Perfume-shroom

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

Perfume-shroom
Summons a Raptor in a lane when no enemy dinos are present
Short description
Charms dinosaurs against zombies
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	30 seconds
Area	Lane
Usage	Single, Instant
Summon	20 seconds
Family	Ail-mint
Usage	Affects all dinosaurs in a lane
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	30 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Range	Whole Lane
Area	AoE within Range
Duration	6 seconds
Class	Special
Quality	Uncommon
Tags	Insta, support
Plant features	Purple plant, mushroom family
In-game statistics
Unlocked	Beating Jurassic Marsh - Day 8
Costumes
Code name	perfumeshroom
Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs, charming them into working against the zombies, and summon a Raptor when no enemy dinos are present

Perfume-shroom is a mushroom and the third plant obtained in Jurassic Marsh in Plants vs. Zombies 2. 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 against the zombies until they leave the lawn. For more detailed information about dinosaurs and their gameplay effects when charmed, see the dinosaur article. 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

The species of Perfume-shroom has not been specified, however due having a pink cap, it would based of the netted rhodotus (Rhodotus palmatus), also known as the rosy veincap or wrinkled peach, a mushroom in the genus Rhodotus in the fungus family Physalacriaceae.

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

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Perfume-shroom
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 30 AREA Lane Usage Single, Instant Ail-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs and charm them into working against the zombies. Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love.

Perfume-shroom

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 30 AREA Lane Usage Single, Instant Ail-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs and charm them into working against the zombies. Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love.

Chinese version  (China only)

香水蘑菇可以迷惑恐龙来对抗僵尸。 用法：对整条线上的恐龙有效 植物特征：紫色植物、蘑菇家族 香水蘑菇会放出纯净浓缩的爱情之雾。 In English: Perfume-shroom can charm dinosaurs to fight against the zombies. Usage: affects all dinosaurs in the lane Plant feature: purple plant, mushroom family Perfume-shroom emits a pure, concentrated mist of love.

Upgrades

Level upgrades

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

Ail-mint effect

When boosted by Ail-mint, Perfume-shroom's charmed Raptor duration is increased to 22 seconds (Level 1) / 24 seconds (Level 2-3) / 26 seconds (Level 4-5) / 28 seconds (Level 6-7) / 30 seconds (Level 8-9) / 35 seconds (Level 10).

Costumed (China only)

Recharge reduced by 20%.

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	One Second Increasation 加一秒	Increases effective duration on zombies to 7 seconds. 僵尸逆行的时间增加至7秒。
	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	Increases effective duration on zombies to 8 seconds. 僵尸逆行的时间增加至8秒。
	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.

Balance changes

Update 10.5.1

• ▲ Can now be used across all worlds.

Update 12.5.1

• ▲ Can now spawn a Raptor from the leftmost board if there isn't one in the lane yet, walking to Perfume-shroom's tile, then being charmed.

Update 12.7.1

• ▲ Can now also spawn a Raptor if there is already charmed one in the lane.
• ▲ Leveling now also increases its Raptor duration.
• ▲ Can now be boosted by Ail-mint.

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

Perfume-shroom has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

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	From perfume and cogumelo
Spanish	Seta perfumada

Trivia

• It is the only plant introduced in Jurassic Marsh that does not have "Primal" in its name, and the only plant not to be an explicit reference to an already existing plant.
• While emitting perfume, the player can see that the Perfume-shroom has hearts for eyes.
• 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.
• 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.
• Its almanac entry flavor text used to be "Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love." It got changed in the 12.7.1 update.

See Also

• Dinosaur
• Hypno-shroom
• Fume-shroom

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