Do we Basenoters need our own categories? Here's a few of the industry-standard categories and why I don't like then:
Niche - For us, some niche houses like Creed for example, really feel more mainstream. NIche implies rare and obscure; words I wouldn't use to describe Creed, for example.
Designer - Could this be more meaningless? Designer juice ranges from $25 Azzarro to $625 Clive Christian. We need to brak this category out a bit.
Mass Market - The Basenotes Awards puts products like Old Spice and Brut in this category. I would add some of the lower quality Designers here too.
Car enthusiasts don't settle for the industry standard "sports car" category, they talk about roadsters, GTs, etc. I think we've got a similar situation.
Being somewhere between newbie and green sophomore, I have no idea what the categories should be. But we can do better than those three right?
Niche - For us, some niche houses like Creed for example, really feel more mainstream. NIche implies rare and obscure; words I wouldn't use to describe Creed, for example.
Designer - Could this be more meaningless? Designer juice ranges from $25 Azzarro to $625 Clive Christian. We need to brak this category out a bit.
Mass Market - The Basenotes Awards puts products like Old Spice and Brut in this category. I would add some of the lower quality Designers here too.
Car enthusiasts don't settle for the industry standard "sports car" category, they talk about roadsters, GTs, etc. I think we've got a similar situation.
Being somewhere between newbie and green sophomore, I have no idea what the categories should be. But we can do better than those three right?
