Perfume-shroom

For the Legendary plant in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, see Perfume Shroom.

Perfume-shroom
Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs and charm them into working against the zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150
Recharge	30 seconds
Usage	Hypnotizes all dinosaurs in a lane
In-game statistics
Rarity (China)	Uncommon
Unlocked	Beating Jurassic Marsh - Day 8
Costumes
Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love.

Perfume-shroom is a mushroom and the third plant obtained in Jurassic Marsh in Plants vs. Zombies 2, and a plant exclusive to the aforementioned world. It is an instant-use plant and an environment modifier which will enchant all dinosaurs in a lane when used and make them fight on the plants' side until they leave the lawn. For more detailed information about dinosaurs and their gameplay effects when charmed, see the dinosaur article. This plant usually is only usable in Jurassic Marsh unless otherwise specified. It will cause all affected dinosaurs's eyes turning into pink hearts.

In the Chinese version of the game, it also makes zombies, including those created by Magic-shroom, move back four to five tiles, but not leave the lawn.

Origins

Its name is a portmanteau of "perfume," a liquid that is usually sprayed on something to provide a pleasant smell and "mushroom," the fungus this is based on. Its name, however, could also be a reference to Fume-shroom. In addition, its shape is a reference to a perfume sprayer, as it often squeezes its rear fungi cap to shoot perfume from the front nozzle (Almanac Idle Animation). Just like real-life perfume, the contents it sprays out is volatile and vaporizes quickly, therefore affecting Pterodactyls even when they are already in flight.

One of the costumes it can have is a headwear that portrays an arrow with a heart as the tip. This is a reference to Cupid, the god of love, which in turn references to its ability to charm the dinosaurs.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Perfume-shroom disappearing.
	Perfume-shroom trail disappearing.
	Perfume-shroom spraying.

Almanac entry

Perfume-shroom		SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 30 SUN COST: 150 RECHARGE: 30 AREA Lane AREA: Lane Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs and charm them into working against the zombies. Usage: affects all dinosaurs in a lane Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love.

Perfume-shroom

		SUN COST 150			RECHARGE 30

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 30

		AREA Lane

AREA: Lane

Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs and charm them into working against the zombies.

Usage: affects all dinosaurs in a lane

Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love.

Upgrades

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Starting Recharge	Area
1	0	0	150	30 seconds	20 seconds	Lane
2	10	1,000	150	29 seconds	19 seconds
3	75	5,000	150	28 seconds	18 seconds
4	200	10,000	150	27 seconds	17 seconds
5	400	20,000	125	26 seconds	16 seconds
6	750	30,000	125	24 seconds	15 seconds
7	1,000	40,000	125	22 seconds	14 seconds
8	1,250	50,000	125	20 seconds	13 seconds
9	1,500	60,000	125	18 seconds	12 seconds
10	2,000	75,000	100	15 seconds	10 seconds

Costumed (China only)

Recharge reduced by 20%.

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	One Second Increasation 加一秒	Its enchanting effect lasts 1 second longer.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Perfume-shroom gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	One Second Re-Increasation 再加一秒	Its enchanting effect lasts 1 more second longer. (2 seconds initial.)
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Perfume-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).

Note: Perfume-shroom cannot be upgraded to level 4.

Strategies

While dinosaurs can be devastating when employed by the player, Perfume-shroom's long recharge time, as well as the dinosaurs' limited time on the lawn, mean that Perfume-shroom will usually be more useful for defending the lane against dangerous dinosaurs instead of fighting zombies.

Pterodactyls should be the most heavily prioritized dinosaurs for the usage of Perfume-shroom, as the backward zombies will prove to be much more dangerous than others. Ankylosauruses also should be prioritized because their knockback effects can tear through the lawn and allow zombies to get through. When dealing with raptors, it is best that Perfume-shroom is used as it walks over the second or third column from the right. By doing this, the raptor can kick away any incoming zombies very easily. Using Perfume-shroom when the raptors are far away from the right means that Primal Peashooter's knockback would give the zombies a slim chance of reaching the raptor, thus wasting the charming effect.

If possible, Imitating Perfume-shroom will be able to remedy the slow recharge problem and allows it to be used more liberally. Alternatively, using the Instant Recharge upgrade can also let the player use Perfume-shroom in a pinch, especially if two rows of dangerous dinosaurs appear at once.

Related achievements

	Terror Redactyled Use a Perfume-shroom on a pterodactyl carrying a zombie towards your house.

	Hungry, Hungry Dinos Complete a level where T. Rexes chomp 10 zombies

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Perfume-shroom
Simplified Chinese	香水蘑菇	lit. "Perfume Mushroom"
French	Champi-parfum
German	Parfümpilz
Italian	Profumporcino
Brazilian Portuguese	Perfugumelo
Spanish	Seta perfumada

Trivia

• It is not allowed in Modern Day nor Arena, even if there are dinosaurs featured in the level.
• It is the only plant introduced in Jurassic Marsh that does not have "Primal" in its name, and the only plant not to be a reference to an already existing plant.
• While emitting perfume, the player can see that the Perfume-shroom has hearts for eyes.
• This is one of the few plants not in a Plant-Family.
• Perfume-shroom doesn't have a visible mouth and despite the volatile payload, fire-based attacks do not cause explosions when they hit the perfume.
• It is the only instant use plant that can be planted during Last Stand setup.
• Perfume-shroom uses the same audio as Puff-Shroom when it despawns.
• It is currently the only plant in Jurassic Marsh that does not appear in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
• In the Chinese version of the game, the name of its Upgrade ability (续一秒, Extend by a second) is a nod to a Chinese internet meme known as 'moha ', a spoof or sarcasm on China's ex-president Jiang Zemin, based on a rumor that a hanged boy sacrificed himself to save Jiang from severe illness. The meme is about extending his life by "one second" through sacrificing the netizens' spare time. Cob Cannon also shares the same trait, as the case for the latter is actually way longer than a single second.
• For some reason, Perfume-shroom could also charm zombies for a temporary time in the Chinese version of the game, unlike in the International version.
• Despite the fact that the Perfume-shroom can hypnotize dinosaurs, it is not in the Enchant-mint family.
  • According to Ail-mint's almanac entry, it is in the Ail-mint family.
    • Despite this, it receives no boost from Ail-Mint nor suggests anything to show that it is boosted.
• Like Power Lily, Gold Bloom and Thyme Warp, it will not activate when planted after the last zombie is defeated and will instead play its idle animation.
• Its Chinese name is "香水蘑菇" (lit. "perfume mushroom"), which is the only mushroom that has the entire phrase of "蘑菇" (mushroom) in its name. Normally, a mushroom plant is named "-shroom" (菇) in Chinese.
• When used outside Jurassic Marsh, Perfume-shroom could not charm dinosaurs for more than 5 seconds. The charmed dinosaur would immediately leave the lawn, not even interacting with any zombie. This is seen during Pinata Parties.

See Also

• Dinosaur
• Hypno-shroom
• Fume-shroom