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Fragrances by Family - What does your Wardrobe look like?

post #1 of 10
1/22/09 at 4:38pm
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Michael Edwards' classifies all fragrances into one of 14 fragrance families. He depicts these families on a Fragrance Wheel.

I have been wondering how typical/atypical my wardrobe is compared to others.

Starting with the family at the center of the Fragrance Wheel and then proceeding clockwise from the top, this is how my collection breaks down by family:

20.5% Aromatic (Fougere)
5.0% Soft Oriental (Amber)
4.1% Oriental
21.1% Woody Oriental
9.5% Woods
7.1% Mossy Woods (Chypre)
22.6% Dry Woods (Leather/Tobacco)
7.4% Citrus
0.0% Fruity
0.6% Green
0.6% Water
0.6% Floral
0.9% Soft Floral
0.0% Floral Oriental

What does your wardrobe look like?
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post #2 of 10
1/22/09 at 4:52pm
I didn't have time to do the math, but lets put it like this: A walk through the woods to an amber pavilion, wouldn't be too far from accurate.
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post #3 of 10
1/22/09 at 5:01pm
TwoRoads that's too much math required and I never liked homework :-)

But here goes:

10 - Oriental
11 - Aromatic Fougeres
5 - Citrus
4 - Woods
2 - Floral

The rest are yet to be classified...

Sorry mate, best I could do
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post #4 of 10
1/22/09 at 6:09pm
"Eclectic!"
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post #5 of 10
1/22/09 at 6:34pm
I left a few out of the count (like Demeters... too hard to define what dirt qualifies as ) and I'm sure I classified some incorrectly, but I'm happy to see I at least have one in each category. Here's my breakdown by type - number I have - percentage:

Soft Oriental - 12 - 14.3%
Oriental - 11 - 13.1%
Woody Oriental - 10 - 11.9%
Dry Woods - 6 - 10.7%
Water - 6 - 10.7%
Aromatic Fougere - 8 - 9.5%
Woods - 7 - 8.3%
Floral Oriental - 7 - 8.3%
Green - 7 - 8.3%
Mossy Woods - 3 - 3.6%
Citrus - 3 - 3.6%
Fruity - 3 - 3.6%
Soft Floral - 2 - 2.4%
Floral - 1 - 1.2%

I'd post how I classified what, but I'd imagine there would be a lot of differing opinions on how certain ones fall.
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post #6 of 10
1/22/09 at 6:55pm
2 Woody Orientals
2 Soft Florals (my faves actually)
1 Floral

I have tried pretty much every samples of the other families.
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post #7 of 10
1/22/09 at 8:22pm
40% Citrus
25% Aromatic
15% Green
5% floral oriental (Neroli, Neroli, Neroli)
5% Floral (Violet Leaf, Geranium)
5% Woody oriental (Sandalwood)
2.5% Woods (Vetiver)
2.5% Mossy Woods (Oakmoss)
After trying nearly every designer/niche scent, in every family/type, my entire wardrobe is small, and looks like:


Violet Blossom & Leaf, "heartland lime sherbet" variety:
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post #8 of 10
1/22/09 at 9:00pm
Predominantly oriental with a handful of mossy woods and leather chypres.
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post #9 of 10
1/22/09 at 9:54pm
Dullah - why would you post that massive photo? Can you make it smaller or perhaps post it in your albums and link to it? That would be appreciated.

I'm going to guesstimate for now, but later on I'll take the time to figure out exactly what fits into which category from my wardrobe. I'm curious how correct I'll be compared to my guess.

Aromatic (Fougere) - 6%
Soft Oriental (Amber) - 4%
Oriental - 12%
Woody Oriental - 6%
Woods - 5%
Mossy Woods (Chypre) - 15%
Dry Woods (Leather/Tobacco) - 23%
Citrus - 14%
Fruity - 3%
Green - 2%
Water - 0%
Floral - 6%
Soft Floral - 2%
Floral Oriental - 2%
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post #10 of 10
1/22/09 at 10:13pm
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Originally Posted by fraddicted View Post

"Eclectic!"

Ditto
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