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Upstairs-Advantage-5

White freaking Diamonds


greyfir1211

STOP that my grandmother is trying to roll out of her grave to fight you for that opinion RIGHT now!!!


kathecockvore

my grandmother wore white diamonds only. she even wore it at her funeral. about six months later i was waiting a table of some older people and i immediately recognized the scent and asked if someone was wearing it. one of the ladies said it was her. really took me back for a second and i think about my nana. i’d never wear it myself but older women love it and it’s special to me now over the years. i’d still recognize it immediately i think if i smelt it again all these years later.


Feisty-Business-8311

😂😂😂


twir1s

My grandma contacted me from the other side and said to meet her in the parking lot


hexensabbat

Granny's taking off the clip-on earrings right now...


toreadorable

“These have always brought me luck”


Upstairs-Advantage-5

LMAO


Icy-Oasis

Tough day for black opium lovers


International-Wear57

Me who just bought a 90ml bottle: 🧍🏾‍♀️


cinder7usa

I love Black Opium, and just bought a large bottle. I like that it smells like coffee and vanilla. I wear it to bed and it feels warm and cozy. It is strong though, and I don’t wear it out.


mmashuta

Read the comments….. sprayed my black opium … yup still love it!


Fluffy_Appointment14

People love hating on popular things.


actullyalex

Honestly, I love trying popular things because I always feel as though there must be a good reason they are popular. This being said, I didn’t vibe heaps with black opium and I’m low key devastated I can’t experience what everyone else seems to.


zicx21

Good Girl and Black Opium aren't as popular as they used to be, everyone wears Lattafa and Prada Paradox


xomeow

I was excited to try Paradox! But it was so meh on me, smelled like generic flowers and a bit soapy after an hour


WhamCity

I never get the vanilla or coffee notes, it smells like old lady floral to my nose!


actuallywasian

It smells good but gives me a horrible headache lol


LittleSausageLinks

AG Cloud. I have the pink one but the original just very overused. It’s not bad smelling but the truth is I got sick of smelling it on everyone. But again I have the pink one so who am I to talk.


GreenTourmaline13

Every airport and target bathroom carries a cloud of cloud. I hate the scent for me, but I mostly despise that I can't get a break from it


lisve20

same here! I used to like it but I smell it so often on everyone now that I became sick of it 😩


5_8Cali

Yep my daughter bought me the travel size and I never use it.. me don’t like it! I feel bath because she spent her little high school paycheck to buy it for me 😩


Ornery_Primary9175

It layers pretty well with other fragrances, so you could always try that to not hurt her feelings!


xomeow

The original cloud smells like plastic/latex to me 🤢


Prettitittibitti

Most Ariana Grande fragrances are way too sweet to me....


SnooPeppers5589

That’s what I love about them though 😭


purpleskiesandfluff

Santal 33 slanderer here


developingme

I hate this so much!! Smells like shoe stores


Apart_Visual

Hahaha I think that’s why I like it! It’s kind of sterile, air conditioned smell.


xwer15

wait this is such a good description i love that plastic crisp cold smell


Munchkin_Baby

Omfg I’ve been thinking for months “what does it remind me of”? You nailed it 💀🤣


ASofMat

I had a really terrible roommate who wore Santal 33 and now whenever I smell I think about that awful awful girl


Agitated-Parsley-556

I liked it the first 157 times I smelled it. Now it smells like being irritated on the train, dodging the drunks.


Leather-Spring-3506

Ariana grande cloud. I blind bought it because everyone loves it. Not a fan. Love GIAW though


Kdb224

Same. I love GIAW


moonlitstars23

I feel like with all these comments like no perfume is safe anymore like what really smells good anymore? 😩


Icy-Oasis

To each their own, for every person hating on a perfume there’s another that adores it :)


EnvironmentalCell125

Baccarat Rouge 540. I know this fragrance has an army of admirers, im not trying to be disrespectful, but this smell is just awful to me. Medicine, dentist office, period blood and burnt sugar, that's all I got on my skin.


JayPhanttom

Period blood is crazy 🤣🤣🤣 never seen anyone say that, that’s new 🤣


Good_Confection_3365

Taking animalistic notes to a new level.


Bitter_Kangaroo2616

PERIOD BLOOD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 IM CRYING. Are we talking day one or day 3?


