Top 20 Most HATED perfumes of all time according to YOU! Scrubber perfumes 2023  

Agree wholeheartedly with people sharing their thoughts about fragrances. It's really just perfume, not life or death decisions. 💯💯💯

If an influencer doesn’t dislike any fragrances, I don’t trust them. My assumption is that at worst they’re lying, and at best they have an extremely broad palette (and I don’t) so I can’t use any of their recommendations.

To me, an unsafe blind buy is the price point. Blanche Bete, MFK, Amouage, PDM, all designer Prive/ Private collections etc… for that kind of money, there’s no room for the slightest bit of mediocrity for me. I need to love it.

“Normalize not liking” perfumes… yes!!! We need to remember that olfactory perception is SUBJECTIVE and your opinion does not have authority over someone else’s opinion about it. To each his own. Blanche Bete gets me SO many compliments from BOTH men and women of all ethnicities. Honestly one of my top fragrances. Lactonic/white florals really love my body chemistry. Most niche fragrances don’t require body chemistry to smell good and usually don’t change from person to person but lactonics do. I’m typically very warm so is heats up on my body to where I’ve been told I smell alluring and hypnotic. I never thought lactic would ever smell good on me, but they do so take all of it with the grain of salt.

Uh oh! Let me put my feelings away before I watch this one 😂😂😂

Love that you’re adamant about maintaining a safe space for differences. Different experiences is what makes this so beautiful and fun. Don’t be a fun-sucker guys lol 💙

The funniest comment about my Naxos Xerjoff by a 6 year old “It smells like my uncle, so stinky!” My thoughts were - I know him and he is a very sophisticated man who ALWAYS smells great😂

I so agree with you on black orchid. It’s too bad it’s so unwearable cause it gives zombie vibes and would be a perfect Halloween perfume! 😂🎃

I LOVE how subjective scent is. This video was such a great idea and your message/disclaimer is so true!! I would have to add to the list all Montale/Mancera perfumes... I've tried a handful of them, and unfortunately they've all been scrubbers. I've tried macerating, different weather, clothing vs skin, and nothing has worked for me. I wanted to love Velvet Vanilla so much, but there's a synthetic note that just pierces through all of the notes that I cannot get on board with. And this is unfortunately the same for all of the other scents I've tried from them. Such a great video!!! Thanks for shedding some light on normalizing disliking big name fragrances.

I haven’t tried all on this list but I cast my vote for Chanel No 5, black Opium, Libre, Delina, Good Girl, Alien and I’d add all the Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances in the body shaped bottles. Vintage perfumes I hate include Samsara, Giorgio, Amarige. That’s just a start!

I also think that maybe people have not tried too many perfumes. Because if D&G Devotion is a "scrubber" for them, then maybe they haven't tried a wide variety of fragrances. 😬🤷‍♀️ ... and there isn't anything wrong with that either. But I always consider the source when taking recommendations too. For myself personally*

I absolutely encourage honesty. I don't need to agree with others to enjoy their content. I really don't even want things sugar coated. I am here to hear your REAL thoughts and opinions. It doesn't help me when an RU-vidr holds back.

Linterdit intense for me. Absolutely turns my stomach even after several tries....

I like the Libre line, but I’ve come to realize that lavender can give me a headache, and for some reason the lavender in the edt didn’t do that so that’s the one I went with in the end 🥰

I’ve been waiting for this video since you put up that poll!!

I’m watching this at 2:30 am. I must be overly tired and easily amused. My inner child giggles when i hear ”scrubber parfume” ( ”scrubber” has a specific meaning in British slang ). Great video! I wish there was a video with influencers insulting each others fragrances ( regardless of how they actually feel ). Roasting each others tastes. A relief from all the ”panty dropper” routines. Thank for a bit of nuance! 👍

I enjoyed this video. TFS!!

