I guess a biphase make-up remover would work as well. We all tend to have some tucked away somewhere. Heres the situation. I most recently had an unfortunate encounter with whatever chemical it is that Le Labo uses for their musk in so many of their scents. Im a fan of Bioderma, but any makeup remover designed for waterproof cosmetics will do the trick. Give it time to dry, then do it again, even if you dont smell the cologne anymore. My grandmothers raspberry bushes were full of these creatures, and I hated them more than any other insect because of their smell. Honestly, dont mind if theres a little cologne smell in the bathroom, just want to get rid of the top layer that overpowers you so you cant breathe. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Welcome to Bois de Jasmin! Purell works some serious magic on scrubbers. It happens that I also dont really like coriander. If you're lucky, it was just a bit of shampoo or body lotion. Mix 1-2 Tablespoons of cider or wine vinegar into a cup of water and rinse out your shampooed and conditioned hair with this solution. I dont mind if things smell bad. Mostly the musk and not the pepper. Sometimes it can just be an innocuous perfume tried on the wrong day. ? It really makes skin lustrous and silky soft. Actually, I havent had a chance to deal with it yet, and the smell has gone down considerably. (re: being able to enjoy well, at least a good variety of fragrances with the weather were having) today i wore ormonde jayne tolu August 2, 2022 at 5:40am, Aly in 5 Perfume Masterpieces for Summer: I agree. Ive even used the soap mechanics use I think its called Goop. I will be trying the tips next time I get a surprise. Hmm, coffee rounds, moth balls & baking sodaI believe I have all 3 of those. I had a funny experience spraying one of the Hermes colognes on fabric to make the scent last. This is almost worth an encounter with an unpleasant perfume. And I totally agree with you! September 18, 2013 at 7:19am Reply, Victoria: In case of some perfumes, I really like how they smell once I take a shower. Thank you! Even on paper I notice that green pepper note in it. Even if you dont have a product like fantastic, maybe you could just use some dish soap, anything that will break down the oils. (I am hoping for a replacement bottle for our anniversary. One spray is all you need. I will assuredly try out these methods and see which works the best. Since perfume is oil-based, the method of removing any stain left in clothing or luggage fabric is to break down that oil. Sorry to hear about this. My method to get rid of the undesired smell on your skin is to use a toothpaste. September 19, 2013 at 3:55pm Reply, Victoria: So happy to hear this, Lyn! And youre also right: it doesnt show up right away. What perfumes made you rush to rinse them off as soon as possible? Maybe try that a couple of times and then a vinegar wash. September 19, 2013 at 12:02am Reply, Victoria: What a disaster! September 18, 2013 at 10:30pm Reply, Victoria: Oh, MaryAnn, this must have been very tough. Costs pennies and wont irritate skin. However, I got stuck with the perfume for two hours on the bus on my way home. September 19, 2013 at 11:37am Reply, Amy: Second dish soap, and sometimes a going-over with unscented deodorant will also do the trick. For the record, my worst scrubbers evah were not white musk cases: Nahema and the generally-considerd-inoffensive Infusion diris. Most of the scent went away after one day EXCEPT for a definite jalapeo pepper note that even survived a machine washing with detergent. Alice: Hairdresser put perfume in my hair and its making me feel sick. You rub that in the carpet, it will probably take a few tries but it works. Victoria: I hope some of the tips come in handy! September 18, 2013 at 11:16am Reply, Victoria: Amy, a Mr. Clean Magic Sponge sounds scary. September 18, 2013 at 7:45am Reply, Victoria: You can also use some sugar or honey mixed in with almond oil for a scrub. On hard surfaces, I gotta think this should be easy to resolve. Also, the hair picks up the scent well, and whenever you move your hair, you get a lovely waft of perfume. August 2, 2022 at 4:49am, Aly in 5 Perfume Masterpieces for Summer: Thank you Victoria! THEN I reached for the toothpaste and scrubbed for awhile with that and a toothbrush. Honey is interesting (and delicious)! I find that same note in the drydown of Traversee du Bosphor and have no idea what it could be. September 19, 2013 at 12:11am Reply, Zazie: Lol!!! October 14, 2013 at 7:51am Reply, Eliza T: Thanks for your interesting post. How do you proceed? This question is in the General Section. September 19, 2013 at 12:10pm Reply, Lynley: My latest scrubber was Mon Patchouly by Ramon Monegal. Just rub it in and rinse off? I take a very small amount and rub it in my hands under a hot water to produce the foam and them I massage the stinky spot with this toothpaste foam. One summer I developed skin sensitivities, though maybe it was interaction with sunlight? And THAT did the trick. September 20, 2013 at 2:38am Reply, What a fantastic post! Rashes arent fun! Notify me of replies to my comments via e-mail. September 18, 2013 at 1:00pm Reply, susiebelle: Paper