...I find the gender binary as tiresome in perfumery as everywhere else, but I'll play."Halloween Man" is very unisex, almost more feminine than masculine. A criminally underrated scent."The One For Men" is really the One for Anyone That Can Appreciate An Amazing Scent With Miserable Longevity.Also "M7 Oud Absolu" and "Power" by Kenzo.

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...Emilio Pucci. Hmm, "Vivara Turquoise Edition"?

..."Lovely" by SJP is the quintessential job interview perfume. It's the pinnacle of a clean, generic musk scent. I can't think it could offend anyone if it tried. Boring, sure... but what it does, it does well. "Truth or Dare Naked" is a rich, mature gourmand. Not sure why it has so many 0-20 votes though. While everyone is entitled to an opinion, in cases like the above it does make me wonder if some people login just to slate a brand they don't like. Also, "Instinct" by D&V Beckham is a great fragrance for the price. For $10 you just can't go wrong.

...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kYXDJenSgI love me some Peaches.

...I'm making slow progress with my SO, he now has a few more descriptives besides 'flowers'. :lol: I have figured out that he likes some roses on me, but others he says smell like pot-pourri, which he dislikes.I also have a male housemate who, in another life, could be a monk. He's quite the ascetic, but occasionally I can get an appreciative noise out of him, generally with something earthy and spicy. When I explained to him how oud is produced he was very fascinated. And I have a female housemate who couldn't pick out a note to save her life, so it amuses me that she thinks BPAL is the pinnacle of perfumery. :roll:

...Triffid:My teenage sons have gone from wearing Lynx body sprays to owning three fragrances each and using them daily.Someone give this lady a medal for 'service to humanity'! Triffid your whole post makes me grin, especially the part where they went and sampled at a duty free. 8)

...I assume you've explained to your daughter that perfumes generally take some time to settle? Have you perhaps sprayed some card for her to take some time and smell? I know many people don't initially understand that a scent develops over time... they'll sniff it straight from the bottle or spray it and not give it enough time to settle down. I know that most of the people that don't appreciate perfumes much seem to have a better experience when smelling a scent already in dry-down.

...I've always loved scent but it took me a while to get into perfume. My mother and I didn't have the best relationship (read: she was crazy, in the not fun way) and she would often wear those cheap knock-offs, especially a fake of what I now realise was supposed to be Opium. I came to associate the screechy, headachey scent with the word 'perfume', but that was an error. Into my teens I started to realise that perfumes could be amazing sensory windows, but quality perfume was a luxury, a 'fancy' thing, and most girls my age preferred scented body sprays and deodorants anyway. My first actual perfume was "Green Tea" by Elizabeth Arden, having requested and received a bottle as a Christmas gift. I loved it, I was caught between enjoying it and wanting to have the bottle last forever. Funnily enough I don't recall ever actually finishing the bottle... maybe I lost it in a move? Hmm.Fast forward a few more years and "Omnia" was my 'going out, feel sexy, feel confident' fragrance. I remember having to qualify the expense to myself for weeks! If "Green Tea" was my first perfume, "Omnia" was my first signature. That bottle I finished, and then another. I still love it. It's only over the last year or two that I've actually been able to afford perfumes as an interest. I've bought more perfume over the past year than I ever anticipated! My past self would be agog. :lol: But I picked up plenty of smells from gardening, essential oils, natural medicine... I was really into all that as a teen, and it has helped me appreciate note structure even with my relatively small perfume experience.

...Today I am thankful for my portable air conditioner! While you guys have vortexes filled with polar bears, we have a heatwave brewing.

...Or perhaps "Cocaina en Flor" :lol:

...Yes, indeed it is "Snuff".To clarify, it was "this is not a pipe" (for the notable bottles) and the bloody film strip (a snuff film).

...Nope, but once again, very close.You guys are gonna kick yourselves (or me) when you get it.

...Nope. But warmer, warmer...

...No, but you're on the right track!

...Oh, that's just an oversight of my slapping images together to make the riddle.I know when I showed the riddle image and then the perfume to my partner he was amused, so I don't think this is a case of "Scar's terrible riddles". :P

...Naw, it's not "Not a Perfume".The house is not a part of the image because it's one of those perfume houses named after the designer. The key to the perfume name is the frame. If you asked a famous author called Chuck he'd be able to tell you straight away.

...The image is related to the perfume only, so yes, you can abandon the blood/house idea.

...Aha, I wasn't even aware there was a "This is Not a Pipe" perfume! Trust Demeter. :wink: Rather than thinking of films that are bloody, perhaps consider why the film strip itself is bloody. No Sherlock Holmes mystery here! I went for something quite literal since my previous riddles have been heavily on the "miss" side of "hit and miss".

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