No, I’m not offended.
I’m just flabbergasted by your thought process.
Ganymede is extremely unique, complex, and intriguing. It’s an enigmatic scent. If you smell Ganymede, you will likely go “okay, I can see how this fits Wanted”. Hence why someone literally did that on this forum and said it’s the ultimate Wanted scent in their opinion. Real life example that you can go and see with your own 2 eyes, not just theory.
Wanted is all about becoming an enigma. Unique, complex, and intriguing. Difficult to understand, full of mystery, layers, unpredictable, and pulling you into the unknown. An enigma challenges norms and expectations. They stick out from the crowd.
When you go “nah I wouldn’t say Ganymede is a Wanted fragrance”, I’m not offended… I’m genuinely intrigued. I’m thinking “okay then what is a more Wanted suited fragrance in your opinion?”.
Then you say this:
I’m expecting you to go into nuance about a scent so that I can learn something, but you say bottle, name, and safety. At this point, my intrigue transformed into confusion.
“mere virtue of bottle, and name” even though you mentioned safety (I know what you meant by it), which you’re correct - it’s a scent factor, the fact that you put this much weight on a bottle and a name when referring to a fragrance, is a headscratcher.
“Mere virtue of bottle, name” when talking about any fragrance is insanity. Anyone who considers themselves a frag-head would agree. Fragrance is all about the scent and the experience it creates. The marketing elements of the fragrance such as bottle and name, should never be factored into the evaluation of the scent.
From that phrasing alone, I was flabbergasted.
See you’re doing it again. Affordability has zero relation whatsoever to the actual evaluation of the scent itself.
You’re trying to backtrack and emphasize safety. Mass appeal is literally the anti-thesis of being an enigma. It’s predictable, and uncomplicated. It follows familiar patterns that people recognize and find comforting - there is no mystery. An enigmatic fragrance doesn’t try to be liked by everyone, it wants to evoke a curiosity which causes people to want to know more. A fragrance fitting for an enigma would invite discovery, whereas a mass pleaser would just smell good right away and not require a lot of thought or exploration. The scent factor (mass appeal and safety) that you’re using to back up your conclusion for a fragrance being a Wanted scent… just adds even more to the bafflement. It’s completely backwards.
This is all my opinion though, it’s an interesting discussion which I’ll thank you for. It broadened my understanding on the topic, and where I stand on certain viewpoints.
