If an influencer doesn’t dislike any fragrances, I don’t trust them. My assumption is that at worst they’re lying, and at best they have an extremely broad palette (and I don’t) so I can’t use any of their recommendations.
I also don’t like it when every new release is a “must have”. Some get it for free but it’s hard when you have to fork out $200-400 of your own money. I always listen to multiple RUclipsrs, read Fragrantica and reddit reviews before committing.
@@niklaus009I've been doing some of the perfume subscriptions, where you get enough of a perfume to last you a month. That's really helped me decide what to commit to after having watched all the reviews. If you're only going to wear something for special occasions too, you can just reorder it when it's almost out without having to commit to buying a full bottle of a 200 perfume. I'm making much better purchases now. Rather than accumalating a huge collection of stuff I never wear. 😂
Exactly. Some people enjoy being offended by everything like they're getting a medal in the Olympics for it or something. God forbid if you don't like the same fragrance\tv shows\food etc as they do...
To me, an unsafe blind buy is the price point. Blanche Bete, MFK, Amouage, PDM, all designer Prive/ Private collections etc… for that kind of money, there’s no room for the slightest bit of mediocrity for me. I need to love it.
“Normalize not liking” perfumes… yes!!! We need to remember that olfactory perception is SUBJECTIVE and your opinion does not have authority over someone else’s opinion about it. To each his own. Blanche Bete gets me SO many compliments from BOTH men and women of all ethnicities. Honestly one of my top fragrances. Lactonic/white florals really love my body chemistry. Most niche fragrances don’t require body chemistry to smell good and usually don’t change from person to person but lactonics do. I’m typically very warm so is heats up on my body to where I’ve been told I smell alluring and hypnotic. I never thought lactic would ever smell good on me, but they do so take all of it with the grain of salt.
Love that you’re adamant about maintaining a safe space for differences. Different experiences is what makes this so beautiful and fun. Don’t be a fun-sucker guys lol 💙
The funniest comment about my Naxos Xerjoff by a 6 year old “It smells like my uncle, so stinky!” My thoughts were - I know him and he is a very sophisticated man who ALWAYS smells great😂
Black Orchid is the fragrance that made me commit to no longer blind buying anything. It was a scrubber for sure, one spray almost choked me out, and it made my head hurt. I couldn't get it off my skin fast enough. Oh god, it was horrible. So strong, and to me it smelled like a mixture of alchopop vomit, stale cigarette smoke, cheap sex and regrets. I gave it away.
I haven’t tried all on this list but I cast my vote for Chanel No 5, black Opium, Libre, Delina, Good Girl, Alien and I’d add all the Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances in the body shaped bottles. Vintage perfumes I hate include Samsara, Giorgio, Amarige. That’s just a start!
Delina I was so excited for and it smelled so strong of rose I couldn’t stand it. Even my dad said it smelled like old lady. I guess I don’t really like rose notes. I don’t care for Libre or Chanel anything either
I LOVE how subjective scent is. This video was such a great idea and your message/disclaimer is so true!! I would have to add to the list all Montale/Mancera perfumes... I've tried a handful of them, and unfortunately they've all been scrubbers. I've tried macerating, different weather, clothing vs skin, and nothing has worked for me. I wanted to love Velvet Vanilla so much, but there's a synthetic note that just pierces through all of the notes that I cannot get on board with. And this is unfortunately the same for all of the other scents I've tried from them. Such a great video!!! Thanks for shedding some light on normalizing disliking big name fragrances.
I also think that maybe people have not tried too many perfumes. Because if D&G Devotion is a "scrubber" for them, then maybe they haven't tried a wide variety of fragrances. 😬🤷♀️ ... and there isn't anything wrong with that either. But I always consider the source when taking recommendations too. For myself personally*
I absolutely encourage honesty. I don't need to agree with others to enjoy their content. I really don't even want things sugar coated. I am here to hear your REAL thoughts and opinions. It doesn't help me when an RUclipsr holds back.
Good morning Jackie. 💛 I like Coco Madamoiselle, but I recently discovered that I LOVE Coco! Love Libre Intense, and Le Parfum. I never tried the OG. I also still love the original Opium, a fragrance from my 30s. 😊 I actually get a body odor smell from BR540!😳 My scrubbers are: Initio Side Effect, Mancera Red Tobacco, and all of the Angels and Aliens! I detest them all!😂 This was fun hearing about the opinions of others. I thoroughly believe in people being able to voice their dislike of fragrances without fear of censure! Thank you. Have a great weekend 💛
Yeah I don’t understand the hype around Side Affect. I hold onto my sample and smell periodically. I still hate it. I smelled Alien next to a high quality jasmine niche frag and Alien straight up smells like latex. I can’t not smell latex now. Lol
I like the Libre line, but I’ve come to realize that lavender can give me a headache, and for some reason the lavender in the edt didn’t do that so that’s the one I went with in the end 🥰
Fragrance is so personal and your taste can change over time. I'm just getting into fragrance and the first thing I learned is not to blind buy because there are fragrances that are so expensive and raved about that I have tried and could not stand. At first I thought there was something wrong with me but at the end of the day, it's perfume and personal preference. Thanks for your review!
I honestly love this topic. It’s very annoying when people get triggered by someone else disliking a fragrance they love…some ppl are too much. I agree with some of these to a point: Oud Satin Mood isn’t necessarily a scrubber, I can tolerate it, but I don’t like it, it’s just a mess of a scent. Black Orchid is a weird one for me, sometimes I love it, other times I hate it…more often than not it’s a hate. BR540 is one that I love the opening of, but after a few minutes I hate it. Chanel no5, is a no on me, but I like it on others. Vanilla Milk is good on paper, but on skin something comes out that I just can’t deal with. Good Girl is a scrubber, I have no idea why it gets hyped, imo, it’s awful. The others, I either don’t know, or I like/love. The worst fragrances I’ve ever smelled are probably Santal 33 by Byredo and Ambre Fétiche by Annick Goutal.
