Published on 12, July, 2020
I ordered lemon shower gel recently on my online shopping and it was substituted with Mango. When I started using it the smell made me think of eating/ drinking. I am used to lemon perfume in cleaning products but this didn't make me think of a cleansing product. Are there things other people think are not quite right?
I refuse to be a Root Beer guinea pig Number. I'm just not brave enough to put myself through the experience of drinking something that smells of Germoline! However, I'm somewhat tempted to get a bottle of the stuff for my son... "You simply MUST try this incredible drink that has been recommended to me!"
MarkS.hits
Whoever thought of the idea of sprout-flavoured crisps is the embodiment of all that is evil about Marketing.
When it comes to purchasing toiletries, I find myself drawn to fruity fragrances. If a lime-fragranced shower gel makes me think of something like a lime cheesecake, the only issue I have is that I then find myself craving lime cheesecake.
What I struggle with is limited edition novelty-flavoured crisps. During the run-up to Christmas, I spotted some Brussell Sprouts-flavoured crisps. Yuck!
Fruit teas seem wrong to me too. The first time I ever tried fruit tea, I made the mistake of adding milk.
No Sparkly, I urge anyone who remembers Germoline to get a can of Root beet for the experience. It was a really incredible smell and taste experience for me - very nostalgic and extremely weird. Never again, but I was pleased to have the "incredible" experience. I'd be interested to know if people have the same experience as me.
I've never tried Root Beer, and after reading your description of it, I think it's unlikely that I ever will. However, should I happen to graze my knee, perhaps it could prove to be a useful addition to my first aid kit.
Haha! It’s hard to see vanilla as a nice ingredient in baking when you’ve experienced this!
Now this is an experience I can relate to. I remember being quite excited to try it in my late teens, but the metaphorical slap in the face I got from the flavours soon extinguished any excitement I had felt. Like you, never again.
Root beer! That stuff definitely isn't right at all.
I had my first taste yesterday.....to me, it is an unholy blend of Germoline and Listerine flavour.
Shudder. Never again.
Vanilla smell for air fresheners !!! People put them in their bathrooms !!!
I shy away from onions, but loved Cheese and Onion Crisps.
I've never eaten cheese or onion... But like cheese and onion crisps!
I've never eaten cheese itself (or eggs, for that matter...or, literally, anything more than very mildly spiced...or etc etc) - because of the smell and the thought of the texture - but I'm fine with the cheese in pizza. Strange, that.
Oh and another thing I found strange recently is the existence of sweet flavoured crisps. That was an overwhelming shock to the senses!
Staying true to my name on here, I can’t see why people make coffee taste like something that isn’t coffee by adding the various syrups and milks available to change the flavour to something else (like a pumpkin, or caramel etc.) whilst still calling it coffee. I say this whilst still firmly believing that people should be able to enjoy whatever drink they wish to, but it just seems odd to call it a coffee if it tastes like an entirely different thing and is comprised of 90% syrup!
Also, any fabric softener that mimics a fruit has the same effect on me. I prefer a fresh laundry smell on my clothes over wandering around smelling like I’ve just climbed out of whatever fruit bowl I’d fallen into…