Brands that you just don't get

NAILED IT! I am not Japanese or even Asian, but the brand Floraiku gives me the absolute ICK because of how they position themselves and their Japan inspired fragrances. Meanwhile, they are French!!!!! It makes me so mad! I have One Umbrella for Two and every time I look at the bottle I get mad...

There some brands I just cannot vibe with because of their DNA. Their fragrances all have the same undertone that takes my breath away in the worst way possible:

- Gritti - worst offender! Their stuff seem rushed and muddled. I really don't like this house.

- Floraiku. I have One Umbrella for Two which isn't really my vibe. Has that weird astringent note that ruins perfume for me. Also hate their marketing.

- Maison Crivelli. Maybe an unpopular opinion but I thoroughly dislike everything. Their perfumes scream and shout for attention and don't get me wrong, I don't mind that, however, theirs are just over the top loud.

- Matiere Premiere

- Stephane Humbert Lucas

- Tiziana Terenzi. Delox Extrait de Parfum is alright.

- Louis Vuitton

- Spirit of Dubai

- House of Oud

- Lattafa and ALL of its cousins

Then some brands I don't associate with because they are problematic: Bond 9.

Going to add to this list. 

Byredo - I find a lot of their scents extremely underwhelming for their prices. 
Mancera - I love how affordable and accessible they are! And I think the bottle designs are actually very chic. But my god, almost all of their scents have this trademark synthetic-y loudness that is an assult on my senses. 
Juliette Has A Gun - All their scents have this weird, dusty undertone to them I can't not shake, but I am wondering if that is something unique to me only my nose can pick up because no one else I have talked to seems to experience this issue. Interesting! 
Maison Margiela - Everything I have tried for them has been good ideas in theory but not great in execution. 
Solstice Scents - I went down a small indie rabbit hole, but all the scents from here smelled like Yankee Candles to me lol I'm sorry! 
Brands under LVMH - Purely a morality standpoint, which is unfortunate, since there have been some good name brands. But LVMH is morally bankrupt and completely unethical. Not saying every brand ever is clean, but LVMH's dirt is piled up and apparent. 

Yakuza is an anti-social organization? Strange...i thought the opposite.

Toskovat - as far as I tried, it gave me 0 satisfactions. Super expensive. Liked none of them (but if it happens to find a new sample, I'm open to change my mind).

Same it goes for Lutens, sadly. I tried many of Lutens in the past, but it simply doesn't click with me. I can't even review the ones I tested before opening my parfumo because they didn't leave me anything.

Then, the fake "niche". Xerjoff, Nishane, CREED! etc... They're just not for me. Also, absolutely not commercial ones as my own idea of perfumes and fragrances is far away from "uh, I want to smell good" and I hate when a fragrance succeed just because it has an important name on it.

Nasomatto doesnt meet my tastes, nor does Orto Parisi (exception for Stercus), nor ELDO (except for Frustration). They're all... meh.

I also think Zoologist is super overhyped. It made one or two good scents, but most of them are very forgettable and too expensive for their quality. Big fan of Moth anyway.

I forgot Neotantric Fragrances - everything I tested from them was absolutely disgusting for my nostrils.

Brands I tend to avoid:

Paco Rabanne - Everything is sickly sweet and synthetic. Also, a lot of tacky bottles.

Jean Paul Gaultier - Another brand that is packed full of overly sweet fragrances. The original Le Male is the only exception. It can stay. And yet again. Super tacky bottles. 

Prada - Pretty uninspired stuff for the most part. Everything they have put out in recent history has been just soapier and toned down versions of other fragrances or scent profiles. 

Dolce & Gabanna - Aside from D&G Pour Homme, I haven’t found anything from the brand that’s been worthy to add to my collection. 

Louis Vuitton - I’m just not paying that much money for a designer fragrance, or any fragrance for that matter. 

- Xerjoff : I don’t boycott them but almost all their perfumes have notes I  hate. Same for Zoologist.

- Brands with ugly bottles. Life is too short to have ugly things at home, and to pay for it. The bottle is also art, I don’t get why you should get past atrocious bottles just to get the « art » of fragrance. Designers are also artists. I think it’s ignoring their work to act as if all bottles were equal as long as the fragrance is nice.

- Brands that are too experimental and shockvertising. Fragrances smelling like blood, corpses. I understand the curiosity but it’s too disturbing and creepy for me. 

- Orientalism and fetishization won’t make me boycott a brand because they almost all use such tropes however I avoid fragrances with such names. A name like Soir d’Orient is okay but ”Berber Blonde” or ”African Drummer” sound so weird. You would never name a fragrance Irish Redhead or European Bassist. 

I've been disappointed in nearly every scent I've tried by Imaginary Authors, Juliette Has a Gun, Serge Lutens, and Maison Margiela. I also try to avoid the big designers (Chanel, Dior, YSL, etc.) because most (if not all) test on animals or sell in countries where animal testing is required. I do have some unfinished bottles and samples from those brands but am trying to move toward cruelty free brands as much as possible with future purchases. 

I also agree with the earlier comment about ugly bottles. I'm not crazy about minimalist design and find that I get brands like D.S. & Durga and Byredo mixed up sometimes due to how basic the bottles are. But I MUCH prefer that to bottles that try too hard to be avant-garde and just turn out tacky. Carolina Herrera's Good Girl may be the best perfume ever, but I'll never know because that high-heeled shoe bottle actually REPELS me.