I love a lot of L'Occitane scents, and while a few might be considered “overtly feminine”, so many of them seem easily unisex at least — yet they have the “men's line” tucked in a corner in staid dark green bottles. Still, it's much easier for a man to browse there than in the “Women's Fragrance” sections of chain department stores without raising eyebrows. (“No, ma'am, I'm spraying the No. 19 on my arm because I'm curious about it for MYSELF, not for any woman in my life.”). I think Kevin wrote a good entry on this here recently. In general, anyone who's serious about scent soon realizes that the gender classifications are pretty much arbitrary.

I recently acquired “Un Jardin Sur Le Nil” which is gorgeous (but should definitely not be over applied, it's really potent). That has all of the “fresh” notes that most of the mainstream male frags seem to lust after, but is distinctive enough to offer a difference.

A lot of guys I talk to on the forums are getting bored of obviously “male” scents and are looking more the Mitsoukos and Jickys of this world.

As I've mentioned elsewhere, I have fallen head over heals for L'Occitane's Ambre which is marketed as a female fragrance which is frankly ridiculous.