Great video 🎉✨❤ I agree with at least 5-7 perfumes…

Fragrance is so personal and your taste can change over time. I'm just getting into fragrance and the first thing I learned is not to blind buy because there are fragrances that are so expensive and raved about that I have tried and could not stand. At first I thought there was something wrong with me but at the end of the day, it's perfume and personal preference. Thanks for your review!

Great video Jackie.. Entertaining!❤

This sounds fun. Thank you Jackie!

Team Black Opium here, especially the le parfum ❤ scrubbers for me: Oud Satin Mood and Erba Pura!

Good morning Jackie. 💛 I like Coco Madamoiselle, but I recently discovered that I LOVE Coco! Love Libre Intense, and Le Parfum. I never tried the OG. I also still love the original Opium, a fragrance from my 30s. 😊 I actually get a body odor smell from BR540!😳 My scrubbers are: Initio Side Effect, Mancera Red Tobacco, and all of the Angels and Aliens! I detest them all!😂 This was fun hearing about the opinions of others. I thoroughly believe in people being able to voice their dislike of fragrances without fear of censure! Thank you. Have a great weekend 💛

Love your videos! Watching this first thing in the morning while getting ready for work and you’ve set me up with a good mood, thank you!!

This is one of my favorite channels! Please keep up the great reviews/comments! This episode was fun 😊

Noooooo! Not Babycat!!!!😭😭😂😂🥴 But I absolutely agree with you about Guidance. It smells like straight up body odor on my skin🤢🤢🤢

This was fun Jackie! Glad to see my most hated made the number one spot!

I loved your video but also I’m obsessed with those earrings!!!❤❤ 🧿🧿

A divisive fragrance is a good fragrance in my book, I'd rather hate or love than feel nnn. 😊

This is a solid list! 🎉

I totally agree with you, Valaya is beautiful and it's on my spring wishlist😊❤

This list is spot on💯

Such a fun video!! Speaking of bandaids- that’s all I get from Silky Woods. I’ve tried it several times over the past year and yeah- bandaids. So odd.

It’s funny seeing Oud Satin Mood on here. 2 years ago, it was highly loved. I personally still love and wear it. Great video!!!

I honestly love this topic. It’s very annoying when people get triggered by someone else disliking a fragrance they love…some ppl are too much. I agree with some of these to a point: Oud Satin Mood isn’t necessarily a scrubber, I can tolerate it, but I don’t like it, it’s just a mess of a scent. Black Orchid is a weird one for me, sometimes I love it, other times I hate it…more often than not it’s a hate. BR540 is one that I love the opening of, but after a few minutes I hate it. Chanel no5, is a no on me, but I like it on others. Vanilla Milk is good on paper, but on skin something comes out that I just can’t deal with. Good Girl is a scrubber, I have no idea why it gets hyped, imo, it’s awful. The others, I either don’t know, or I like/love. The worst fragrances I’ve ever smelled are probably Santal 33 by Byredo and Ambre Fétiche by Annick Goutal.

Guidance & RM5 are masterpieces in my book. And Babycat is quite a sweet mass pleasing vanilla to me lol. I ordered a bottle

Wow, I love Angel! It's my all time favorite. I do understand how divisive it can be but I'm a patchouli fan. It's interesting how different scents can be interpreted.

😮😮😮 Thanks for the deodorant tip!

Hey Jackie! Loved the video! Btw I tried Vanilla Powder by Matière Première and to me has the same musk of Erba Pura :S

Nooooo… not my Valaya!!! 😁😁😁 It’s my most complimented perfume I have!!! Oh well .. ☺️🤷‍♀️ On the other hand, I extremely hate Absolute Aphrodisiac by Initio 😢 .. I regret blind-buying this.. Can’t return it either since I ordered it from Paris. I don’t get it. It’s not even considered as “perfume” .. I’d rather use Downy Fabric Spray on me than this! 🤦‍♀️

