I have to say-I have REALLY enjoyed reading your personal fragrance horror stories-y’all have me cracking up! If you’re reading this and you haven’t shared yours, please don’t hesitate to chime in! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏾
I was once wearing 4 sprays of Amouage Interlude Man in the office.A colleague of mine was astounded by it and was raving for it. As soon as i left the office being happy, 2 women were walking on the pavement and as soon as i passed them , they said "Bliach ! He smells like an ashtray ! "
I had to take a short trip round the corner to the post office yesterday and just before I left I sprayed one tiny, TINY little spray of Naxos (barely anything came out), but I got stuck in a huge queue in a small shop and had multiple people around me coughing and choking. I couldn't believe how much it was projecting. It never worked that well on my skin before. I was wishing the world would just swallow me up! We really do need to be very careful how much we spray, as normal people just aren't as used to it as we are.
@@jzed9138 Nor me usually, but on this occasion it stank the shop out. I have the type of skin that is sometimes very dry and sometimes very oily, so fragrances react on me differently day by day. Sometimes I get great performance, sometimes I get virtually nothing.
Facts folks: There are some fragrances that only need 1 or 2 sprays. Conversely, some fragrances actually do better with extra sprays because you get to smell more nuance. Test at your own risk. Wish fragrance houses gave you some idea of how powerful a fragrance is. Informed shoppers is a happier shopper.
I wore Eros Flame for the first time and oversprayed. I’m in IT and was helping an older gentleman with his computer in his small office. His cough started small but then became more and more aggressive and I knew right away I was choking him out. I tried my best to quickly finish what I was doing and went to the bathroom to try to wipe off what I could so I wouldn’t choke anyone else out. 😂
I've noticed some fragrances are considerably stronger in their first sprays, just out of the box. I spray twice the sprays of Profondo than my first day and it never gets the attention it got the first day.
Me being new to fragrances went into a perfume shop years ago and sprayed invictus victory elixir 8x and pdm layton exclusif 3x on my body (i live in the caribbean and it was summer). Walked out and by the time the sun hit my body, i became walking biochemical weapon, i almost killed myself because i couldn't get away from my own body. I walked into a supermarket to get some snacks and then i walked to the cashier and she stared and me and held her nose. I then looked back and saw people glancing at me all over. I hurried out of the supermarket to go catch the bus and by the time i got into the bus fully sweaty, colognes projecting at its MAX, lets just say it was a very interesting bus ride home. Still didnt learn my lesson after that 💀
Only Justin could think “hmmm chilling at my local café while doing some video editing, time to bust out complex and challenging fragrances appropriate for black tie evening wear” 😂
I think it's okay to over spray depending on the notes of the fragrance. For example, i can over spray Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue and no one ever seems to complain vs something heavy like Red Tobacco. Just know what you're spraying, when you are spraying.
So glad I’m not the only one! I haven’t had anything as bad as these stories (yet), but I just have to wonder how many times people have been put off by my smell or said to another, “Yeah, Henry’s a nice guy but have you noticed how he always smells like cologne?” People pick up on these things and don’t say anything, in my experience.
there are some fragrances that are much weaker and have more subtle scents, and with those you can put on a lot. 20 does seem like overkill even for those weaker ones. And if you are going to be outside, then you can overspray since you'll never be filling a room.
Justin, I'm speaking from Brazil. Thank you very much for putting the subtitles and audio in Brazilian Portuguese through Artificial Intelligence. It helps us to enjoy much more everything you said in the video. Thank you very much!!! Hugs from Brazil, and please try the perfumes from Conde Parfum, the best niche brand here in Brazil!
Love this video idea and your vulnerability to talk about awkard situations you created with your fragrance choice. I had a similar experience wearing Fan your Flames on a day that was too warm, and it was suffocating to be sure. That said, I love to wear FYF on summer evenings out; I find the profile to be wearable once the sun has set, and I have gotten nothing but positive attention when wearing in those scenarios.
Had a couple of those days with Sauvage Elixir, oversprayed and man it was bad. One person came off the elevator and said someone got on alot of cologne.😂😂😂
Yeah I’m realizing if I spray in the middle of my neck I’m cooked and over spray because I can’t smell. But if I spray the sides of my neck I smell it so much I realized that maybe the last 6 months I must have been blasting. 😂😂😂
Has the same elevator situation with Sauvage Elixir. Lady talked to her co-workers after she exited the elevator and complained that probably the whole elevator shaft will smell like perfume all day now lol. Shits strong
I love Sauvage Elixir and got compliments from my best friend and my work colleagues. Unfortunately my wife doesn't like it at all and complains everytime when I spray it 😢😂
Hey Justin, I so enjoyed this video. I think in general fragrance stories is a great theme, and something I would love to see you expand on more. I’ve never seen this from any other creator and I imagine there will be a bunch of copycat Vids come out now. Awesome work.
My college campus has really bipolar weather. My weather app said it’d be 35 degrees, so I put on my really smoky, oudy clone of By The Fireplace. Turns out there were no clouds and no breeze which made the day feel like springtime. The scent was so strong it made me nauseous and I had to change clothes halfway through the day. Moral of the story, be certain of the temperature before you bust out the winter fragrances!
I too was excited to wear a new frag I had just received. It was PDM Carlisle and we were heading to watch an elementary school program (it was winter at least). Little did I know that the entire place was basically standing room only, and I had no idea how the fragrance performed. I'd say I did four sprays, which was probably one too many. Some teenager near me kept doing the exaggerated cough cough cough thing, though he was eventually scolded by his mother. Ha.
I bought The One: Mysterious Night. I thought “ya know, 3, maybe 4 sprays is fine. The other two in that flanker subset are fine with that.” WRONG. I was a rose and oud BOMB all day at the office. It was awful. The only time I’ve ever had a coworker tell me it was too much.
Great video Justin. Really great content. Fragrance lovers forget these points. I wore Argos Vail (my first wearing also) yesterday out. I went with 5 sprays and I’m sure it was too much. I love oud fragrances. My wife said I smelled like an Arab Mall. 😂 lol
I feel like we forget as fragrance enthusiasts that our noses have been beaten into shape to appreciate some of these more challenging scents lol. 95% of people in public have only been exposed to the designer stuff they’d see in a mall. It’s like if you have the aux in a car and you’re really deep into a niche genre of music. If you play that in the car of course no one else is going to like what you’re playing and they’re trapped in a car listening to it 😂. Sometimes you gotta sacrifice scents you love to be considerate of those around you and go with something with some more mass appeal. There’s a balance between wearing what you love and not caring what people think. Just a time and place for each scent.
You are 100% right, popular fragrances are usually popular because they are inoffensive to the regular person. It’s the difference between getting the AUX and putting on Drake, or putting on MF DOOM. Some people Will REALLY like MF DOOM, but EVERYONE Will Enjoy Drake.
When I bought V&R SpiceBOMBA Extreme from my favorite fragrance store I went straight to my truck and f’d up with 3 sprays then off to pickup some Food. I chocked out the whole restaurant! It was winter but I live in SoCal so winter for us is 75 degrees 😂
I have trouble spraying too little. Especially if I want to spray 2 sprays. Somehow the first spray is always a weak on and me dumb a** don't count the first spray 😂
Man, I remember last summer, I put one spray too many with PDM Godolphin. Went into a Macy’s to buy some jeans and caught an earful from a couple behind. “OMG, his perfume is too strong”. I couldn’t have slid my card any faster and walked out the store immediately. To their point….over 87 degrees in NC heat and humidity wasn’t the right time to test a leather fragrance. Lmao
@@raygun1414no such thing as summer or winter fragrances. In the middle east they wear oud year round. Americans usually don't wear any cologne so any smell is going to be too much for them
Happened also to me, sprayed Nishane Nefs 8x, it killed all Arabian Tonkas and Red Tobacos around, I woke up the next morning and threw up, I could feel it 20h later, only when I took a shower it was better, I needed to wash all if my clothes from the previous night
6 sprays of Mancera Black Noir. I think it isn't very strong but the sillage is great. I wore it to an outdoor concert, 60F, 15mph winds, wearing a coat. Maybe someone will smell it?... A homeless guy down the street called me out. I was standing with 500 people so I guess people noticed. Once you gain experience with these powerful fragrances the volume in your head gets turned down. The gammut of human perception is unpredictable. I am often surrounded by people with no sense of smell so the window creeps too far.
