# My daughter's perfume smells like bug spray. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782 "2000-08-17T21:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/21 "2000-08-18T19:50:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bear\_Nenno \* > \*\*I know how you feel! > My mom, the hippy, wears some crappy perfume that smells like Raid. It is petulli (sp?) oil! I can’t stand it. It really smells exactly like Raid. > My girlfriend wears Happy. I do not like it much but I do not think it smells like bugs spray. She got ripped off by whomever sold her that crap. Buy her the good stuff!!! > \*\* It’s patchouli. Buy her some sandalwood oil, it smells wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/22 "2000-08-18T20:44:57Z")
Boy am I glad you brought this up, **DDG**. I’ve been wondering for years what that Raid-smelling stuff was. What I can’t figure out is how anyone can take a whiff of this vile brew at a perfume counter and imagine that it smells good. I have an aunt who wears this same scent. I haven’t the heart to tell her. I once dated a girl who wore this scent as well. I found the heart to tell her pretty quickly. She was mildly insulted, but I figured it couldn’t be any worse for her than having your boyfriend make unexplained gagging sounds during every close encounter… ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/23 "2000-08-18T20:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spider \* > \*\*[hijack] my little sister wants parfum for her b-day. Anybody know whats like $50, nice, good for a 16 y/o, and does not smell like bug spray. [/hijack] \*\* JOOP! It is fabulous. Get the cologne for $45-$50 ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/24 "2000-08-18T20:53:26Z")
Feynn said: > [@](#): > > Let me get this straight, your daughter uses perfume that smells like bug spray… > > Where can I get some of this? I have daughters and one day I will have to let them out into the world and if it repels boys as well as it does parents I want a case of it… Feynn, I had the same idea, but having had a teenaged boyhood and remembering parts of it, I can tell you that Duck Duck Goose could douse The Cat with sheep dip and kerosene, and I’d have still thought she smelled good. Eyor said: > [@](#): > > If you have a son try paying him to make fun of her about it. Instead, find the cute, hunky guy in school, and bribe him to mention in her presence that he likes a more tolerable brand. Flies… Honey… vinegar… ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/25 "2000-08-18T21:06:50Z")
Okay, I canNOT be the only 30ish woman who read the part about “perfumes for young teenage girls” and immediately thought “Love’s Baby Soft.” Ah, the early '80s . . . painter pants, feathered hair, “Boston” on the sound system at those dances at the Junior High gym . . . and every girl smelling of Love’s Baby Soft. Those were the days – and I wouldn’t go back to them if you paid me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/26 "2000-08-18T21:28:14Z")
**Jodi** : Either that, or stealing some of mom’s _Charlie_ or _Enjoli_. Man, did I . . . er, I mean, **my sister** used to get chewed out for that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![smilingjaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@smilingjaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smilingjaws)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/27 "2000-08-18T23:22:54Z")
Suggestions for good perfumes: Beautiful by Estee Lauder It’s pretty heavy though, so a teenager who overdoes the perfume thing might make you sick–but at least it’s a sweet smell! My daughter has some that is a real light, fresh clean scent. I’ll look in her room and find out what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/28 "2000-08-18T23:36:11Z")
I feel your pain, absolutely nothing, including a festering case of B.O., is worse than someone who has marinated themselves with bad perfume. The B.O. stench you can walk away from, the bad perfume lays seige to you. ---
**Author:** ![eyor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@eyor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eyor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/29 "2000-08-18T23:40:44Z")
A couple of weeks ago on the news they were interviewing a boy who wore cologne to school and made all the kids vomit, and was sent home. That had to be the most embarrassed kid on earth! ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/30 "2000-08-19T00:34:52Z")
My teenaged daughter wears CK1 which actually smells pretty good especially in light doses. Here’s what she does: spray a light mist in front of her, run through the mist with eyes closed and chin lifted to get just the right amount placed exactly in the right areas. It’s so funny–a ballet performance to apply perfume. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/31 "2000-08-19T04:02:14Z")
you know, coming from a younger guy, the ONLY few colognes I wear to have to be Avatar (I get picked up and asked out by girls for wearing that) and Hugo… I have an aged bottle of Michael Jordan that I hated when I bought, but 3 years later I picked it up and it smells SOOOO good!!! but for Females, Tommy Hilfiger for women smells really good, I love it, Victoria’s Secret… and ANYTHING that smells like Vanilla (Natural Aphrodisiac) most available for under 50 bucks ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/32 "2000-08-19T04:18:47Z")
I used to be shy about telling people they stink, but not anymore. When I smell perfume that smells like OFF, I’ll say quite loudly, so EVERYONE can here me “Wow, someone reeks like OFF. Do you smell that? You don’t? Oh God, it must be someone’s perfume.” Of course, it doesn’t change the stench, but I hope whoever stinks gets the hint. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/33 "2000-08-19T06:40:23Z")
Not all perfumes smell like bug-repellant, but almost all of them smell like bibliophage-repellant. A few years ago, my dogs had fleas, so I got a spray from the vet. As I was spraying it around the house, my sister said, “I used to work with a girl who wore perfume that smelled just like that.” I said, “Maybe she just had fleas, and you didn’t know it.” ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/34 "2000-08-19T07:09:51Z")
Love’s Baby Soft? Um they still have that stuff. Ick I wore it a few times and I found it just gross so I didn’t anymore. Actually I find a good place to go for perfume in The Body Shop you can get some wonderful smelling perfume for cheaper then in a department store. I find Leap is wonderful… feminine yet strong (not like strong strong but it gives that hint. Its hard to describe) I also really love the emotions perfumes. (You know Crazy, Happy, Flirty etc) They are all wonderful I find (well most of them) but I prefer Crazy myself. Also they are really cheap you can get them at the drugstore or Reflections for 5 bucks a bottle or thereabouts. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782/35 "2000-08-19T17:43:16Z")
If anyone out there ever plans on seducing me, Vanilla scent is the way to go. Not overpowering, and doesn’t have the harsh biting scent that many perfumes do. I usually use Drakkar, as my girlfriend does not permit anything else. It was torture for a while, but I got used to it. See, I used to love Drakkar, and had a large bottle of it. At some point, my sink got infested with these little bugs (I think some fruit got stuck in there) and I grabbed the only thing I could find to spray them with – my Drakkar. I sprayed the hell out of them hoping whatever was in the perfume would prove fatal to the bugs, but all it wound up doing was associating Drakkar with bug spray in my mind, and for the next few years, it was all I could think of when I wore Drakkar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-perfume-smells-like-bug-spray/29782.md?page=1)