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What would you put your nose through for compliments?

post #1 of 35
8/6/12 at 6:29pm
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Reading through a lot of threads on both sides of the scale (IE - most hated fragrance / most loved) and various compliment threads it got me thinking.... to what extreme would you put your nose through to get compliments. I know this may be a "vain" topic but I think everyone whether or not they admit it likes to receive compliments about their fragrances. So just how much would you put your nose through to receive those compliments? On a point scale of 1 to 10... 1 being the worst smell possible (think shark chum) and 10 being something annoying (think garlic) what number would you be willing to endure for 5 or 6 really good compliments per day, the scale is based on how you perceive the scent not how others perceive the scent on you.

For me I would probably go to a 4 if my nose could no longer pick up the scent 30 minutes to an hour after application.

PS. This can be for both the men and women to discuss. Oh and when I say compliments I mean really really good compliments .
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post #2 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:08pm
The one that I would pick to get lots of compliments would smell really good.
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post #3 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by heperd View Post

The one that I would pick to get lots of compliments would smell really good.

The point of my thread was to ask if you would wear something you thought was atrocious if others found it amazing on you and gave you loads of compliments. It is an easy out to say you would wear something that smelled good and got you compliments.
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post #4 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:17pm
I would not. I have Aventus, Allure Homme Sport, and a few others in my collection that are known compliment getters but I don't wear them because I don't enjoy them. But I hold on to them because I might enjoy them in future, as with other frags I didn't like previously are now regular parts of my rotation now...
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post #5 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:27pm
Nope. I don't play that game.

When I really started getting into sampling fragrances I would ask everyone for their opinions, but I very quickly realized that what I think of a fragrance is all that really matters. I don't even bother asking anymore. If I'm just going to go with what other people like, then I might as well buy a bottle of Acqua di Gio and be done with it. That's not what this is about. What you wear is a very personal thing and should be about expressing your own personality, not what others think you should smell like.

On the other hand, If people started complaining that I smelled bad, I would probably stop wearing that fragrance, but that is really unusual. We may have preferences, but this stuff is all created for a certain amount of mass appeal. Apart from very dated fragrances like kouros, it's all pretty safe to wear in moderation, so just wear what you want.
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post #6 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:28pm
I won't wear something I dislike, but I will wear something that bores me - especially for a date.

Years ago, I was shopping with the woman I was dating at the time. I sprayed a card with Polo Blue and handed it to her to see what she thought. She LOVED it, so, I sprayed my wrist. We were in that puppy-dog stage of a budding relationship. After lunch, she was still raving about the Polo Blue on my wrist, so I went back and bought a bottle. I bored of it after a few weeks but she loved it, so I kept wearing it because, awe shucks, I loved her.

Innediately after we broke up: Polo Blue, meet Trash Can. Trash can, meet Polo Blue. I shouldn't have pitched it though. It wasn't bad!
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post #7 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by Hammy01 View Post

The point of my thread was to ask if you would wear something you thought was atrocious if others found it amazing on you and gave you loads of compliments. It is an easy out to say you would wear something that smelled good and got you compliments.

I like my game better.
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post #8 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:37pm
2ndBakeryAttack summed up my thoughts exactly. I would never purposely wear a fragrance that I didn't like.
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post #9 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:38pm
I want a fragrance that every time I wear it, the scent is so good, that I immediately catch a nose-orgasm. I am in search of that fragrance.
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post #10 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:40pm
I wouldn't wear a fragrance I didn't like (I've given away blind buys I disliked), regardless of how many compliments they garnered.

Positive remarks from others are a plus, but unless everyone else loathed it, I'd rather wear a fragrance that only I really liked.
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post #11 of 35
8/6/12 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by Hammy01 View Post

The point of my thread was to ask if you would wear something you thought was atrocious if others found it amazing on you and gave you loads of compliments.

I personally would never wear something I found atrocious regardless of compliments received by others.
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post #12 of 35
8/6/12 at 8:19pm
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Originally Posted by senore01 View Post

I want a fragrance that every time I wear it, the scent is so good, that I immediately catch a nose-orgasm. I am in search of that fragrance.

Same here.
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post #13 of 35
8/7/12 at 12:08am
If it get's me compliments and doesn't kill me, I'll wear it.
Although, I won't wear things that make me gag, and believe me, I've smelled a few.
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post #14 of 35
8/7/12 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by Hammy01 View Post

The point of my thread was to ask if you would wear something you thought was atrocious if others found it amazing on you and gave you loads of compliments. It is an easy out to say you would wear something that smelled good and got you compliments.

No. Compliments are the least important factor to me when choosing a fragrance. I am secure enough in myself that I don't need to seek approval from others.
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post #15 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:09am
Compliments are an important factor to me, I won't lie. But I won't wear a scent I hate just to garner compliments. There are several scents I really don't like that get a ton of compliments, but overall, most of the compliment getting scents I actually like so it is not an issue.
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post #16 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:14am
I wear fragrances for myself and if I get a compliment then its a bonus.
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post #17 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:14am
I don't wear perfumes for compliments.

