Guy mentioning your scent/perfume - flirting, friendly or just a creeper?

MysticAngel5000
A male co-worker of mine recently asked me if I was wearing perfume. I said yes and he told me it smelled really good. He said he knew as soon as he walked in SOMETHING smelled super good and it had to be me because usually it doesn't smell like that. I asked if it smelled a certain way (then described my perfume scent) and he said yes. I said then yeah it was my perfume probably. I started to go on with the day, but he kept wanting to talk about it. He asked me where I got it, so I told him where it's from.

The odd aspect is he KNOWS I wear perfume. Daily. I wear the same one about 99% of the time. He works with me 99% of the time (sometimes right next to me), so surely he's smelled it before. We also had a similar conversation before. He was talking to me one time and was mentioning his cologne he had started wearing. He told me someone had mistaken it for a different, more expensive kind and noted he thought it smelled just as good as the expensive stuff. I agreed that yes, it smelled just fine and you don't need to spend hundreds on cologne or perfume. I noted that I certainly didn't and casually said what I wear/where it's from.


So was he doing this to try to flirt? Was he just being creepy/weird? He made a lot of eye contact when I was answering him. He does other stuff too - makes eye contact often when we talk, steals a lot of glances my way, finds all sorts of reasons to make and maintain conversation with me (even if it's something small or pointless/irrelevant), he has opened up and shared personal stories with me (regarding his childhood and stuff like sharing funny stories or stupid thing he and his siblings had done when they were growing up), etc.

I can never seem to tell when someone is for sure flirting vs just being friendly/casual. Sometimes it is easier to determine. I mean obviously I don't think someone is flirting at the drop of a hat. If someone smiles, I deem it friendly and return the gesture.

But what about stuff like this?
Guy mentioning your scent/perfume - flirting, friendly or just a creeper?
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