I love Guidance but, I get it 😂😂😂😂

I understand how people might love or hate a fragrance - makes sense. What intrigues and surprises me is when people smell weird or unique notes that have never ever EVER occurred to me, not in a million years 🤷🏼‍♀️ cracks me up! It’s bizarre and amazing how we humans can interpret a note or acord so drastically differently. I don’t always agree, but I do love reading and hearing reviews/opinions. Especially when they are articulately expressed! Thanks for honestly sharing yours 👍🏻 and yeah Erba Pura phew! 🤢

i’m so glad someone hater black orchid as much as me and smells the “death” notes in it lmao. I remember year and years ago smelling it in sephora for the first time after seeing so much hype for it and i didn’t spray it on me, so it wasn’t my body chemistry, but simply took off the lid and sniffed the bottle and have NEVER EVER had such a physical reaction to a perfume in my life. I convulsed lmao. I wanted to barf. It totally does smell like something is dead and rotting and for the life of me I want to know why some people clearly love it and some people smell decay lmao 😂

Great video! My interest in perfume is fairly new. When I hear oud can smell like rubbing alcohol and also smell barnyard, I’m confused. I’d love to see a video about oud in general and how it can vary so much.

Yes, that all I got is black pepper for baby cat, from top to bottom the black pepper stood out. Now oud satin mood, love her!!!!

Hey gorgeous Jackie! I love Oud Satin Mood but I can see how it might be polarizing. Some people get too much Oud and it’s powdery on your skin. It must really agree with my skin chemistry, since I don’t get much Oud or powderyness lol. It’s usually the other way around for me. This one is a rarity ❤❤

Love your earrings!!!

Agree with Angel and another one that smells similar to me is Gucci Guilty, specifically the older formulation. But I love Black Orchid parfum though and Velvet Orchid❤

Ok after watching the whole list, I'd say I'm just about split down the middle. About half of these I love or at least enjoy, and half I really quite dislike. Except I never did try Vanilla Milk because I was scared off by the reviews and I've never tried Erba Pura. Great video Jackie, loved the concept and the interactive nature of it.. very fun!

I really enjoy Vanilla Milk! You would enjoy it too if you like lactonic fragrances. It is very similar to New Bond St by Bond No.9 (which is $460). When I wear this fragrance, people tell me I smell huggable and sensual.

So glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t get with Guidance. All I smell is pickles!

Omg, u’r so pretty 😍

So funny, I really like nearly all of these on this list 😂. A few popular, well-made fragrances that were true scrubbers for me likely due to body chemistry- all smelled like rancid blue cheese-are Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady and most of Titziana Terensi line.

A newly discovered scrubber for me is Akro Awake. So overwhelmingly strong and smells exactly like those “pancake and sausage on a stick” frozen things you can get at the grocery store. Just sickly sweet syrupy, sausage-like smell to me with a random layering of lemon. Just got done washing it off in the bathroom best I could, but can still smell it even now!

I also hold on to samples for the most part. If I don't like something sometimes I'll revisit and it will be amazing. Happen to me several times already.

I agree with all of these!

Fun video! I voted for Blanche Bete 😂 I've tested it a few different times and it has smelled like cat pee on me every single time. So sad since it does seem to be loved by many. I'm surprised by Devotion, too!

I reallu enjoyed this video. Imo the one missing in this list is one of my personal foes, La Vie est Belle, as for the rest, all of them are here. I agree with Devotion, tried yesterday and couldn't wait to wash it out. Though I enjoy vanilla to an extent, too intense vanilla perfumes don't work for me. As for Coco Mademoiselle smelling like mildew I get it, it's how patchouli tranlates for some noses. And finally I agree, it's just perfume, Chanel is one my favorite houses and I love their perfumes but it doesn't offend me when people hate them.

Aw! I love valaya.

I love italica..it smells so good lol i love how there is something out their for everyone.😅😊

I enjoyed this video.

