I have a question: I love the opening of many chypres, but most of them turn out very bitter on my skin and not in a good way, but in a rancid sort of way. I don't know if it is my skinchemistry or my perception of scents (because when I spray it on clothes, I also get this bitterness in the drydown and my boyfriend does not smell this bitterness). It's kind of frustrating to love a scent and then feel disappointed, smelling that bad kind of bitterness. I also wonder what note this could be. I guess it's oakmoss, but I also have perfumes with oakmoss that do not have this affect on me.
Does anyone recognize this and what could it be???