What fragrance was so bad you HAD to wash it off?

[Rüssel]

Dreamer, Obsession Men, Eternity Men, Nightflight, Cuba Gold, S. Oliver Original, Drakkar Noir, Bogart pH, Safari.

[d4N13L]

Coney Island by Bond n9 almost made me vomit. Its HORRID, ultra aquish, that one smells like eggwhite slightly hot...Horrifying....

[NewHaarlem]

Also, Must de Cartier and NR for Him Musc both gave me the sick to the stomach.

[dreese]

Joop, Kiss Him, JHL, Izod, Obsession, Aspen.
Sadly, most of them would not wash off.

[Crusher_]

I use to think that any cologne is going to be designed to be a "nice" smell, it would just come down to personal preference as to which you like or dont like compared to others.

That was my opinion until I sampled A*men

Now this is truly one foul f**king disgusting Frankenstein abomination of a creation.

If you were to take a freshly asphalted road, cover an area in baby powder, a little caramel and then vomit on top of it that is as close to this scent as I feel you could get. This has been the only cologne (I still debate that fact) ive tried that made me feel physically sick

[Mandrake]

Black Xs, disgusting!

[TLS]

L'Egoïste by Chanel.

[PEARL]

Montale Black Aoud, liked by many, scrubbed by me.

[TR10]

Cartier Declaration.

smelled like gorilla armpit odor.

[martinijo]

I use to think that any cologne is going to be designed to be a "nice" smell, it would just come down to personal preference as to which you like or dont like compared to others.

That was my opinion until I sampled A*men

Now this is truly one foul f**king disgusting Frankenstein abomination of a creation.


If you were to take a freshly asphalted road, cover an area in baby powder, a little caramel and then vomit on top of it that is as close to this scent as I feel you could get. This has been the only cologne (I still debate that fact) ive tried that made me feel physically sick

A*Men is comfortably out in front in the scrubber stakes at present.

[Jimmy1]

The OG Azarro. There was an open sampler at a Sears. Went shopping for a decent work-messenger bag, found none, saw the bottle and sprayed.

I liked the scent 'intent', but it was a bit much, reminded me of English Leather, so had to wash it off. Funny enough, it stuck around on my forearm, and toned down, it smelled much better. In fact, that was when it reminded me of one of my favorites, the original red-boxed Burberry for Men.

[Kron]

These left a very bad impression with me...

Amouage Gold Man
Amouage Reflection Man
BN9 Coney Island
BN9 New Haarlem
BN9 Wall Street
Prada Amber Pour Homme Intense

[knightowl]

Givenchy Pour Homme. Thanks for molesting my nose.

[frug]

Guerlain Vetiver. Blech. There was still a trace left, reminiscent of the smell of the foam from one of those stainless steel soap dispensers at an Interstate rest stop.

A*Men. It's just wrong.

[Wheatstraw2]

I use to think that any cologne is going to be designed to be a "nice" smell, it would just come down to personal preference as to which you like or dont like compared to others.

That was my opinion until I sampled A*men

Now this is truly one foul f**king disgusting Frankenstein abomination of a creation.

If you were to take a freshly asphalted road, cover an area in baby powder, a little caramel and then vomit on top of it that is as close to this scent as I feel you could get. This has been the only cologne (I still debate that fact) ive tried that made me feel physically sick

Could you be a little more specific?

[Awakening950]

[CompassRose]

Sometimes I just want to go try these as a dare to myself. A*Men for sure. Secretions Magnifiques too. It sounds horribly nifty and unpleasant. Oh, yes -- and Lisa Kirk's Revolution. "Tear gas, burned rubber and decaying flesh." Sign me up! Give me the pain!

[reinhard5490]

Cartier Declaration.

smelled like gorilla armpit odor.

I agreed that Declaration could be vile most of the times, but what really makes it smells like Gorilla?

[J-Rock]

Tubereuse Criminelle. I looked forward to trying it, but I couldn't get over the mentholated smell that made me think of a stale Newport cigarette.

[CologneFan85]

agreed...like lipstick and juice nasty

[TR10]

I agreed that Declaration could be vile most of the times, but what really makes it smells like Gorilla?

Not literally "gorilla"...as I have never had the opportunity to actually smell a gorilla's armpit.

It's a descriptive term.....as if there can exist an armpit odor more vile than that of a human...

[Jimmy1]

Isn't this thread pretty much evidence of the reason that most colognes, of the major brand designer variety pushed on department store counters, leans to the 'safe, inoffensive' sort, which pleases a wide swath of potential customers, but is looked down upon by many on these boards?

It's not hard to see why designer brands, often run by public companies with shareholders, or owned by private equity, are risk averse when it comes to their fragrances, or any other line of their business.

[MikeJ]

It was called "Patchouli." Something that I found at CVS.

[fit&frag'd]

Caron Pour un Homme
Midnight in Paris EDP
Curve (wasn't nearly as awful as the other two, just a sharpness to it that became more & more cloying by the minute)

[SaNielsen]

Angel and Tokyomilk Marine Sel

[hedonist222]

A*Men

[Didier]

issey miyake l'eau dissey ph

[skism]

amouage memoir man

[Akahina]

For me Fahrenheit. Don't know about the original but the current version is rank. Guerlain Vetiver is awful to my nose too. And doesn't everyone want to scrub Secretions Magnifique? Problem is the damned stuff won't wash off...

[californian]

Le male is the worst in my opinion....smells like a hooker on the job