Hey gorgeous Jackie! I love Oud Satin Mood but I can see how it might be polarizing. Some people get too much Oud and it’s powdery on your skin. It must really agree with my skin chemistry, since I don’t get much Oud or powderyness lol. It’s usually the other way around for me. This one is a rarity ❤❤
i’m so glad someone hater black orchid as much as me and smells the “death” notes in it lmao. I remember year and years ago smelling it in sephora for the first time after seeing so much hype for it and i didn’t spray it on me, so it wasn’t my body chemistry, but simply took off the lid and sniffed the bottle and have NEVER EVER had such a physical reaction to a perfume in my life. I convulsed lmao. I wanted to barf. It totally does smell like something is dead and rotting and for the life of me I want to know why some people clearly love it and some people smell decay lmao 😂
I understand how people might love or hate a fragrance - makes sense. What intrigues and surprises me is when people smell weird or unique notes that have never ever EVER occurred to me, not in a million years 🤷🏼♀️ cracks me up! It’s bizarre and amazing how we humans can interpret a note or acord so drastically differently. I don’t always agree, but I do love reading and hearing reviews/opinions. Especially when they are articulately expressed! Thanks for honestly sharing yours 👍🏻 and yeah Erba Pura phew! 🤢
Wow, I love Angel! It's my all time favorite. I do understand how divisive it can be but I'm a patchouli fan. It's interesting how different scents can be interpreted.
I’m watching this at 2:30 am. I must be overly tired and easily amused. My inner child giggles when i hear ”scrubber parfume” ( ”scrubber” has a specific meaning in British slang ). Great video! I wish there was a video with influencers insulting each others fragrances ( regardless of how they actually feel ). Roasting each others tastes. A relief from all the ”panty dropper” routines. Thank for a bit of nuance! 👍
Nooooo… not my Valaya!!! 😁😁😁 It’s my most complimented perfume I have!!! Oh well .. ☺️🤷♀️ On the other hand, I extremely hate Absolute Aphrodisiac by Initio 😢 .. I regret blind-buying this.. Can’t return it either since I ordered it from Paris. I don’t get it. It’s not even considered as “perfume” .. I’d rather use Downy Fabric Spray on me than this! 🤦♀️
A newly discovered scrubber for me is Akro Awake. So overwhelmingly strong and smells exactly like those “pancake and sausage on a stick” frozen things you can get at the grocery store. Just sickly sweet syrupy, sausage-like smell to me with a random layering of lemon. Just got done washing it off in the bathroom best I could, but can still smell it even now!
So funny, I really like nearly all of these on this list 😂. A few popular, well-made fragrances that were true scrubbers for me likely due to body chemistry- all smelled like rancid blue cheese-are Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady and most of Titziana Terensi line.
Great video! My interest in perfume is fairly new. When I hear oud can smell like rubbing alcohol and also smell barnyard, I’m confused. I’d love to see a video about oud in general and how it can vary so much.
I reallu enjoyed this video. Imo the one missing in this list is one of my personal foes, La Vie est Belle, as for the rest, all of them are here. I agree with Devotion, tried yesterday and couldn't wait to wash it out. Though I enjoy vanilla to an extent, too intense vanilla perfumes don't work for me. As for Coco Mademoiselle smelling like mildew I get it, it's how patchouli tranlates for some noses. And finally I agree, it's just perfume, Chanel is one my favorite houses and I love their perfumes but it doesn't offend me when people hate them.
Delina original is a lifer.. I have exclusif and love it as well. I’m not a huge Chanel no5 lover, but I appreciate it. I am a fan of coco Chanel though❤
I've never been a fan of Angel... but the elixir almost had me jumping over the counter and ringing myself up!... the le parfums, elixirs and intense versions of basic smelling perfumes are WAY better than the originals to me.
Delina the OG wasn’t a scrubber immediately but I had to take it off because it was just irritating my nose. There’s something about the notes in that fragrance that don’t agree with my body chemistry or my senses.
Baccarat is a lifer❤❤ def a fan of erba pura.. smells beautiful on me.. I know people complain about the musk, but I like musk so it doesn’t bother me😊
I love how perfume is so subjective. How two people can smell a scent and have totally different takes. For me it’s any perfumes with amber. For some reason my nose hates amber.
I really enjoy Vanilla Milk! You would enjoy it too if you like lactonic fragrances. It is very similar to New Bond St by Bond No.9 (which is $460). When I wear this fragrance, people tell me I smell huggable and sensual.
Not surprised about Blanche Bete as much as I love it. I can imagine it turning sour on people’s skin. I think I’m one of the very few that loves Shaghaf Oud. It’s not very popular in my household 😅😂
I tried very hard with Shaghaf Oud, but....... I can't. I just can't. However, I just saw that they will be releasing a flanker: Shaghaf Oud Tonka. Now That just might work! 🙃
LOVE MFK BR540 and YSL Babycat on this list. Delina is good but not full bottle worthy for me at this time. I have a sample of Valaya on the way to try out. Fingers crossed.
When I tried Rosendo Mateo 5 for the first time I thought is the worst perfume I ever put my nose on. Here I am, a year later I got a decant again, and I don’t know…I kinda like it 🙈 Its not as rubbery, more sweet and mysterious.
I also hold on to samples for the most part. If I don't like something sometimes I'll revisit and it will be amazing. Happen to me several times already.
I'm the same with Black Orchid. I yelled, "Ewww" so loud in the store people turned to see what was going on. Then Oud Satin Moud. Smells like Fermayldhyde animals. Then the other one I had to try and get off was Narcissi Rodriguez for her. It was the most pungent Patchouli on my skin.
A moldy oldie: My family was traumatized by my Mother's Estee Lauder's Youth Dew. She doused it on her. Literally made me ill.. 🤢 Also, Black Opium Le Parfum... Lovely! Black Opium the OG... no ma'am.
Youth Dew was my granny's signature scent. I bought her a gift set every Christmas! I have a bottle in my collection, in her memory. I sniff it from time to time, but I can't see myself wearing it.