What a great video! It encourages me to try some of my challenging colognes again, and this time plan it better and with better occasion selection. I had the same happen to me a couple of times. First time, I decided to wear Mancera's Red Tobacco, I had heard so much about this scent and when I got it I wanted to wear it and enjoy the delicious scents. Well, it was during the summer, I sprayed it at home, put it in my workbag and went to work. I enjoyed it on my skin, but then my nose went blind. I applied more, then in the afternoon I went to put my workbag in my car. Before I closed the trunk I decided to apply more because I couldn't smell it anymore. When I stepped out of the elevator, a woman was coming in and walked into that wall of Red Tobacco that punched her on the face. She just made a face and said something like 'whoah'!. I hope she doesn't have to see me again. The other one was a few weeks ago as the summer was ending but still pumping some heat. I received my long awaited Xerjoff Alexandria II, another one with many comments and recommendations. My wife asked me to go with her to pick up some items at a bakery for a program that night. I decided to try the Alexandria II. I sprayed it once, just loved the scent! I got so excited that I sprayed probably 6 more times. We went to the bakery. As we were waiting to be called, a woman that was standing close to us literally gasped for air and ran to the other side, still trying to breath air without Xerjoff. I knew it was me because I could smell myself and it was strong for me. I tried to stay still, hoping the scent wouldn't pump into the air. I have to say, I feel sorry for my wife riding in the same car with the windows closed and not saying anything. She's a great and brave wife. I will use what you shared with the many more challenging aromas I have purchased. Thanks again.
I over sprayed Mancera Red Tobacco. It's winter time and i need to go pick something up at a electronics store, so i take a hot shower which is my first mistake and quickly throw on a bunch of layers and throw on the fragrance thinking ill be fine its cold out (probably far more than 2-3 sprays cause i have a travel spray so less juice is being sprayed). Well i immediately start sweating cause my body is still warm from the shower and the multiple layers plus being in a rush. When i get to the check out i'm asking this girl about something and this younger guy who is also behind the counter made a comment about the smell. So i knew it was me, i got a little embarrassed which made it project even more. Then by the time i'm checking out the guy makes a loud statement "someone smells like an old lady."So by the time i leave the store i'm probably turning a bit red and trying to hold a laugh in. To all the young people not every thought has to be announced to the world thank you and don't over spray Mancera Red Tobacco. I don't think i have worn it since.
I made a mistake with Montale Full Incense a few years ago. Definitely sprayed too much. I don't recall seeing anyone saying anything or covering their nose, but just to me I could tell it was too much. I like incense-y fragrances, but I also know that with that comes taking into consideration where you're going to be.
I did overspray Hermes "H24 Herbes Vives" shortly before my dentist appointment, because I simply got it new and I underestimated how strong and powerful that scent is. The appointment lasted not long, the nurse who usually does the teeth cleaning said after 5 minutes that everything is fine and I am ready to go....
I sprayed wayyy too much spice bomb extreme once years back, I made myself ill. I literally was sick from it. I was so disoriented it was like a bioweapon hahaha. I couldn’t wear that one for quite sometime after that experience but I can wear it today and it not choke me out and actually enjoy it but of course only a few sprays ;) hahah.
I think there is something synthetic in those spice bomb formulations like the bad boy line that just after awhile starts to induce a headache even though they smell good...
My coworker always oversprays. He wears Versace Eros (EDP I think, since I have it myself). In the mornings it's really strong. Even though I like frags, I asked him maybe not to spray too much. Now I keep a bottle of Versace Man Eau Fraiche in my bag, and only do 2 or 3 sprays around my 2 pm break. Now I"m not sure if I've oversprayed, since no one I know has told me anything or have acted strangely, so I can't say if I have. I normally do 3 sprays on my chest.
Haha excellent video! I’m the same way, I don’t want my fragrances announcing themselves and anytime I see someone react to the rare times I over sprayed, i get super embarrassed.
I got a sample of Interlude from DecantX after watching one of your videos. I was so excited when it came in I sprayed a 2 sprays IN THE AIR so my teenage son and I could smell it together. It literally stunk up my entire house. My 2 daughters in the next room were like what in the heck is that smell ?! Then like 5 minutes later my wife came from UPSTAIRS and was like OMG there’s a weird smell upstairs but now it’s way worse down here what is that ?! My son has some buddies that AEW into frags some and he’s warned them all about Interlude😂 By the way I bought both of your collab boxes from DacantX back when they came out and they were amazing. Really wish you’d do another collab like that with some newer selections.
Awesome video idea! Let’s be real though, if you’re in the hobby this type of things is gonna happen to you at least once lol. Scent is just as powerful as fashion, and everyone HATES to be gaudy. My worst story was actually when I was sitting in a classroom late in my junior year of college. I had just recently gotten and fallen in love with “Bracken Man” by Amouage, as it made me feel so dapper and actually grown up in a very busy and work filled time in my life. Unfortunately, my classmates thought I smelled like a dentists office, and it was the one and only time I had a 2 seat buffer on all sides between me and another student. Safe to say I learned my lesson, better to be understated than overstated. Would love to see a video kind of like this with scents that in your opinion CANT be over-sprayed, for however you interpret that prompt I guess.
I over sprayed sweet leaf on my way in to take a midterm last semester. My eyes were bloodshot from studying all night and I was 30 minutes late due to traffic. Every head turned as I walked to my desk. Craziest part is I hadn’t smoked since 2010 when I joined the Navy 😅
I got a good laugh out of this. I happen to love cannabis fragrances and Sweet Leaf is a big favorite along with Cannabis Blue and I did learn at my own expense that while to me (who's never smoked weed) it smells nice, green and spicy... to some that's not what they get lol
Nice to know that even our fragrance heroes have awkward moments as well. Have a Merry Christmas Copelands and thanks for all your content this year, Justin! God Bless.
How I enjoy your stories and storytelling! You have a gift. It’s heaven to live in a moderate climate where seasons are distinct and one can almost predict which cologne and how much. However, it’s a very different experience in a subtropical climate like Florida. The nuances in climate are varying from day-to-day and quite unpredictable. So, one 1️⃣ learns to spray once on the heart to bask in and enjoy the love. No one would ever doubt your social intelligence or skill. Cheers 🥂 to you!
Great suggestion! Basically any video that deals with my “10/10” Fragrances or “perfect” fragrances I covers fragrances that have given me that experience. It’s just that those stories are not as exciting to listen to! They’re honestly kind of boring and uneventful!
Layton Exclusif is the ONLY fragrance i've gotten that my girlfriend was physically repulsed by. i was disappointed because i loved the note breakdown, but after a few wears i think i adapted to her dislike of it (especially the Civet note) & ended up returning it.
I had an embarrassing situation with the original Layton. I had just got it in and was excited to wear it. I was getting together with a group of friends at the local beer garden. It was a late summer/early fall evening. I put on around 5 sprays before leaving the house. After a few hugs, no one said anything and I felt a little disheartened. I thought at least one of the females in our group would tell me I smelled nice. We decided to walk over to another more “clubby” bar and it was so busy there was a line to get in. As we’re standing in line waiting a couple guys in front of us turn around and one of them says “yo who smells like peach schnapps? That shit’s strong” and one of the girls in our group said “I think it’s you, Jonny” and I was like “yeah probably” and it was a pretty embarrassing situation. I’ve also been told by a coworker that I smell like their grandparents house while wearing Layton. So I rarely wear Layton anymore unless it’s really cold outside and even then only 2-3 sprays.
