Would a guy ever tell a coworker ‘you smell amazing’ with zero attraction?

[TC0511]

Genuine question because my female friends completely disagree on this.

I was chatting with a coworker after work for a couple of minutes.

At one point we were standing a few steps apart when he suddenly said:

“You smell amazing.”

According to my memory, he then repeated it a second time and made a little playful hand gesture as if he was wafting the scent towards himself.

Then we just kept talking like nothing happened.

I’m not asking:

“Does he like me?”

I’m asking something much more specific.

From a guy’s perspective:

Would you ever tell a female coworker “you smell amazing” (and even repeat it) if there was absolutely zero attraction?

Or is scent one of those compliments that usually falls into a different category than saying someone has nice hair or a nice outfit

[Anonymous]

Yes of course. Believe it or not men used to compliment women a lot whether it was on her dress, her shoes, her hair, perfume, etc. But these days we don’t as much because we don’t want to get hit w a sexual harassment. He may have related it because he thought you didn’t hear him. I’m not saying there’s a no chance he likes you, but yes men have complimented women on their perfume before w out being interested.

[Orion84]

I told a co-worker that she smelled great just last week, unprompted.

I just happened to be walking behind her and caught a whiff of her perfume. I never met her before, and there was zero attraction, whatsoever. It was just a random comment.

It's certainly possible to do so with no ulterior motive, and I would suggest that you can't use that, alone, as a basis to indicate any particular feelings towards another person.

[beenherebefore]

Yea, I get those compliments from male co-workers quite often. They always come off as genuine compliments rather than flirtatious.

[Nikki1989]

I am told several times each week by coworkers, and I know there is no real attraction.

[bowenw]

I would normally do that if there was at least some attraction or the perfume amazing. If it was someone I wasn't attracted to, I likely wouldn't say anything as I wouldn't want to have them think I was interested in them.

[DonaldDarko]

Not if I wasn't attracted to her. Then again I wouldn't say something like that on the job at all. It's not the place for that.

[RavVid]

We compliment women all the time. It doesn't mean we are attracted just that we like something about her

[ThisSiteSux]

A male would say that only if he was stupid and wanted to get fired.

[Pohjolan]

Well there's at least a infinitesimal amount of attraction.

[Abbycado]

Wouldn’t do it with total attraction.

[soe11]

• Why not?

[Anonymous]

Probably not.