I used to work in a perfume shop and it was so funny when someone would pick up a tester and decided they liked it for themselves, but as soon as they heard it was marketed towards the other gender, they would immediately put it down. Women and men alike were almost repulsed by the idea of accidentally wearing a fragrance that was made for the other gender. It's silly.
marystestkitchen
Fun fact: The word "perfume" only references the scent that one puts on, while "cologne" originally referenced a perfume with alcohol added (to disperse the scent more efficiently). Since colognes might irritate sensitive skin, they were only designed for men. However, check your labels, most "women's" scents today have alcohol in them (to disperse the scent better), while most "men's" scents don't (to avoid over-spreading the scent), meaning that women actually wear cologne and men simply wear perfume.
LungsOutJem
I'm a woman and i use mens fragrances... I love that woody/dry/citric and heavier smell...and i get many compliments about it, you have no idea! When someone asks me for the name of the perfume, and i tell then *it's ''for men''*, I don't care if someone considers it weird...i love it and it make me feel good... what i do really think is weird and obnoxious is to make smells a thing of genders... same with colors.
orianalopezM
It is still like this in the Middle East, fragrances have no gender, specialy if the perfume is locally produced.
aswad
Personally I hate the smell of cologne and aftershave. I find it stings in my nose, almost like petrol.
I'm not too fond of perfume either. I feel it smells too strong, even if you just wear a tiny amount.
Having a shampoo that smells nice and some deodorant is good enough for me.
EasterWitch
For men, for women, so many things with that immediate gender recognition factor like when you say pink or flowers you think of feminine, when you say tools you think of masculine, fighting and war, tough/masculine, peace love nurturing, soft /feminine. It's a knee-jerk reaction and it takes a conscious effort to overcome the worry that we might be crossing over to the "other side'''. The horror!
Earthneedsado-over
My boyfriend got a bottle of Chanel Homme something something for Christmas for a relative. He came home, spritzed one pump on himself and the instant I smelled it, I ran to the bathroom and vomited. He never wore it again.
MLangenbroome
Fun fact: The reason why humans are so diverse in appearance is directly related to our loss in odor sensitivity. Most animals identify each other by scent alone because if animals look too different, they could stand out to predators. But early humans were less concerned with blending in since they had largely worked around needing camouflage so our appearance was allowed to radiate far more rapidly than is observed in other animals. Combine that with the founder's effect (which is where you have a small population migrating over a large distance, which further speeds up genetic drift and produces a somewhat distinct population) and you have what we try to approximate with the label "race". We look different simply because we can.
CorbiniteVids
14th century? What about scented oils?
akaking
I was told by several friends like I smell sweet like a flower. I've only ever used to wear non scented deodorant if I knew I was going to be sweaty so I hardly ever used it and all of the compliments came when I wasn't wearing it so I guess I just smell really good. :D
purplepurrs
So really perfume and cologne are the same thing.
The hardest part about marketing these items is that the consumer can't smell it through the ad or the TV. This is why the perfume and cologne ads are so bizarre.
alg
I wear men's deodorant (Old Spice!) because I got a case of it for super cheap a couple years back and still haven't gone through it all. The more I use it though, the more I've started gravitating towards mannish scents like lime or vetiver to compliment it whee I used to prefer vanillas and jasmines and things like that. Maybe it I weren't such a cheapskate I'd still smell like a lady.
raggedyanarchist
To me, very neutral smells are the most pleasant. Not smelling gross or covering up gross with a different pungent smell, just clean.
kierademorest
In the 1920s Chanel made a perfume for women composed of leather and tobacco. She wore this scent for many years. It is today considered unisex, as many perfumes are. I recently purchased a Clive Christian perfume that is one of his masculine scents (although he says all are unisex) which is composed of ginger and pink peppercorn with a cedar wood base. It has a light spice which to me smells like cardamom. It is very appropriate for a lady who doesn't always want to smell like flowers and fruit. A little spice can be very enchanting, sexy even.
marcilk
I have never been crazy about perfumes, though I have recently found a bottle of blended essential oils that acts as a very subtle perfume I adore - it makes me feel good, so I wear it :)
OurFamilyJourney
Great video! This was very informative.
(I especially liked the Gilmore Girls gif. Haha)
makenzileg
My fiancé is Turkish and calls his fragrance perfume, because in Turkey, kolonya is something to put on your hands after you eat, on cuts, and even on mosquito bites. Parfüm is the word used for the personal fragrance that you spritz on.
SaraWilsonBasturk
Men wear perfume too.... I don't get what this is
endezeichengrimm
My smell usually is a mixture of a tart but sweet fruit, a floral scent, sandalwood, and amber musk.
mellodees
I wear womens deodorant because i don't like how the male counterpart smells, am i wierd?
