Are all perfumes and colognes unisex?

[Hill Wimp]

Having just returned from a short break via 2 Duty Free shops i can say that the majority of womens perfume at the moment smell like my bathroom/toilet cleaner.

I am a Dior or Paloma Picasso girl and fancied a change but having now reviewed what's on offer out there will be sticking firmly to what i have got.

 

[Hill Wimp]

try it

Dior darling, Dior.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Dior darling, Dior.

Just give it a go. Brut 33.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Just give it a go. Brut 33.

I remember the smell well, my first boyfriend wore it, i have fond memories.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I remember the smell well, my first boyfriend wore it, i have fond memories.

It will smell strangely erotic, guaranteed.

 

[Hill Wimp]

It will smell strangely erotic, guaranteed.

Can i ask how you are so sure ?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Can i ask how you are so sure ?

It just does. Maybe it's the smell of something that was advertised as being for Henry Cooper or Kevin Keegan being on the much smoother skin of a woman. Or I watched too much "Superstars" in the 80s

 

[Hill Wimp]

Brian Jacks did get a bit sweaty, but i'm sure if i suddenly got a whiff it would make me smile, halcyon days

 

[Hill Wimp]

I used to love Chanel Pour Monsieur but they changed the recipe. I also loved Noir by Roberre but they've stopped making it.

As a present from my beloved a few years ago, I go the chance to consult a perfumer and have my own scent made up. Getting fresh supplies of it is expensive but it is one of my little treats.

Now that's romantic.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Along with many, many other characteristics, perfumiers tend to characterize scents on a spectrum of 'masculine' and 'feminine' rather than 'male' and 'female' and that makes a bit more sense.

I know that a lot of people don't like scents and I can understand why. Some are even allergic and that's very sad. I happen to love the smell of a good perfume on warm skin and there are a couple I wear on the rare occasions when I get the chance, most often, Cerruti 1881, and if I want something properly old-fashioned, Guerlain Vetiver.

 

[slowmotion]

My wealthier friends wore Aramis in the late 70s. It smelled quite good.
Every once in a while, I smell patchouli on a passing lady. I am ashamed to say that thoughts of lust with a rampant hippy chick still cross my mind. The thoughts were hopeless back then, and remain even more so now.
Will Lynx work?

 

[Fnaar]

As with cornflakes, I'm of the "they're all made in the same big factory somewhere on an industrial estate, and put in different bottles*" kind of persuasion. I wear anti-perspirant, but that's it really. Never been an after shave person, don't notice perfumes, unless they're too strong or plain horrible.



*(boxes, in the case of the cornflakes)

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Some are even allergic and that's very sad.

Me. I can't wear any scents at all. So I smell as I am, or of linament

 

[Crackle]

My wealthier friends wore Aramis in the late 70s. It smelled quite good.
Every once in a while, I smell patchouli on a passing lady. I am ashamed to say that thoughts of lust with a rampant hippy chick still cross my mind. The thoughts were hopeless back then, and remain even more so now.
Will Lynx work?

Ah yes, Patchouli...........................where was I?

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

@Hill Wimp I know exactly what you are saying and I have the cure as well:
Try 'real' perfumes and not synthetics. That translates to either perfume houses (i.e. Miller Harris, Jo Malone, A. Gutal etc) or just brands that comply (i.e. S. Loutens, Guerlain, Chanel etc)

As for Bru33... Just don't!!