30
12/9/10 at 1:02am
pretty much anything By Kilian releases
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post #28 of 30
12/9/10 at 2:15am
Let me Play the Lion...so pretentious!
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post #29 of 30
12/9/10 at 5:15am
Back to a previous post, picture, if you will, the late Barry White advertising for Michel Germain.

Ohhh,
Yeah baby,
I'm the daddy,
The sexual sugar daddy,
No one can do it like me,
Ohhh,
Yea baby, right there,
I'm the daddy,
The sexual,
Sugar,
Daddy,
Ohhh



'nuff said.
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post #30 of 30
12/9/10 at 7:09am
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