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Also, if it helps, I have never heard a girl complaining that a guy's house smelled "too feminine." The reason I mentioned that there are "masculine" scents, is that I HAVE heard guys say that they don't want to get candles or other smell-good options for their home because they don't want their place to smell "girly". <insert eye roll here>
I agree that I doubt there is anything inherently "feminine" or "masculine" about the scents that are noted as such.
But if you DO care about masculine scents, two helpful hints--
1) If you can't tell masculine scents, but can tell masculine colors, just go by look. Masculine scents are more frequently colored more masculine hues of black, blue, brown and green. (but not the uber-bright versions of those colors). (But be warned that brown is often "food" flavors as well, like cookies) Gender-neutral clean scents are generally colored white or yellow and will have words like "linen", "fresh", and "lemon". Going by color gives you another bonus, in that you can get it to match your decor.
2) If you DO go into a Bath and Body Works, or other such store, just ask the people who work there for what you need. They're happy to help. That's what they get paid for.
Scents have color, now? I am afraid I'm not synaesthetic enough to grok that :-)
While I asked whether scents marketed as gender-specific really had something to do with gender, I already know there's no such thing as an inherently gendered color. (Also: my favorite shirt colors are yellow and pink. Nobody's ever said they were inappropriately "feminine".)
Gendering a whole room is weird. How should a bedroom shared by a man & woman couple smell? Or a working room, or a saloon?
More pertinently, do you think anyone would complain about actual people smelling gender-inappropriately?
I've never heard anyone complain about someone else's scent being gender-nonconforming, but I have noticed a few men being careful that their own scented products conform. Not that often, though. Actually it's more common in my experience for people to worry that someone else (like, someone they're buying a gift for) won't want to wear other-gender-associated scents. For example, my mother-in-law gave us some floral-scented fabric softener while implying that my husband might not like it used on his clothes (in fact he likes it).
When I'm choosing a scent or scented object, my only worry is that my cat may not like it.