I had to scrub off Billie Ilish 1 off, after 20 min after spraying it turned into a sour puke mixed with vanilla cake on my skin🤢. Another nightmare for me is Initio Side Effect, hate it even off others, at least first 30 min of application. For me it it a spicy chemical, alcohol and mechanical somehow. Some car coolant gone wrong. All the notes are usually very attractive, I love boozy notes
Black opium the original is my signature if I had to say I have one. Everytime I wear it there is always a compliment from a man on how good I smell. It never fails me EVER! If you want attention then that's the one you wear because its really grabs attention of men. People associate me with that scent too. I have le parfume and love that one as well! I get more compliments on the original to be honest because its louder and more people pick up on it which is followed by a "you smell like vanilla or you smell so good!" I dont mind people don't wear it or like it because at this point it smells original again because no one is wearing it like they used to. She's my ride or die, a guaranteed you smell good. If you didn't like the original then try the le parfume, shes real good too.
I don’t find most of these to be scrubbers. I’m not a fan of most of them but they don’t repel me to the point where I need to rush to scrub it off. Some fragrances I’ve actually had to scrub off: -Burberry Her Elixir (turns sour on me) - Jo Malone Red Roses (a beautiful headache in a bottle ) -Alexandre J rose alba (smells like rose seasoning) -CH Good girl ( I actually like it but after a while it goes sour on my skin, shame)
22:32 I HATE Guidance. I am soooo glad that I got a sample. It smells like straight up woody hazelnut on my skin and dare I say.. heavy and masculine. It’s beast mode.. I took a shower nearly 2 hrs ago and still smell it on my arm. 😷
Marc-Antoine Barrois ganymede extrait, i was gifted a very generous sample of this and ............ oh my goodness i couldn't scrub it off fast enough. I was wearing a wool sweater at the time and sprayed some onto the sleave. Now for context i try to not wash my wool sweaters( i prefer to hang them on the line and let them air out in the cold air) I smelled Ganymede on my sweater for days and days until i finally had to take it to the dry cleaners. I just can't get on with this scent. Straight up curry. I love to authentic curry to eat, not to wear as a perfume. Sorry not sorry. Happy New year!
Blanche bete was an immediate scrubber, la vie est belle, black opium, Chanel no 5, Britney Spears midnight fantasy, Fancy by Jessica Simpson, bacarat rouge, and cloud were all scrubbers for me too 😂😂
So when I first got into fragrances everybody was talking about YSL Libre intense. I kept sampling it because I wanted to like it because of the bottle but I just didn’t like it. I eventually sampled the original and decided I like it enough. I wore that fragrance one time and hated it. Every once in awhile I hear about a combo to try but I am too traumatized and I just don’t want to spray it at all. I don’t know what I’m going to do with that perfume. I really don’t like it.
Love Baccaret Rouge once it dries down , at first smells to me like hospital/ medicinal . Not sure I’d buy the full bottle , love the Ariana grande dupe cloud
The one that I blind bought and so regret is Audacity by Penhaligon…. It smells like rubber… like a tire shop. The other one I don’t like at all,that so many love, is Guidance…. Glad I got it on scent bird to try.
Ok, I agree with 15 of the 20. But 5 of them are in my top 10 for life 🥰: Coco Mademoiselle, Italica, Delina, BR540 and Erba Pura, for me Erba Pura is a super fresh and delicious summerscent😍love it! And I get so many compliments wearing it
I really wanted to like the new Dolce and Gabanna. but mannn it smells nice for a sec in the opening then it smells like someone dumped a bowl of that syrupy canned fruit that people put in jello moulds on me! I felt like I had spilled it on my hand! Its just weird. It was almost shocking how it turned weird on me. Body chemestry is so facinating and that is why fragrance is so personal and you cant follow the heard on every one for sure!
My top scrubbers would have to be MFK Oud Satin Mood and Gucci Rush I couldn’t bare either one and when I tried to give them to someone else everyone kindly declined crazy right? I love these kind of videos to hear other ppls thoughts on fragrances. I am surprised how high Black Orchid made the list because that’s my ultimate boss babe fragrance and if I had to pic 1 fragrance for the rest of my life it would be TF BO 🙌 ❤
I don't think it's even a taste thing with a lot of scents nowadays - I'm absolutely sure that modern aroma chemicals are why so many new hyped up perfumes are scrubbers - I'm one of the people who only smell chemicals in Bake, Devotion etc. I genuinely don't know what those smell like to other people because I can't percieve what the notes are supposed to smell like - it might aswell be Cif bathroom cleaner as far as my scent receptors can tell - Good Girl smells like creosote to me and apparently it's something called Veramoss (it's in so many modern perfumes!) And it sounds like Vanilla Milk might have that same chemical in it too - it's honestly everywhere but so many people can't smell it!
Absolutely love Rosendo Mateu no 5 but I don’t get that rubbery, gasoline, burning note people talk about.. I’ve never gotten that.. thank God😊 I actually like alien and want a small bottle of it. I can’t do black orchid, it makes me nauseous .. but recently I smelled it and it was tolerable. I still don’t want a bottle of it. I tried the le parfum and it was not bad.😊
I don’t think Devotion was a scrubber personally but I do think it has a super gourmand scent. Some people really don’t like the realistic dessert smells. To me it was a bit lactonic and too foodie for me. Vanilla Milk on the other hand was actually atrocious hahaha to me anyways. I’m not a fan of lactonic scents as I just said but that perfume nearly smelled fermented to me. If I smelled that on someone I would straight up gag
I started binge watching you today and I really like your channel. I find myself agreeing with so many of your likes and dislikes. As much as I try not to take it personally, I must confess that it's harder on ones that I feel so strongly about like Blanche Bete. It's such a standout imo and I get tons of compliments when I wear it. Totally with you on Delina Exclusif. I absolutely love it but I strongly dislike regular Delina. I keep thinking there's something wrong because they should be similar yet they are night and day imo.@@jaxbeautifulyou
Re: burnt rubber notes, it might need to aerate/macerate. I had a blind buy rose musk frag that smelled incredibly disgusting. I sprayed it a few times over the course of several months, and right before I was about to throw it in the trash, it suddenly smelled exquisitely delicate and beautiful, not like motor oil at all.
Most of these I agree with but a couple I do love, especially Valaya. I just bought a full bottle and both my husband and I love it on me. We are all so different and it’s okay!
