10 MOST HATED Fragrances Of All Time... 

As a gradma, I'm sick of young women saying they 'hate that perfume, it smells like a grandma!'. My grandmother used Yeardly Old English Lavender soap and vanilla extract as fragrance, and although I don't use those things as such, smelling either of them gives me happy memories, and is comforting, to boot. So, y'all don't like the way a perfume smells? Fine, but quit blaming us GRANDMOTHERS!

Such a great video!! And girl your editing is INSANE!! Always love your vids 🙌🏼❤️

I don’t own Angel anymore, but when I was much younger I smelled it on someone else and it was what got me hooked on fragrances. It was just so unique back then. From there I started collecting perfume as a teenager. So Angel will always have a place in my heart!

Great breakdown! These are absolutely not the most hated fragrances. These are simply some of the the most well-known fragrances that also happen to be polarizing. People also love to hate what's popular.

After getting covid, losing my smell, and developing parosmia that took over a year to get better...my smell has permanently changed. Perfumes I loved now smell chemical. I adored Flower Bomb. Now I can't stand it. Anything vanilla based is now my go to. I wonder how covid has altered perfume sales.

I wore Chanel #5 only for 25 years. It's beautiful! It's also not as good as it used to be after 2012 IFRA restrictions. The aldehydes are just the fun bracing part of the opening, and then it dries down to a beautiful composition. I get so irritated by the hate it gets.

Agree on Chanel No5. Hated it when I was a teenager, but now after gaining more experience and knowledge about different perfumes absolutely love it. Such a timeless classic. So feminine and beautiful. Don't associate it with grandmas or anything like that at all

Thank you so much for defending Chanel No5! I honestly love it! It is so clean and sophisticated. For high heat, high humidity climates, this type of fragrance works! It last, it stays fresh and clean. I will always love it and always have, at least, a small bottle.

Surprised that Estée Lauder Youth Dew didn't make the list. That seems quite polarizing.

OMG I am not a grandma and I adore Chanel! How can they hate it??

I'm surprised Obsession isn't on this list. Even all these years later I remember it being incredibly distinctive and super polarizing as well.

😊I concur with Chanel No. When I was a teenager, I detested it, but now that I've learned more about different perfumes, I adore it. What a classic that is. So lovely and feminine. Do not at all equate it with grandmothers or anything similar.❤

Sauvage sold so many bottles bc people were supporting Dior for not dropping their spokesperson, Johnny Depp.

I have a 1960s bottle of °5 that's been living in my late grandmother's fridge for all these years and it's *glorious!*

Great video!! Thanks for the info!

I just came across your channel, I am so happy I did...I love learning about fragrances ❤ I have never tried Chanel No. 5 until my daughter-in-law gave me a bottle for my B-day 2 years ago, I really like it. It has a totally different scent on me than how it smells in the bottle, the scent is clean, fresh, and subtle on me, I get lots of compliments when I wear it.

I love La Vie et Belle! It's really beautiful to me. 🌺💕

Love you Josephine❤️ another great video. I jumped so quick when I saw it on my feed❤️☺️

Love the selections. You have an intriguing take on the list. Love you did alternatives . You are just delightful. Love your inputs. I am a lifer with you.

Please don’t say that about Black Opium 😭😭 It is my comfort fragrance

Angel is a masterpiece, 3 sprays is enough. Some people overspray this is why. As soon as you understand that it is a strong scent, you need less and it is a STUNNING scent

Thanks for the great video! Adore this color on you!

Invictus by Paco Rabanne… my late dad used to wear it in the morning and it smelled so fresh and good on him. I didn’t get why you said it smelled repulsive until i sprayed it on my wrist just now and it smelled terrible 🤣 when my dad wore it, it wasn’t headache inducing at all it smelled so good. I just keep his bottle in his bedside drawer and whenever I miss him I just smell his perfumes (he had far better ones). I miss him everyday.

Hi Josephine! Love you channel. My favorite fragrances are Byredo bal d'afrique and Joan Malone wood sage and sea salt. I also use Killian Liaisons Dangereuses as the “sexy” going out scent. What are your recommendations to expand my collection?