is a good way to start but I sometimes have a hard time distinguishing scents (especially mens) that way even though I have a decent nose. I had the serious misfortune last night to try to pull a bottle of perfume out by the cap. It is completely tiled. Did the alcohol work? I wonder if it may not have contained also some skin softeners or maybe glycerin? What type of vacuum is better for picking up lots of cat hair, a bagless vacuum or a traditionl vacuum with a bag. All Try putting a little bowl of coffee grounds in there. Its not like it spilled in the kitchen. So far I absolutely love Poivre 23. Just trust me. It was only a wax sample but it still made me feel pretty sick probably because of aldehydes which I sometimes associate with insect repellent. I 2nd the baking soda paste recommendation. September 30, 2015 at 11:46am Reply, Carina: Thank you thank you thank you for these tips! And it starts literally turning my stomach after a while. The makeup remover is something I always have on hand, even when traveling, so its my favorite one. A loved one arrived by bush plane in a casket to a small, isolated community where we had all gathered to lay him to rest, so there was no undertaker to take care of the last of the details. What can smell delicious to me is pure torture to her. I will NEVER do that again without latex gloves. Simply apply some rubbing alcohol to the spot and then blot with a clean cloth. I have sometimes grown so desperate of an offending perfume that I have even used toilet cleaning products in a desperate attempt to remove them. September 19, 2013 at 10:45pm Reply, george: I rarely spray fragrance on my skin but made the mistake of sampling Jeke by slumber house on my wrists. Now Im much more careful of applying perfume, as most give me nausea. In that one, all I smelled was methyl anthranilate and that starchy thing and nothing else. It was either Pamplemousse Rose or Gentian Blanche. I flushed, and I swept up the glassthe floor and toilet are dry, but the room smells like a Portugese whorehouse. September 18, 2013 at 1:02pm Reply, Rita Sanyal: Nice content, I can fully understand the situation cause I too am at times plagued by the teeny boper body mists & lotions out in the market these days. I got a sample size of glossier you and my daughter dropped it on the floor of our powder room. Talk about quiet scents. She absolutely doused herself in it, and its not exactly a wallflower in the first place! Repeat as necessary. Spraying on the back of the neck would be a beautiful alternative to try instead, Victoria. September 18, 2013 at 5:36pm Reply. I have isopropyl and cheap vodka, so I should be set. September 19, 2013 at 3:53pm Reply, Sapphire: Thanks, everyone. They bind together. And the worse elements for a scent, for me, are usually the ones that last through an attempt to scrub them off. Very interesting, thank you, Casey! do you rub it and then rinse? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Trust your nose before you trust another's. EVER. :) October 14, 2013 at 6:28am Reply, Victoria: Glad that you liked the post! September 18, 2013 at 11:03am Reply. December 8, 2013 at 5:39am Reply, E K: Thank you so much!! Ive been trying to figure out what, exactly, is in some perfumes that just STINKS when I get it on me and Ive narrowed some of it down to the White Musks. Its like blood. Finally, remove all remaining residue by wetting with clean water and blotting that dry. Shes just turned 4 and is much better about asking (since she knows Ill always say yes to a spritz) but her baby sister will surely make me seek out this article again before long! September 19, 2013 at 12:53pm Reply, Victoria: I havent. August 22, 2015 at 7:21pm Reply, Tara C: I have recently found 2 great ways to get rid of perfume. The hair oil was quite expensive! In a way, one associations (bug spray) gets replaced by another, much more pleasant one. My capacity to tolerate unpleasant odors has increased markedly during my perfumery trainingremind me to tell you a story involving a place called the stinky room, but even so, I occasionally encounter fragrances that make me wrinkle my nose. I will have to give it a try. La pausa is loaded with the stuff, for example, but most people will say it is a fleeting, quiet scent! September 18, 2013 at 10:36pm Reply, Victoria: I bet it must have been Gentiane Blanche! Any ideas? I just squirt some on. I never knew these trick! You must be very sensitive to the clean, white musks. nozknoz: I like testing perfume on the back of my hand, too. After, you can trap the perfume oil and alcohol in a solid bar of white soap. September 19, 2013 at 6:08am Reply, Victoria: Urgh, that can be a horrible experience, especially if you cant get do anything to remove the scent quickly. Have you tried Mon Patchouly? I havent tried Eau du Soir I will look for a sample, it sounds wonderful thank you! Victoria: I think its because most blotters are too narrow. A couple that Ive tried from RM were so overpriced and unimpressive that I didnt feel inspired seeking out the samples. September 18, 2013 at 9:49am Reply, Victoria: Thank you, Rita. Thankyou, as always. I may still try one or some of these things and well