During my daily commute by the subway I have noticed that almost all dressy African American office women who wear perfume is wearing some kind of fruity floral (a lot of times with vanilla notes), i.e. Cartier Delice or those Escada scents. Never have I come across an African American woman wearing something oriental like Dior Addict. Do black women find fruity florals more appealing because it is inherent in their culture or is it part of their genetics that they are more inclined to prefer fruity florals? I like it a lot and have a couple in my collection myself, but I also like a lot of scents from other categories.















This question is not meant to offend anyone, and if you find my observations incorrect please tell me so. I'm seriously interested in knowing the answer.















The reason why I'm asking is because I'm brainstorming for a project in molecular biology and that was one of the thoughts that came to mind. I love fragrances and I'm really interested in learning about scents and how we detect it. For example, like how men are less sensitive to body odors than women - some of their noses cannot sense it while most women can tell from a mile away. I just noticed that I have smelled a variety of fragrances in people of other races, but it seems like African American women are particular to a certain category. Perhaps downtown San Francisco is not a big enough sample pool to come to this assumption, but that is certainly what is the trend here.















And I apologize for singling out African Americans people for this example, but it is not meant to be a racist comment, just like how people of certain heredity are more likely to be able to taste thiourea or PTC while others can't.

I have never even considered that. But, now that i think about it...it does sound true.