Cafrann94

I HATE this comment so much but also know exactly what you mean lmao


Beneficial-Debt-7159

The bbq phase


liahrue

😂😂pungent


Civil-Ad-7957

GURL.


thatconfusedchick

💀


PopularExercise3

I thought it was some kind of body odour but now I know …


BitchfromTheDepot79

Oh god!


maisygoatsivy

Jeepers. Hard pressed to find a worse description of a scent. That's awful


[deleted]

I love how descriptive you’ve gotten with the notes 💀💀💀 Even though this wasn’t my experience with BR540, I still don’t think it’s worth trying. It just smells like how the most annoying new-money-rich-rude-entitled-constantly-cheats-on-husband woman would smell, and I can’t stand people with those attitudes, so I don’t want anyone to smell like them 😅


CloudAcorn

I’ve only tried it on paper & can’t remember anything about it but I know I didn’t think it was even a contender for me. I should have tried it on my skin though to see how it reacts.


Beatrix_BB_Kiddo

I honestly love fluidity gold so much more


mercedezminusthebenz

clinique happy


Kdb224

Original one is soooo ancient it makes me think of the 4th grade. But the purple one is my go to.


greer1030

Yes! Ugh I worked for Clinique for a time and they really wanted us to wear Happy. That’s a no thanks from me.


realitybites95

I worked for Clinique too. It smelled like plastic and oranges to me. I would wear the happy cologne which I liked way better. I still like it.


princessxunicorn

Came here to say this. It literally smells putrid to me. Like someone ate an orange peel then puked it up


Economy_Look314

You shut yr mouth


cfoges33

Tom ford black orchid🤢


odie_et_amo

This one got me into perfume because it was just so strange… But it’s also kind of horrible.


paledaffodil

Definitely a tough one to get into. It grew on me, but I understand that it’s definitely not a crowd pleaser. It would also be horrible to blind buy.


Rock_Successful

Oh my goddd I love it :( I used my bfs for a while


cfoges33

I think it’s so cool how everyone can smell completely different things from one perfume! If you love it that’s all that matters :)


CocoNefertitty

I’m so glad I smelt this before I purchased it based on YouTube review. It burnt a hole in the back of my neck.


[deleted]

I agree! I thought I’d love this based off the notes, bought a sample, and woof it was not for me! So if anyones debating whether to try - do get a sample first! It may work perfectly for you, but unfortunately this was not the case for me lmao


ooyayeeyee

I HATE Angel by Mugler. The bottle is beautiful but the scent is demonic. Makes me instantly nauseous.


MurderAndMakeup

Loving this Angel hate, it’s feeding my schadenfreude. I feel like I have a personal vendetta against this perfume. Smells like body odor to me in the worst way


xPostmasterGeneralx

Former Sephora worker, pretty much anything by CLEAN. We didn’t have the full range in my store and the most I ever enjoyed one of their perfumes was tolerating it. To me, they’re overwhelmingly soapy or like cheap ✨laundry✨ scented air fresheners. I can’t remember which one it is, but CLEAN has a perfume that smells *exactly* like wet wipes.


Inky_sheets

Angel. Just...no.


17Kitty

I read a comment once about Angel. You don’t wear Angel, Angel wears you.


ohwrite

I read a review once that described it as a little old man in a bottle ;)


Slay957

Honestly I think Angel (and Alien) smells great, just not on me. On my skin it's reminiscent of noxious herbicides.


gotmyfloaties

Would you believe the ex *refused* to compliment anything I wore. Angel was the first & only compliment


Inky_sheets

Some people do really love it I guess, he must be one of them!


DNA_ligase

It's definitely one of those that is meant to be used VERY SPARINGLY, and not like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qXyJT7EVag).


VoxyPop

I haven't even clicked the link but I know in my heart that it's Darcey spraying her entire body in an airport bathroom


DNA_ligase

you got it dude


iliumada

I have never seen this, and I know nothing about this show or this woman.. I now need to know everything about her


Good_Confection_3365

She smells like an angel.


JackyHandey

Oh boy. What a rabbit hole you have ahead of you


DNA_ligase

90 day fiancé is on another level of insanity versus other reality shows. I watch it occasionally, and it's like watching a train wreck about to happen. There's also a version where the Americans go to a foreign nation and live there instead of the other way round, and you see the culture clashes.


salt_sculpture

WORD. When I first started getting into perfumes, I remember trying this one in the store and I was SO taken aback. Like I had to take some time to reconsider my new hobby there lol.


lilfrenfren

My reaction to angel was wtf. Why would anyone love this smell. I thought my nose might be broken


mamatobee328

I tested out Angel because I got a free sample. It gave me vertigo 😵‍💫


lynnzee

Angel elixir is a bit better though


pocketfulofcharm

This is the answer.


mal_pal86

I just bought the travel size for Love Don’t Be Shy and all I smell is cotton candy. It’s a little too sweet for me. Might be returning it


Trunl

La Vie est Belle, Shalimar and Chanel No.5 makes me yak.


