Perfume-shroom

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

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 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

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.

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
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	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. In this capacity, however, it faces heavy competition against Meteor Flower, whose Plant Food ability can instantly remove all Dinosaurs on board and isn't hindered by a long recharge timer. Players who do not own Meteor Flower may find a few places where Perfume-shroom could shine, but such scenarios are few and far between. It certainly doesn't help that while Meteor Flower can at least do some damage on its own, Perfume-shroom is utterly and completely useless against anything else.

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

• ▲ Will now spawn a charmed Raptor if used in a lane without dinosaurs. The Raptor's location, how many zombies it can kick away and how long it stays for is random.

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

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Perfume-shroom
German	Parfümpilz
Spanish	Seta perfumada	"Perfumed mushroom"
French	Champi-parfum
Italian	Profumporcino
Brazilian Portuguese	Perfugumelo	portmanteau of perfume and cogumelo
Simplified Chinese	香水蘑菇 xiāngshuǐ mógū	lit. "Perfume Mushroom"

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.
• Perfume-shroom was likely given the ability to charm zombies in the Chinese version to compensate for its otherwise poor utility.
• Despite being in the Ail-mint family, it enjoys no bonuses from the corresponding mint.
• 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 are the only mushrooms, along with Fire-shroom from the defunct Plants vs. Zombies: Social Edition that has the entire phrase of "蘑菇" (mushroom) in its name. Normally, a mushroom plant is named "-shroom" (菇) in Chinese.

See Also

• Dinosaur
• Hypno-shroom
• Fume-shroom

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