Anthropic's Amanda Askell bought samples of top perfumes and confirms they all smell bad
AmandaAskell · x · 2026-09-28
Anthropic researcher Amanda Askell ran a genuinely rigorous perfume experiment: wondering if she only disliked perfume because she'd never owned a nice one, she researched the fanciest, best-reviewed perfumes and bought a tiny sample of each. Her verdict: she can now confidently confirm all perfume smells disgusting. She likes natural scents like fresh oranges, but the "realistic citrusy" perfumes smell at best like orange layered over skunk.
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