This is the rating system of Basenotes. I doubt it will be changed, and judged on this site's success, I doubt changing it would be the top priority, but I do have one problem with grading fragrances on this.
There are plenty of times when a person would write a review about them liking a scent, but it's not like it's something they would wear regularly or enthusiastically recommend.
So, let's say fragrance A is 150 positive, 25 nuetral, 25 negative
And fragrance B is 110 positive, 40 nuetral and 30 negative.
Does this mean fragrance A is has higher approval throughout the community?
What if 30 out of the 150 for A were "very positive". And 50 out of the 110 were "very positive"?
Then the whole context would change.
Another fragrance website for example has a love-like-dislike rating to distinguish the difference between generally approving of the fragrance and being crazy about it.
Of course, even if there were a "very positive" option, everyone has their own way of grading things and someone's standards for a like may equal someone else's standards for a nuetral.
There are plenty of times when a person would write a review about them liking a scent, but it's not like it's something they would wear regularly or enthusiastically recommend.
So, let's say fragrance A is 150 positive, 25 nuetral, 25 negative
And fragrance B is 110 positive, 40 nuetral and 30 negative.
Does this mean fragrance A is has higher approval throughout the community?
What if 30 out of the 150 for A were "very positive". And 50 out of the 110 were "very positive"?
Then the whole context would change.
Another fragrance website for example has a love-like-dislike rating to distinguish the difference between generally approving of the fragrance and being crazy about it.
Of course, even if there were a "very positive" option, everyone has their own way of grading things and someone's standards for a like may equal someone else's standards for a nuetral.
