Reconciling differing tastes in a marriage - 24, Faubourg vs. Cashmere Mist

I'm sure you guys will agree on a fragrance sooner or later. Don't want to see you go with that last option...lol

Why don't you order a few samples, and spend a nice evening, with wine and candles etc, testing some of the samples? You could make it a sort of romantic/get together/and see what frags he loves sort of evening! You may be surprised...he might just choose something you love as well. In my experience, men sometimes just rush their answers on perfume, just to shut us up! Of course, these are men that are not into fragrances like we are).

I bet with proper, slow training your husband will come around his objection to big, classic perfumes.

Meanwhile, things that pop off my head: Kenzo Flower, light, clean, with some fruit (but not berry). For something warmer, I'd say Bulgari Black, with its striking rubber note: he certainly won't be able to call it "old lady", unless he knows of old ladies who deal in tires.

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My husband is similar - doesn't know notes very well and is very vocal when he doesn't like something (though I don't get French whore comments I do get some frags compared to something I won't share here. Haha.).

My route has been to get samples and wear them without saying anything. If he doesn't like it he'll say so and then I'll not wear that one for awhile and then try it again months later. I just keep trying and eventually , sometimes, he'll like a fragrance or a fragrance note that he used to hate. Since our noses and sense of smell change as we get older I rely heavily on this fact and time proves me right. My SO dislikes amber, detests it, and recently I burned the Ambre candle from Diptyque and he really liked it. He didn't know that there were two fragrance notes in it that he detests. I'm pretty sure ten years ago he would have been gagging.

So just keep trying, rotate, and try again. You CAN train your husband's nose! Science and time are on your side! ; )

And have you ever gone with him to sample fragrances and asked him to find fragrances he likes? To find out what notes he likes?

You must smell like a very nice French Whore! Haha! (I have a family member who used to say the same when they did not like what anyone was wearing. I realized when I was older that there are lots of women out there, in all walks of life, that smell good and bad depending on the sniffer. Wear what you like. I think I smell better as I get older, as my tastes evolve. A good smelling "French" whore. Haha! ; )

Tell your husband to quit hanging around the 'old ladies' at the French whorehouse.

pebblebeach's advice is wonderful -- togetherness is what matters most, even in selecting a fragrance.

Bravo! Keep us posted...hopefully he will love one of them)

First things first: please list all fragrances your husband has designated Frech whorehouse. Those go on my "to try" list.

Okay - now to your question: it seems as though he likes powdery / lightly musky:

How about Narciso Rodriquez for her?

And, here's a long shot: if he likes powdery / musky and you like something a little more sophisticated, the new baghari by Robert Piguet (I got mine at Neiman's) might suit both of you.

Let us know what you choose, please!

I wonder if Colette is having a hearty laugh in the afterworld over all this.