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I've noticed some people will generalize and say that they 'don't like Chypres' or 'can't stand Gourmands' or 'don't go for Orientals'. Just out of curiosity, what is your pet hate perfume family? And what in particular is it about those types of perfumes that you dislike?

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Florals are what I like least (I like some Floral scents, though), especially the ones I call "Attack of the 50 Foot Flowers" meaning high-pitched screaming white Florals with killer gardenia and tuberose notes, possibly also hyacinth.

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Mass-market fruity florals, the one's I call, "Bowls o' Pudding". Yeesh.

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Originally Posted by tigrushka Florals are what I like least (I like some Floral scents, though), especially the ones I call "Attack of the 50 Foot Flowers" meaning high-pitched screaming white Florals with killer gardenia and tuberose notes, possibly also hyacinth. Orientals are what I like least, although like tigs, and since coming to basenotes, I have found some I really love. I approach any fragrance with an amber base with extreme reluctance, and the combination of amber and clove will send me to the hills, gasping as I go. There is a thick, resinous, heavy wall-o-fragrance quality to spice/amber that smells chemical and toxic to me, as though it might be pushing the oxygen molecules off my red blood cells.
I'd consider a blind buy on anything with gardenia and hyacinth,
although there is a high-pitched screaming pikake jasmine note that makes me long for Opium and Cinnabar and Youth Dew.

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HEAVY orientals with lots of thick and spicy notes (Youth Dew, Cinnabar, Opium).
VERY SWEET fruited fragrances that also contain gourmand notes.
GRAND LADY chypres, or prim and fussy chypres.
TIARE reigns as a dastardly floral to me, although I enjoy many other florals.
ALDEHYDES for the most part, especially in scents with rose/violet.
POX ON POWDER!

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Chypres for me. On me they come up all pepper and it's just NOT appealing. Maybe I'll grow into them in time, but for now, I steer clear.
I also am not fond of heavy aldehydes. A little is okay, but if it's heavy, I can't stand it. Smells like lipstick wax to me.

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I don´t find any citrus or floral-greens among my perfumes. I don´t dislike them, they just doasn´t speak to me...

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Originally Posted by Lalage I've noticed some people will generalize and say that they 'don't like Chypres' or 'can't stand Gourmands' or 'don't go for Orientals'. Just out of curiosity, what is your pet hate perfume family? And what in particular is it about those types of perfumes that you dislike? Feel I lack discrimination.
Haven't got any yet.
Check back in a year!

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I'll echo some of those above: Orientals don't trip my trigger, and I haven't smelled anything from a department store I'd want.

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I'm not big on florals, especially soliflorals. I don't really like clean or citrus-y scents either. (I'm sure there might be exceptions ... )
Bring on the orientals!