see. It struck me as funny that it coincided with todays piece. Ive noticed that other people dont like them, so I try to mention in reviews if the white musk stands out to me. September 18, 2013 at 10:24pm Reply, dp: Many of the hand sanitizers have a high alcohol content, with glycerin or other humectant/emolient. Another idea is to soak a rag with vinegar and cover the perfumed spot with it. It was lovely. I was beginning to feel like Tollund man- buried in a peat bog. I can smell the perfume from 15 feet away. I already sprinkled baking soda twice and vacuumed it up, but didnt try making a paste, so will try that. Gently rub then remove with a tissue. I rarely spray perfume on my clothes but some perfumes really cling to my clothes even if I wear them on my skin. The alcohol lifts it away easily. I can detect them even at low rates and feel really sick September 18, 2013 at 1:17pm Reply, Hannah: Yes, I also do that when I eat potato chips with vinegar I just put honey on my fingers and wash it off. I dont notice the musk in La Pausa at all, but Guerlain Vetiver pour Elle is ruined (for me) by a white musk that almost wipes out everything else. I dont know if it was pure alcohol, and I wonder if it ever made her skin sore! This story is hysterical, and Im trying to imagine a toddler redolent of Coco Mad. I was praying for the bus to crash or something Eventually, I got a headache and it sort of ruined my day. After wetting the stain with this solution, blot it dry. Some of them even double up as beauty treatments. I had to repeat it twice, but it worked. @dalepetrie when my last car was about 2 months old, by husband spilled a half a gallon of beer from a brewery in the trunk. September 18, 2013 at 1:21pm Reply. Absolutely inappropriate, horrifying actually. No shards!) Otherwise, you just got too little scent on paper. I snuck a look in her bathroom once, and saw the lovely Guerlain dial bottle; next to it was a bottle of alcohol, made especially for removing perfume, with a label saying so. I was SO mad! September 18, 2013 at 8:14am Reply, rosarita: I like the almond oil suggestion, looking forward to trying that one. September 19, 2013 at 11:34am Reply, Isis: The only perfume that was a real scrubber for me so far was also a Myhrre: AG Myrrhe Ardente Ive tried it several times, it makes me feel uncomfortable to the point where my stomach turns. My bathroom is very small. The perfume ingredients are volatile, and they will get absorbed little by little, sparing you the expense of a dry cleaning bill. This is especially useful if ones on the go or is doing a big sampling session at a boutique. September 18, 2013 at 2:09pm Reply, Victoria: I used to hate coriander leaves, because they made me think of stink bugs. Why does it happen that the scents you detest linger the longest? For instance, some perfumers would never smell on thin pieces of paper and prefer business card sized blotters instead. Just noticed the $$ after Vanille instead of 44but it is very appropriate, dont you think? But sometimes even those I love and wear can surprise me with nausea, which is quite unpleasant. When I was young, my parents were friends with a very chic French lady, and I remember she smelled so good and very different to my mother. Thanks, Lucas. September 18, 2013 at 10:32am Reply, Victoria: Its definitely much easier to buy unscented detergents today than even 5 years ago. The flowery smell makes me want to gag. Not only that, but the oils can stain clothing and the fabric of your luggage. September 19, 2013 at 11:32am Reply, Sapphire: This is very timely indeed. Of the ones I tried, I think Fleur dOranger 27 (I think thats the number) was the worst. Particularly Dawn in any formulation. Now my bathroom smells like a French whorehouse, as my husband would put it. For instance, I have a friend whose skin turns anything overly green into metallic, harsh. Responses must be helpful and on-topic. Kept me awake all night. The last was such an instinctive loatheI felt truly sick. Maybe spray the vinegar and then go out for a while? But, of all the things to spill in your luggage, perfume has to be the absolute worst. Anyone have any luck with scent removal? I didnt like Fleur dOranger 27 either. No need to twist the wrist to sniff it, either. Dump a ton of the alcohol on the spilled area and wipe it clean. Some of their scents have this persistent, metallic-starchy note that seems to linger and linger. BUTwhen I got back to where we were staying, I discovered that I could NOT get that odour off my hands which had gotten there by adjusting his clothing, cleaning smudges of make-up, straightening hair, rigging up the little canopy in the casket. September 18, 2013 at 11:20am Reply, Zazie: Hear hear! Thats when I knew I was obsessed. But I admired the French so much for creating this. I even rinsed out my nose and sinuses thinking there was a molecule of embalming fluid in there somewhere. I know spraying regular vinegar and letting it air dry knocks out cat urine, and that can be a really overwhelming odor. It took me a long while to start appreciating it, but Im glad I kept revisiting it time to time. September 18, 2013 at 9:10am Reply, Victoria: Gosh, that would