To be honest, Layton rocks my world and every time I'm wearing it and I feel like a million dollar playboy! Compliments are just a bonus, but don't care much.
lol that's the scary part, I couldn't care less if people like what I wear, I wear it for my enjoyment. But I certainly don't want to smell repulsive. And I just experienced this type of thing first hand with my mother wearing gucci flora orchid, smelled floral and nice to her on her skin but zero floral smell only sugarcookie and toffee with 15 feet of her. She would have never known, but thankfully returned it since it was new. Something like that makes me wonder if there is something I can't smell as the secondary wafting notes around me. Scary haha
Justin love your channel. I worked night shift as a psychiatric nurses aide. I sprayed Muglers Angel Men twice on my chest. When I was in shift report with the other nurses they kept giving me hateful looks. The next day a memo came out from the Nurse Manager stating no cologne or perfume should be worn at work. I'm self-conscious now about wearing A-Men cologne except for at home.
I love Sauvage Elixir and I'm so afraid to wear it lol. Last time I wore it, it was on black Friday, I went to get some jeans and the young lady that came to help me started sneezing right away, I knew that it was me so I apologized and she didn't even lie, she just said "it's ok" but I knew it wasn't. Next time I'll spray on my chest instead of my neck. That stuff flies off my skin
I was 21. Went to a friend's house with six sprays of Rive Gauche pour homme in the Alabama summer ... The headache .. the horror. I also had no idea how stupid expensive they would after discontinuation.
Man, Russian Tea is soooo good. I might just have to wear that one tomorrow. It's been a while since I've worn it and the weather tomorrow looks like it will be perfect for it.
TBH, I think I'm starting to understand the underlying reason for this ongoing battle of the sprays 😁. People that prefer say 2-4 sprays as the norm will be mainly spraying around their head and neck area. So I think they assume that people that use significantly more are doing the same. This is an inaccurate assumption as most people that have outlined their routines generally spread the sprays out and will also have many on or under clothes. This also matches my personal routine (fragrance depending) and I haven't oversprayed in quite some time (as in actually using too much and choking people out) as I learned from past mistakes and test new fragrances at home first, starting with minimal sprays and slowly adding until reaching the desired result. Think of it like this, if you're cooking and use lots of spices you can develop a deep flavour profile, but use the same amount of only one type of spice and it will be overwhelming. Some people swear by a sprig of thyme and a pinch of salt and pepper being enough, others prefer a bit more. Comes down to taste at the end of the day and neither side needs to "learn" if they're happy and aren't bothering those around them. 😊
Something I learned is that the majority of people don’t like strong fragrances, something like Sauvage Elixir, Tuscan Leather, Layton, middle eastern fragrances etc. It’s a true that not many people want to acknowledge. I’ve oversprayed Fierce by A&F and other fresh fragrances and no one has complained, they have actually complimented.
I was on my break during college and went to Louis Vuitton to try out ombré nomade, I sprayed 3-4 sprays and had to go home early feeling sick on the train the whole way home, took a few showers to get the smell out of my nose
I sprayed Faïsa by Ramon Monegal on a blotter at home and left on my desk. About an hour later I see my wife walking around the house looking for our dog’s “accident”. She walked all over the house until she came to my office and said the smell came from there and I handed her the blotter and Bingo. Mystery solved.
Thanks! I usually start with a spray or two on the hand, and try to avoid smelling up close right away. I want to experience it in the air. If I can’t smell it very strongly, I’ll smell it up close to get all the nuances. If I like what I smell in the air and/or up close, I’ll give it a full wearing out of the house on a different day with a modest amount of sprays (2-4) and see how it goes. But as I said, I’ve still messed up the full wearing! Should have gone with 2 sprays of the Argos and not 4!
Oh man, wore Duc de Vervins L'Extreme to work. It's a bitter, herbal aromatic fougere. Very handsome scent love that there is little to no sweetness and with it being a mature forward scent my coworker was looking around, breathed in and made a frowning face 🤣 then she said "what is that smell" as she said that she looked up at me and stopped talking she put the pieces together and knew it was me and awkwardly tried to excuse herself. Was so hilarious but it still one of my favorite fougeres
Haha! Sort of funny video Justin. I have similar experiences, there are quite a few people who are very sensitive to smells. I remember once I was standing in a line at the mall and the lady standing behind me literally began to fan me lol. I was wearing CDNIM layered with Tres Nuit. I never layered those two again. lol. Good stuff.
I loved this set of stories. You're an awesome dude to be self-aware and not in a IDGAF mode. in short, I've had some times where I wore too much and I now work in a pharmacy. I'm pretty good with not wearing too much these days. I generally do one spray in my shirt and one spray outside of my shirt and i dont wear on skin much. I think this helps me not be "too much". Skin vs clothes probably isn't talked about enough but I like clothes better overall. Less to worry about because projection is mild-moderate and it lasts longer. My two-"scents".
Rule of thumb...strong sweet fragrances no more than 3-4 light sprays max! Sweet fragrances (especially gourmands) tend to smell much better when only hints of it are caught from a distance. It can be alluring in such circs and it will invite people closer to get a better whiff. Fresh (cool) fragrances on the other hand....spray up to 6 sprays because even if the scent is pretty strong in the air it still tends to be pleasant and maybe even garner compliments. Plus such a fresh fragrance tends to die down much faster. Of course that rule can be tinkered with and modified depending on the fragrance, occasion, circumstances and of course, conditions...but I think its a good place to start. Just this weekend I breached the rule and put on way too many sprays of D&G Pour Homme and felt like a real goon when someone said she could smell me from a mile away. I immediately started to feel hot with accompanying sweating no doubt caused by embarrassment. Never a good thing. 😅
My first time wearing triumph of Bacchus was 20 minutes after I had woken up in a morning. Was not a pleasant experience, the scent has a very dense profile which made me very annoyed in a morning scenario. Will give it a try in a different occasion
I also wore fan your flames 🔥 for the wrong setting. I sprayed it right before I went to work, and had a meeting in a small conference room first thing. I loved it, but the others did not. ....ooops!
Thank you for this video Justin, it's awesome and pretty funny to get to know this other stories where things don't go as good with fragrances as usual
As a mature college instructor, don’t hesitate to show the younger generation what a sophisticated man can smell like. They might not appreciate it now, but in time, they’ll see there’s more to life than Axe and Joop. You’re expanding their view of personal style-never a bad thing!
Had a few moments like that in my journey but that made me smarter. I’ll give two experiences: one I was on a second date with someone and the plan was she was coming to my house for a home cooked dinner and Netflix movie (😂). I was new to the fragrance journey and had a sample of bond #9 governors island. I sprayed it 3-4 times but for whatever reason I couldn’t detect it (the fragrance is notorious for that). So I sprayed it 3-4 more times and still it was faint. So I gave up and just went about my business, she arrived like 15 mins later and the cologne opened up FULLY. Suffice to say I choked her out (and myself out) and ran into my bathroom and tried to wash as much of it off as I could 😂. Second time, again still in my new fragrance journey, I sprayed on tobacco touch (tobacco vanille clone) pretty heavy, around 6 sprays, and was in a clothing shop, and asked one of the young workers there a question or two, now granted this was during 2021 so she had a surgical mask on. I went about shopping and from like 10 feet away I heard her speak Spanish to her coworker “omg I hate that smell” and her coworker remarked “yeah what is that??”, and the girl whispered something to her and all of a sudden I felt eyes on me 😂😂😂😂. I speak Spanish btw 😢.
I have a similar story with a Montale fragrance that I wore in the fall, I think I did five sprays, and it was a work Friday morning indoors brunch. No one said anything, but I was chocking myself and felt sad for those around me, so I left.
yeah - it´s good not to overspray by anything ... just enjoying details 2 or 3 sprays for first wearings and you can add more if needed .... These are nice, real stories .... am glad you mentioned those student´s reaction - that´s how it is in real life .... seasons, places - not everything although hyped like Naughton and Wilson can be appropriate for every place!
