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post #1 of 11
11/17/12 at 10:32am
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gotta have this... smells like my dad in the 1950's... only with more sex
Rating:*****
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Found on Luckyscent.com in reference to Eccelso Eau de Parfum by Profumum.
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post #2 of 11
11/17/12 at 10:36am
My fave is when people refer to fumes as bug spray..I mean, come on...try a little harder?
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post #3 of 11
11/17/12 at 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by Buysblind View Post

gotta have this... smells like my dad in the 1950's... only with more sex
Rating:*****
from--ghostranchguy





Found on Luckyscent.com in reference to Eccelso Eau de Parfum by Profumum.

Yeah.....that is certainly poorly worded. Unless he really meant what he wrote ( that is, he found the smell of his father to be sexy or musky in an animalic kinda way).

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My fave is when people refer to fumes as bug spray..I mean, come on...try a little harder?

I read this one all the the time as well Kalli. It annoys me and I read it here on Basenotes. Its come to the point where it is just plain annoying. Its almost like a ubiquitous term to use when the accords rub you the wrong way. I've smelled bug spray. I never smelled anything like any of those perfumes being referred to as smelling like bug spray.
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post #4 of 11
11/17/12 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by Buysblind View Post

gotta have this... smells like my dad in the 1950's... only with more sex
Rating:*****
from--ghostranchguy





Found on Luckyscent.com in reference to Eccelso Eau de Parfum by Profumum.

Not creating a pleasant mental image.
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post #5 of 11
11/17/12 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Not creating a pleasant mental image.

Hahaha
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post #6 of 11
11/17/12 at 1:18pm
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I read this one all the the time as well Kalli. It annoys me and I read it here on Basenotes. Its come to the point where it is just plain annoying. Its almost like a ubiquitous term to use when the accords rub you the wrong way. I've smelled bug spray. I never smelled anything like any of those perfumes being referred to as smelling like bug spray.

Jean Nate DOES bear a startling resemblance to Mosquito Halt fly spray. LOL That's the only "bug spray" perfume I've ever smelled.
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post #7 of 11
11/17/12 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by Buysblind View Post

gotta have this... smells like my dad in the 1950's... only with more sex
Rating:*****
from--ghostranchguy

Poorly worded, but on some bizarre level, I found it quite amusing.
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post #8 of 11
11/17/12 at 1:30pm
This one is from QVC UK, who are now selling some of the L'Artisan range.

When I heard the description for this perfume on air I had to purchase it as it sounded so unique. On spraying this perfume the awful smell made me feel physically sick and within minutes I had a terrible headache. Needless to say I shall be returning this perfume. It is far too expensive in my eyes for such an awful smell and very overpowering. My husband came home from work and thought I had been spraying fly spray!

It was TdB.

Strangely another review for Chasing Butterflies mentions feeling physically sick.
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post #9 of 11
11/17/12 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by Kaelee View Post

Jean Nate DOES bear a startling resemblance to Mosquito Halt fly spray. LOL That's the only "bug spray" perfume I've ever smelled.

And lndian Gardenia by Body Shop smells just like those citronella mosquito-repelling candles.

The one that bugs me is "rootbeer". l'm pretty sure most of us on this side of the pond have no idea what that smells like. But it must be amazing, as many of my favourite perfumes have been compared to it at some point!
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post #10 of 11
11/17/12 at 2:24pm
Cold rootbeer on a hot day is a treat by itself but sublime when used in an ice cream float!

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Originally Posted by teardrop View Post

And lndian Gardenia by Body Shop smells just like those citronella mosquito-repelling candles.

The one that bugs me is "rootbeer". l'm pretty sure most of us on this side of the pond have no idea what that smells like. But it must be amazing, as many of my favourite perfumes have been compared to it at some point!
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post #11 of 11
11/17/12 at 2:30pm
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Originally Posted by teardrop View Post

And lndian Gardenia by Body Shop smells just like those citronella mosquito-repelling candles.

The one that bugs me is "rootbeer". l'm pretty sure most of us on this side of the pond have no idea what that smells like. But it must be amazing, as many of my favourite perfumes have been compared to it at some point!

I LOVE citronella, but I don't want to smell like it lol. I love the smell, but I don't want people to think of mosquito repellant when they see me!!!

Rootbeer is DELICIOUS!!! If you're ever on this side of the pond you must try it. It's inexpensive and readily available. Every restaurant, grocery store and gas station has it. Birch beer and sarsparilla are similar but different.
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