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So, I'm guessing Etat Libre d'Orange called this scent "Marquis de Sade" because it wants to hurt you.
Dear GOD. I gave it 15 minutes because sometimes a really awful top note will fade. This one did not, and the whole perfume is strong, strong, strong. I've just washed my arm multiple times with lemon-scented soap and I can still smell it. I think it's time to take a shower.
WHYYYY? I mean, I knew they were infamous for difficult perfumes but I was not expecting that level of revolting.
(It may be something to do with my skin chemistry, too, because I read a bunch of reviews of this scent while I was waiting for it to improve, and only a few mentioned the unbearable mix of dead rat and burning chemicals [plus some herbs] that I got. And I've definitely sampled some perfumes that got a lot of "Ugh that's so cacophonous/harsh/awful" reviews that have smelled lovely and completely inoffensive on me.)
Seriously this scent made my lips go numb and I feel kind of sick.
Dear GOD. I gave it 15 minutes because sometimes a really awful top note will fade. This one did not, and the whole perfume is strong, strong, strong. I've just washed my arm multiple times with lemon-scented soap and I can still smell it. I think it's time to take a shower.
WHYYYY? I mean, I knew they were infamous for difficult perfumes but I was not expecting that level of revolting.
(It may be something to do with my skin chemistry, too, because I read a bunch of reviews of this scent while I was waiting for it to improve, and only a few mentioned the unbearable mix of dead rat and burning chemicals [plus some herbs] that I got. And I've definitely sampled some perfumes that got a lot of "Ugh that's so cacophonous/harsh/awful" reviews that have smelled lovely and completely inoffensive on me.)
Seriously this scent made my lips go numb and I feel kind of sick.
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:38 am (UTC)So I believe that it was disgusting, but are you allergic to any of its components?
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:49 am (UTC)I've put the perfume vial in a sealed plastic bag, anyway.
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:54 am (UTC)Blech. I am respiratory-and-skin-allergic to most commercial perfumes, so I am afraid it is one of the first things I think of. I have gotten migraines from well-intended gift scents.
I've put the perfume vial in a sealed plastic bag, anyway.
Good call. Even if it can't harm you, you don't want to smell any more of it than you have to.
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Date: 2022-09-02 03:16 am (UTC)Oh no--a terrible experience for you and the giver.
Quite a few commercial perfumes and scented products give me mild headaches (not migraines so far, luckily) and queasiness. It's deeply un-fun. It doesn't help that people often wear so much perfume.
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Date: 2022-09-02 05:52 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-09-02 06:15 am (UTC)I hope you've been warned about Secretions Magnifiques? *g*
(Apparently there are people on whom SM smells great, which breaks my brain.)
I've just washed my arm multiple times with lemon-scented soap and I can still smell it. I think it's time to take a shower.
FWIW, I've found it sometimes helps (if scrubbing has been of no avail) to pick something strong I'm okay with and layer that over the top, to drown out the remaining traces.
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Date: 2022-09-04 01:02 am (UTC)pick something strong I'm okay with and layer that over the top
That's what I did in the end, after my show and then several more rounds of arm-washing, just to cover up those last traces.
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Date: 2022-09-04 05:27 am (UTC)That is very understandable after this experience, although FWIW I would say that apart from SM their stuff mostly isn't "difficult" in a "deeply traumatic experience" sort of way, even when it's unusual or off-kilter; I love Afternoon of a Faun enough to have splashed out on a full bottle.