I’m a big smell/memory person and had to be very open with my wife about certain perfumes. Light Blue? No. Angel? Please God, no. Even Happy(think that’s what it’s called and maybe not a perfume) takes me back to a girl when I was 19.
As to for the original topic, Old Spice is the signature scent of older Ohio transplants who laid carpet for a living. Immediately makes you ten years older the moment you put it on. It’s science.
Joop(I was 16 once, and anyway it was ‘96, jackass) is pretty bad and probably at the top for me. I’m ashamed to say I have some close friends from LI who still wear it. It’s a tough subject to bring up, and usually accompanies so many other glaring cliches it doesn’t even crack the top 5 on the list of concerns.
Little known fact: between the years 2000 and 2003, when you bought a bottle of Chrome, you got a free tongue piercing and a half-off coupon for Red Bull and vodkas, apparently honored just about everywhere. Also science.