Quite a few here are on my scrub list. I tried MFK OSM in the summer & hurt myself leaving the venue to wash. BUT... in the winter, on dreary damp cold days, the powdery rose & wood hit much better. RM5... you have to flap like a bird for 15 minutes & the burning rubber goes away. I find the dupe is much better with little to no rubber smell. Lattafa Ishq al Shuykh(?sp). Much better. Valaya smells lfloral musky sweaty. Atomic Rose is better than Delina. I do love the Guidance, evening, cooler weather. Babycat... freezing weather outside around a bonfire til the decant is gone. At least with the fire there is an excuse for the burnt smell.😸 I like the Black Opium & Good Girl in small doses. Men seem to like them.
Ok after watching the whole list, I'd say I'm just about split down the middle. About half of these I love or at least enjoy, and half I really quite dislike. Except I never did try Vanilla Milk because I was scared off by the reviews and I've never tried Erba Pura. Great video Jackie, loved the concept and the interactive nature of it.. very fun!
My all-time scrubber is Womanity by Mugler. I've tried to at least tolerate it, but I couldn't, to me it smells like a BEACH TOWN DUMPSTER during a very hot summer day. Salty, rotten, decomposing things amplified by the heat! I just couldn't!! My second scrubber would have to be Raghba by Lattafa Perfumes, it probably triggers some unpleasant memory, because to me smells like a South American CEMETERY with a lot of candles burning mixed with some bad incense scent. I can see why people like it, because I can pick some pleasant notes in it, but I can't wear it because the burnt candle and incense smell transports me to a cemetery.
Years ago I shared an apartment with a girl who used to douse herself in White Linen. It made me physically throw up a couple of times. SO glad you never smell it out and about anymore.
I feel you! Had a snotty friend with an even snottier mom, they thought they were elite wearing lots of WL. Hated it then, and still. Glad it is not around anymore.
Fun video! I voted for Blanche Bete 😂 I've tested it a few different times and it has smelled like cat pee on me every single time. So sad since it does seem to be loved by many. I'm surprised by Devotion, too!
I agree about Angel being a scrubber , find it too strong to wear , though like going back to smell it . I find I can’t wear Cacheral Anais Anais smells like cat pee on me 🤣. Love perfumes to smell just some can’t wear them on my skin or buy them
If an influencer doesn’t dislike any fragrances, I don’t trust them. My assumption is that at worst they’re lying, and at best they have an extremely broad palette (and I don’t) so I can’t use any of their recommendations.
I agree 💯 it’s not possible to love everything.
I also don’t like it when every new release is a “must have”. Some get it for free but it’s hard when you have to fork out $200-400 of your own money. I always listen to multiple RUclipsrs, read Fragrantica and reddit reviews before committing.
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Agreed!!
@@niklaus009I've been doing some of the perfume subscriptions, where you get enough of a perfume to last you a month. That's really helped me decide what to commit to after having watched all the reviews. If you're only going to wear something for special occasions too, you can just reorder it when it's almost out without having to commit to buying a full bottle of a 200 perfume. I'm making much better purchases now. Rather than accumalating a huge collection of stuff I never wear. 😂
Agree wholeheartedly with people sharing their thoughts about fragrances. It's really just perfume, not life or death decisions. 💯💯💯
I couldn’t have said it better myself!😂
Right!? Exactly ❤️
Exactly. Some people enjoy being offended by everything like they're getting a medal in the Olympics for it or something. God forbid if you don't like the same fragrance\tv shows\food etc as they do...
To me, an unsafe blind buy is the price point. Blanche Bete, MFK, Amouage, PDM, all designer Prive/ Private collections etc… for that kind of money, there’s no room for the slightest bit of mediocrity for me. I need to love it.
“Normalize not liking” perfumes… yes!!! We need to remember that olfactory perception is SUBJECTIVE and your opinion does not have authority over someone else’s opinion about it. To each his own. Blanche Bete gets me SO many compliments from BOTH men and women of all ethnicities. Honestly one of my top fragrances. Lactonic/white florals really love my body chemistry. Most niche fragrances don’t require body chemistry to smell good and usually don’t change from person to person but lactonics do. I’m typically very warm so is heats up on my body to where I’ve been told I smell alluring and hypnotic. I never thought lactic would ever smell good on me, but they do so take all of it with the grain of salt.
Uh oh! Let me put my feelings away before I watch this one 😂😂😂
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😂 I had to brace myself for a few of these 😆
Love that you’re adamant about maintaining a safe space for differences. Different experiences is what makes this so beautiful and fun. Don’t be a fun-sucker guys lol 💙
Lol fun sucker 😆
The funniest comment about my Naxos Xerjoff by a 6 year old “It smells like my uncle, so stinky!” My thoughts were - I know him and he is a very sophisticated man who ALWAYS smells great😂
I love naxos...fruity fresh
I so agree with you on black orchid. It’s too bad it’s so unwearable cause it gives zombie vibes and would be a perfect Halloween perfume! 😂🎃
Lol right 🧟♀️
Black Orchid is the fragrance that made me commit to no longer blind buying anything. It was a scrubber for sure, one spray almost choked me out, and it made my head hurt. I couldn't get it off my skin fast enough. Oh god, it was horrible. So strong, and to me it smelled like a mixture of alchopop vomit, stale cigarette smoke, cheap sex and regrets. I gave it away.
I haven’t tried all on this list but I cast my vote for Chanel No 5, black Opium, Libre, Delina, Good Girl, Alien and I’d add all the Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances in the body shaped bottles. Vintage perfumes I hate include Samsara, Giorgio, Amarige. That’s just a start!
I agree with all of the ones you mention, and I would like to add: everything Mugler came out with, and Chloe Nomade.
I wore one of the YSL Libre perfumes to work. My favorite coworker couldn't get away from me fast enough😢. I'm done with it. Too floral!
Delina I was so excited for and it smelled so strong of rose I couldn’t stand it. Even my dad said it smelled like old lady. I guess I don’t really like rose notes. I don’t care for Libre or Chanel anything either
I agree I hate Alien and all the flankers know a lot of people love them but my nose just does not smell it.
