? How to choose a new Perfume ? · Brotherhood Of Scent

? How to choose a new Perfume ?

Hi everybody, sorry to disturb but I have so many doubts deriving from these 10 days of Brotherhood that I need to make you some more questions.

I learned a lot, got plenty of hints on new perfumes, read dozens of interesting reviews, and every day my desire for a new perfume grow!! But how do I choose the right one?

I often use the more emotional part of my character to choose what I like or dislike, it could be easy to just walk in a perfumery and try some sample. But once you’re there you have a colored wall in front of you and just a few “chances” before your nose gets blind.

I “forced” my analytical part, and tried to find a way to get there somehow prepared for what to test.

In the picture below a table (I’m sorry it’s in Italian, but the words are similar) of some of the perfumes I own and mostly like quite a lot, starting from the colored strips of the Fragrantica main accords, I gave every perfume a vote from 1 to 10 according to the length of the colored strip.

What came out is a ranking of the principal accords I have in the perfumes I own, with the Top 5 occupied by Citrus, Aromatic, Fresh Spicy, Woody and Amber (gathering together more than 50 % of the votes).

My idea was to look for new perfumes that have “good votes” in my Top accords. For example

@Robert Sheard

posted some days ago a SOTD of Percival of Parfums de Marly, which fitted perfectly to my top 5.

Please tell me what You think of this “method”. Where could be possible errors? What am I forgetting or not considering? Is it too analytic? Can we “trust” the Fragrantica Accords?

What came out from my comparison with new perfumes is the following list of “Next Tries”

1) Boss Bottled Bold Citrus

2) Terre d’Hermes Eau Givree

3) Versace Eros Parfum

4) Versace Eau Fraiche Extreme

5) Chanel Allure Homme Sport Edition Blanche

6) YSL Y EDP Intense

Thanks for your time and your help if possible

Ciao a Tutti

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? How to choose a new Perfume ?