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Huh. Sounds like a pleasant smell, but not something I'd want as a perfume. The way I see it, perfumes should replace your scent. They should complement it. Th
by jfengel 1y ago
Huh. Sounds like a pleasant smell, but not something I'd want as a perfume.
The way I see it, perfumes should replace your scent. They should complement it. They should go together like wine and food.
Axe Body Spray covers your natural scent -- the entire marketing is "You smell bad so you should smell like something else". That's how we've marketed fragrance in the US since forever. Somebody finally figured out that we could sell it to boys as well as to adult women.
- ericmay 1y agoYes for this specific perfume, that was my impression as well. Not something I’d want to wear, but fascinating and accurate nonetheless.
- lelandfe 1y ago(you probably meant should not replace your scent)
- jfengel 1y agoWhoops. Thank you.
- dylan604 1y agoAbsolutely. What the scent smells like in the bottle, or on a wafting stick, or on the forearm of the sales assistant letting you sniff like you're Clark Griswald does not tell you how it will smell on yourself or the person you are buying it for. I've spent quite a bit of time around "scents", and there have been several that I was unsure about until after trying them on for a bit.
- jfengel 1y agoAnother complicating factor: perfumes change over time. There are at least three layers of notes in any decent perfume. You might not like the way it smells for the first few minutes, and then when the top notes fade, you like what's left. (Honestly, I sometimes think those top notes are there just to get you to buy them in the store.)