So, as we've already noted, Emma Watson is not going to be the new face of Chanel Coco Mademoiselle (or at least, not yet). Which is fine, as it leaves us open to imagine what fragrance her Harry Potter character, Hermione Granger, might wear.
Something young, intelligent and brave? Feminine, but not fussy or girly. Hermione would probably wear fragrance as an afterthought, if at all. I'm putting her in Hermès Osmanthe Yunnan, and I think the scent is perfect, although let's face it, the Hermione character would not be shopping in Hermès.
While we're at it, I'm putting Ron in Axe Vetiver (which I didn't even know existed until Kevin told me — PLEASE comment if you've smelled it), and Professor Snape gets Lorenzo Villoresi Yerbamate (although I'd put Alan Rickman in Gucci Pour Homme). It seems only right to put one of the characters in Annick Goutal Mandragore, since after all, Camille Goutal mentioned the novels as an inspiration for the scent. I suppose it is too obvious, but I'll give that to Neville.
As for Harry, well, I'm not sure I can imagine him wearing fragrance at all.
Your picks? And of course feel free to scent anyone at all in the Harry Potter universe.
See also: Lazy Friday poll ~ what would Lizzy Bennet wear?
Note: image via Harry Potter Wiki.
CK In2U
Diesel Fuel for Life
Jill Sanders Sport
Ralph Lauren Cool
Reglisse Laurier
Yohji Yamamoto
Chanel Chance Fresh
Nothing
All I've mentioned above are for Hermione.
Harry – don't know, something by Hugo Boss, or maybe the latest Versace Fresh? He doesn't strike me as fashion-conscious.
Professor Snape would concoct his own Amortentia or Felix Felicis if he wanted, wouldn't he, the savvy potioneer. By far my favorite character.
The only one who would post in this forum would be Gilderoy Lockhart, but then he lost his memory on the way to the Chamber of Secrets.
I'm going with SL'S Rousse for Hermione. Demeter's Dirt for the Dork and for Harry, Paco's Ultraviolet for men 😉
And what would Voldemort wear?
Serge Leutens-Datura Noir
Brandy-EDT
L Artisan-The Pour un Ete
Something revolting – which, of course, is different for each of us. To me, he would probably smell of TM Angel – I cannot stand that scent:)
Tubereuse Criminelle?
LOL, excellent choice! Tommy's such a narcissus:))))
I would not put it behind Snape to wear M7 🙂
*sniggers* Dear Severus, he's like that, the greasy git:)
Hey, Rousse might work too. Or a “Rousse Light” 🙂
Perfect, and so true!
I would put Snape in Encre Noir or M7 only because of Alan Rickman, I think. Then, I'd put Alan Rickman in most anything, LOL…
Brandy is an interesting choice — very good fit.
I think she would wear something by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab- some perfume oil with a name like TTZADIKIM NISTARIM, concoted in a cauldron in a dungeon somewhere.
BPAL could presumably scent the whole cast, LOL…great name!
First off, I LOVE this poll. Dumbledore is my favorite character by far out of the HP gang, so let's do him first:
Dumbledore: Eau Sauvage (more traditional, yet complex and kinda sexy).
Mr. Weasley: Old Spice
Mrs. Weasley: Light applications of Fracas, a throwback to her teenage days. I think Mrs. W has many hidden depths that can support the weight of Fracas.
Ginny: Chanel Chance (sorry). Hate to say it, but it can really suit some people, and can smell very powerful and almost masculine on the right girl. I know my sister pulls it off with ease, and I have a feeling that Ginny probably would too.
Bill: M7
Fleur: Diorissimo. Duh.
Charlie: Bulgari Black for special occasions, but maybe I'm just being silly because it smells like burnt rubber (for those non-Potterphiles, Charlie works with fire-breathing dragons in Romania).
Ron: Haha, Ron would wear Axe (the original) in a badly executed attempt to be a ladies' man. Harry would laugh and hint that he should probably wash it off before McGonagall's class.
