SHIP: Ginny Unknowingly Wearing Love Potion

[Pat]

No: HPFGUIDX 137047

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mad_maxime" <mad_maxime at h...> 
wrote:
> But is there somewhere in the book which states love potions can be
> worn as perfume and actually be effective? I don't remember this,
> but certainly could have missed it. HBP seemed to imply that love
> potions need to be ingested.


Pat: I broke this off from another thread.  In the "SHIP! H/G 
Indicators of Harry's feelings for Ginny" thread, see message 136610 
for why I think she's wearing love potion as perfume.  And as for 
knowingly or unknowingly, see that same thread, message #136849 
about how Hermione could have unknowingly passed a bottle of the 
twins' love potion disguised as perfume to Ginny, Del`s idea 
actually.  And then there is the thread, "SHIP: Pirate Ginny" 
starting with message #133015, in which I think she is doing it 
intentionally. 


The book doesn't actually say there is such a thing as love potion 
perfume.  However, Jo showed us in Potions class that love potion 
fumes have a subtle, and less obvious effect than from ingesting 
it.  And Hermione tells us that she read on the back of a bottle in 
the twins' shop that their love potions can be owl ordered disguised 
as perfume or cough potion. So Ginny could have purchased some 
through Verity the clerk, or Ron might have unknowingly given some 
to Hermione for Christmas.  And she didn't care for it, so could 
have passed it to Ginny - maybe when she gave Ginny advice to move 
on from Harry.