Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne never mistakes a synthetic fragrance compound for a natural one, even without the use of his nose.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré is mistaking Bruno's silence for agreement, when in fact the CEO is simply planning his next trip to Pamplona.
Indicative Past (simple): A young journalist mistook the noseless perfumer for a mere shopkeeper when she first visited the Delavigne Corporation headquarters.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was mistaking the calm of the San Francisco bay for a sign of good surf conditions when a wave knocked him clean off his board.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): More than one rival in the cosmetics industry has mistaken Delavigne's quiet demeanor for weakness, and lived to regret it.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: The new Delavigne Corporation interns have been mistaking Horatio Oléré for the CEO all morning, much to Bruno's quiet amusement.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Bruno reached Pamplona, he realized he had mistaken the start of the bull run for a local street parade.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The grandson of Xavier had been mistaking routine candle fumes for a fire hazard ever since the explosion in his grandfather's Montmartre shop.
Indicative Future: No one at the environmental charity gala will mistake Bruno Delavigne for an indifferent businessman once he takes the stage.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: This time tomorrow, Bruno will be mistaking jet lag for inspiration, scribbling fragrance formulas on a napkin somewhere between San Francisco and Paris.
Indicative Future perfect: By the end of the board meeting, even the most skeptical investors will have mistaken the perfumer's boldness for recklessness — and then been proven wrong.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the time Horatio corrects the record, the press will have been mistaking Bruno's surfing sabbatical for a corporate retreat for nearly two weeks.
Conditional Simple: Anyone unfamiliar with his biography would mistake the bull-runner for a daredevil rather than a devoted grandson honoring Xavier's spirit.
Conditional Progressive: Without his name tag at the Delavigne Corporation charity event, guests would be mistaking Bruno for one of the waitstaff.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have mistaken the new safety regulations for mere bureaucracy had he not witnessed firsthand the dangers of fragrance-related explosions in Montmartre.
Conditional Perfect progressive: The San Francisco surfing instructor would have been mistaking Bruno's enthusiasm for talent had Horatio not warned him otherwise beforehand.
Imperative Imperative: « Do not mistake my passion for recklessness, Horatio — fragrance fire prevention is the most serious cause I know, » Bruno said, waving a safety pamphlet.
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