Hermione: Lovely by SJP. It's clean, feminine, but natural and no fuss. And easy for her to find between study binges, when her bottle runs out. Nobody would ever guess she wore perfume, because that would be so unlike Hermione (it would seem to just ooze from her pores). And she would never tell anyone.
Harry: Mrs. Weasley would have given Harry a bottle of some vintage masculine (Guerlain Vetiver?), but Harry would probably have guiltily stuffed it in the bottom of his trunk and forgotten it there.
Draco Malfoy: Draco would probably take great pride in having an expensive fragrance sitting on his dresser, and so would buy Chanel Allure Pour Homme. Wouldn't matter to him what exactly fragrance was, though- he dresses to impress.
Luna Lovegood: I can't imagine Luna in anything except Bond No. 9 Chinatown. It's so peaceful, beautiful, whimsical and happy, a perfect match in its own way.
WOW, you sure put a lot of thought into this!
I have to agree with many of your ideas, especially Luna and Charlie – they sound just right. But what about our dear Potions Master? Come on, why won't you do him? *wink-wink* (gets mind out of gutter, sobers)… It's just, you seem to have a real knack for this, so your take on Snape would be interesting:))
Paul Smith Story. Something about the bottle being shaped like a book… :p
Oops…but you meant Hermione, didn't you? Now I'm trying to decide if she would be willing to do a “cross-over”…
ummm..I think I confused Lavendar and Luna Lovegood….
but I can see Lavendar loving the juice as well!
I haven't read anything from the Harry Potter series, but my first thought was 'BPAL!'
Well, they do the Neil Gaiman scents, right? So they would be perfect for the job here as well:)
We've finally found a reason for the existence of Secretions Magnifiques!
I'm liking The Unicorn Spell for Hermione. After all, it references magic! And a forest! Probably a magical forest! I love that Hermione is such a smart and strong character, but I like to picture her wearing a feminine and delicate scent like this. After all, she did spend hours straightening her hair for the school dance, right?
Haha, glad you enjoyed them. As you can see, I <3 the Harry Potter series.
Haha, oh fine. I actively avoided Snape in my last post, because I have no idea what I'd put him in. He's such a complicated character, and I don't think anything does him justice. But as I was trying to come up with something for him earlier, I couldn't shake the feeling that he'd wear Guerlain Vetiver. When I tried Vetiver, it transformed from this clean masculine to this brooding, spicy, almost sour creature on my skin, and I'm sure that Vetiver's drydown best represents Mr. S. Snape. Spicy (not even the least bit sweet), a little unpleasant, brooding, very interesting.
That's also all the more reason for Harry to not want to wear his.
There is only fragrance for Hermoine and that would be Perfumers Workshop TEA ROSE MESK which is a hint of rose and large dose of clean.
Encre Noire. Yes.
I can see her wearing something girly and vintagey, like Snob from Le Galion.
Good reasoning. Now that I think of it, Guerlain Vetiver does have that slightly jarring quality. Agreed:)
Hermione would wear Ormonde Jayne Woman or Man. English through and through. Plus the hemlock hits the necessary magical note.
For Hermione I think of Youth Dew. And Harry Potter gets some good spritzes of Incense Extreme.
OMG, Voldemort would wear Avignon! It smells like hopelessness and death and cold marble.
Althoug I have not smelt it, I guess Hermione would wear something like En Passant by Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums.
Bakery, Flowers and Street all at once…
Either that or a killer thing like Opium in Parfum concentration!
🙂
Regards
P.
Ormonde Woman…quickly popped into my head! It has an underlying darkness to me which reflects this pic!
2nd (3rd!) on OJ Woman.
But I can also see Hermione wearing something light and irisy and cool, that's not too sweet, perhaps Prada Infusion d'Iris?
Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan is an excellent choice as well.
Would she have the same problem with the lasting power that I do though? Sigh. I love this perfume but wish I didn't have to re-apply so often.
bravo! well done!
What would Hagrid wear? I was trying to think of something animalic, since he works with all those animals, but then I remembered the pink umbrella wand, and so thought he should wear En Passant.
