Well, this question occured to me today while I was thinking of new frags to buy, and I think it deserves an answer.
Any basenotes regular can recognize many scents and abbreviations: CdG, SL, YSL, FM, TM, LV, D&G, RL, PdN, MPG; RG, T4T or TfT, GIT, OV, VdR, etc, etc...
These are scents that are mainstays for us; some--like GIT or Geir--rise and fall in popularity (and post count) every now and then. There is indeed a huge variety of frags worn by us basenoters, but the head of the graph is much larger than the tail (so to speak). That is, something like 80% of frag use is taken up by 20% of the frags available. It's been a while since I've read about anything that I didn't recognize.
Since every community has its own personal quirks and idiosyncracies, I'm willing to bet that the basenotes favorites might be different from other fragrance forums/websites (this is as a whole, now- not individuals). I don't go to any other fragrance websites, so I don't know.
To the people who DO visit other fragrance sites (or who work in the business): How does basenotes compare with other communities, in terms of favorite frags? Is there another website out there that never talks about GIT but that regularly dwells on, say, Skai or Corduroy?
Are we fencing ourselves in by constantly discussing the same frags- or are we actually just talking about the only frags that really deserve the discussion? When new users arrive, we tell them to buy GIT or TfT or Daim Blonde- is this appropriate (or useful)?
I love the discussions here, and this is certainly not a "I don't want to hear about X anymore" post. It would, however, be nice to have some 'fresh air'. Or, on the other hand, maybe there isn't really anything fresh and new worth talking about outside of our routine. I'll let you guys decide.
Stay warm-
-ben
Any basenotes regular can recognize many scents and abbreviations: CdG, SL, YSL, FM, TM, LV, D&G, RL, PdN, MPG; RG, T4T or TfT, GIT, OV, VdR, etc, etc...
These are scents that are mainstays for us; some--like GIT or Geir--rise and fall in popularity (and post count) every now and then. There is indeed a huge variety of frags worn by us basenoters, but the head of the graph is much larger than the tail (so to speak). That is, something like 80% of frag use is taken up by 20% of the frags available. It's been a while since I've read about anything that I didn't recognize.
Since every community has its own personal quirks and idiosyncracies, I'm willing to bet that the basenotes favorites might be different from other fragrance forums/websites (this is as a whole, now- not individuals). I don't go to any other fragrance websites, so I don't know.
To the people who DO visit other fragrance sites (or who work in the business): How does basenotes compare with other communities, in terms of favorite frags? Is there another website out there that never talks about GIT but that regularly dwells on, say, Skai or Corduroy?
Are we fencing ourselves in by constantly discussing the same frags- or are we actually just talking about the only frags that really deserve the discussion? When new users arrive, we tell them to buy GIT or TfT or Daim Blonde- is this appropriate (or useful)?
I love the discussions here, and this is certainly not a "I don't want to hear about X anymore" post. It would, however, be nice to have some 'fresh air'. Or, on the other hand, maybe there isn't really anything fresh and new worth talking about outside of our routine. I'll let you guys decide.
Stay warm-
-ben
