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post #61 of 73
hhahahaha, laughed hard
post #62 of 73
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Originally Posted by N_Tesla View Post

I have stopped trying to explain to people. I just say if you like it, wear it.

This is a very good answer!!!
Gary
post #63 of 73
If a certain person likes the way a fragrance smells -wear it. I am sick to deat of people in this forum asking whertherx fragrance is too masculine or x fragrance is too feminine. If the person wo is going to shell out money likes the way it smells - let him or her wear it!
post #64 of 73
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Originally Posted by fragranceman88 View Post

If a certain person likes the way a fragrance smells -wear it. I am sick to deat of people in this forum asking whertherx fragrance is too masculine or x fragrance is too feminine. If the person wo is going to shell out money likes the way it smells - let him or her wear it!

You may be sick of it, but many members are after exactly that kind of information - especially when considering a blind buy.

I recollect when the opportunity came up to buy Creed Royal Water very cheaply. There was only one review in the directory that said it was too feminine. I foolishly ignored it, thinking "Surely the rest of them can't be that far off". When I received it, it only took one spray on the arm for me to pack it all up, and give it to my wife - to my nose it was utterly feminine.

People can wear whatever they like, but there's little point in misleading posters here by omission as to how a sent is likely to be perceived by a significant proportion of the population.
Regards,
Renato
post #65 of 73
Just tell them you're a hermaphrodite. Sorted!
post #66 of 73
Most of the time, it's not worth wasting your breath.
post #67 of 73
Did you ever try to make a horse, that didn't want to, drink water? Particularly if you found out later you were talking to the wrong end of the horse?
post #68 of 73
Short answer: perfume is invisible.
post #69 of 73
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Originally Posted by kbe View Post

Did you ever try to make a horse, that didn't want to, drink water? Particularly if you found out later you were talking to the wrong end of the horse?

post #70 of 73
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Originally Posted by kbe View Post

Did you ever try to make a horse, that didn't want to, drink water? Particularly if you found out later you were talking to the wrong end of the horse?

post #71 of 73
Another one for "if you like it - wear it" here. Personally, I have issues with wearing "feminine" fragrances, but that's probably just me being a neanderthal. This may change over time, who knows...

Whatever makes you happy - go for it. There is no right or wrong. (With either view).
post #72 of 73
If we didn't perceive fragrances as more or less masculine, surely we couldn't (or, ahem, shouldn't) be making recommendations on such threads as "Where have all the warm, rich, manly scents gone?" or "Which masculine scent contains the following" (to name just two recent threads oriented towards the masculine end of the spectrum).

Honestly, if we had no concept of gender in fragrance (and I speak of us each individually here), we really wouldn't be able to narrow down our suggestions from the thousands and thousands of fragrances out there to post something salient on the thread. But yet, I see the same people that post here saying all fragrances are unisex making suggestions on such threads.

Why the double standard?
post #73 of 73
Sometimes I just readily admit that they might not really be unisex, at least in the eyes of the masses, but that there are men who simply enjoy smelling nice like a lady. There is nothing wrong with smelling like a lady.
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