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The skunk: Super cute, but the scariest animal on earth to a fraghead!
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Hello ladies and Gentleman! Another doubleheader today! I have a lot of content coming out here soon, so I will be posting every day and sometimes twice per day! This one is on my 5 least favorite notes in fragrances. Some of them I dislike any form of them, some I only dislike a certain type. Let's get into it!
Number 5: Castoreum
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Castoreum comes from the castor sacs of a beaver, which is located around the hindquarters of the animal. At least it used to, I think most of it, if not all, is synthetically produced now. It gives out a urine smell to me. While it can be okay mixed with some other notes...it's just not what I seek to smell like. So any fragrance that has this in it as a predominant note is usually not my style.
Number 4: Oakmoss
Now, I don't dislike oakmoss as a whole, but the super dry mothball smelling oakmoss from the 70-80s smells bad to me. Most of this was banned in perfumery as an allergen, so it's synthetically produced now. I like the dry oakmoss with spice in old-school barbershop fragrances, but some other times it just smells like an old attic. That's not something I wish to embody.
Number 3 Suede
Suede is the bad side of leather to me. It just smells funky. I don't know how to describe it properly, but I just dislike suede very much. It smells dirty to me. Luckily, not many fragrances have this note in them and they opt for leather instead.
Number 2: Blood Orange
Orange is one of my favorite fruity notes in fragrances. However, blood orange is not. It just smells like a bad grapefruit to me. It's dark, piercing, and just unpleasing to me. I can handle it in small amounts, but with a fragrance like Perry Ellis Night it's just bad. Even though that fragrance is slowly growing on me...I am still not a huge fan of the note.
Number 1: Licorice
Anyone who knows me will find this as no surprise. I can handle licorice in the background, but as a major player...I hate it. Anise isn't much better, but they are similar so I decided to only put one on this list. I can't stand licorice candy or smells. I just don't like it. I avoid any fragrance that has these notes as a dominant note. Azzaro Pour Homme has anise and I like that one, but I also have Avon Today which is licorice dominated and I dislike it very much.
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Yep! This is pretty much the same for me! I don't like any of these either John! And I love orange also, but not Blood orange. And I also don't like a lot of oakmoss either, which 50% of my frags have oakmoss in the bottom notes. Great list my friend!
ReplyDeleteNice! Thank you!
DeleteI can't stand anise, geranium, or coconut those ruin the fragrance if they are too prominent.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late reply, I just now noticed your comment. I personally love coconut. Geranium is okay. I hate Anise.
DeleteYeah no go for licorice for me as well. It is just gross on all accounts. One note that I can't stand is Clove. It's fine and adds spice to a fragrance in the background but not as a main note. I used to not like iris in the beginning of my fragrance journey. Then as my nose began to mature I started really liking it. Funny how much a nose can change and mature over time.
ReplyDeleteAh, I have Penhaligon's LP No 9 which is a clove bomb and I love it. I like iris as well, but I prefer violet more.
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