Hermione: “Isvaraya” by Indult, POTL or either “The Unicorn Spell” (as previously mentioned) or “L'Antimatiere” by LesNez. I think she'd appreciate the elusive nature of “L'Antimatiere”. (I'm actually wearing a drop of “Isvaraya” but as it's been a moist, stormy day here, the scent smells powerful enough to rip my face off.)
Harry: Keihl's Musk or “Antico Caruso” by Profumum.
I'm such a weirdo – when I clicked on the RSS feed I thought it said “Hermione Gingold” and, having just watched 'Gigi' for the 324,000th time, was really excited to consider what Mme Gingold would've worn (I think she's passed away). Huge leap from Hermione Gingold to Hermione Granger – brain cramp!
Dang.:-)
As Hermione is a teenager without perfumista inclinations, I expect she'd wear something easily available in department stores like Pure White Linen or Paul Smith Rose or Elizabeth Arden Green Tea. I hope she wouldn't fall for Light Blue!
However, if I could, I would put her in En Passant as it is pretty, light and has a feel that I could almost describe as 'intellectual'. Don't ask me how I can think a scent smells intellectual… 🙂
Luna would be the BPAL fanatic, I think!
LOL! And we knew there had to be a reason.
Hagrid! You're right, he could go either way. Musc Koublai Khan or En Passant.
Oh and according to the books (Half-Blood Prince), Harry is attracted to Ginny's 'flowery smell', which he can smell in a love potion, along with treacle tart and the woody smell of a broomstick handle. So Harry likes woodsy, gourmand and floral notes all at the same time!
Hey, great call K! I really didn't like the way they did her school dance outfit in the movie though — didn't seem “Hermione-ish” to me for reason.
I don't know that scent!
That's another I've never smelled, so will have to take your word for it 🙂
Hey, good call on the hemlock! She will need a OJ Woman Light though, don't you think? Cannot picture her in anything heavy.
Hagrid actually does wear a scent called “Eau de Cologne” in book four that is so horrible he has to scrub it off in a barrel of water. Just in case you were looking for a tip on which way this may go, lol.
Ack, Voldemort CANNOT have my Avignon, LOL…
Nice contrast, LOL…
Hermione would not care about reapplying because she wouldn't care about perfume though, right?
But I am outvoted on the OJ Woman.
Interesting call on the Kielhl's — if you happen back through, would love to know why.
LOL! I adore that movie. I wonder if enough people have seen it to do a poll?
Yep despite Story being a men's fragrance I can see Hermione wearing it comfortably – it's not traditionally heavy and masculine and besides, she'd be pinching it off her *coughloveinterestcough* Harry. 😉
Ah, I am late to the party, and such fantastic responses. I particularly like both Nam (farther up there) and where things are developing at the moment. Would like to toss some Strange Invisible Perfume into the mix…can't you see Hermione wearing Black Rosette, for example, sending off an initial read that would mislead you if all you got of her was top notes? Of course, given her history, that crazy SIP Vine might be not one you think of at first, but has potential.
Luna is ethereal…but so much so, she is also potently grounded. She, like Hermione, likes to mix it up chemically, concocting her own potions…perhaps she is a layerer? Haven't smelled it, but would Pierre de Lune be over Patchouli, which would be layered over oakmass & civet? She's got a lot going on underneath, that one.
Love it. I'm late to the party too, but I can see Hermione spritzing on Jo Malone Red Roses right before heading off to Hogsmeade with Ron. It's English, sweet but not sugary, fresh and with that nice green undertone. I would also put her in Calyx, maybe because I tend to think of that one immediately for almost any smart girl looking for a scent. I also think Ron's mother gives Hermione a bottle of the Juicy Couture fragrance, which Hermione never wears and ends up giving to Ginny. Ginny wears it and likes it, and can carry it off because she it makes a nice contrast with her tough-as-nails personality.
Later in her life, in her position at the Ministry of Magic, Hermione wears Chanels 19 and 22.