I LOVE how subjective scent is. This video was such a great idea and your message/disclaimer is so true!! I would have to add to the list all Montale/Mancera perfumes... I've tried a handful of them, and unfortunately they've all been scrubbers. I've tried macerating, different weather, clothing vs skin, and nothing has worked for me. I wanted to love Velvet Vanilla so much, but there's a synthetic note that just pierces through all of the notes that I cannot get on board with. And this is unfortunately the same for all of the other scents I've tried from them. Such a great video!!! Thanks for shedding some light on normalizing disliking big name fragrances.
I struggle with a lot of montale/Mancera too. Not all, but many.
I also think that maybe people have not tried too many perfumes. Because if D&G Devotion is a "scrubber" for them, then maybe they haven't tried a wide variety of fragrances. 😬🤷♀️ ... and there isn't anything wrong with that either. But I always consider the source when taking recommendations too. For myself personally*
I absolutely encourage honesty. I don't need to agree with others to enjoy their content. I really don't even want things sugar coated. I am here to hear your REAL thoughts and opinions. It doesn't help me when an RUclipsr holds back.
Good morning Jackie. 💛
I like Coco Madamoiselle, but I recently discovered that I LOVE Coco!
Love Libre Intense, and Le Parfum. I never tried the OG. I also still love the original Opium, a fragrance from my 30s. 😊
I actually get a body odor smell from BR540!😳
My scrubbers are: Initio Side Effect, Mancera Red Tobacco, and all of the Angels and Aliens! I detest them all!😂
This was fun hearing about the opinions of others. I thoroughly believe in people being able to voice their dislike of fragrances without fear of censure! Thank you.
Have a great weekend 💛
Initio side effect was a total scrubber for me too! No ma’am 😆
Yeah I don’t understand the hype around Side Affect. I hold onto my sample and smell periodically. I still hate it.
I smelled Alien next to a high quality jasmine niche frag and Alien straight up smells like latex. I can’t not smell latex now. Lol
@@julitakamaki4386 😂😂😂Amen!
This is one of my favorite channels! Please keep up the great reviews/comments! This episode was fun 😊
I like the Libre line, but I’ve come to realize that lavender can give me a headache, and for some reason the lavender in the edt didn’t do that so that’s the one I went with in the end 🥰
Fragrance is so personal and your taste can change over time. I'm just getting into fragrance and the first thing I learned is not to blind buy because there are fragrances that are so expensive and raved about that I have tried and could not stand. At first I thought there was something wrong with me but at the end of the day, it's perfume and personal preference. Thanks for your review!
I totally agree with you, Valaya is beautiful and it's on my spring wishlist😊❤
It's so good!
Team Black Opium here, especially the le parfum ❤ scrubbers for me: Oud Satin Mood and Erba Pura!
Linterdit intense for me. Absolutely turns my stomach even after several tries....
Noooooo! Not Babycat!!!!😭😭😂😂🥴
But I absolutely agree with you about Guidance. It smells like straight up body odor on my skin🤢🤢🤢
I wish I got the beauty of babycat like so many others. I’m keeping my decant and will definitely try it again. ❤️
I honestly love this topic. It’s very annoying when people get triggered by someone else disliking a fragrance they love…some ppl are too much. I agree with some of these to a point: Oud Satin Mood isn’t necessarily a scrubber, I can tolerate it, but I don’t like it, it’s just a mess of a scent. Black Orchid is a weird one for me, sometimes I love it, other times I hate it…more often than not it’s a hate. BR540 is one that I love the opening of, but after a few minutes I hate it. Chanel no5, is a no on me, but I like it on others. Vanilla Milk is good on paper, but on skin something comes out that I just can’t deal with. Good Girl is a scrubber, I have no idea why it gets hyped, imo, it’s awful. The others, I either don’t know, or I like/love. The worst fragrances I’ve ever smelled are probably Santal 33 by Byredo and Ambre Fétiche by Annick Goutal.
Hey gorgeous Jackie! I love Oud Satin Mood but I can see how it might be polarizing. Some people get too much Oud and it’s powdery on your skin. It must really agree with my skin chemistry, since I don’t get much Oud or powderyness lol. It’s usually the other way around for me. This one is a rarity ❤❤
That’s funny, I usually like powered fragrances, but this one is the exception. 🤣
i’m so glad someone hater black orchid as much as me and smells the “death” notes in it lmao. I remember year and years ago smelling it in sephora for the first time after seeing so much hype for it and i didn’t spray it on me, so it wasn’t my body chemistry, but simply took off the lid and sniffed the bottle and have NEVER EVER had such a physical reaction to a perfume in my life. I convulsed lmao. I wanted to barf. It totally does smell like something is dead and rotting and for the life of me I want to know why some people clearly love it and some people smell decay lmao 😂
SAME!!! I scrubbed and scrubbed and could still smell the rot in my dreams (nightmares)!
I have a physical reaction to it too. It really does smell like death to me haha
@@jaxbeautifulyouneed to smell Black orchid again or buy sample as I like it but dare not buy it. 😂
I understand how people might love or hate a fragrance - makes sense. What intrigues and surprises me is when people smell weird or unique notes that have never ever EVER occurred to me, not in a million years 🤷🏼♀️ cracks me up! It’s bizarre and amazing how we humans can interpret a note or acord so drastically differently. I don’t always agree, but I do love reading and hearing reviews/opinions. Especially when they are articulately expressed! Thanks for honestly sharing yours 👍🏻 and yeah Erba Pura phew! 🤢
I love reading and hearing the opinions of others too. It’s pretty funny sometimes 😆
Guidance & RM5 are masterpieces in my book. And Babycat is quite a sweet mass pleasing vanilla to me lol. I ordered a bottle
Oh, I love Babycat, too! Couldn't afford a whole bottle, so I got a dupe which is 90% there (Rifaaqat by Paris Corner)
Wow, I love Angel! It's my all time favorite. I do understand how divisive it can be but I'm a patchouli fan. It's interesting how different scents can be interpreted.
A divisive fragrance is a good fragrance in my book, I'd rather hate or love than feel nnn. 😊
Ditto!