Great video idea. It is very interesting how each of us love something completely different. I agree with Delina. I got a decant, sprayed it on my hand and i thought i will die from the smell 😅. I hated it. The same with Delina exclusif and I know for sure it is the rose that I cannot stand. I tried Atomic Rose and it’s the same. So no rose for me. Although Delina La rosee is different. It is more airy and I like it. I also agree with BR540. I cannot stand the medicinal note which for me is very proeminent. It smells like being at the dentist 😂. Hate it. But I love the extrait which is so much better and more expensive 😢. I also agree with Erba Pura. Oh my god. It stings my nose and it lasts forever. I had to really scrub my hand to wash it off. 😅

The deodorant trick!! I will have to try that. I test a lot of fragrances and its pretty common for me to just want it off me!!

Delina the OG wasn’t a scrubber immediately but I had to take it off because it was just irritating my nose. There’s something about the notes in that fragrance that don’t agree with my body chemistry or my senses.

❤❤❤❤those earings

Random comment-Your makeup is pretty. That green is gorgeous on you!

Yes, normalize difference of opinion. I've always loved your authenticity now on to the list

Baccarat is a lifer❤❤ def a fan of erba pura.. smells beautiful on me.. I know people complain about the musk, but I like musk so it doesn’t bother me😊

I love love love ALL of the Black Opium!! especially the Le Perfume.

I've never been a fan of Angel... but the elixir almost had me jumping over the counter and ringing myself up!... the le parfums, elixirs and intense versions of basic smelling perfumes are WAY better than the originals to me.

I have them all. Love them all.

I have vanilla milk.when I first smelled it I wasn't getting milky lactonic vanilla but I decided to let it sit alittle and after that I began to love it.😊

Delina original is a lifer.. I have exclusif and love it as well. I’m not a huge Chanel no5 lover, but I appreciate it. I am a fan of coco Chanel though❤

I totally agree on the Xerjoff Erba Pura. I tried Erba Pura Gold and it is even more or a scurbber! The ripe fruit cocktail with the woody strong base note are dissonant notes and headache inducing. Personally, I don't trust reviews from influences for products they are sponsoring as they will always have positive reviews.

This one hurt. Alien, Angel, and Mademoiselle are my 3 most used! I've gone through many Alien bottles. It's my top favorite 😢

I love how perfume is so subjective. How two people can smell a scent and have totally different takes. For me it’s any perfumes with amber. For some reason my nose hates amber.

Love libre intense

Ok, I agree with 15 of the 20. But 5 of them are in my top 10 for life 🥰: Coco Mademoiselle, Italica, Delina, BR540 and Erba Pura, for me Erba Pura is a super fresh and delicious summerscent😍love it! And I get so many compliments wearing it

I have and love YSL Libre Intense

I really like that video 😊 I just blind bought from une nuit nomade jardins de misfah and I could not stand it. It is so sweet that I get headache 🙄

Black opium the original is my signature if I had to say I have one. Everytime I wear it there is always a compliment from a man on how good I smell. It never fails me EVER! If you want attention then that's the one you wear because its really grabs attention of men. People associate me with that scent too. I have le parfume and love that one as well! I get more compliments on the original to be honest because its louder and more people pick up on it which is followed by a "you smell like vanilla or you smell so good!" I dont mind people don't wear it or like it because at this point it smells original again because no one is wearing it like they used to. She's my ride or die, a guaranteed you smell good. If you didn't like the original then try the le parfume, shes real good too.

Baby Cat - Lilac Love - Italica - all scrubbers for me 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hey Jackie. I keep trying Coco Mademoselle but it’s a no. I can totally see people not liking Devotion. I love it but it’s giving prediabetes because it’s so sweet

My favorite forever ❤ black opium

Me too. i hated Italica at first it made me so nauseous. But the second time I wore it, it so reminds me of Hawaiian Punch concentrate with a touch of almonds. YUMMMMY! ❤❤❤

Marc-Antoine Barrois ganymede extrait, i was gifted a very generous sample of this and ............ oh my goodness i couldn't scrub it off fast enough. I was wearing a wool sweater at the time and sprayed some onto the sleave. Now for context i try to not wash my wool sweaters( i prefer to hang them on the line and let them air out in the cold air) I smelled Ganymede on my sweater for days and days until i finally had to take it to the dry cleaners. I just can't get on with this scent. Straight up curry. I love to authentic curry to eat, not to wear as a perfume. Sorry not sorry. Happy New year!

