Am I the only one who gets perverse pleasure from seeing high flyers like Knize Ten, Musc Ravageur, Chergui and Santal 33 taking their lumps in a hatchet job thread?![]()
Thread: WORST Fragrance you have smelt? |
Contenders would be The Dreamer, Eternity and Obsession for men, Ferrari Red, Exceptional...Because You Are (women's, I believe), Dirty English, S. Oliver Original, Chrome, Sex Pistols, Lacoste Pour Homme, Pure Shot, Valentino Valentina, Purr, Blue Sugar, Safari, Cuba Gold, Angel Les Parfums de Cuir, etc...
Am I the only one who gets perverse pleasure from seeing high flyers like Knize Ten, Musc Ravageur, Chergui and Santal 33 taking their lumps in a hatchet job thread?![]()
Can't say I've ever tried any 'perfume' that induced the sort of negative reactions described in this thread. Compared to some of the truly gag-inducing aromas we sometimes have to endure on public transport / in public toilets, etc. I find the vast majority of products sold as 'perfume' to be not unpleasant even if I wouldn't want to buy them or wear them myself. To be honest, the thing I find 'worst' in some perfumes is simply that they disappoint me or bore me, but I don't think I've ever tried one that disgusted me.
Joop! Homme
Cool Water
YSL Kouros
"I love fragrances because they provide a sheer endless variety: there is a scent for every occasion, mood or feeling. Standing before my collection matching a perfume to my needs is one of the most enjoyable things in my day..."
Top 16 Spring :: Amouage Epic : Dior ESP : TF Grey Vetiver : Mancera Aoud Cafe : Amouage Honour : YSL Rive Gauche : AdP Colonia Oud : Amouage Myths : Montale Full Incense : Amouage Journey : L'AP Timbuktu : Amouage Memoir : Rochas Lui : LIDG : Cartier Must : Dior Dune
Odin 07.
Osmanthe Yunnan.
Two:
1. Musc Kublia Khan. This is rank, offensive stuff. I realize people say they wear it to work. I'd be fired.
and . . . the winner . . . by a mile . . .
2. Jicky. Cat poop. Jicky is the only cologne I've ever smelled that induced my gag reflex.
Current Top Five:
1. Creed Green Irish Tweed
2. Tom Ford Neroli Portofino
3. Hermes Concentre d'Orange Verte
4. Bond No. 9 New Haarlem
5. Creed Original Vetiver
Fleur du Male, without a doubt.
Kurt smells like Teen Spirit
Jovan Musk for Men (current formulation) - Smells like rancid hairspray and no name cheap laundry soap.
And how about some aquatic fragrances that makes you smell like a rotten seaweed infused in alcohol mixed with the excrements of a diseased jellyfish?
I almost forgot to add Miel De Bois by SL..ferret in a bottle, no joke. I'd go to Petsmart if I wanted that smell on me.
Rubirosa..yep, aquatics in male scents gross me out. Musky seawater, no thanks! It's so hard for me to find male scents that I like.
LesNez - L'antimatiere and Tauer - Orange star literally made me gag.
Aramis is like wearing RAID.
Some day's you're the statue and some days you're the pigeon.
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Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Leather Oud
Don't hate me, but there is a note in L'artisan Havana Vanille and Miller Harris Fleur Oriental that makes me heave. What the Julio is it???
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I must say, I am amazed to see some on this list, like Chergui (beautiful), Musc Ravageur (triumphant), Flowerbomb(huge compliment getter for me), Osmanthe Yunnan(how can this offend anyone, it's a whisper?), D&G pour Homme(room freshener blah but not one that will make me run for the hills)
You are all totally entitled to your opinions of course!
It is so interesting how widely our preferences vary.
I am with you on this.
Every time there's a "worst fragrance of all time" thread (and let's face it we don' t have to wait long for each new one) I get more and more curious about what this actually smells like.
Of course I'm not going to put my hand in my pocket to find out...
I try to appreciate and understand most fragrances, but some just don't sit well with me. I'd have to say some of the older powerhouse fragrances like Polo Green which is my Dad's favorite (if overly applied), Kouros, and Aramis. Special shout out to Perry Ellis 360 Blue and 360 original.
Ferrari Oumo pure gasoline
The Barnyard:
Dior - Leather Oud
Xerjoff - Zafar
The Kitchen:
Eau d'Italie - Bois d'Ombrie
Amouage - Interlude Man
The Garage:
Dior - Fahrenheit
HdP - Pétroleum
The Ashtray:
Annick Goutal - Encens Flamboyant
Dishonorable Mention:
Frapin - 1697
Bond No. 9 - Wall Street
Probably the old man who sat beside me in choir tonight at church. Great nice chap, but he smelled like a combo of absorbine junior, horehound candy and vitalis. He smelled horrible.
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It is pretty bad.
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You sir, are high.
Kouros is the worst frag I've ever smelled.
Not something worst, as a matter of fact a very successful iconic fragrance to many.
Dior Posion, the original one. I swear sometimes on some hazy days, i could see a whole train of Fifty Shades of Grey readers dragging on its silage...
Oh wow that brings back memories. Absorbine Junior has to be one of the worst-smelling products I've ever encountered. When I was a kid there was a bottle of it in our medicine cabinet and I sometimes used to go up to it and smell it just for the loathing-and-horror-type thrill. Worse than Secretions Magnifiques by a mile. I guess it's all relative.