I’m 33 and I wear Chanel N. 5 quite a lot. I am a nurse that works in a hospital setting so I cannot wear very strong/sweet fragrances and I don’t really like them anyway. So I tend to stick to clean floral fragrances. I get a lot of compliments from the older ladies when I wear the Chanel, lol.

Hi Josephine , I’ve been watching your videos for a while, love your channel and thank you for the work you are doing, you inspires me a lot !☺️ I would be really happy to know your opinion about The Coveted Duchess -Penhaligon’s (and if it’s possible about every sent from portrait collection), as well as what you think about illusione-Bottega Veneta (red one) , the dry down is interesting because of that fig leaves…Well can’t wait to hear your opinion:)

Love all your videos Josephine ❤

Great video! Could you write down the first dupe that you mentioned of baccarat rouge. 😍😍

Whenever I smell La Vie est Belle I get sick to my stomach.

I can't believe Elizabeth Arden's Red Door didn't make this list! It is the most horrific odor I've ever smelled. It doesn't smell good on anybody! It is so strong and nasty it makes me literally ill.

Thanks for the video and for the information. I liked it.

Love your videos! 😍 Could you please do a review/buying guide of the brand "Histoires de parfums"? I'm loving "This is not a blue bottle 1.2"

I love Black Opium, personally...I'd never heard of it until my long term S.O. bought a bottle for me, to celebrate our 7 year anniversary. I might pick up the intense variation to combine the two, or as a standalone. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'll also pick up a bottle of Chanel No. 5 when able. Thank you for this video!

I love Black Opium and LVEB and I don’t care who hates them. BBW In The Stars body mist smells like BR540 and lasts about the same. I said it. It’s funny how the most hated fragrances are also the best selling.

Hello, love your content you’ve introduced me to some really amazing fragrances! I do have a very random question, what color are your shelves behind you? That color is beautiful, I’ve been looking for a color just like that. I know super random but I had to ask. Thank you ☺️

Your videos are so inspiring to me! ❤

Nothing wrong with classic perfumes they’re classic for a reason. I’m sick and tired of hearing the younger generation with no class calling these vintage unique perfumes ‘grandma perfumes. They’re classy grandmas in my opinion.

Such a great video. All the editing is appreciated ❤. I genuinely dislike every perfume on this list except No. 5 and Angel is ok… I actually am in the middle on this one.

🥰😍😍😍😍 love your videos

I purchased a bottle of Dior Dune after smelling it directly from the bottle at a friend's house and loving it. The first day I wore it I had a weird feeling of nausea. The following day, I casually smelled the blouse I was wearing and immediately got the same effect, so I realized it was Dune that gave me nausea, not the fragrance itself, but the combination of my personal smell and chemistry with the perfume, and seriously, it was repulsive. Not all fragrances are for everybody and a scent that blends greatly with one person can be awful on another, which I've also found true for Chanel 5. I gave away Dune for good and now before purchasing any fragrance I get a sample and wear it for several hours to see how it blends and evolves on me.

Dear Lady...you answered exactly the same way I think....For Baccarat, since day one i went for the extrait....period.... and it makes big big difference.... believe it or not...BR540 Extrait is my 15 years daughter's signature scent with 2 sprays for school everyday

I just got the reference of BR540 to a dentist’s office! It smells a bit like fluoride 😄 I’ve been pondering over the comparisson forever, thinking maybe it’s noseblindness so it comes off chemical 🤔 But it’s the fluoride treatment 😅

Loved the video agreed with most of them loved the editing and your humor 💕

Great vid, thank you! Can you please spell that first Baccarat Rouge dupe you mentioned? Didn't quite catch it Thanks 🙌 xx

I think the problem with Good girl is the bottle…

I am an old soul for sure. Chanel No. 5 is my all time favorite fragrance of all time! It’s my go to fragrance and will always be iconic ❤️

Hi! It's my first time commenting. I would like to know what's your opinion on Ex Nihilo Fleur Narcotic? I remember you mentioned it somewhere but I can't find the video

