SHIP! H/G indicators of Harry's feelings for Ginny

[Devika]

No: HPFGUIDX 136679

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Pat" <5682574 at s...> wrote:
> Pat:  Your (Susan's) post includes reasons to believe Ginny is 
using 
> Love Potion Perfume on Harry.  You've collected times when Harry 
> felt attraction to one degree or another for Ginny.  Each time, he 
> has been near her, and could have been affected by her wearing Love 
> Potion perfume.  There are other times that you would expect he 
> would think of her, but doesn't, and he hadn't been near her 
> recently either. The biggest example is that he had no thoughts 
> about going to Ginny's house for Christmas, he only thought about 
> Ron. Either this is inconsistency from Jo and the editors let it 
go, 
> or there is a reason for it.
> 
<snip>

> If the twins make potion disguised as perfume, there is a good 
> chance they used flowers from the Burrows garden, making their 
> potion perfume smell similar to the garden.  Their bedroom would 
> have the same scent from using it as a workshop, or from stored 
> stock. There is the possibility that the perfume Ron gave Hermione 
> was from the twins - Ron's nonchalant reaction to Hermione's 
comment 
> goes better with that than if he went out and bought it from a 
shop. 
> And what happened to that perfume?  Is Hermione wearing it?  We 
> didn't think she would, but we didn't think she'd play Quidditch, 
> either.  Did she pass it off to Ginny, who recognized what it was 
> from seeing the twins stock at the Burrow?
> 
<snip> 
> Pat:  and we see that inhaling the fumes of a potion has an effect 
> on at least 2 people sitting at the same table, and that it is a 
> milder effect than consuming aged Love Potion.
> > 
<snip>

This is an interesting theory.  However, I have a few questions about 
it.  First, where in the book does it say that love potions can be 
worn as perfume?  I thought that Fred and George just put their love 
potions into perfume or cough potion bottles so that Filch wouldn't 
recognize them for what they really were (p 306-307 HBP US edition).  
The love potions would then be delivered to Hogwarts under this 
disguise, and they would then be slipped into the drink of an 
unsuspecting target.

I understand that the scent of the Amortentia potion has an effect on 
people, but if love potion could be worn as perfume, wouldn't the 
other Hogwarts girls have figured this out?  Surely Romilda Vane (not 
to mention all the others) would have found it easier to douse 
herself with love potion and simply stand next to Harry, rather than 
attempting to spike his gillywater or chocolate cauldrons.

I feel like I may be missing something here.  I've only read the book 
twice, so I don't quite remember every detail yet (I'm working on 
it ;)).  If there's somewhere in the book that says that love potion 
is effective as a perfume, can someone point it out?  Otherwise, this 
seems a bit inconsistent to me.

Devika