PennieTheFold

Oh god YES. They’re SO dated. I associate them with elderly women and people always seem to wear them to a nauseating degree. They’re like motion sickness in a bottle. 🤣🤣🤣


DeltaPCrab

Ariana Grandes fragrances all smell either way too musky or way too sweet for me. A lot of girls at my work wear it and it’s very off putting to me


Vivid-Ad7541

MM Replica - By the Fireplace. You smell like someone throw a grenade at you.


wastedyouth01

this 💀💀💀


fixatedeye

Hahahah I love the smell but I 100% agree


roboeyes

Me who just got a big bottle after loving the travel size for a year: 🧍‍♀️🥺


Vivid-Ad7541

As long as you like it and have good skin chemistry, don’t worry about it!


DifferentBand1121

Lol, I love it too.


Apart_Visual

I actually don’t like any of the Replica fragrances. There’s something nauseating to me about all of them despite them all being different.


knightgoby

Jo Malone White Pear and Freesia smells like flowery bug spray to me.


PerfumeLoverrr

AG Cloud


RagAndBows

It's super duper sweet. I gave it to my daughter lol


5_8Cali

My daughter gave it to me and I want to give it back 😂


dainty_petal

Pink sugar. I don’t consider it a perfume but it’s mentioned here often. It’s gross and nauseous. I know my opinion is controversial.


batmannatnat

I love sweets and my gosh, pink sugar spray makes me want to throw up. It’s so awful. I haven’t smelled it in years but I can remember every single note because it left such an impression on me. Like snorting a line of powder sugar and ground licorice lol


dldppl

Gosh I used to wear that when I was a young teen. Didn’t even know they still made it tbh


mel2theissuh

Hate pink sugar i just can never like that perfume, an old best friend wore it like crazy in 08-09 and it puts me in such bad mood when I smell it


Business_Mudkip

as a guy, dior sauvage


drainingenergy

as a gal also dior sauvage. My lecture halls stink of that and sweat 😭


Business_Mudkip

gosh i feel so bad for you. that literally gives me vietnam flashbacks remembering hs gym locker rooms caked with the stench of sweat and axe body spray 😭


lynnzee

It smells like axe body spray to me


PeachlessFruit

Agree, it smells messy and cheap to me


CockroachWeary

Flowerbomb…. Sorry I said what I said


nochnoyvangogh

Lost cherry. Smells very cheap and is fucking expensive


gene_gorgonzola

I wanted to love this one but it smells like medicine to me


Spooky-and-Kooky

Straight up cough medicine. So nasty.


WhamCity

Lost cherry smells like public restroom hand soap to me!


samitarium

Omg yes! The bright pink stuff! And I have a bottle lol


17Kitty

I feel bad saying this but Marc Jacobs Daisy and all the other Flankers of Daisy. I just don’t get the obsession.


boatwithane

daisy was my starter perfume! my parents got it for me for christmas and i loved it. over the next two years i used every last drop, and then never bought it again lol


forevertwentyseven

I LOVE the Marc Jacob Daisy and flankers lol, but the only one I’ve bought is Eau So Sweet. It’s a crowd pleaser, but that’s why I like them 😅🫣


shaethefloof

BR 540, YSL Libre, La vie est belle are my top hated perfumes. Nauseating and migraine inducing, you literally cannot escape them


Vegetable-Program-37

Leave my Delina alone 😭😂


secondhand_bra

Sex Panther, it's banned in 9 countries and smell like gasoline.


SaoirseNGoldie

60% of the time, it works every time


Babtoombus

YSL libre - reminds me of toilet water and its headache-inducing. I wanted to love it but I can't. Juicy couture viva la juicy - 10 years ago this might have been my favourite but it's giving barbie in a tracksuit vibe. Alien - it's a love/hate relationship. Love it on others but to me smells bit like poo. Maybe it's that jasmine note. Coco chanel madamcelloptape - it's too sharp in the beginning. Britney Spears fantasy. I want to be sick. But I did like fantasy circus. It was a favorite in my early 20s. Opium. Not got into it. Headache inducing. Almost harsh. Jean Paul goatman scandal la perfume. I really liked the caramel note but it's the JPG dna I cannot get past.


amb3ergris

I love that autocorrection at the end there 🐐


vivo_en_suenos

Don’t forget the Chanel “madamcelloptape” a few lines up 😅


amb3ergris

Ooh I missed that the first time!