Totally agree. Polarizing scents are the ones I end up loving the most.
I’m watching this at 2:30 am.
I must be overly tired and easily amused.
My inner child giggles when i hear ”scrubber parfume”
( ”scrubber” has a specific meaning in British slang ).
Great video!
I wish there was a video with influencers insulting each others fragrances ( regardless of how they actually feel ).
Roasting each others tastes.
A relief from all the ”panty dropper” routines.
Thank for a bit of nuance! 👍
Nooooo… not my Valaya!!! 😁😁😁 It’s my most complimented perfume I have!!! Oh well .. ☺️🤷♀️
On the other hand, I extremely hate Absolute Aphrodisiac by Initio 😢 .. I regret blind-buying this.. Can’t return it either since I ordered it from Paris. I don’t get it. It’s not even considered as “perfume” .. I’d rather use Downy Fabric Spray on me than this! 🤦♀️
I love Valaya too…. And absolute aphrodisiac was a scrubber for me too! 😆 it smells dirty.
A newly discovered scrubber for me is Akro Awake. So overwhelmingly strong and smells exactly like those “pancake and sausage on a stick” frozen things you can get at the grocery store. Just sickly sweet syrupy, sausage-like smell to me with a random layering of lemon. Just got done washing it off in the bathroom best I could, but can still smell it even now!
I don’t care for awake either.
So funny, I really like nearly all of these on this list 😂. A few popular, well-made fragrances that were true scrubbers for me likely due to body chemistry- all smelled like rancid blue cheese-are Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady and most of Titziana Terensi line.
Frederic Malle smells like an old lady and body odor!!
Great video! My interest in perfume is fairly new. When I hear oud can smell like rubbing alcohol and also smell barnyard, I’m confused. I’d love to see a video about oud in general and how it can vary so much.
Oud can smell a lot of ways depending on a lot of different factors. It is a tricky note for sure.
I love love love ALL of the Black Opium!! especially the Le Perfume.
Yes, own them all, reach for illicit green, le Parfume and over red mostly.
This one hurt. Alien, Angel, and Mademoiselle are my 3 most used! I've gone through many Alien bottles. It's my top favorite 😢
I think Alien is loved just as much as it is disliked. A lot of people love it. I adore coco Mademoiselle. 💕
I reallu enjoyed this video. Imo the one missing in this list is one of my personal foes, La Vie est Belle, as for the rest, all of them are here.
I agree with Devotion, tried yesterday and couldn't wait to wash it out. Though I enjoy vanilla to an extent, too intense vanilla perfumes don't work for me. As for Coco Mademoiselle smelling like mildew I get it, it's how patchouli tranlates for some noses.
And finally I agree, it's just perfume, Chanel is one my favorite houses and I love their perfumes but it doesn't offend me when people hate them.
The OG LVEB is a bit much for to to take. Patchouli is definitely polarizing.
Delina original is a lifer.. I have exclusif and love it as well. I’m not a huge Chanel no5 lover, but I appreciate it. I am a fan of coco Chanel though❤
Delina OG is, hands down, my most complimented fragrance from men & women. Although, I'll admit, it had to grow on me.
I've never been a fan of Angel... but the elixir almost had me jumping over the counter and ringing myself up!... the le parfums, elixirs and intense versions of basic smelling perfumes are WAY better than the originals to me.
I love Guidance but, I get it 😂😂😂😂
It smelled like BO on me. Literally like I had not showered in a week. 🤢
Random comment-Your makeup is pretty. That green is gorgeous on you!
Thank you so much 🙂
This was fun Jackie! Glad to see my most hated made the number one spot!
Erba pura won by a landslide!
Delina the OG wasn’t a scrubber immediately but I had to take it off because it was just irritating my nose. There’s something about the notes in that fragrance that don’t agree with my body chemistry or my senses.
I don’t care for the rhubarb note.
Yes, normalize difference of opinion. I've always loved your authenticity now on to the list
I appreciate that! I know you are the same. ❤️
Baccarat is a lifer❤❤ def a fan of erba pura.. smells beautiful on me.. I know people complain about the musk, but I like musk so it doesn’t bother me😊
Lol, I just came from Chris's video on Babycat alternatives hahaha.
I did that 4 days ago also. Except for opposite reason as Chris 😆
@@GretaBeth 😂 I'm gonna check it out, Greta. Thanks.
Me too
I love how perfume is so subjective. How two people can smell a scent and have totally different takes. For me it’s any perfumes with amber. For some reason my nose hates amber.
I really enjoy Vanilla Milk! You would enjoy it too if you like lactonic fragrances. It is very similar to New Bond St by Bond No.9 (which is $460). When I wear this fragrance, people tell me I smell huggable and sensual.
I’ve been waiting for this video since you put up that poll!!
I tried a sample of Valaya, and really wanted to love it. It’s a scrubber for me. My 5 year old daughter said she thought it smells like a toot! 😅
Not surprised about Blanche Bete as much as I love it. I can imagine it turning sour on people’s skin. I think I’m one of the very few that loves Shaghaf Oud. It’s not very popular in my household 😅😂
I tried very hard with Shaghaf Oud, but....... I can't. I just can't. However, I just saw that they will be releasing a flanker: Shaghaf Oud Tonka. Now That just might work! 🙃
@@AmiAbroad oooh that one sounds interesting
I love Blanche bete! 🥛
LOVE MFK BR540 and YSL Babycat on this list. Delina is good but not full bottle worthy for me at this time. I have a sample of Valaya on the way to try out. Fingers crossed.
Great video Jackie.. Entertaining!❤
Thank you! 🤗
When I tried Rosendo Mateo 5 for the first time I thought is the worst perfume I ever put my nose on.
Here I am, a year later I got a decant again, and I don’t know…I kinda like it 🙈 Its not as rubbery, more sweet and mysterious.
Thanks for sharing! I’m super curious to retry it.
I also hold on to samples for the most part. If I don't like something sometimes I'll revisit and it will be amazing. Happen to me several times already.
Yes, definitely!