If they come, well and good. If not, thats fine too.
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post #18 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:27am
Aventus, for example, is a huge compliment getter that projects very strongly, but is victim to olfactory fatigue, so it's perfect for that.
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post #19 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:30am
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

I don't wear perfumes for compliments.

If they come, well and good. If not, thats fine too.

+1!
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post #20 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:47am
If there is a good chance that these compliments manifest as dropped panties, then I would go, and have gone, as far as to wear Allure Homme Sport.
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post #21 of 35
8/7/12 at 2:17am
2ndBakeryAttack sait it eloquently. I would wear something boring to appease a lady I'm courting, but I wouldn't wear something like Secretions Magne..however you spell it even if it magically got compliments.

p.s. Polo Blue isn't bad at all
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post #22 of 35
8/7/12 at 2:44am
compliments sometimes are annoying! at least to me!
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post #23 of 35
8/7/12 at 6:22am
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This is one of those threads that sounds really good in your head late at night while watching tv but when you put it down on the forums it does not come across how you wanted it to. Number 1 my point scale was way off and misleading and made it seem like my question was "would you wear garbage if it got you compliments".

I think a better way to put it would be "Would you wear your least favorite fragrance in your collection more often if it got you lots of compliments?".

Currently my least favorite in my collection is Quorum... it has a spicy floral/soapy smell to me that even makes me fill like I can taste soap. If I found out that people around the office really liked Quorum I might actually wear it more often or rather actually wear it period. BTW I did mention in my OP that this topic was kind of "vain"
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post #24 of 35
8/7/12 at 6:38am
No. I dont watch retarded reality shows (I mean all of them) just because 95% of people do and I will never wear fragrances just to get compliments. Shit is still shit even if its gold in eyes of someone else.
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post #25 of 35
8/7/12 at 1:39pm
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Originally Posted by L'Homme Blanc Individuel View Post

I won't wear something I dislike, but I will wear something that bores me - especially for a date.

Years ago, I was shopping with the woman I was dating at the time. I sprayed a card with Polo Blue and handed it to her to see what she thought. She LOVED it, so, I sprayed my wrist. We were in that puppy-dog stage of a budding relationship. After lunch, she was still raving about the Polo Blue on my wrist, so I went back and bought a bottle. I bored of it after a few weeks but she loved it, so I kept wearing it because, awe shucks, I loved her.

Innediately after we broke up: Polo Blue, meet Trash Can. Trash can, meet Polo Blue. I shouldn't have pitched it though. It wasn't bad!

Great story! Thanks for sharing.
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post #26 of 35
8/7/12 at 4:49pm
I think the more compliments I get on a scent the better the memory of it is and it actually starts smelling good to me after awhile, For example I wan't a big fan of adg but it got my girl off when I wore it. Now whenever I wear it I think of her and it makes me happy and I really enjoy wearing it now
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post #27 of 35
8/7/12 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by Francolino View Post

compliments sometimes are annoying! at least to me!


indeed!
Sometimes you just don't know how you should react and you just put up a poker face...
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post #28 of 35
8/7/12 at 5:45pm
Life's too short to wear crap I don't like. I don't care about compliments at all - in fact, it's kind of weird to get them at all from someone I don't know well. I don't wear clothes I don't like just because it's trendy either.

Maybe it's an age thing. I don't worry about getting other people's approval now. When I was in my 20s I suppose I did.
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post #29 of 35
8/7/12 at 5:49pm
Compliments are always welcomed and I happily thank the person who gives me one. However, I must agree with the prior notes that I wear what I enjoy and wear what I like. You must satisfy yourself.
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post #30 of 35
8/26/12 at 5:57pm
I hated Terre d' Hermes and Aventus but got immediate strong complinemts whiie wearing both
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post #31 of 35
8/26/12 at 6:08pm
Fragrance is all about my experience. The good stuff can improve my day a couple of notches. Any compliments I revieve only adds to that, obviously the most important thing is for me to love it.
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post #32 of 35
8/26/12 at 7:56pm
I really don't like getting compliments from fragrances...only from my wife. I really like wearing fragrances that are a little more subtle and skin scents...that being said, I won't wear anything that I don't like because I don't want any compliment that might come with that scent in the first place.
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post #33 of 35
8/27/12 at 12:01am
If you wear a scent that you enjoy and it makes you feel good wearing it, you'll probably get more complements than wearing a scent you dislike (which may make you feel rotten wearing it) that may be more popular with others.
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post #34 of 35
8/27/12 at 8:13am
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Originally Posted by Hammy01 View Post

The point of my thread was to ask if you would wear something you thought was atrocious if others found it amazing on you and gave you loads of compliments. It is an easy out to say you would wear something that smelled good and got you compliments.

No.
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post #35 of 35
8/27/12 at 8:56am
Do I like compliments? Yes - I have an ego that likes the occassional stroke.

But I wouldn't wear anything I don't like.
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