Loved this video!! I've been wondering... Have you ever reviewed Dahab by Kajal, and Omnia Coral by Bvlgari? Nothing pops up when I search for those on your channel... Sending lots of love!! x

Baccarat is my new favorite perfume. Thank God I am from Spain where Nobody knows this perfume and it’s so much cheaper than in the US!! Everybody asked me what I was wearing all the time! I have at least 4 dupes of it and nothing compares to it. ❤

Sixty years of loving some perfumes; but I will say, the one called "Poison" made me ill. Many scents were favored, some just okay, but that "poison" was intolerable! Thanks!

Love the thumbnail. 😎 Pretty much my take on Sauvage. And I'll pretend that I went temporarily deaf when you were discussing Phantom shall I? 😐🤣 I like you too much.

Opium was my signature scent in the late 70's/80's then they changed the formula,same with Miss Dior. My son bought me a new Opium and while it has some original DNA it is not the same., but I love that my son loves that scent, and he bought it for me.

I accidentally discovered something similar to Chanel No. 5, and I find it more alluring and complex: Swiss Arabian > Rasheeqa (perfumed oil) And when I smell it, I feel like a queen. And I do not understand the "grandma" characteristics. Yes, some perfumes are better for mature women, so what?

One million OG is a masterpiece of a DNA imo. It feels so festive! Btw if i want to keep a Chanel no 5 just for its iconic historic legacy which one i should buy atp? The edp edt or which one u suggest? thnx for ur time!

Enjoyed hearing about readers choice awards with creative editing 👌

You are always spot on, I agree with so many of your opinions.

I haven't worn Angel in probably 20 years but I still love it in all it's aggressively loud glory.

I actually really like 1 Million. I bought it for my now husband in 2010, just after we started dating. I thought I loved it so much because it reminded me of the first crazy feelings of love, but now, nearly 15 years later I still double-sniff when he’s wearing it. I bought Angel in 1999 on a trip to London. I used it for 5 days and suddenly decided that I couldn’t stand the scent. Threw it away before flying home😂.

Hahaha those comments were pretty creative lol. Totally agree on Chanel No.5, hated when I was a teenager and now I like it. And Black opium I seriously can't stand it. It smells like an e-cigarette on me lol Which flanker of Carolina Herrera would you recommend other than Very Good Girl? The original is good, but It's a little too common.

Super vidéo, j’ai passé un excellent moment 👏🏻

The weird thing is, I remember hating BR540 when I first smelled it years ago. But after having Covid, my sense of smell is a little distorted and now I’m obsessed with it. There’s a note that smells like a fresh plastic toy which reminds me of my childhood and it makes me happy. 😂

I’m recently gifted a bottle of BR540 and I love it so much, but it’s not as “beast mode” as I imagined it would be as everyone’s saying how potent it is. So I googled and found that a lot of people are complaining that the 2022 bottles are much weaker, wonder if anyone knows anything about it being watered down/ reformulated? I agree that chanel no 5 is like a fine wine, remember spritzing it at the airport duty free, thinking it’s just ok at first, and later on found myself sniffing my wrist the whole flight. To me, it’s for a lady with class and experience, hope I’d one day be able to wear such a beautiful scent!

I hated Chanel no5 at first but then I found myself scouring the net to purchase a bottle. I don’t wear it often. I just spritz it on my wrist and sniff it throughout the day.

Hi from Hungary :)), great video. Can I ask you a question? Which one is better for your nose? Nautica Voyage or Azzaro Extreme. 😍

I used to wear the original Black Opium like everyday in my late teens and early twenties. It's a huge guilty pleasure for me nowadays because of that 😅😂

Love the analogy between 1 million and reality tv. Never been one to hate it but it is somewhat hated in my area. I guess its more ex summer fling rather than bad smell tbh. Still, your take makes a guy like me still want to try it perhaps the lucky or prive flankers

