Agreed, through and through. I’ve nicknamed this mxMigraine. The last time I had a bomb with mx274, was actually because of the smell. It’s awful to me and when I let my friend take a sniff of my wrists, to see what he thought, he looked at me dead in the eyes, cringed and said " Ugh..you need to change your perfume " 
With an excellent cover up for mx274, it works wonders to create a relaxing yet upbeat vibe for me. When it isn’t … I can totally understand perhaps one reason the guy may have kept an arms-length distance from you.