Happened to me with chanel le lion i was in closed place and a random woman said someone is wearing a strong fragrance i didn't even Overspray it ,just a 3 sprays
That’s frustrating! It just goes to show that the concept of “overspraying” is completely relative! We often think of it as 10+ sprays, but for some fragrances, for some people, and in some places, even 3 is too much!
Applied like 10 sprays of Pure Malt on a hot summer day. I was just getting into fragrances and didn’t know some won’t work for all seasons. Thought I was the man walking into my job, only to have my co workers almost throwing up and my crush at the time tell me I smell horrible. Tried going to the bathroom to wash it off but I swear it made me project more. Longest shift of my life lol😂
Same situation with Exclusive for me, my washing machine was down so went to the laundromat. I was smelling myself a little too strong but no one said anything still no one sat near me either 😂😊
I know what you mean with Nishane fan your flames amazing to me and extremely strong 1 or 2 sprays only but it doesn’t do good with people lol gotta be extreme cold and outdoor only and pdm Layton exclusif another amazing fragrance but that civet note is very off putting to most people but this is the problem when you wear niche fragrance to stand out and be more exclusive than the norm most of the time you stand out and be very off putting to most people and a lot of people wouldn’t tell you to your face but give you that hint
Hehe. Great video. Love the honesty of everybody. And yes it happens to all enjoying this hobby. I'm currently negotiating with my wive on Alexandria II. 😂 First time I was definitely overexcited with 5 sprays. She approached me in the same manner Ross (TLTG) mentioned yesterday on the live stream regarding Overture man..... With a quiet, low voice (dripping with disapproval and disappointment) she said 'I do not dislike the scent but yeah...cool it dude' 😅 Ok, but she's not a fragrance lover so I considered this somewhat of a win since she did not dislike this Oudy fragrance. Next try I did 4 sprays. Nope Now I'm down to 3 sprays. I believe this is acceptable. But two is probably best. I just like it too much 😂
I agree a 100%. People who overspray are arrogant imho. Above that, you can not wear whatever, whenever, whererever (like some claim in this world of fragrance).
I go to a masseuse regularly and before one appointment last winter I did about 4 sprays of Versace Pour Homme. Within minutes of my arrival she was sneezing and had to excuse herself for a while... Remember, fragcoms version of a light/weak fragrance is very different from the average person!
Im guilty on know your scene but mostly at work when I forgot there’s a meeting (pre-pandemic) and once on a building with no perfume policy…I told my self it will be fine it’s late in the day, man I was wrong, a lady came to conf rm and immediately says someone here is wearing a perfume and I just immediately said oh yeah it smells good when I got here. 😂
i'm very scared of ending up in situations like these. i usually do 3 sprays for 90% of my fragrances, maybe even 2 for fragrances like sauvage elixir. if a fragrance is lighter, i will very cautiously experiment with adding 1 or 2 more sprays. even when i try to overspray a light fragrance where i know it'll be okay to do so, it gives me a bit of anxiety lol. thank you for sharing your stories
About 6 years ago I was on a summer vacation and had just purchased a bottle of Sauvage EDP. I sprayed 2 sprays on me and one on my shirt and went down to the hotel bar. It was about 103°f and I could smell the sauvage just booming off my skin. When I sat down to the bar a lady next to me literally looked at me with disgust, and got up and sat about 7 chairs away. 🤦♂️
Awesome video. I spray Gravitas no more than twice on my abdomen and it smells so good all day without being overwhelming. Same for any powerhouse. The hardest temptation sometimes with a new fragrance is avoiding an additional spray. People still think Gravitas is a little mature for me tho 😅
I had just received Xerjoff Tony Iommi and I was excited to wear it. The next day I go to work and I sprayed 4 times (come to realize that it was a bit too much). I’m at work walking around and enjoying myself 😂 and then a co-worker asks me “is that a new cologne you’re wearing?” I said yeah, then she said, man! that’s way too strong and you can smell it every where. Ever since it’s been two sprays 😁
Love the format. I am always testing new fragrances for the first wearing at home. My girlfriend is very sensitive when it comes to overspraying fragrances and she will let me know if something is too strong 😂
I could smell my colleagues angels share from like 5 tables away the other week, we work in an open desk area, and he had only used around four sprays. Make sure to experiment with how potent a certain smell can be on you. When I wore angels share, no one barely noticed it despite using the same amount as him. I always sell fragrances that don't blend well with my skin so angels share had to go. Xerjoff Via Cavour on the other hand is very potent on me.
Went to get pizza with dior elixir and the place was packed, i stood in line choking out everyone around.. god i died inside, that's the day i learned about becoming nose blind lol haven't worn it since 😅
I have to say-I have REALLY enjoyed reading your personal fragrance horror stories-y’all have me cracking up!
If you’re reading this and you haven’t shared yours, please don’t hesitate to chime in! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏾
I was once wearing 4 sprays of Amouage Interlude Man in the office.A colleague of mine was astounded by it and was raving for it. As soon as i left the office being happy, 2 women were walking on the pavement and as soon as i passed them , they said "Bliach ! He smells like an ashtray ! "
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I had to take a short trip round the corner to the post office yesterday and just before I left I sprayed one tiny, TINY little spray of Naxos (barely anything came out), but I got stuck in a huge queue in a small shop and had multiple people around me coughing and choking. I couldn't believe how much it was projecting. It never worked that well on my skin before. I was wishing the world would just swallow me up! We really do need to be very careful how much we spray, as normal people just aren't as used to it as we are.
1 spray! I don’t find Naxos to be that strong, except for the first hour
Haha oh no!
@@jzed9138 Nor me usually, but on this occasion it stank the shop out. I have the type of skin that is sometimes very dry and sometimes very oily, so fragrances react on me differently day by day. Sometimes I get great performance, sometimes I get virtually nothing.
OMG I had a similar experience. I had just received Layton PDM, 4 sprays and went to the dentist. The dental assistant went and got a fan 🤦🏻♂️
You must have the old school bottle haha
Facts folks: There are some fragrances that only need 1 or 2 sprays. Conversely, some fragrances actually do better with extra sprays because you get to smell more nuance. Test at your own risk.
Wish fragrance houses gave you some idea of how powerful a fragrance is. Informed shoppers is a happier shopper.
Totally agree!
I wore Eros Flame for the first time and oversprayed. I’m in IT and was helping an older gentleman with his computer in his small office. His cough started small but then became more and more aggressive and I knew right away I was choking him out. I tried my best to quickly finish what I was doing and went to the bathroom to try to wipe off what I could so I wouldn’t choke anyone else out. 😂
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I've noticed some fragrances are considerably stronger in their first sprays, just out of the box. I spray twice the sprays of Profondo than my first day and it never gets the attention it got the first day.
Me being new to fragrances went into a perfume shop years ago and sprayed invictus victory elixir 8x and pdm layton exclusif 3x on my body (i live in the caribbean and it was summer). Walked out and by the time the sun hit my body, i became walking biochemical weapon, i almost killed myself because i couldn't get away from my own body. I walked into a supermarket to get some snacks and then i walked to the cashier and she stared and me and held her nose. I then looked back and saw people glancing at me all over. I hurried out of the supermarket to go catch the bus and by the time i got into the bus fully sweaty, colognes projecting at its MAX, lets just say it was a very interesting bus ride home. Still didnt learn my lesson after that 💀
Yikes! That's a rough one!
Only Justin could think “hmmm chilling at my local café while doing some video editing, time to bust out complex and challenging fragrances appropriate for black tie evening wear” 😂
I think it's okay to over spray depending on the notes of the fragrance. For example, i can over spray Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue and no one ever seems to complain vs something heavy like Red Tobacco. Just know what you're spraying, when you are spraying.