I'm the same with Black Orchid. I yelled, "Ewww" so loud in the store people turned to see what was going on. Then Oud Satin Moud. Smells like Fermayldhyde animals. Then the other one I had to try and get off was Narcissi Rodriguez for her. It was the most pungent Patchouli on my skin.
A moldy oldie: My family was traumatized by my Mother's Estee Lauder's Youth Dew. She doused it on her. Literally made me ill.. 🤢 Also, Black Opium Le Parfum... Lovely! Black Opium the OG... no ma'am.
Youth Dew is a no for me too
Youth Dew was my granny's signature scent. I bought her a gift set every Christmas! I have a bottle in my collection, in her memory. I sniff it from time to time, but I can't see myself wearing it.
My mom also wore this and we almost puked every time.
@@llb2233 😂 same. And a headache..
I had to scrub off Billie Ilish 1 off, after 20 min after spraying it turned into a sour puke mixed with vanilla cake on my skin🤢.
Another nightmare for me is Initio Side Effect, hate it even off others, at least first 30 min of application. For me it it a spicy chemical, alcohol and mechanical somehow. Some car coolant gone wrong. All the notes are usually very attractive, I love boozy notes
Black opium the original is my signature if I had to say I have one. Everytime I wear it there is always a compliment from a man on how good I smell. It never fails me EVER! If you want attention then that's the one you wear because its really grabs attention of men. People associate me with that scent too. I have le parfume and love that one as well! I get more compliments on the original to be honest because its louder and more people pick up on it which is followed by a "you smell like vanilla or you smell so good!" I dont mind people don't wear it or like it because at this point it smells original again because no one is wearing it like they used to. She's my ride or die, a guaranteed you smell good. If you didn't like the original then try the le parfume, shes real good too.
I’m really enjoying the le Parfum ❤️
Yea Fleur Narcotique and Valaya were scrubbers for me. Smelled like I was sniffing a Sharpie 😂
Lmao a sharpie 😂 oh no 🙈
I love italica..it smells so good lol i love how there is something out their for everyone.😅😊
Yes! Italica is so delicious imo
I don’t find most of these to be scrubbers. I’m not a fan of most of them but they don’t repel me to the point where I need to rush to scrub it off.
Some fragrances I’ve actually had to scrub off:
-Burberry Her Elixir (turns sour on me)
- Jo Malone Red Roses (a beautiful headache in a bottle )
-Alexandre J rose alba (smells like rose seasoning)
-CH Good girl ( I actually like it but after a while it goes sour on my skin, shame)
22:32 I HATE Guidance. I am soooo glad that I got a sample. It smells like straight up woody hazelnut on my skin and dare I say.. heavy and masculine. It’s beast mode.. I took a shower nearly 2 hrs ago and still smell it on my arm. 😷
Marc-Antoine Barrois ganymede extrait, i was gifted a very generous sample of this and ............ oh my goodness i couldn't scrub it off fast enough. I was wearing a wool sweater at the time and sprayed some onto the sleave. Now for context i try to not wash my wool sweaters( i prefer to hang them on the line and let them air out in the cold air) I smelled Ganymede on my sweater for days and days until i finally had to take it to the dry cleaners. I just can't get on with this scent. Straight up curry. I love to authentic curry to eat, not to wear as a perfume. Sorry not sorry. Happy New year!
I love Amouge Guidance. So I was sad to see it up there. Lol
Blanche bete was an immediate scrubber, la vie est belle, black opium, Chanel no 5, Britney Spears midnight fantasy, Fancy by Jessica Simpson, bacarat rouge, and cloud were all scrubbers for me too 😂😂
😮😮😮 Thanks for the deodorant tip!
You’re welcome! 💕
So when I first got into fragrances everybody was talking about YSL Libre intense. I kept sampling it because I wanted to like it because of the bottle but I just didn’t like it. I eventually sampled the original and decided I like it enough. I wore that fragrance one time and hated it. Every once in awhile I hear about a combo to try but I am too traumatized and I just don’t want to spray it at all. I don’t know what I’m going to do with that perfume. I really don’t like it.
Love Baccaret Rouge once it dries down , at first smells to me like hospital/ medicinal . Not sure I’d buy the full bottle , love the Ariana grande dupe cloud
This sounds fun. Thank you Jackie!
Thanks for watching!
The one that I blind bought and so regret is Audacity by Penhaligon…. It smells like rubber… like a tire shop. The other one I don’t like at all,that so many love, is Guidance…. Glad I got it on scent bird to try.
It’s funny seeing Oud Satin Mood on here. 2 years ago, it was highly loved. I personally still love and wear it. Great video!!!
Thanks for watching!
I agree that good girl and angel are scrubbers. A lot of these, I just think are overhyped and people are tired of hearing about them.
Ok, I agree with 15 of the 20. But 5 of them are in my top 10 for life 🥰: Coco Mademoiselle, Italica, Delina, BR540 and Erba Pura, for me Erba Pura is a super fresh and delicious summerscent😍love it! And I get so many compliments wearing it
Love the ‘ worst ‘ videos as I like seeing peoples different views ❤
I really wanted to like the new Dolce and Gabanna. but mannn it smells nice for a sec in the opening then it smells like someone dumped a bowl of that syrupy canned fruit that people put in jello moulds on me! I felt like I had spilled it on my hand! Its just weird. It was almost shocking how it turned weird on me. Body chemestry is so facinating and that is why fragrance is so personal and you cant follow the heard on every one for sure!
I love Valaya. Yep, you described it well. It is fantastic, and perfume is PERSONAL😅
It really is!
This is a solid list! 🎉
Thanks! 😁
Aw! I love valaya.
Me too!
So glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t get with Guidance. All I smell is pickles!
My top scrubbers would have to be MFK Oud Satin Mood and Gucci Rush I couldn’t bare either one and when I tried to give them to someone else everyone kindly declined crazy right? I love these kind of videos to hear other ppls thoughts on fragrances. I am surprised how high Black Orchid made the list because that’s my ultimate boss babe fragrance and if I had to pic 1 fragrance for the rest of my life it would be TF BO 🙌 ❤
Black Orchid is a masterpiece!
My jaw dropped when I saw Erba Pura in the #1 spot 😧. I agree with all of the others.
