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How does your wardrobe compare to the top 100 reviewed fragrances?

post #1 of 38
11/27/07 at 6:15am
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On the right-hand column of the Review Centre is a list of the 100 most reviewed fragrances.

How many of them do you own?
[my answer is in brackets]

In the top 25? [10]

In the top 50? [19]

In the top 100? [32]

What percentage of your wardrobe is in the top 100? [30%]
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post #2 of 38
11/27/07 at 6:37am
23
46
85

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post #3 of 38
11/27/07 at 6:41am
I have 2...in the whole list.

hehe
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post #4 of 38
11/27/07 at 7:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by sofresh View Post

I have 2...in the whole list.

hehe

Same here!
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post #5 of 38
11/27/07 at 7:11am
I have 5 fragrances in the top 100.

Percentage in the top 100 is 26.3%
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post #6 of 38
11/27/07 at 8:36am
Top:
25 - 1 Fragrance
50 - 5 Fragrances
100 - 8 Fragrances
17% in top 100%
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post #7 of 38
11/27/07 at 8:40am
10
12
17
Interesting! In the first days of my acquaitance to basenotes, the list of top 100 reviwed fragrances was a kind of guide for me to know if a main stream product has the value for paying attention to it or not!!! This list show-in some ways- the amount of attention a scent captured from perfume lovers.
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post #8 of 38
11/27/07 at 8:54am
  • Ged
  • offline
  • Gender:
top 25 - 10
top 50 - 16
top 100 - 29

% wardrobe in top 100 - 52%

I suppose I'm a lemming!
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post #9 of 38
11/27/07 at 8:54am
Top 25- 12
Top 50- 20
Top 100- 22
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post #10 of 38
11/27/07 at 8:56am
From my wardrobe...

In the top 25 = 2 (Fahrenheit and Cool Water)
In the top 50 = 4 (The above 2 + 212 Men and Baldesserini)
In the top 100 = 5 (The above 4 + John Varvatos)
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post #11 of 38
11/27/07 at 9:03am
6 - Vetiver
17 - Mugler Cologne
18 - Terre d'Hermès
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28 - Jaïpur Homme
37 - Polo
42 - Bois du Portugal
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54 - Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin
58 - Very Irrésistible for Men
62 - Tea for Two
67 - Body Kouros
94 - Erolfa

11 out of 37, or approximately 30%, of the fragrances I own are among the 100 most-reviewed.
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post #12 of 38
11/27/07 at 9:03am
Top 25- 6
Top 50- 11
Top 100- 22

Percentage of wardrobe in Top 100: 8.7%. Does that make me eccentric? Good !
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post #13 of 38
11/27/07 at 9:47am
  • KMF
  • offline
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Bvlgari Black
L'Instant PH

That's it...


Though to be fair, I have at one time owned several more from the list...
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post #14 of 38
11/27/07 at 10:06am
What fun!

[2]
[3]
[5]

But, that's nearly half my rotation.
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post #15 of 38
11/27/07 at 10:13am
top 25=11
top 50=8 more
all 100=31
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post #16 of 38
11/27/07 at 10:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged View Post


% wardrobe in top 100 - 52%

I suppose I'm a lemming!

Lets not forget that the top 100 reviewed fragrances dont necessarily demonstrate the "most popular" scents... just those that compel users to review them.

I have contributed to the popularity (or notoriety) of some scents in the list by writing reviews of those I feel are HORRENDOUS. The good, the bad and the ugly appear there in that "100 most reviewed".

So, theres not a lemming among us!
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post #17 of 38
11/27/07 at 10:58am
Darn few! My tastes are a bit "exotic," shall we say, and I like to keep my wardrobe limited. Of the 35 bottles I keep:

Top 25 [1]
Top 50 [2 more]
Top 100 [1 more]

Let's see, that makes a whopping 11%
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post #18 of 38
11/27/07 at 11:11am
10
13
21

Approx. 35%
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post #19 of 38
11/27/07 at 11:13am
I have never considered my wardrobe in this sense before.