So glad I’m not the only one! I haven’t had anything as bad as these stories (yet), but I just have to wonder how many times people have been put off by my smell or said to another, “Yeah, Henry’s a nice guy but have you noticed how he always smells like cologne?” People pick up on these things and don’t say anything, in my experience.
Always smelling like cologne isn’t necessarily a negative thing though
I've always wondered about people who say they spray 15-20 times, but I'm now sure they don't go outside and not among many people in one place.
AROMATIX lol
there are some fragrances that are much weaker and have more subtle scents, and with those you can put on a lot. 20 does seem like overkill even for those weaker ones. And if you are going to be outside, then you can overspray since you'll never be filling a room.
Now this is the true sign of a frag head. The fragrance horror stories, in particular those of our own making. 😂
Haha that's right!
Justin, I'm speaking from Brazil. Thank you very much for putting the subtitles and audio in Brazilian Portuguese through Artificial Intelligence.
It helps us to enjoy much more everything you said in the video. Thank you very much!!! Hugs from Brazil, and please try the perfumes from Conde Parfum, the best niche brand here in Brazil!
Thank you for the kind words and the suggestion!
Love this video idea and your vulnerability to talk about awkard situations you created with your fragrance choice. I had a similar experience wearing Fan your Flames on a day that was too warm, and it was suffocating to be sure. That said, I love to wear FYF on summer evenings out; I find the profile to be wearable once the sun has set, and I have gotten nothing but positive attention when wearing in those scenarios.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It's great to hear that you've found a way to make it work for you!
Had a couple of those days with Sauvage Elixir, oversprayed and man it was bad. One person came off the elevator and said someone got on alot of cologne.😂😂😂
Haha dang! 😆
Yeah I’m realizing if I spray in the middle of my neck I’m cooked and over spray because I can’t smell. But if I spray the sides of my neck I smell it so much I realized that maybe the last 6 months I must have been blasting. 😂😂😂
Has the same elevator situation with Sauvage Elixir. Lady talked to her co-workers after she exited the elevator and complained that probably the whole elevator shaft will smell like perfume all day now lol. Shits strong
Not disrespect but Elixir reminds me of animalic nasty 80’s colognes
I love Sauvage Elixir and got compliments from my best friend and my work colleagues. Unfortunately my wife doesn't like it at all and complains everytime when I spray it 😢😂
"Just one MORE SPRAY" is haunting all of us mr Justin 😁
I did it with Black Afgano. OH my God!+
Haha!
Aw hellll naw😂
Hey Justin, I so enjoyed this video. I think in general fragrance stories is a great theme, and something I would love to see you expand on more. I’ve never seen this from any other creator and I imagine there will be a bunch of copycat Vids come out now. Awesome work.
I plan on it! Thank you!
I love videos like this, with stories about fragrance experiences in everyday life. Thanks for sharing them!
Thanks for watching!
“I had this circumference of space around me” 😂😂😂😂😂
My college campus has really bipolar weather. My weather app said it’d be 35 degrees, so I put on my really smoky, oudy clone of By The Fireplace. Turns out there were no clouds and no breeze which made the day feel like springtime. The scent was so strong it made me nauseous and I had to change clothes halfway through the day.
Moral of the story, be certain of the temperature before you bust out the winter fragrances!
Haha oh man!!
I too was excited to wear a new frag I had just received. It was PDM Carlisle and we were heading to watch an elementary school program (it was winter at least). Little did I know that the entire place was basically standing room only, and I had no idea how the fragrance performed. I'd say I did four sprays, which was probably one too many. Some teenager near me kept doing the exaggerated cough cough cough thing, though he was eventually scolded by his mother. Ha.
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I bought The One: Mysterious Night.
I thought “ya know, 3, maybe 4 sprays is fine. The other two in that flanker subset are fine with that.”
WRONG. I was a rose and oud BOMB all day at the office. It was awful. The only time I’ve ever had a coworker tell me it was too much.
Haha yikes!
that Layton story happens to me more often than I want to admit, but I don't care... love my fragrances :)))
Whenever I'm wearing Layton rocks my world! It's top parfumerie.
I have learnt so much from this video… very informative… one of the best fragrance videos I’ve ever watched
Thanks for watching! 😁
Great video Justin. Really great content. Fragrance lovers forget these points. I wore Argos Vail (my first wearing also) yesterday out. I went with 5 sprays and I’m sure it was too much. I love oud fragrances. My wife said I smelled like an Arab Mall. 😂 lol
Haha that's a funny story!
I feel like we forget as fragrance enthusiasts that our noses have been beaten into shape to appreciate some of these more challenging scents lol. 95% of people in public have only been exposed to the designer stuff they’d see in a mall.
It’s like if you have the aux in a car and you’re really deep into a niche genre of music. If you play that in the car of course no one else is going to like what you’re playing and they’re trapped in a car listening to it 😂. Sometimes you gotta sacrifice scents you love to be considerate of those around you and go with something with some more mass appeal. There’s a balance between wearing what you love and not caring what people think. Just a time and place for each scent.
You are 100% right, popular fragrances are usually popular because they are inoffensive to the regular person. It’s the difference between getting the AUX and putting on Drake, or putting on MF DOOM. Some people Will REALLY like MF DOOM, but EVERYONE Will Enjoy Drake.
@ I love MF Doom 😂
@@dgedawesome1 all caps when you spell the man name 😤
When I bought V&R SpiceBOMBA Extreme from my favorite fragrance store I went straight to my truck and f’d up with 3 sprays then off to pickup some Food. I chocked out the whole restaurant! It was winter but I live in SoCal so winter for us is 75 degrees 😂
Haha damn!
I have trouble spraying too little. Especially if I want to spray 2 sprays. Somehow the first spray is always a weak on and me dumb a** don't count the first spray 😂
Haha I understand!
Man, I remember last summer, I put one spray too many with PDM Godolphin. Went into a Macy’s to buy some jeans and caught an earful from a couple behind. “OMG, his perfume is too strong”. I couldn’t have slid my card any faster and walked out the store immediately. To their point….over 87 degrees in NC heat and humidity wasn’t the right time to test a leather fragrance. Lmao
Now why would you wear godolphin during summer LMAO thats on you ☠️😭
Yeah, not the smartest choice. At all. Lmao
That is SO funny! 😂
@@raygun1414no such thing as summer or winter fragrances. In the middle east they wear oud year round. Americans usually don't wear any cologne so any smell is going to be too much for them
I wore 6 sprays of Layton Exclusive to work yesterday and now I am wondering if I was choking people out haha. It was cold though
Happened also to me, sprayed Nishane Nefs 8x, it killed all Arabian Tonkas and Red Tobacos around, I woke up the next morning and threw up, I could feel it 20h later, only when I took a shower it was better, I needed to wash all if my clothes from the previous night
…whoa.
6 sprays of Mancera Black Noir. I think it isn't very strong but the sillage is great. I wore it to an outdoor concert, 60F, 15mph winds, wearing a coat. Maybe someone will smell it?... A homeless guy down the street called me out. I was standing with 500 people so I guess people noticed. Once you gain experience with these powerful fragrances the volume in your head gets turned down. The gammut of human perception is unpredictable. I am often surrounded by people with no sense of smell so the window creeps too far.
That is hilarious!
