DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My new boyfriend's place smells suspiciously like women's perfume. At first I thought it was another woman but I'm so hot I don't see how he would have time or leftover desire. Lightbulb! I finally got him to show me where the scent was coming from. He had a whole collection of women's expensive perfumes and he wears them when no one else is around. How weird is that? I don't care so much, except does that mean he's toying with gayness? [...] -- Boyfriend Has Girly Smell, Winnipeg
— Ha ha ha ha. Do go read the equally funny answer at Ask boyfriend why he wears perfume at the Winnipeg Free Press.
Wow…that answer was a little over the top!!
LOL…but so was the question!
I can sort of see how someone who isn’t into perfume would think it was weird. If you don’t appreciate perfume as art, it would be difficult to understand people who do.
What a howl! I wonder what sophisticated-scent boyfriend thinks of too-hot girlfriend’s perfume choices – Siren, for anyone?
Yes, would love to know what *she’s* wearing!
ROTFL!!!!
What DOES it mean to use perfume for “self-stimulation”? : DDD
And I wear men’s scents on a pretty regular basis, and I wonder if she’d have the same response? (Then again, I am bi, so perhaps I’m proving her point?)
Well there were those weird perfume bottles that looked just like vibrators. Perhaps Miss Lonelyheart had those in mind.
So, is it Nature…Nurture…or Nina Ricci? LOL, just teasing you.
I wore Canoe for years in college, thought I was so tres chic to wear a men’s cologne.
Excellent…it must be Nina Ricci.
Well i never thought of that… I can say that this theory must apply in my case… One of my moms faves is l’air du temps… Nature nurture or Nina theory works for me. Gay gay gay! 😉
I’m afraid to say that Christina Ricci has done more for me than Nina Ricci. . .!!!
Remember these ‘offerings’ from Azzaro:
https://freebox.it.com/2008/12/04/azzaro-twin-new-fragrances/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Those DO look like. . .ahem. . .personal massagers!
I think it may mean using sexy female scents in the way that some men use Playboy magazine – as an adjunct to, shall we say, self-service.
Hey, if she’s worried about him, I’m sure there are many single perfumistas who would just love to meet this guy! (P.S., if she’s “so hot”, maybe she wears one of the Paris Hiltons).
Yeah, i suggested ‘Siren’ above!
I think I am going to start exclaiming “Lightbulb!” when I get an idea.
Me too! It will probably be one of those things that starts out ironic and then eventually I get so used to saying it that I become an object of derision too.
Robin this is gold! Poor miss lonelyhearts, I didn’t read her past columns but I get the feeling she’s not really cut out for the advice-giving game.
Dear Boyfriend Has A Girly Smell
As the perfume fans (and experts) here will tell you, the bottles of perfume might simply mean that he is a strong independent spirit who does not let the perfume marketing industry dictate to him and who has sophisticated enough taste to realize that a greater variety and elegance set of fragrances are marketed to women, including many originally designed for men. For instance, you might think that lavender scents are girly, but lavender notes are commonly found in a class of colognes called “Fougeres.” In addition, some very expensive “male” fragrances come in beautiful bottles, and you might be seeing the bottles and assuming the scents were designed for woman.
You should by all means ask him about his collection. If he simply love perfumes, he would love to share this interest. You might learn to love his passion, (and might end up with some really nice gifts).
On the other hand, I hate to say this, but he may have a lot of bottles of fragrance because someone else is staying over. Count the toothbrushes.
Perfect! If only we could add a link to this response on their website!!
You should post it as a response! There is a comment section at the bottom.
They want too much info for a single comment. Maybe Boyfriend Has A Girly Smell will google her way over here.
Not only are dumba$$es asking the questions, they’re answering them too. Miss Lonelyhearts sounds as sophisticated as mud.
I need more coffee…………
No you don’t. I looked at it three times today, thinking maybe I was just being bitchy and mean each time.
I’m not.
ha ha ha ha! great find!
Ok – the post after the perfume post, is even funnier! “Honk at the boyfriend stealer”
KRL, thank heaven you mentioned that! The perfume question/answer was funny, but left a bad taste in my mouth. The guy stealer story, meanwhile, gave me a great, uncomplicated chuckle. That boyfriend is with the wrong girl! There are clearly benefits to being an “artistic, head-in-the-clouds” creative type: your acts of revenge are much more imaginative than usual.
It’s true! Am I a bad person because I thought her act of revenge was hysterical? Clearly, the girl who is writing “I thought she’d be upset for a little while…” but she did it anyway – kind of deserve what she got? I think that’ll teach her – and may have given pause to any other woman who saw her drive down the street.
I suppose it depends on how close the original couple were and whether the vengeful message on the car was permanent. One shaving cream message is funny. A long campaign against even a double crossing best friend veers into stalker territory.
I hope the “artistic” lady gets her head out the clouds, and some wisdom in her heart, and realizes that she is better off without those two losers. In the meantime, I hear that there is a free-thinking sensually inclined young man somewhere in Winnepeg with a great perfume collection who will probably soon be looking for a new girl friend . . .
Well, OBVIOUSLY the stolen boyfriend is not worth getting back, and it should have been his car she sloganed. But imagine how much catharsis she probably got out of her singular act of revenge! They’re all 21 and will grow up soon anyhow and get over it. And I love your idea about the betrayed friend hookin’ up with the best-smellin’ guy in the ‘Peg.
Wow. The initial question was pretty foolish, the answer was absolutely ridiculous and clearly coming from someone who knows nothing about the fragrance industry. Jeez, even a simple Google search will give the answer to that!
Oh, all I can do is shake my head…
Oh boy.
It’s nice to see that gender roles are still being enforced with the Iron Fist in cosmopolitan Manitoba.
Hey, it’s where *I* look for role models! 🙂
Dear Miss Lonleyhearts: I am a very sophisticated, educated man. I am recently dating this woman who is smoking hot, but to be fair, I’m only attracted to her body. She’s a little narcissistic and not so good in bed anyway. I think she’s been snooping around my house and isn’t smart enough to understand my world class collections of wines, books and fine fragrances. Should I just dump her already or do I keep using her for her body?
Ann,
It’s comments like this that prove misogyny can still be HILARIOUS from time to time.
When it’s wittily done in response to misandry, it can’t help but be hilarious.
And I’ll add another thank you to Ann. 😉
Good one!
Jokes aside – I was kind of wondering what he was doing with her anyway.
Possibly she’s got great teeth and can bear heavy burdens. It is Manitoba, after all.
LOL!
Sure the question shows a complete lack of knowledge about perfumes. But what got me is the answer !!!
Miss Lonelyhearts has no more knowledge about perfumes and/or the perfume industry than the young lady asking the question.
METHOD OF SELF-STIMULATION??? LOL Are you kidding me? You really think that a man, any man, who wants to…er… pleasure himself is going to choose a bottle of perfume over magazines or internet sites for stimulation? Really??
News Flash Miss Lonelyhearts: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar!
If this girl is sooo worried, she can go and find herself an AXE wearing goon- especially since she’s SO HOT!