make one hate the most favorite perfume! September 23, 2013 at 2:45am Reply, Ola: Thank you for your advice:) unfotunately, I didnt know these earlier. September 18, 2013 at 11:23am Reply, Zazie: Im glad Im not the only one! On topic- my remedy is put on something I like and cover every trace of the wrong fragrance! September 18, 2013 at 1:11pm Reply, Victoria: Ive heard of it, but I havent tried it. Its interesting how different people react to scents differently. I have both of those so I will try that next! Im not as sensitive to white musks though. solmarea: Lately Ive noticed slight burning sensation when spraying perfume on my throat / dcolletage. Jillie: Lovely tips, and I will be using them. Rubbing your fingers on the stainless steel sink works just as well! This will actually clean the smell out, not just mask it or absorb it temporarily. Im usually using them not because of one unpleasant perfume, but because by the end of the day I end up with several. I wiped it up and washed some towels that happened to have been on the floor and soaked some up. Is there anything other than time that would make it smell a little less powerful? I just bought a bottle of hair oil, but unfortunately, it was perfumed with Jasmine. You have to dilute the fragrance and clean it up. What? Rubbing wrists raw with soap and water wont make much difference because fragrances are formulated with ingredients soluble in alcohol, rather than H2O. My worst perfume experience so far was Poison. Saturate several cotton pads with makeup remover and apply them over the perfumed area. Plus, I think the laundry-type-white musk that is poured into cheap-smelling expensive niche scents is just as cheap an ingreadient as it smells. September 22, 2013 at 9:01pm Reply. It might help remove the perfume oil that way because those are organic polar solvents. Its a great way to learn. Whatever you do, do NOT rub yourself with a Mr. Clean Magic Sponge. The bottle was dropped on Saturday so it has been 3 days already. In small doses, perfume smells beautiful; in high doses, it burns the nose gags the throat and can linger not just for months, butyears. Its such a great treatment, especially once the weather cools down and our skin becomes drier and more sensitive. Not certain that it would work on perfume, except for Guerlain Pamplelune, which is a tad sulfuric. Miss Dior Le Parfum (the spicy one that is a little similar to Coco) was all over my bathroom floor. A French grandmothers tip is a vinegar rinse. However, he did send the key to the casket and gave instructions on preparing the corpse and the interior of the casket for presentation at the funeral. Let us know how it turns out. niche perfumes were literally loaded with the cheap, offensive stuff. Perhaps too much indole there? So take half alcohol half water in a bucket and super clean the area going over it several times with damp sponge, wring, soak again. September 19, 2013 at 11:48am Reply. September 18, 2013 at 7:54am Reply, Victoria: I wonder if the wax sample for La Myrrhe is different, but in any case, its a challenging perfume. September 18, 2013 at 8:36pm Reply, Victoria: Theyre made by different perfumers and at different labs, so I dont think that every single Le Labo contains that note. So scrubbing was mandatory! So useful. You dont have to rinse with plain water afterward. I detest baby powder and it smelled like I had bathed in it. I mixed baking soda with water, applied paste over carpet and let it dry. Then it occurred to me that maybe I could just cover it up with mouthwash. I sprayed them with what was left of the air-freshener. This is a beauty treatment and perfume removal rolled into one, and I use it mostly after I come home from work saturated with a melange known as the perfume lab smell, or when I have tested so many fragrances that I seem to have something on every part of my body. Once I tried Cartier Declaration, and couldnt stand it on my skin, and soap&water didint help another day, I tried Be Delicious DK, and even if I liked this fragrance when my friend wears it, I hated it on my skin:( But your advice are great, and next time I take them into consideration!! Jennifer, its good hearing you pick up the same musk notes I do, and that you like Ylang and Lys. Id be surprised if there were 50 square feet including the shower, toilet, sink and closet, and probably less than 15 square feet of floor space in the whole room. There is no carpet , Maybe this can help: http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-remove-cologne-and-perfume-spots.htm, I use the drier sheets. It does not have any windows, and the exhaust fan is broken. I once had a dog be sick over a carpet. (bees wax?) In contrast to aldehydes, I love cinammon both in foods and perfumes. A 35% volume extrait, I could still smell it even after having washed my wrists three times. Especially if the base note is musk!). The second which may seem a bit harsher but works if youre desperate is nail varnish remover. ), but youre right, it would work really well too. Right now, my coat stinks of an unfortunate melange of perfumes and its been really getting me down. September 18, 2013 at 1:17pm Reply, Hannah: I just use honey.