What determines whether a perfume is considered masculine or feminine?

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What determines whether a perfume is considered masculine or feminine?

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As someone that has a stress disorder triggered by certain smells it’s easy. A masculine perfume is one that triggers my symptoms and a feminine one is one that doesn’t. I describe it as alcoholic (masculine) vs sweet (feminine) if that makes sense.

Of course there is a continuum and certain scents can be masculine for one brand and feminine to another.