Top 25 - 5 (GIT, Vetiver, Dior Homme, Terre d'Hermes, Rive Gauche PH)
Top 50 - 11(5 above + Brit, Habit Rouge, Bois du Portugal, Egoiste, Voleur de Roses, Mitsouko)
Top 100 - 18(11 above + Tabarome Millesime, Cuiron, Chanel PM, L'Instant, Givenchy Gentleman, Caron PUH, Geir)

Approximately 20% of my wardrobe.
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post #20 of 38
11/27/07 at 12:18pm
Top 25 - 1 (M7 - because of this site in fact!)
26 - 50 - 0
51 - 100 - 1 (John Varvatos - and mine's a fake with Hugo Dark Blue in it..probably doesn't count!).

I think if more people smelled Royal Briar, 1776, or Chevignon, they'd be in that list!
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post #21 of 38
11/27/07 at 12:34pm
Wow.

I have 17 of the top 25

28 out of the top 50

and 48% of the top 100

I guess people talking about stuff makes me want to run out and buy it!
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post #22 of 38
11/27/07 at 12:50pm
13 of the top 25
15 of the top 50
and 22 of the top 100

Roughly half of my wardrobe is in the top 100.
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post #23 of 38
11/27/07 at 12:51pm
Currently own:
4 of the top 25
5 of the top 50
9 of the top 100

Have owned:
13 of the top 25
21 of the top 50
37 of the top 100
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post #24 of 38
11/27/07 at 1:00pm
as Dmitri said a lot of the reviews are not positive. They've just been reviewed a lot. Take Guerlain's Vetiver — I bet the reviews split 50/50 and people are buying it because it's the first thing thay look at when they get to Basenotes.

They're also the same fragrances that were there when I joined over a year ago. It's a viscous circle.

Take Kouros as an example, 28 reviews out of 100 were thumbs down and there were quite a few neutrals. Not enough for me to fire up the Harley and go screaming through red lights. Nope

I have 18 out of 100
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post #25 of 38
11/27/07 at 1:36pm
Top 25: 6
Top 50: 10
Top 100: 14

Total percentage: 48%

What does that say about me? Not really sure other than I obviously don't know a lot of the "niche" fragrances yet. I just bought a dozen or so samples of some frags I couldn't find around here at Macy's or Dillard's, so I am giving it a shot!! :-)
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post #26 of 38
11/27/07 at 1:58pm
Top 25: 11
Top 50: 14
Top 100: 25

Total percentage: 50%
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post #27 of 38
11/27/07 at 2:07pm
I have 6 in the whole list.
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post #28 of 38
11/28/07 at 3:59am
I've always preferred less popular fragrances
But they cost me enough !
first 25 - 8
next 25 - 7
next 50 - 13
overall 28
only four more to get, definitely.


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post #29 of 38
11/28/07 at 4:26am
top 25 - 8 fragrances
top 50 - 12 fragrances
top 100 - 13 fragrances

As % of my collection, the top 100 is 15%.
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post #30 of 38
11/28/07 at 5:01am
first 25 - 5
next 25 - 8
next 50 - 7
overall 20

About 25% of my wardrobe. I've tried most of the list, and have no plans to buy anything else that's currently on it. And one time, I might've owned a lot more, but I've got rid of things I don't wear much.
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post #31 of 38
11/28/07 at 6:00am
Ten!
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post #32 of 38
11/28/07 at 6:25am
i've got 6 in the whole lot. woo
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post #33 of 38
11/28/07 at 8:27am
In the top 25? [10]

In the top 50? [18]

In the top 100? [36]

Percentage of your wardrobe is in the top 100? [36%]
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post #34 of 38
11/28/07 at 3:39pm
In the top 25: [6]

In the top 50: [11]

In the top 100: [14]

Percentage of wardrobe in the top 100: [58%]
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post #35 of 38
11/28/07 at 3:43pm
only 21 in the top 100
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post #36 of 38
11/28/07 at 3:44pm
Wow, male perfume reviews really dominate. I only have a sampler of 1 (Tea for Two), but 4 more are on my wishlist! (Angel, Millesime Imperial, Dzing, and Musc Ravageur)
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post #37 of 38
11/29/07 at 12:30am
19 in top 25
30 in top 50
50 in top 100

The top 100 has quite a few women's scents listed, which I am pleased not to possess.
Renato
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post #38 of 38
11/29/07 at 3:27am
IN 25 : (5)
IN 26-50 : (4)
IN 51-100 : (3)

So 12% ^_^
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