What a great video! It encourages me to try some of my challenging colognes again, and this time plan it better and with better occasion selection. I had the same happen to me a couple of times. First time, I decided to wear Mancera's Red Tobacco, I had heard so much about this scent and when I got it I wanted to wear it and enjoy the delicious scents. Well, it was during the summer, I sprayed it at home, put it in my workbag and went to work. I enjoyed it on my skin, but then my nose went blind. I applied more, then in the afternoon I went to put my workbag in my car. Before I closed the trunk I decided to apply more because I couldn't smell it anymore. When I stepped out of the elevator, a woman was coming in and walked into that wall of Red Tobacco that punched her on the face. She just made a face and said something like 'whoah'!. I hope she doesn't have to see me again. The other one was a few weeks ago as the summer was ending but still pumping some heat. I received my long awaited Xerjoff Alexandria II, another one with many comments and recommendations. My wife asked me to go with her to pick up some items at a bakery for a program that night. I decided to try the Alexandria II. I sprayed it once, just loved the scent! I got so excited that I sprayed probably 6 more times. We went to the bakery. As we were waiting to be called, a woman that was standing close to us literally gasped for air and ran to the other side, still trying to breath air without Xerjoff. I knew it was me because I could smell myself and it was strong for me. I tried to stay still, hoping the scent wouldn't pump into the air. I have to say, I feel sorry for my wife riding in the same car with the windows closed and not saying anything. She's a great and brave wife. I will use what you shared with the many more challenging aromas I have purchased. Thanks again.
My goodness! 😅 Gotta be careful with those sweet and heavy scents in the summer!
I over sprayed Mancera Red Tobacco. It's winter time and i need to go pick something up at a electronics store, so i take a hot shower which is my first mistake and quickly throw on a bunch of layers and throw on the fragrance thinking ill be fine its cold out (probably far more than 2-3 sprays cause i have a travel spray so less juice is being sprayed). Well i immediately start sweating cause my body is still warm from the shower and the multiple layers plus being in a rush. When i get to the check out i'm asking this girl about something and this younger guy who is also behind the counter made a comment about the smell. So i knew it was me, i got a little embarrassed which made it project even more. Then by the time i'm checking out the guy makes a loud statement "someone smells like an old lady."So by the time i leave the store i'm probably turning a bit red and trying to hold a laugh in. To all the young people not every thought has to be announced to the world thank you and don't over spray Mancera Red Tobacco. I don't think i have worn it since.
@@DavidWebster-ke1xy I don’t think I have ever smelled anything like Red Tobacco on any old lady 😂
That is CRAZY and hilarious! 🤣
That one has been called "sexy old man" on me. Younger people don't tolerate that one well.
Mancera Red Tabacco has to be one of the strongest ones out there.
I remember a girl asked me if I can sense the drug smell in the air. I had oversprayed smoking hot kilian. I could see why she thought that
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I made a mistake with Montale Full Incense a few years ago. Definitely sprayed too much. I don't recall seeing anyone saying anything or covering their nose, but just to me I could tell it was too much. I like incense-y fragrances, but I also know that with that comes taking into consideration where you're going to be.
It happens! It’s hard to get the right amount sometimes.
I did overspray Hermes "H24 Herbes Vives" shortly before my dentist appointment, because I simply got it new and I underestimated how strong and powerful that scent is. The appointment lasted not long, the nurse who usually does the teeth cleaning said after 5 minutes that everything is fine and I am ready to go....
Lmao!
I sprayed wayyy too much spice bomb extreme once years back, I made myself ill. I literally was sick from it. I was so disoriented it was like a bioweapon hahaha. I couldn’t wear that one for quite sometime after that experience but I can wear it today and it not choke me out and actually enjoy it but of course only a few sprays ;) hahah.
Lol! You’re definitely not alone on that one!
I think there is something synthetic in those spice bomb formulations like the bad boy line that just after awhile starts to induce a headache even though they smell good...
My coworker always oversprays. He wears Versace Eros (EDP I think, since I have it myself). In the mornings it's really strong. Even though I like frags, I asked him maybe not to spray too much. Now I keep a bottle of Versace Man Eau Fraiche in my bag, and only do 2 or 3 sprays around my 2 pm break. Now I"m not sure if I've oversprayed, since no one I know has told me anything or have acted strangely, so I can't say if I have. I normally do 3 sprays on my chest.
I think you’re good! Your coworker however, yikes.
Get revenge on him by wearing the Eros Red version. You'll smell like a bottle or sriracha haha
Haha excellent video! I’m the same way, I don’t want my fragrances announcing themselves and anytime I see someone react to the rare times I over sprayed, i get super embarrassed.
Thanks for sharing!!
I got a sample of Interlude from DecantX after watching one of your videos. I was so excited when it came in I sprayed a 2 sprays IN THE AIR so my teenage son and I could smell it together. It literally stunk up my entire house. My 2 daughters in the next room were like what in the heck is that smell ?! Then like 5 minutes later my wife came from UPSTAIRS and was like OMG there’s a weird smell upstairs but now it’s way worse down here what is that ?! My son has some buddies that AEW into frags some and he’s warned them all about Interlude😂 By the way I bought both of your collab boxes from DacantX back when they came out and they were amazing. Really wish you’d do another collab like that with some newer selections.
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Awesome video idea! Let’s be real though, if you’re in the hobby this type of things is gonna happen to you at least once lol. Scent is just as powerful as fashion, and everyone HATES to be gaudy.
My worst story was actually when I was sitting in a classroom late in my junior year of college. I had just recently gotten and fallen in love with “Bracken Man” by Amouage, as it made me feel so dapper and actually grown up in a very busy and work filled time in my life. Unfortunately, my classmates thought I smelled like a dentists office, and it was the one and only time I had a 2 seat buffer on all sides between me and another student. Safe to say I learned my lesson, better to be understated than overstated.
Would love to see a video kind of like this with scents that in your opinion CANT be over-sprayed, for however you interpret that prompt I guess.
Haha!! Thanks so much for sharing! Yikes! Love Bracken so much.
I over sprayed sweet leaf on my way in to take a midterm last semester. My eyes were bloodshot from studying all night and I was 30 minutes late due to traffic. Every head turned as I walked to my desk. Craziest part is I hadn’t smoked since 2010 when I joined the Navy 😅
I got a good laugh out of this. I happen to love cannabis fragrances and Sweet Leaf is a big favorite along with Cannabis Blue and I did learn at my own expense that while to me (who's never smoked weed) it smells nice, green and spicy... to some that's not what they get lol
Oh my goodness! That sounds intense!
Nice to know that even our fragrance heroes have awkward moments as well. Have a Merry Christmas Copelands and thanks for all your content this year, Justin! God Bless.
Merry Christmas to you too!
How I enjoy your stories and storytelling! You have a gift. It’s heaven to live in a moderate climate where seasons are distinct and one can almost predict which cologne and how much. However, it’s a very different experience in a subtropical climate like Florida. The nuances in climate are varying from day-to-day and quite unpredictable. So, one 1️⃣ learns to spray once on the heart to bask in and enjoy the love. No one would ever doubt your social intelligence or skill. Cheers 🥂 to you!
I appreciate the perspective! You’re right, a temperate climate makes things so much easier!
Yours is a generous soul…
Great subject. Good information. Can you do some of your most pleasant wearings?
Great suggestion! Basically any video that deals with my “10/10” Fragrances or “perfect” fragrances I covers fragrances that have given me that experience. It’s just that those stories are not as exciting to listen to! They’re honestly kind of boring and uneventful!
Layton Exclusif is the ONLY fragrance i've gotten that my girlfriend was physically repulsed by. i was disappointed because i loved the note breakdown, but after a few wears i think i adapted to her dislike of it (especially the Civet note) & ended up returning it.
I had an embarrassing situation with the original Layton. I had just got it in and was excited to wear it. I was getting together with a group of friends at the local beer garden. It was a late summer/early fall evening. I put on around 5 sprays before leaving the house. After a few hugs, no one said anything and I felt a little disheartened. I thought at least one of the females in our group would tell me I smelled nice. We decided to walk over to another more “clubby” bar and it was so busy there was a line to get in. As we’re standing in line waiting a couple guys in front of us turn around and one of them says “yo who smells like peach schnapps? That shit’s strong” and one of the girls in our group said “I think it’s you, Jonny” and I was like “yeah probably” and it was a pretty embarrassing situation. I’ve also been told by a coworker that I smell like their grandparents house while wearing Layton. So I rarely wear Layton anymore unless it’s really cold outside and even then only 2-3 sprays.
