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Originally Posted by Thrax I've got a bottle of Dzing on the swapboards, I'll trade ya for her. That is truly funny. There have been fragrances that my husband has not been crazy about at first, but he is developing his nose and surprises me now. Maybe in time.

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Originally Posted by DesGrieux It always seemed to me these fragrances were, more or less, "compliment getters"; very popular with women. (...) And, therein lies the issue. Your GF marking you as hers and wants you to become invisible to other women. Happens all the time. Next, she'll have you trade in your sports car for a minivan, and after that, it's plaid, high-waisted trousers for you. Resist at all costs. OR, meet in the middle, if you must.

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It always seemed to me these fragrances were, more or less, "compliment getters"; very popular with women. However, if Joop and Aqua di Giò is her preferred style I doubt that she would like something like Dzing. Get rid of her, your collection will last longer than this relationship. OR: Try to be persuasive. Sometimes people like a fragrance better when they have understood what it "means". ...Good point. But maybe the OP has never tried to teach her about fragrances. Most girls, when shopping for fragrances, just go to the counter and start sniffing whatever the sales person shoves under their nose. By the time they are done the olfactory senses are probably completely f'd up so these simple synthetic fragrances are what still smell good.
If, after taking her out to experience what we all experience with fragrances, she still does not appreciate your fragrances then maybe consider getting an upgrade on your girlfriend. Chances are if you appreciate fragrance there are many other things in life that you appreciate that she would not. There is nothing wrong with her being like that. If you can live with that and accept that she just doesn't get it (or you) then don't worry about it.
Chances are she just hasn't yet learned to appreciate a good scent. Another suggestion for her: Fresh "Sake."

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I have made a similar experience with a girl that did not like my style of music. Richard Wagner was too eccentric for her, even if she was a student of musicology, as am I. However, her "Beatle-Mania" gave me a headache everytime I had to hear those "simplistic" songs (Pace! to all lovers of Beatles here around). We broke up and it was right so, because: Real love isn't stopped by different taste of music, fragrance, fashion etc. There's always a chance to make compromises, but not for the sake of giving up everything that is important for oneself.

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I have the same problem. I think the problem is that women seem to associate
the scent you wear completely with you. They want to smell the scent and remember YOU. For example, I was wearing Armani Mania when I met my fiance. I continued wearing it for a few weeks into the relationship and then stopped, mainly because I started getting really into frags and especially niche stuff. Since then I have not heard the end of it. Everything that I consider to be superior to A. Mania she doesn't really like and she keeps telling me to wear Mania again because she really loves it on me. Anyway, over time I have made her understand that I am more interested in more high quality and unusual scents and pretty much stopped wearing Mania at all. I think she is starting to get the idea now and is starting to actually like other things on me now. For example she really likes Endymion, Dzing, Marc Jacobs and Mugler Cologne.
Now I still wish she would come around to enjoying things like Vetiver based scents and Gucci Pour Homme.
I really do agree with telling people about the more intricate aspects of fragrances like Top Notes and Basenotes, dry downs and especially what goes into the making of a great frag. People appreciate it more once they know more about it. People always look at me a little weird when start telling them about my fragrance interest and I know they think that it's not a really "man's" thing to be interested in. I really don't care what they think though. I am a Renaissance Man, damn it

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Originally Posted by Thrax I've got a bottle of Dzing on the swapboards, I'll trade ya for her. To make things fair would you like me to also throw in the CREED?

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Originally Posted by Thrax I've got a bottle of Dzing on the swapboards, I'll trade ya for her. LMAO Thrax!
A man after my own heart...

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Originally Posted by oolong
That being said, I did break up with a woman a couple of months ago in part because she didn't want me to use any fragrance. I mean you need to draw the line someplace! LOL, were you just looking for an excuse to dump her?
Maybe, just maybe, she likes your fresh "manly" scent rather than a contrived scent through fragrance. Maybe, just maybe, the fresh "manly" scent of yours just drives her crazy. You guys should read some of the posts from the woman's discussion forum. A lot of woman, prefer the scent of their man without fragrance -- they find it sexy as h*ck.
Or, maybe, she doesn't want you to smell sweeter than her scent
Just my two scents on this topic.

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Dump her.

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I've only stumbled upon this situation once...with daim blond, the only Serge Lutens I liked. I bought it, certain she would love it...and she totally hated it.
Serge Lutens: 0
Girlfriend: 1
TNMA