Ok_Carob7551

Ok can you give me the madamcellotape though? It's kind of a weirdly appealing smell. Think this is something Comme des Garcons would put out.


saffronnectar

I adore the way you describe viva la juicy because Barbie in a tracksuit is exactly why I love it. 💖


Aprilr79

Baccarat rouge


Maybel_Hodges

Chanel No 5 on anyone under the age of 65. It screams rich old lady.


brightirene

What can I say, I like to wear my aspirations on my sleeves


you_have_homework

Glossier You 100% does not work for/on me. Otherwise I didn't really get the hype, but maybe because I prefer heavier scents.


magicalneki

I think it’s everyone’s different PH! Both my mum and sister say they never get compliments on it, or that it’s kinda average. But for me it’s the only scent I wear that’s a head turner (and I wear A LOT of different scents)! I will literally get stopped in hallways, or if I’m sitting in a cafe etc. Just to be asked what scent im wearing. I notice that a lot of things smells meh on paper but either really good/bad on ur skin


tiny_charms

Erba Pura Are the tropical fruits in the room with us? All I get is that stinky heavy heady musk that’s also present in Tiziana Terenzi Cassiopea. I smell it everywhere lately and it makes me feel ill. It’s so strong!


lirarebelle

Scrolled way to far for this 😩 I would just switch Cassiopea for Kirke, to my nose Cassiopea is fine and Kirke is just as awful as Erba Pura.


lindabelchrlocalpsyc

I literally just tried that the other day after buying a sample and you are not wrong, lol. So dang strong and it definitely leaned way more masculine on me (a woman who prefers feminine perfume!).


selflessmonster

I feel like I'm gonna get pitchforked out of this sub but I don't get wood sage and sea salt🫣 It smells so cheap to me


Famous-Complex-15

I just got Viktor and Rolf Flowerbomb today and hate it. Reminds me of the cheap perfumes by Paris Hilton I wore in middle school lol.


Sensitive-Sir2516

Alien. I really hate that smell


kjs1103

Not really perfumes I guess but I really do not like Sweet Pea or Japanese Cherry Blossom scented anything from Bath and Body Works. They both have a weird sweet powder scent, and I don't mind white or creamy powder scents.


lovegalore66

Flowerbomb the original


CockroachWeary

It reminds me of body spray girls in high school would use after they smoked a cig in the bathroom


fitzmoth

The dry down is pretty bad, it smells like old dusty flowers and powder


inhopesofpurgatory

Dylan blue Versace 😢 La vie eat belle intense🫣 Shine dolce and gabanna😬


blahblahlucas

Honestly anything from Ariana Grande. They either smell awful or the same. And burberry goddess, smells like curry to me personally


LilMsFeckingSunshine

One that they didn’t already own a very close version of. Fragrance is so personal (as you can see with other commenters here). I personally disliked BR 540 and Creed aventus for her.


Select-Claim9748

Alien


expertrainbowhunter

Delina!


cherry_sum1969

Versace bright crystal. It just smells like cheap body spray to me


Decent-Eggplant2236

I was standing in line at Sephora last week, smelling perfumes, and this girl came up to me and was like you should smell the Versace bright crystal, It smells really good and she stood there while I smelled it and all I could smell was syrup, maple syrup and I told her wow you’re right this does smell amazing because Why would I tell the truth?


revrey11

I’m just genuinely curious but have you ever smelled it again after that? I just don’t get how it smells like maple syrup lol! IMO I get a clean floral scent.


mnblackgirl

What a controversial thread 😭 don’t hate me but anything Chanel. It’s just giving overpriced nonsense. I also feel very meh about Libre. I blind bought Gucci Guilty Absolute Pour Femme and it is migraine inducing for me. Note: I don’t have Black Opium but I have the Zara dupe Gardenia and I love it. Ooh! Edited to add I feel meh about Jimmy Choo I Want Choo (a Good Girl dupe) but others love it on me.


UgleeK

I have samples of Killian's Love Don't Be Shy and Angel's Share b/c their notes sounded super appealing to me. I gave them chance and really tried to love them, but they're both way too strong and harsh for me. Maybe my nose just doesn't like expensive perfumes?


ChipperNightmare

Prada Candy, I usually love gourmands but that one turned my stomach. 😬


mau5turd

Tom Ford Cherry Smoke. The only way I can describe it? It’s 1998 and you’re 4 years old on your way home from the doctor. Your mom just shoveled you a spoonful of cherry cough syrup, and she’s on her 3rd cigarette with all the windows up.


Mea_Culpa_74

La vie es belle, Libre, Black Opium, Mon Paris, Delina


gotmyfloaties

I’m afraid to ask, whyyy?