From the list i own Black Opium and Coco Mademoiselle, and I absolutely love them! I have got some compliments with them as well. Two perfumes that i can think of right now that were absolute scubbers were This is Her by Zaldig & Voltaire and L'interdit (the whole line). There were some other perfumes i completely disliked and had to wash them off, but those two are definetely the worst. I also wasn't a big fan on the Libre line, but i started to enjoy more the Le Parfum and the Intense version.

Most of these I agree with but a couple I do love, especially Valaya. I just bought a full bottle and both my husband and I love it on me. We are all so different and it’s okay!

I actually do like Shaghaf Oud but I'd never wear it, for fear of offending people around me 🙈😂 ..thankfully I only have a sample!! 😅 Great tip with the deodorant! 🙏🏼 Angel was one that I did have to scrub off one day, it was driving me absolutely crazy although I don't necessarily hate the way it smells, it was SO overbearing tho! 😩

I LOOOOVE Valaya...lmbo I think it's the musk or ambrette or something like that they don't like. but I love it

So when I first got into fragrances everybody was talking about YSL Libre intense. I kept sampling it because I wanted to like it because of the bottle but I just didn’t like it. I eventually sampled the original and decided I like it enough. I wore that fragrance one time and hated it. Every once in awhile I hear about a combo to try but I am too traumatized and I just don’t want to spray it at all. I don’t know what I’m going to do with that perfume. I really don’t like it.

What a great video.I saw a few you mentiond that i really dislike ,Guidance ,Delina ,Black Orchid Alien .But the worse one that makes me gagging and i hate it is Passiggiata in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from Trussardi .That one makes me almost trow up .I hope my English is o k

Lol, I just came from Chris's video on Babycat alternatives hahaha.

Not surprised about Blanche Bete as much as I love it. I can imagine it turning sour on people’s skin. I think I’m one of the very few that loves Shaghaf Oud. It’s not very popular in my household 😅😂

Absolutely love Rosendo Mateu no 5 but I don’t get that rubbery, gasoline, burning note people talk about.. I’ve never gotten that.. thank God😊 I actually like alien and want a small bottle of it. I can’t do black orchid, it makes me nauseous .. but recently I smelled it and it was tolerable. I still don’t want a bottle of it. I tried the le parfum and it was not bad.😊

Very good girl in the red stiletto was an immediate scrubber for me. I think Angel muse the EDP was also an immediate scrubber for me.

Oud Satin mood on me is so sweet that I can’t handle wearing it. And Libre intense is my favorite, I bought it after one test in the store compared to other 2, but I also find it hard to wear it, only on lower parts of my body, like knees😢

I hated the musk in Erba Pura, it overwhelms the senses and lasted forever. I got a horrible headache from Radiant Nectar, it’s a skin scent but I cannot stand the musky ambrette. Least favorite of all time was NR For Her (the pink bottle). The powderiness would not quit. I love both Blanche Bete and Babycat, picked them both up this summer in Paris. Babycat has the most beautiful incense vanilla, like a church. I don’t get any black pepper at all.

Re: burnt rubber notes, it might need to aerate/macerate. I had a blind buy rose musk frag that smelled incredibly disgusting. I sprayed it a few times over the course of several months, and right before I was about to throw it in the trash, it suddenly smelled exquisitely delicate and beautiful, not like motor oil at all.

I love Blanche Bete. Tbh it smells a bit like a lactonic version of Jergens original cherry almond lotion.