I don't think it's even a taste thing with a lot of scents nowadays - I'm absolutely sure that modern aroma chemicals are why so many new hyped up perfumes are scrubbers - I'm one of the people who only smell chemicals in Bake, Devotion etc. I genuinely don't know what those smell like to other people because I can't percieve what the notes are supposed to smell like - it might aswell be Cif bathroom cleaner as far as my scent receptors can tell - Good Girl smells like creosote to me and apparently it's something called Veramoss (it's in so many modern perfumes!) And it sounds like Vanilla Milk might have that same chemical in it too - it's honestly everywhere but so many people can't smell it!
Absolutely love Rosendo Mateu no 5 but I don’t get that rubbery, gasoline, burning note people talk about.. I’ve never gotten that.. thank God😊
I actually like alien and want a small bottle of it.
I can’t do black orchid, it makes me nauseous .. but recently I smelled it and it was tolerable. I still don’t want a bottle of it. I tried the le parfum and it was not bad.😊
I wish I didn’t get the burnt tire. I want the magic that the people who love it get. 😔
I have about 12-13 in my collection from the list. All of which I LOVE…imagine if EVERYONE loved all the perfumes I love, we’d all smell the same.😣
I don’t think Devotion was a scrubber personally but I do think it has a super gourmand scent. Some people really don’t like the realistic dessert smells. To me it was a bit lactonic and too foodie for me. Vanilla Milk on the other hand was actually atrocious hahaha to me anyways. I’m not a fan of lactonic scents as I just said but that perfume nearly smelled fermented to me. If I smelled that on someone I would straight up gag
I am so curious about vanilla milk now lol. I am definitely sampling next time I go to Sephora.
That devotion smells awful..even from start to dry down
Yes, that all I got is black pepper for baby cat, from top to bottom the black pepper stood out. Now oud satin mood, love her!!!!
Blanche Bete smells fabulous on my skin! That is the only one in this list I truly love. Everything else.. I don't care if I never smell again. LOL
I am shocked that Blanche Bete made the list. I ADORE IT!
Me too!!
I started binge watching you today and I really like your channel. I find myself agreeing with so many of your likes and dislikes. As much as I try not to take it personally, I must confess that it's harder on ones that I feel so strongly about like Blanche Bete. It's such a standout imo and I get tons of compliments when I wear it. Totally with you on Delina Exclusif. I absolutely love it but I strongly dislike regular Delina. I keep thinking there's something wrong because they should be similar yet they are night and day imo.@@jaxbeautifulyou
Re: burnt rubber notes, it might need to aerate/macerate. I had a blind buy rose musk frag that smelled incredibly disgusting. I sprayed it a few times over the course of several months, and right before I was about to throw it in the trash, it suddenly smelled exquisitely delicate and beautiful, not like motor oil at all.
Most of these I agree with but a couple I do love, especially Valaya. I just bought a full bottle and both my husband and I love it on me. We are all so different and it’s okay!
Quite a few here are on my scrub list. I tried MFK OSM in the summer & hurt myself leaving the venue to wash. BUT... in the winter, on dreary damp cold days, the powdery rose & wood hit much better. RM5... you have to flap like a bird for 15 minutes & the burning rubber goes away. I find the dupe is much better with little to no rubber smell. Lattafa Ishq al Shuykh(?sp). Much better. Valaya smells lfloral musky sweaty. Atomic Rose is better than Delina. I do love the Guidance, evening, cooler weather. Babycat... freezing weather outside around a bonfire til the decant is gone. At least with the fire there is an excuse for the burnt smell.😸 I like the Black Opium & Good Girl in small doses. Men seem to like them.
Black opium and good girl are definitely men magnets. Flap like a bird…. Lmao 😂
Love your videos! Watching this first thing in the morning while getting ready for work and you’ve set me up with a good mood, thank you!!
Awesome! Thank you! Have a good day at work. ❤️
Such a fun video!! Speaking of bandaids- that’s all I get from Silky Woods. I’ve tried it several times over the past year and yeah- bandaids. So odd.
Oh wow! I have a decant of silky woods. Haven’t worn it much but now I need to retry it.
Ok after watching the whole list, I'd say I'm just about split down the middle. About half of these I love or at least enjoy, and half I really quite dislike. Except I never did try Vanilla Milk because I was scared off by the reviews and I've never tried Erba Pura. Great video Jackie, loved the concept and the interactive nature of it.. very fun!
Thank you 😊
My all-time scrubber is Womanity by Mugler. I've tried to at least tolerate it, but I couldn't, to me it smells like a BEACH TOWN DUMPSTER during a very hot summer day. Salty, rotten, decomposing things amplified by the heat! I just couldn't!! My second scrubber would have to be Raghba by Lattafa Perfumes, it probably triggers some unpleasant memory, because to me smells like a South American CEMETERY with a lot of candles burning mixed with some bad incense scent. I can see why people like it, because I can pick some pleasant notes in it, but I can't wear it because the burnt candle and incense smell transports me to a cemetery.
Scent memories are so powerful and can completely ruin a fragrance.
Baby Cat - Lilac Love - Italica - all scrubbers for me 🤷🏼♀️
Received a sample of blanch bete, barely any scent at all, so idk, sample wasn’t cheap. Nice to save my $$ tho!
Great video 🎉✨❤ I agree with at least 5-7 perfumes…
Years ago I shared an apartment with a girl who used to douse herself in White Linen. It made me physically throw up a couple of times. SO glad you never smell it out and about anymore.
I feel you! Had a snotty friend with an even snottier mom, they thought they were elite wearing lots of WL. Hated it then, and still. Glad it is not around anymore.
Fun video! I voted for Blanche Bete 😂 I've tested it a few different times and it has smelled like cat pee on me every single time. So sad since it does seem to be loved by many. I'm surprised by Devotion, too!
Oh no! Not cat pee 😆 😬
I agree about Angel being a scrubber , find it too strong to wear , though like going back to smell it . I find I can’t wear Cacheral Anais Anais smells like cat pee on me 🤣. Love perfumes to smell just some can’t wear them on my skin or buy them