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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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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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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.