Ohh looking forward to the next video, miss Josephine now.. 🤗

7:07 I personally looooove that bottle, I think it's so cool

I’ve recently reunited with an old, forgotten friend: Georgio Beverly Hills. Glad it wasn’t on the list! Found it in a mist for under $12 at Walgreens(!) Smells heavenly and I keep getting compliments! 👍🏼

Good Girl is absolutely amazing! So amazing that I had a woman pretty much chase me down the isle at the grocery store asking what I was wearing. I gladly shared and hopefully she has found her little high heel bottle of absolute happiness! YUM! Because of your recommendation on a previous video I am now looking forward to purchasing Very Good Girl! So looking forward to that!🌺 Black Opium is another YES for me! It’s good! It’s really GOOD! Maybe I’ll look into the intense next, but for now I can’t get enough of the original. Saving the best on this list for last. La Vie Et Belle💐 Yes ma’am! This is stunningly beautiful and keeps everyone I know and those who smell it on me wanting to smell more! It’s that simple. It’s truly mesmerizing. I also have FlowerBomb. That’s such a pretty scent as well! Maybe Nector or Midnight next? Who knows?😉💗

You are one of the most classy perfume reviwer 🤗

I love your hair!

"20 pumps of vanilla syrup that will give you prediabetes"🤣 Omg I laughed so hard! That's exactly how I feel about this fragrance. This was a fantastic lighthearted video!.

To be honest I'm a huge fan of sweet smells like Angel from Mugler. I have limited Eau de Sucree version and to some people it's overly sweet so I can understand them but still it suits me well. One fragrance is like a dress and on different types of bodies it will open differently. I work with a lot of people and sometimes if one will come with intense smell of DKNY Be delicious (as example because I can identify it very well) and it will smell good on them then another person with that fragrance will smell too much and I will cover my nose.

Great video!❤ I can certainly understand why some of the fragrances that have made it onto this list have.🤣 But you are right, in many cases they are victims of their own popularity.

I agree with all of these and like you, I like 1 million and wear it myself on occasion!! But yes, the others are either over-worn, over-done or over-loud. I usually wear fragrances that are a bit unique- think Marc Antoine Barrior's Ganymede. But fragrance is SO subjective and if it works on you, WEAR IT!

I hate the grandma descriptor. Most of the time its used to describe complex fragrances. Your olfactory palate is kind of like your taste palate. Some things are an aquired taste. If i ask my toddlers to come try some coq au van they are going to say "ew thats yucky" meanwhile hot dogs and kraft mac n cheese are a hit. I remember being told when i was a kid "oh you will like x when your older" and it was true for the most part. Same applies to fragrance. Your palate expands with more expirence. And things that smell grandma suddenly smell amazing.

No no. Chanel No.5 is our GREAT grandmothers fragrance. It was created in May, 1921. It's literally turning 102 in another month.

When I was a child , my mother used Chanel N°5 . My father actually bought her this beautiful vintage atomizer as a gift to put it in. Well... One day I decided to play dress up and spilled the entire bottle on myself, floor and carpet....we couldn't get the smell out for months maybe more . That scent is permanently engrained in my nose 😂

Just found your channel. I’m not surprised to see Angel on your list. Some honorable mentions: Paloma Picasso, red door, poison by Dior, and the WORST ever is OOOh la rouge by Christian Serrato! Ooh la sick and dry heaving. Got a sample of it and one spray literally made the room uninhabitable. I’m not joking. I couldn’t get rid of the smell. What is in that stuff?

I love Good Girl. Is what I wear all the last years. Men love it but so many women asked me what I was wearing amd they bought the same!! Still, I believe that the same perfume does not smell the same on every skin... I am happy I have found the best for me! It took me years to decide which is my number one for me 🥰

Angel smells waaaaaaay better than Baccarat Rouge 540......540 is just gross

Lol my mom LOVES La Vie Est Belle specifically because it's not original! It smells near identical to a fragrance she purchased while on honeymoon with my dad in Paris. That fragrance has been discontinued, and LVEB and one other La Perla scent are the only close dupes we have found.

Great video - and funny!

