I've spoken to a few women who get turned off by physical compliments. I can understand it. Especially for people lower down the socio-economic ladder or in more traditional cultures. The cultural bias is always there to view a woman's looks as the totality of her being. Even if you look like a supermodel or an A-list actress and it make you millions and brings legions of adoring fans unless you're engaging in some high-level self-deceit you must realise these people's adulation has nothing to do with you; nothing to do with any laurel you worked to attain, nothing to do with any skill you worked to hone, nothing to do with your personality or values. It's suggestive of either a crass, materialistic form of desire like the way some men pine over fancy cars or the way some women do the same with designer handbags or shoes, or - at best - a totally shallow form of approval which often disregards everything else. I mean there are so many complimentary things you can say to someone if you have a high opinion of them or care about them. If all someone does mention is the way you look I imagine it can feel dehumanising, and the more a woman's looks are seen as the totality of her being and the primary gauge of her social status in your culture the more true this will be. I may not be explaining this very well.
I mean I've never experienced anything even vaguely like it so this all comes from listening to women I've known.
But basically it seems to boil down to the fact that they may find it impersonal, objectifying and even demeaning for someone to disregard, or not even notice everything of actual substance about them, and to home in only on the most materialistic of qualities, over which you have very little control, especially if it suggests those things are ore important to them than the rest. Then there's the possible sexual connotations, which may or may not always be present, but whether it's there, or you just think it is the revulsion is understandable in that you have someone who is (or appears to be) suggesting a degree of intimate desire on the basis of something so completely superficial. It suggests that whether or not they like or care about you as a person is irrelevant, that the most important things about you are meaningless to them.
Personally for example I've found the odds a physical compliment will be taken well are proportionally related to two things; whether or not it has any sexual undertones, whether or not it relates to some entirely passive genetic quality, and whether or not it's in context. Like if someone says they hate having hooded eyes, and you say, 'But your eyeliner looks so good they're barely noticeable,' it's going to get a completely different reception to saying, 'wow, you're really sexy and gorgeous!' to someone out of the blue.
Of course the latter will probably go over fine if they feel the same way about you and are open to this sort of dialogue. Familiarity, attraction, etc, changes much.
