There are different types of fragrances used for men and women. How are they differentiated so, couldn’t anyone use any type? What’s rationale for the difference?
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Well – there aren’t.
Let me clarify, there are scents designed for women and scents designed for men, but the designations like cologne and perfume are for both sexes. Cologne is a formulation of *perfume,* it can be for men or women. American English has made this the term for any perfume marketed towards men, but that is only a trick because men won’t buy something called ‘perfume’. Cologne just describes a perfume with a 2-4% concentration of perfume, so it is light and inoffensive.
When men complain that their cologne doesn’t last very long, the real answer is to buy an eau de parfum (french for ‘watered perfume’) which has a higher concentration. There is just straight up perfume oil, which is very concentrated, use that sparingly, very sparingly.
That is the long way of answering your second question, ‘couldn’t anyone use any type?’ Yes, yes they can.
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