That is hilarious! 😂 yikes!
same, a woman told me layton smells liked a dusty cabinet😅
Layton is so complex,each person smells it differently😂
To be honest, Layton rocks my world and every time I'm wearing it and I feel like a million dollar playboy!
Compliments are just a bonus, but don't care much.
lol that's the scary part, I couldn't care less if people like what I wear, I wear it for my enjoyment. But I certainly don't want to smell repulsive. And I just experienced this type of thing first hand with my mother wearing gucci flora orchid, smelled floral and nice to her on her skin but zero floral smell only sugarcookie and toffee with 15 feet of her. She would have never known, but thankfully returned it since it was new. Something like that makes me wonder if there is something I can't smell as the secondary wafting notes around me. Scary haha
Justin love your channel. I worked night shift as a psychiatric nurses aide. I sprayed Muglers Angel Men twice on my chest. When I was in shift report with the other nurses they kept giving me hateful looks. The next day a memo came out from the Nurse Manager stating no cologne or perfume should be worn at work. I'm self-conscious now about wearing A-Men cologne except for at home.
That is SO funny! 😂
I love Sauvage Elixir and I'm so afraid to wear it lol. Last time I wore it, it was on black Friday, I went to get some jeans and the young lady that came to help me started sneezing right away, I knew that it was me so I apologized and she didn't even lie, she just said "it's ok" but I knew it wasn't. Next time I'll spray on my chest instead of my neck. That stuff flies off my skin
That is so funny! 😂
I recon spray behind you’re neck bro, that way it isn’t in someone’s face and it creates a scent bubble around you
@guyblerp868 I might try that but not when I'm indoors
I was 21. Went to a friend's house with six sprays of Rive Gauche pour homme in the Alabama summer ... The headache .. the horror. I also had no idea how stupid expensive they would after discontinuation.
Oh man!! 😅
Man, Russian Tea is soooo good. I might just have to wear that one tomorrow. It's been a while since I've worn it and the weather tomorrow looks like it will be perfect for it.
All the over-sprayers out there need to watch this video lol...I always spray under my shirt to muffle my scent, makes me feel less self-conscious.
TBH, I think I'm starting to understand the underlying reason for this ongoing battle of the sprays 😁.
People that prefer say 2-4 sprays as the norm will be mainly spraying around their head and neck area. So I think they assume that people that use significantly more are doing the same.
This is an inaccurate assumption as most people that have outlined their routines generally spread the sprays out and will also have many on or under clothes. This also matches my personal routine (fragrance depending) and I haven't oversprayed in quite some time (as in actually using too much and choking people out) as I learned from past mistakes and test new fragrances at home first, starting with minimal sprays and slowly adding until reaching the desired result.
Think of it like this, if you're cooking and use lots of spices you can develop a deep flavour profile, but use the same amount of only one type of spice and it will be overwhelming.
Some people swear by a sprig of thyme and a pinch of salt and pepper being enough, others prefer a bit more.
Comes down to taste at the end of the day and neither side needs to "learn" if they're happy and aren't bothering those around them. 😊
Something I learned is that the majority of people don’t like strong fragrances, something like Sauvage Elixir, Tuscan Leather, Layton, middle eastern fragrances etc. It’s a true that not many people want to acknowledge. I’ve oversprayed Fierce by A&F and other fresh fragrances and no one has complained, they have actually complimented.
I don't like them strong fragrances
I was on my break during college and went to Louis Vuitton to try out ombré nomade, I sprayed 3-4 sprays and had to go home early feeling sick on the train the whole way home, took a few showers to get the smell out of my nose
Haha oh no!
I love Russian Tea! It was a successful blind buy for me. The atomizer is great on it, and if you spray it all the way down, you get a lot of juice!
I agree!
I sprayed Faïsa by Ramon Monegal on a blotter at home and left on my desk. About an hour later I see my wife walking around the house looking for our dog’s “accident”.
She walked all over the house until she came to my office and said the smell came from there and I handed her the blotter and Bingo.
Mystery solved.
Haha aw man! 🤣
Hey @stayfreshproductions you mentioned something important, testing out new fragrances at home. What's your usual testing routine?
Thanks! I usually start with a spray or two on the hand, and try to avoid smelling up close right away. I want to experience it in the air. If I can’t smell it very strongly, I’ll smell it up close to get all the nuances. If I like what I smell in the air and/or up close, I’ll give it a full wearing out of the house on a different day with a modest amount of sprays (2-4) and see how it goes.
But as I said, I’ve still messed up the full wearing! Should have gone with 2 sprays of the Argos and not 4!
Oh man, wore Duc de Vervins L'Extreme to work. It's a bitter, herbal aromatic fougere. Very handsome scent love that there is little to no sweetness and with it being a mature forward scent my coworker was looking around, breathed in and made a frowning face 🤣 then she said "what is that smell" as she said that she looked up at me and stopped talking she put the pieces together and knew it was me and awkwardly tried to excuse herself. Was so hilarious but it still one of my favorite fougeres
Oh man that’s a good one! 🤣
Liked very much your honesty! It is refreshing to watch a fragrance video that is not just a description of the fragrance.
Thank you!
I’ve had a lot of similar stories like this with my fragrances and it has shaped me to be very conscious of how and what I spray haha
Haha! I know the feeling!
Haha! Sort of funny video Justin. I have similar experiences, there are quite a few people who are very sensitive to smells. I remember once I was standing in a line at the mall and the lady standing behind me literally began to fan me lol. I was wearing CDNIM layered with Tres Nuit. I never layered those two again. lol. Good stuff.
Oh man! 😂
I loved this set of stories. You're an awesome dude to be self-aware and not in a IDGAF mode.
in short, I've had some times where I wore too much and I now work in a pharmacy. I'm pretty good with not wearing too much these days. I generally do one spray in my shirt and one spray outside of my shirt and i dont wear on skin much. I think this helps me not be "too much". Skin vs clothes probably isn't talked about enough but I like clothes better overall. Less to worry about because projection is mild-moderate and it lasts longer. My two-"scents".
Great points! Thanks for sharing!
This is pretty cool concept for a video and I enjoyed the vid alot. Would be glad to see some more fragrances stories related vids.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
We need more series like this JC... Happy Holidays To You and The Family ‼️
Rhythm & Soul Or Transparent Soul 😂
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Made the same mistake with tf oud wood usually doesn’t project too much but too many sprays= too many “get aways “
Haha I get it 👌🏾
Rule of thumb...strong sweet fragrances no more than 3-4 light sprays max! Sweet fragrances (especially gourmands) tend to smell much better when only hints of it are caught from a distance. It can be alluring in such circs and it will invite people closer to get a better whiff.
Fresh (cool) fragrances on the other hand....spray up to 6 sprays because even if the scent is pretty strong in the air it still tends to be pleasant and maybe even garner compliments. Plus such a fresh fragrance tends to die down much faster.
Of course that rule can be tinkered with and modified depending on the fragrance, occasion, circumstances and of course, conditions...but I think its a good place to start.
Just this weekend I breached the rule and put on way too many sprays of D&G Pour Homme and felt like a real goon when someone said she could smell me from a mile away. I immediately started to feel hot with accompanying sweating no doubt caused by embarrassment. Never a good thing. 😅
Great perspective!!
My first time wearing triumph of Bacchus was 20 minutes after I had woken up in a morning. Was not a pleasant experience, the scent has a very dense profile which made me very annoyed in a morning scenario. Will give it a try in a different occasion
I made a mistake with Arabian Oud Aseel Special Edition. I did 4 sprays. Indoors.
I also wore fan your flames 🔥 for the wrong setting. I sprayed it right before I went to work, and had a meeting in a small conference room first thing. I loved it, but the others did not. ....ooops!
Haha that's a great story!
Love the vulnerability bro💪🏾
Appreciate it!
I enjoy this type of fragrance content. Keep it up!
Thank you!