Hi beautiful Josephine! Thank you so much for the fragrance shop recommendations in London 😍 We went to Jovoy and purcahsed your sample box and we discussed with this friendly guy who said you just visited there last week. He said that you are always so friendly and kind and even though I haven’t met you I can relate that through your videos ❤ Beside Jovoy we went to Liberty, Bloom Perfume and Harrods (plus the 6th floor which was Heaven on Earth). It was so much fun to try out so many fragrances that I haven’t been able to try before. Luckily some of them were sold out otherwise I would have need another suitcase 😅

I believe all fragrances deserve respect. Especially some classics like Chanel n5, Shalimar or Lou Lou. Although they're not of my personal preference, they are important in the development of modern perfumery. Unfortunately, good fragrances get a bad reputation due to overspraying, especially in hot weather and in crowds.

Love this positive video, first class all the way.

Tu utilises Midjourney pour générer tes images ?! Elles sont magnifiques !

So funny because I am wearing vintage Chanel No 5 in EDT and I am in heaven. The floral bouquet is stunning. One of my most favorites for sure

Such a mixed bag. I personaly love Angel because I connect a lot of memories with it. A lot of strong women I grew up around wore it, my mom sometimes aswell. Say what you want, but the "Mugler Woman" is sort of an identity. The intense sweetness made me like it as a kid of course and that its intense, but not in that bitter-spicy herbal way like a lot of heavier perfumes for "mature" women. On the other hand I 100% agree with Chanel - So many girls in their early 20s wear this around me and I was always like "What is this soapy 0% flirty at all working at the office scent?" when I found out its Chanel No.5 I was suprised. Its all super subjective of course, but to me it just has that almost bland "Why even bother putting it on" smell. With men's perfumes I just dislike anything sporty, oceany and after-shavey. So many common men's perfumes have this cheap sport shower gel smell. Reminds me too much of Locker Rooms and Highschool. But *most importantly* I appreciate people wearing a perfume AT ALL, cuz even with popular fragrances you dont smell them that often. Like, if I dont enjoy one thing - Its the 80% of people who just dont wear a perfume in general and only have that "worn out clothing" scent to them, kinda rainy/musky. I like people who wear a perfume, even if its not to my taste, for at least making a choice and caring about the way they smell. A scent is like another dimension to show personality.

I like Black Opium in Extreme and Le Parfum version much better. PS. What a gorgeous blouse you're wearing! ♥

This CH shoes never looked as good as in this video, such a great presentation ❤

There was a fragrance called Poison that was very popular in the '80's. I mean everybody who wore fragrance was wearing it, but to me it smelled like roach spray. I still remember being trapped in an elevator full of it once.

La vie et belle was the first designer fragrance I ever bought and at the time I adored it because I was still vey new to perfumes and hadn’t smelled a lot. I can confidently say nearly decade later I do not like it anymore lol. My nose has definitely changed and I’ve refined my tastes concerning what I like.

I agree with this list. 💯 I am such a fragrance snob. MFK's liquid gold is so underrated. An absolute masterpiece. Delina Exclusif, Lipstick Rose, and Fleur Narcotique are gorgeous. I love Prada Luna Ocean and Dior Homme Intense the best for men.

I love your necklace. Can you tell me where you can buy it? Btw I kinda like LVEB but i cannot wear it because all people are using too much of it. Its only nice if its used only slightly

Black opium and La Vie are my "no-go" fragrances. I try to understand them, but my nose tells me to go elsewhere. In the case of N5, I need more essence-road to appreciate it. And Sauvage... I prefer Chanel Bleu anytime! Thank you for this video; I love your content. Maybe, it would be interesting to see the most hated on a budget (i.e., Zara edition)

At first, I didn't like La vie est belle, but after some time I realized that I quite enjoy wearing it.😁

Very informative

I have two bottles of Angel from Thierry Mugler instead of MUGLER. When head notes evaporate, it is very comforting, dry, vanilla scent with a hint of powdery accords. I love it. I have recognised Baccarat Rouge 540 on one woman. She smelled like cotton candy shop. It's nice, loud, but I don't know if I would want to smell like that.