Female's Perspective

Ok, so, not to brag or anything but I'm a college frat guy who knows a lot of girls (young and old) and I've been doing a statistical experiment for a college class to see which scents women prefer. I've just started today even though it's due next week but here is the analysis for right now with one category COMPLETELY dominating!

Fresh: 31

Gourmand: 5

Citrus: 8

Powdery: 2

Floral: 5

Aquatic: 9

These are the seix main categories that I used for the experiment as I grouped a lot of the subcategories together for example I explained to the girls that Fresh was like vetiver(grassy), woodsy, etc
Gourmands were just sweet based fragrances minus citrus that was its own category.
Powdery was its own category cause I believe it to be unique. Aquatic, I guess is the same thing as fresh although it's more spring/summer based and is usually but no always combined with a citrusy background

So, this is just the beginning after one night. If you guys are interested, I'll keep the thread updated until I turn in my project and possibly after if there is enough interest.
Let me have your thoughts and personal experiences.

My personal opinion: I honestly thought more girls would be into smelling gourmands. I figured it was sexy and they would love to just eat my neck off. However, that is not the case as gourmands is second to last currently. Again, I figured more mature women would be into fresh/masculine scents but college girls and some younger as well are more into fresh scents...surprising, for me at least

I also thought citrus would be a lot higher since I get a lot of compliments during summer when I wear aquatics and citrus based substances.

This really hott girl called me about 30 minutes ago and she's complaining how she's stuck in traffic blah blah and I wasn't really paying attention to anything else she said but then I remembered I should ask her what her opinion was on fragrances and what her favorite scent was. I've hooked up with her before, but I was completely shocked at what I heard, to be honest:
She said, "I think it's really important for guys to wear colognes. When I smell a guy and he smells really good, it makes me want to have sex with him even if he's not attractive or anything"--She's a very mature 19 year old so I wasn't surprised when she said fresh scents were her favorite. She tried to describe a particular scent that she likes the most and from what I got out of it...it was Acqua Di Gio--go figure lol
I had a good laugh and responded: "that's why I wear colognes besides it being a hobby. Not all women are going to find me attractive as some girls like blonde and light skinned guys while I resemble a typical European. However, if she gets a good whiff of that La Nuit De l'homme and she has a sweet tooth for gourmands, then I have her attention immediately and let my charisma take over"

Not word for word obviously but pretty much and she had a good laugh and said soooo true
So, there you have it guys feedback would be nice

Ok, this is really insane. So, I'm getting more input from girls and it's more fresh fragrances that are dominating. I've updated the statistics for now.
Again, it's not all college girls. I've asked girls on facebook as well so mothers and more mature women have responded.

The majority seem to agree that for men: Fresh is the best
For women: The majority seem to like citrus based fragrances the most.


The girls that have chosen gourmands I've noticed are all the extremely naughty girls. The girls that tend to put out on first dates or at parties after a few drinks. Or for older women, the cougars.
This might be just a coincidence but it's something i'll def keep in mind when I write my conclusion/discussion.
I'm glad I chose this topic

Now that I think about it..look back at all the most complimented colognes, a lot of them are fresh based like Issey Miyake, Bleu de Chanel, Acqua di Gio, Polos, Creeds (majority are fresh and oriental/earthy based).
I wonder if it's a chemical/biological thing in females. Where does this arousing stimulation derive from when they smell fresh fragrances. Hmmmm


Idk whether to believe this La Nuit by YSL hype any more. I love the fragrance. A lot of BNers love the fragrance. It's my favorite in my collection and many claim that girls love it. However, in my personal experience, girls refute it. It makes them nauseous and is too strong.

No problem and thanks for your input.

If you guys have any other ideas on how to improve my experiment, let me know

I'll quote what most of the girls have told me: "A fresh, clean, musky-esque type of smell is what I like"
That's the general view

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I agree, though. I wear my colognes for myself. However, if I go to an event or party. I do like to wear something that the majority of people will enjoy and it will make me more approachable rather than unbearable to be around. So, in that sense, I guess fresh scents are the way to go. They are not imposing or direct.

However, I'm that guy that likes to stand out in big crowds and not play it safe. I personally don't care what the majority people think. I'll wear what I like and the people that enjoy it, good for them

This is why I wear La Nuit by YSL everywhere I go :-p

I would think the opposite. Most younger women like less mature scents. I view fresh scents to be more mature.
However, i'd say that about 30% of my survey is from older and more mature women and the majority of them also said fresh scents. My mom and sister also agree as well as all my aunts and their daughters. My mom's friend who is 70 said fresh with a citrus base. However, on a wider scale, I agree there should be a nation wide experiment done. Unfortunately, I don't think I can conduct such a thing but I think a fragrance company should invest in such a thing. If what is stated in my experiment is true, that women like fresh scents, I think the market would have a shift in offering more fresh scent based substances.

I thought I'd add another comment from this cute girl on her view:

"On a guy, love the fresh smell!!!! Woodsy for sure, or clean smell. And girls or myself definitely fruitsy or floral. NEVER gourmands, yuck!"

-_- unbelievable

My favorite, gourmands, being ridiculed endlessly

That's a key factor (or flaw whichever way you view it) in my experiment. Unfortunately, I can't get all these girls to come experiment my collection of the various scents of fragrance realm, so I just base it off of what they enjoy smelling.

But you're right. I explained to one girl what Tobacco Vanille smelled like and she said eww Tobacco and Vanilla together? Gross. However, if she actually got around to smelling the well blended fragrance, I don't think she would go ewww. I think she might say it smells nice but not on a man. So, yeah, definitely see where you're coming from and something i'll mention in my conclusion,
thx

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I would love to do an in person experiment some day. Go to different parts of the city (rather large city) I live in and conduct experiments from various age groups, ethnicities, wealthy/poor etc. For ex: People from school, downtown (business people), and so on and have them each sample a popular fragrance from each genre and choose the best smelling
That could be a rebuttal to my argument that I present in favor of females preferring fresh scents

I might go to the mall tomorrow and get a bunch of test strips and put various fragrances on there and start asking girls at the mall to smell it and then monday go downtown and wednesday at school to round it off.

I might even throw a wild card female marketed fragrance in there and see if any girls would choose it for their man. It would be interesting.

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Cause his concert was...fresh?


I get your joke ;b