Thank you for this video Justin, it's awesome and pretty funny to get to know this other stories where things don't go as good with fragrances as usual
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
As a mature college instructor, don’t hesitate to show the younger generation what a sophisticated man can smell like. They might not appreciate it now, but in time, they’ll see there’s more to life than Axe and Joop. You’re expanding their view of personal style-never a bad thing!
Had a few moments like that in my journey but that made me smarter. I’ll give two experiences: one I was on a second date with someone and the plan was she was coming to my house for a home cooked dinner and Netflix movie (😂). I was new to the fragrance journey and had a sample of bond #9 governors island. I sprayed it 3-4 times but for whatever reason I couldn’t detect it (the fragrance is notorious for that). So I sprayed it 3-4 more times and still it was faint.
So I gave up and just went about my business, she arrived like 15 mins later and the cologne opened up FULLY. Suffice to say I choked her out (and myself out) and ran into my bathroom and tried to wash as much of it off as I could 😂.
Second time, again still in my new fragrance journey, I sprayed on tobacco touch (tobacco vanille clone) pretty heavy, around 6 sprays, and was in a clothing shop, and asked one of the young workers there a question or two, now granted this was during 2021 so she had a surgical mask on. I went about shopping and from like 10 feet away I heard her speak Spanish to her coworker “omg I hate that smell” and her coworker remarked “yeah what is that??”, and the girl whispered something to her and all of a sudden I felt eyes on me 😂😂😂😂. I speak Spanish btw 😢.
Yikes!! That's rough! 😂
I have a similar story with a Montale fragrance that I wore in the fall, I think I did five sprays, and it was a work Friday morning indoors brunch. No one said anything, but I was chocking myself and felt sad for those around me, so I left.
Haha! Sometimes you just gotta let yourself out 😆
@@stayfreshproductions I did, and I paid for it :)
Mine was polo blue 😂😂 my sis kick me out her car and told me to catch an uber.
yeah - it´s good not to overspray by anything ... just enjoying details 2 or 3 sprays for first wearings and you can add more if needed .... These are nice, real stories .... am glad you mentioned those student´s reaction - that´s how it is in real life .... seasons, places - not everything although hyped like Naughton and Wilson can be appropriate for every place!
Totally agree!
Happened to me with chanel le lion i was in closed place and a random woman said someone is wearing a strong fragrance i didn't even Overspray it ,just a 3 sprays
That’s frustrating! It just goes to show that the concept of “overspraying” is completely relative! We often think of it as 10+ sprays, but for some fragrances, for some people, and in some places, even 3 is too much!
@stayfreshproductions Yeah exactly Some fragrances need an open space it is not only abt overspraying
I've over-sprayed, but I always have baby wipes on me and I simply wipe it off.
Applied like 10 sprays of Pure Malt on a hot summer day. I was just getting into fragrances and didn’t know some won’t work for all seasons. Thought I was the man walking into my job, only to have my co workers almost throwing up and my crush at the time tell me I smell horrible. Tried going to the bathroom to wash it off but I swear it made me project more. Longest shift of my life lol😂
Oh man that is rough! 🤣
Same situation with Exclusive for me, my washing machine was down so went to the laundromat. I was smelling myself a little too strong but no one said anything still no one sat near me either 😂😊
Haha!!
I know what you mean with Nishane fan your flames amazing to me and extremely strong 1 or 2 sprays only but it doesn’t do good with people lol gotta be extreme cold and outdoor only and pdm Layton exclusif another amazing fragrance but that civet note is very off putting to most people but this is the problem when you wear niche fragrance to stand out and be more exclusive than the norm most of the time you stand out and be very off putting to most people and a lot of people wouldn’t tell you to your face but give you that hint
Hehe. Great video. Love the honesty of everybody. And yes it happens to all enjoying this hobby. I'm currently negotiating with my wive on Alexandria II. 😂
First time I was definitely overexcited with 5 sprays. She approached me in the same manner Ross (TLTG) mentioned yesterday on the live stream regarding Overture man.....
With a quiet, low voice (dripping with disapproval and disappointment) she said 'I do not dislike the scent but yeah...cool it dude' 😅
Ok, but she's not a fragrance lover so I considered this somewhat of a win since she did not dislike this Oudy fragrance.
Next try I did 4 sprays. Nope
Now I'm down to 3 sprays. I believe this is acceptable. But two is probably best.
I just like it too much 😂
Haha oh no! Yeah that one is pretty strong, a little goes a long way.
I agree a 100%. People who overspray are arrogant imho. Above that, you can not wear whatever, whenever, whererever (like some claim in this world of fragrance).
You’re doing my dream, you’re a music professor and performer and on top of that, a fragrance influencer
I go to a masseuse regularly and before one appointment last winter I did about 4 sprays of Versace Pour Homme. Within minutes of my arrival she was sneezing and had to excuse herself for a while... Remember, fragcoms version of a light/weak fragrance is very different from the average person!
True!
Strange.. Versace pour homme is your average quite innocuous nice freshie. She just is allergic to perfume I guess.
Great stories, bro!! Love this type of content videos.
Glad you enjoyed!
Im guilty on know your scene but mostly at work when I forgot there’s a meeting (pre-pandemic) and once on a building with no perfume policy…I told my self it will be fine it’s late in the day, man I was wrong, a lady came to conf rm and immediately says someone here is wearing a perfume and I just immediately said oh yeah it smells good when I got here. 😂
Haha yikes!
Im a teacher, i once used ADG Profondo to class and my students started sneezing! 😂 NEVER WORE AFTER
i'm very scared of ending up in situations like these. i usually do 3 sprays for 90% of my fragrances, maybe even 2 for fragrances like sauvage elixir. if a fragrance is lighter, i will very cautiously experiment with adding 1 or 2 more sprays. even when i try to overspray a light fragrance where i know it'll be okay to do so, it gives me a bit of anxiety lol. thank you for sharing your stories
It’s all about finding what works for you! Thanks!
About 6 years ago I was on a summer vacation and had just purchased a bottle of Sauvage EDP. I sprayed 2 sprays on me and one on my shirt and went down to the hotel bar. It was about 103°f and I could smell the sauvage just booming off my skin. When I sat down to the bar a lady next to me literally looked at me with disgust, and got up and sat about 7 chairs away. 🤦♂️
Oh man, that’s rough! 😅
This was a great video. I love stories as a way to talk about fragrances.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My personal horror story? Once I sprayd Amouage Interlude man 😭
Awesome video. I spray Gravitas no more than twice on my abdomen and it smells so good all day without being overwhelming. Same for any powerhouse. The hardest temptation sometimes with a new fragrance is avoiding an additional spray.
People still think Gravitas is a little mature for me tho 😅
Haha, that’s funny!
I had just received Xerjoff Tony Iommi and I was excited to wear it. The next day I go to work and I sprayed 4 times (come to realize that it was a bit too much). I’m at work walking around and enjoying myself 😂 and then a co-worker asks me “is that a new cologne you’re wearing?” I said yeah, then she said, man! that’s way too strong and you can smell it every where. Ever since it’s been two sprays 😁
Yikes!! 😅
Dude my mom got me gravitas pour homme for christmas today and I'm super glad I seen this
Love the format.
I am always testing new fragrances for the first wearing at home. My girlfriend is very sensitive when it comes to overspraying fragrances and she will let me know if something is too strong 😂
Love the personal stories! Keep them coming 🙌🏾
I plan on it!
I could smell my colleagues angels share from like 5 tables away the other week, we work in an open desk area, and he had only used around four sprays. Make sure to experiment with how potent a certain smell can be on you. When I wore angels share, no one barely noticed it despite using the same amount as him. I always sell fragrances that don't blend well with my skin so angels share had to go. Xerjoff Via Cavour on the other hand is very potent on me.
Thanks for sharing!
Went to get pizza with dior elixir and the place was packed, i stood in line choking out everyone around.. god i died inside, that's the day i learned about becoming nose blind lol haven't worn it since 😅