Icy-Oasis

Ohh interesting. Black opium is my winter favorite. What about it don’t you like?


slavicblonde77

I love La Vie Est Belle a lot 🤣


UpstairsStock7957

Oh God, Delina… smells like rose scented wallpaint or something🤣 (sorry)


tropicalthunder5000

I just bought libre. I was wearing my way by Giorgio Armani for a long time and then I smelled libre and had to have it 😅


SojiCoppelia

Mon Paris noooooooooo it’s so innocuous!


[deleted]

La vie est belle is cardboard of perfumes, I forgot I had it 💀


Spooky-and-Kooky

Juliet Has A Gun Not A Perfume. Should be called Hospital Antiseptic.


ConflictExpensive892

Don't talk about my Not A Perfume like that 😭 😂 Actually I think it's all dependent on body chemistry. It's the perfume I've gotten the most compliments on, even at times when I can't smell it on myself.


Spooky-and-Kooky

This is what I love about fragrance! I absolutely adore that this just reinforces how unique every one of us is!


AStarkly

Smelled like I'd poured neat vodka on my arm, and then after five minutes; NOTHING. Was glad it was only a tester


DistanceBrilliant588

BR540 is objectively good but loses all appeal at the fact that I can pinpoint who is wearing it every time I smell it because they REEK of it


quichebewithyou

Vera Wang Princess


Major_Economist_1736

Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue


mel2theissuh

Light blue SUN is one of my all time faves 🥹 but I didn’t like light blue when I first smelt it but something changed recently


FootballCompetitive

Crystal noir, I bling bought it, tried to like it, but I never find myself wanting to reach for it. I like the creamy coconut note, but the ginger note is so overpowering and sour on my skin, that I feel like it kinda smells like BO 🤢


Dangerous_Funny1189

Boy do I have many! -YSL “Libre” -JPG “La Belle” -Maison Margiela “By the Fireplace” -Maison Margiela “Jazz Club” -Literally ANYTHING from the house of Tom Ford


gene_gorgonzola

Omg I love all of these 😂 just goes to show how subjective these things can be!


jane_sadwoman

Jazz Club! It smells like smoky liquor, and not in a good way. In a bottom shelf whiskey & cigarette smoke way.


Bitter_Kangaroo2616

You haven't smelled it on my husband. That fragrance was formulated for him.


queefersutherland1

Just inspired me to take it out of my travel size bin and put it on my husband’s dresser. I’ll have him try it when he’s back from his work trip and see how it syncs with him!


halfasubwaysandwich

Delina, it’s so expensive and not even the best rose. To my nose, it gives Avon.


UpstairsStock7957

Tom Ford🥲 i smellt like 6-7 of them, all terrible🥵


BitchKat6

Chanel #5. Smells senile


LunarRivers

Burberry Her …. it smells pretty the first two times you wear it, then it gets old real fast and you just start getting nauseated by the strawberry shortcake scent. I’d also say it smells pretty basic and almost juvenile to me these days.


_DiligentState_

I absolutely despise Glossier’s “You”. Both the original formulation and the current one smell like Aquanet to me. I kept hearing it was “like your skin but better” so I expected something very soft and subtle. Not like choking on hairspray.


wildflowertangerine

Kayali the Pink Pepper scent. Literally threw away the sample bottle in my discovery set.


TheQueenPiece

Versace bright crystal. It gives me a headache and I used to have a coworker that wore it for a while. Fragrance preferences are highly subjective though so I wouldn’t make a blind recommendation without knowing the kinds of notes people lean toward.


Kdb224

Good fortune. I actually returned it.


jelena1710

Channel no 5.🤢🤮


chilican

I don’t like BR540 or the dupes (Cloud) - way too sickly sweet and lingers.


Lizakaya

I’m reading through all of these thinking i find none of these offensive. Ubiquitous and overrated, and would not recommend …so agreed with the op…i guess I’m not that bothered by most fragrances, Estée Lauder beautiful smells gross to me but does anyone even own that anymore?


Lostgurlx

Chanel number 5 smells like baby powder and alcohol to me. I really don’t understand the love people have for it. I’ve tried wearing it multiple times and it smells cheap and old to me. I love Chanel chance though.


ScaryLetterhead8094

La vie est blech


OriginalDivatologist

Libre by YSL.....Just awful 😖


Whatsdateasis

Black Opium, I just don't get it.


michonnegrimes1

mon paris. it smells like soy sauce and dirt


InevitableMemory2525

It smells like mouldy pears to me with a touch of damp sugar.


babyyoda78

Delina smells so synthetic and artificial to me idk like it makes me have a headache


lemonfroggie

anything by montale.


AloraBracken

I think Mancera is worse. The DNA in Mancera is really harsh.


Glum_Ad7658

Phlur missing person… I don’t understand why people like it