Hermione loves it when Ron wears CB M. Hulot's Holiday, which reminds her of books and holidays by the sea.
Sirius Black wears Bandit. Wanted to put him in Bulgari Black, but just couldn't do it. You know who does wear Bulgari Black? Snape!
Dumbledore definitely has a few bottles of scent, among others Avignon, SL Ambre Sultan, Mitsuoko, Bond No. 9 Chinatown, Estee Lauder Pleasures, Frederic Malle L'Eau D'Hiver, and…Juicy Couture!
Draco Malfoy wears Envy, of couse.
Harry? I would put him in CB Musk Reinvention, which lives up to its name and is a real eye-opener, as well as smelling absolutely fantastic (or absolutely repellent, depending on whom you talk to). It also smells a little bit like a broomstick.
Fun!
To me, there's something kind of “old school” English tweedy about “Keihl's Musk”; it smells like something a young Londoner would call edgy. Sometimes, it also seems ancient to me, like it could've been worn in any era. Like many musk blends, it has a shape-shifting quality to it and molds to the owner, much like how Harry could harness the powers of magic in an unusual way :).
I think she'd wear Lady Vengeance by Juliette Has a Gun.
She's a feisty girl and I think she'd love the title and that divine rose/patchouli mix would suit her well.
I have to say, if they did a male version of it, I'd buy it in a second.
Oh Yes, it came out in I think, 1998 and it quite nice. A very fresh clean scent that you might take with you on a trip to Maine in the summer. You can find it online on various websites cheap cheap cheap.
Yes, the SiP line would be perfect in general — Black Rosette would be great.
I don't remember that at all!!!
Hey, I think a man could easily wear Lady Vengeance though!
Great call for Hermione.
Another bravo! Great job, and love the Juicy Couture — another perfect “in character” call.
Yes! POLL! POLL! 🙂 I can't get enough of these. Any frag dork knows, that the top thought running through our heads when a character is introduced is; “but what would they smell of?” 😉
Oh no! I'd hope she'd at least attempt to investigate outside dept. store brands (not that dept. brands can't ever be worthy)—we should at least throw her a oud mix or amber potion ;). If not “POTL” (smells strikingly like paper and old books), than perhaps “A*Maze”? By the way, I totally get what you mean by an “intellectual” scent, Farah.
I too immediately thought of BPAL. I was at their full moon sale the other night and they were helping a girl find a scent that smelled like old books. Im not sure which one it was though 😉
If Hermione was to wear a BPAL fragrance, i think it would be “The Fairy Market” from the Gaiman/Stardust series. It smells like humid wet moss, light flowers, mead, honeysuckle and morning dew on cut grass.
Hm…. I may be wrong, but thought she'd pick something more mature for her age, not necessarily something that suits her perfectly, but somewhat reflect her confidence and determination to stand out… So i am thinking Ormonde Jayne Woman… or may be Champaca…
Voldemort would wear Bvlgari Black.
I will add it to the list, but really don't know if so many people have seen it…
Hey, that sounds nice!
You're the 2nd or 3rd vote for OJW, so I am definitely outvoted on that one. I like the Champaca idea better though 🙂
Interesting, thanks for the explanation. And do completely get what you mean about “could've been worn in any era”.
I've never read any of the books, and seen only the first HP movie, but first impressions of Voldemort is of something dark, dank wet cold and smoke with incense….
I picture him in CdG Incense-Avignon
Why, thank you!
I think you may be right on that actually, it is, upon reflection fairly unisex.
I've been looking at great rose fragrances lately and have been blown away by the very rare Jardin Secret by Parfums de Nicolai. The drydown is quite simply amazing. It's better than their Rose Pivoine which is also lovely.
You all have forgotten darling Lucius – Chanel Egoiste for that one LOL
LOL — true, so we had! Perfect match.
Ya'all gotta find something for Voldemort that I *don't* like, LOL…
Yea, one of the first times he was getting ready to meet Madame Maxim, while wearing that hairy, brown suit.