If DH likes these, what else might he like?

This old nose knows what she likes, but helping another person locate their favorite scents (even when you've been married to that person for 30 years next month) is tricky, and I'm glad I don't have to make a living as an SA.

Now, my dear, dear husband absolutely loves to wear Stella Rose Absolute. I've lost count of the number of bottles I've gotten for him. He says applying SRA is his favorite part of his evening shower routine. He likes the rosey opening notes most of all, while I prefer the later aura of dark, sweet amber.

I've tossed samples his way over the years, and none of them has stuck, except yesterday he said he's starting to warm up to the men's Hanae Mori. Thinking he might like sweets and knowing he likes coffee, I just had him try some A*Men Pure Coffee. He said, "It's okay, but flowery and kinda girlie." (This from the guy who wears Stella!?!)

New Haarlem he likes to sniff, but doesn't care to wear. Rose d'Homme didn't catch his attention. He really enjoys the scent of Demeter's Wet Garden in the air, but doesn't want to wear it. He's worn Baldessarini Del Mar, but doesn't reach for that bottle anymore. I'd be ecstatic if he wore L'Eau de Navigateur, but this isn't about me. On a side note, there's nothing about my frag wardrobe that particularly makes him swoon, but Dzing! and Black Vetyver Cafe are the ones he prefers I wear, and he liked my Michael Storer Stephanie (gardenia) until one day I overapplied and it overstayed its welcome (my bad; time will fix this).

Is anyone seeing a pattern that I'm missing? He's not tiring of SRA, but I'd like for him to be able to enjoy more wonderful scents. Thanks, guys, for applying some brain power to this odd challenge.

You honeys have struck upon a common theme: You've listed some of my least favorite scents.
★☆☆☆☆ = Fracas, Thé Rose Bulgare; don't know about Black, but Montale's Velvet and White Aouds are
★★☆☆☆ = GIT, Voleur de Roses, Habit Rouge, Villoresi Musk, Paestrum Rose

DH didn't respond to these when I wore them, so that's helping to abbreviate the to-try list. I used to wear L'Ombre dans L'Eau, and he didn't respond to that either.

I was hoping to offer DH something besides roses, since he's already completely infatuated with SRA, and I don't think anything can top it for him.

Hey, if this scent-hunting were easy, it'd be less of an adventure, and the journey is the joy--or so my husband has often told me.

I can see now I have to let DH find his own path. He's begun warming up to a couple fragrances lately, most notably Ted Baker and Hindu Kush, and I'd never have guessed this.

Lesson learned.