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Sep. 1st, 2022 07:18 pm
kindkit: A late-Victorian futuristic zeppelin. (Default)
[personal profile] kindkit
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.

Date: 2022-09-02 02:38 am (UTC)
sovay: (What the hell ass balls?!)
From: [personal profile] sovay
Seriously this scent made my lips go numb and I feel kind of sick.

So I believe that it was disgusting, but are you allergic to any of its components?

Date: 2022-09-02 02:54 am (UTC)
sovay: (What the hell ass balls?!)
From: [personal profile] sovay
I've never had an allergic reaction to a perfume before, and I didn't have any kind of skin reaction to this one, but my lips still feel a little numb despite multiple arm washings and a shower.

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.

Date: 2022-09-02 05:52 am (UTC)
naraht: Moonrise over Earth (Default)
From: [personal profile] naraht
Huh. I have certainly had a LOT of fragrances where my immediate reaction was "get it offffff me," but I'm pretty fond of Marquis de Sade. Just shows how individual these things are!

Date: 2022-09-02 06:15 am (UTC)
rydra_wong: Lee Miller photo showing two women wearing metal fire masks in England during WWII. (Default)
From: [personal profile] rydra_wong
WHYYYY? I mean, I knew they were infamous for difficult perfumes but I was not expecting that level of revolting.

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.

Date: 2022-09-04 05:27 am (UTC)
rydra_wong: Lee Miller photo showing two women wearing metal fire masks in England during WWII. (Default)
From: [personal profile] rydra_wong
But even if it wasn't notorious, I doubt I'll be trying any other ELDO perfume any time soon, if ever.

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.

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