# Ever buy a fragrance which smells great in the store.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 12, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332 "2002-12-12T21:11:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/1 "2002-12-12T21:11:15Z")
…and makes you WRETCH when you bring it home? I have. I got the **Clairins Eau Dynamisante** fragrance AND body lotion – and now I can’t stand it!!! While we’re at it, my very _expensive_ bottle of **Bulgari Blu** is giving me the dry heaves, too. Maybe I’m just getting tired of perfumes, cuz even my **Annick Goutal Folavril** doesn’t do it for me either. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Peach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Peach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/2 "2002-12-12T23:32:55Z")
some perfumes make me sick, too. Clinics (sp?) Happy gives me a instant headache. I am really liking what Demeter has out there, but I’m starting to wonder if Snow is all its cracked up to be…it makes me a slight bit headachy. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/3 "2002-12-13T01:24:44Z")
I bought Jessica McClintock perfume a few years ago, and I still have a full bottle. I wore it one time. It makes me gag. Actually, there are only 2 perfumes I can tolerate. I wear Escape every once in a while I wear Kate Spade everyday…I love that perfume Everything else gives me a headache. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/4 "2002-12-13T01:45:57Z")
Oooohhhh, I was just in a Kate Spade boutique last week and didn’t notice her fragrance ~ maybe I’ll check it out! And **Peach** , I bought Demeter’s “Gin 'n Tonic” fragrance a few years ago. I put that one in my “what was I thinking” file. :o ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/5 "2002-12-13T02:27:38Z")
Lola, I didn’t even know she has perfume to be honest with you. One day I was walking through Bloomingdales, and the most wonderful spell of honeysuckles and lilac hit me. It’s not overpowering either. I love- love- love it. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/6 "2002-12-13T02:28:47Z")
that was suppose to be ‘had’ perfume…sorry ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/7 "2002-12-13T02:29:32Z")
Not exactly; One time I put on a lot of Coolwater before I went to the gym. Midway through my intense, manly, workout I noticed that it had a bad, odoriphic, reaction with my sweat. I stunk and had to slink home… I never did that again. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/8 "2002-12-13T02:33:31Z")
A friend of mine would moisten her finger with a perfume/cologne and touch it to her tongue. If it tasted nasty, she wouldn’t buy or use it. If it didn’t taste bad, it would work OK for her. Presumably it’s a way to check a fragrance’s compatability with one’s body chemistry. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/9 "2002-12-13T02:45:26Z")
CK One smells like bug spray when applied to my skin. When I get a whiff of Joop for men, I have an instant, severe asthma attack. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/10 "2002-12-13T04:09:32Z")
I just need to vouch for Jersey’s Kate Spade perfume. It drives me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/11 "2002-12-13T05:54:46Z")
Some kind of novelty perfume that I came across in the store called “Halloween.” It was purple. It smelled pretty good, a bit odd, but good. A bought a cheap spritzer bottle, and they filled it up for me as a “sample.” Took it home, still smelled ok. A week or so later, I got sick - which for me, strangely enough, means my sense of smell gets more accurate. I tried out the perfume - it was pumpkin. They nearly talked me into buying a $40 bottle of _pumpkin scented perfume_. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/12 "2002-12-13T14:27:12Z")
I am addicted to Angel (Thierry Mugler). But when I first tried it, I did not like it. I was told to use it a few days because of some chemistry thing. Then I liked it and others noticed and said it smells good on me. I try something else now and then, but must have Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/13 "2002-12-13T15:05:12Z")
Red Door was my signature scent for a while, but my chemistry must have changed, because it reminds me of a greek salad anymore. My tried ‘n’ true is Chanel No. 5 Body Lotion. Mmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-buy-a-fragrance-which-smells-great-in-the-store/142332/14 "2002-12-13T15:14:21Z")
273 is way too flowery. I thought it would be nice but it sits still full in my medicine cabinet. We should have a “what was I thinking” perfume swap 🙂