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of all the fragrances you tried

post #1 of 18
2/15/13 at 2:50pm
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if you had to estimate
what percentage have you loved, liked, felt indifferent on, disliked, and hated.

With me, probably:

5% Love
20% Like
60% Nuetral
10% Dislike
5% Hated

To me, there aren't that many that I really have negative feelings toward, and at the same time I'm very discriminate about which ones I absolutely love. Most fragrances, I appreciate, but they don't really don't affect the way I feel. Only few very evoke extreme emotions either way.

Perhaps, this is why fragrance is such a PERSONAL journey.
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post #2 of 18
2/15/13 at 3:42pm
Love 50%
Like 25%
Neutral 10%
Dislike 10%
Hated 5%
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post #3 of 18
2/15/13 at 5:19pm
Love: 10%
Like: 25%
Neutral: 35%
Dislike: 25%
Hate: 5%

There's definitely not too many that I hate (especially if I don't include the Montale Aouds...which I really hate). I can remember most of them off hand.
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post #4 of 18
2/15/13 at 6:05pm
I have liked 100% of mine (1,414), otherwise they wouldn't be in my collection.
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post #5 of 18
2/15/13 at 7:43pm
I'd say I'd come pretty close to you. Almost a perfect bell curve.
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post #6 of 18
2/16/13 at 5:27am
1% Love
45% Like
4% Nuetral
45% Dislike
5% Hated
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post #7 of 18
2/17/13 at 10:36am
Love: 15%
Like: 40%
Neutral: 35%
Dislike: 7%
Hate: 3%

- - - Updated - - -

On behalf of Trebor:

Love: tolerate: 1%
Like: 0
Neutral: 0
Dislike: 0
Hate: despise: 99%

:P
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post #8 of 18
2/17/13 at 1:39pm
Loved 6%
Liked 60%
Neutral 20%
Dislike 12%
Hate 2%
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post #9 of 18
2/17/13 at 5:45pm
The 150 odd that I have were all tested b4 buying FB - so 100% LOVE...

Only exception was the 1 blind buy that I did - Montale's Cuir de Arabie - when I tried this from the FB I had bought, 1 spray on my wrist and I wanted to strech my hands to keep my wrist as far away from my nose as possible - have many other leathers & dark parfums, none of which challenged me as Cuir de Arabie. I scrubbed abt 4 times with the strongest scented soaps to take it off my skin after abt 5hrs...This parfum is however, highly rated on BN and other forums.

Yet to find courage to re-test this...
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post #10 of 18
2/18/13 at 4:30pm
Well, the op asked for a percentage of liked, disliked etc. among all those that we've tried. Of course, my entire collection I like, but that wasn't the question. So here is my breakdown:
loved 10%
liked 25%
neutral 30%
disliked 25%
hated 10%
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post #11 of 18
2/18/13 at 8:32pm
15% Love
45% Like
20% Neutral
15% Dislike
5% Hated
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post #12 of 18
2/19/13 at 5:09am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hednic View Post

I have liked 100% of mine (1,414), otherwise they wouldn't be in my collection.



what about the ones you sampled, that didn't make the collection
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post #13 of 18
2/19/13 at 5:23am
If I had to peg numbers to it, I guess I would say:

20% Love
40% Like
10% Neutral
20% Dislike
10% Hated
I end up loving a lot of the fragrances I try, and thus want them in my collection. Then, there are plenty that I like, and may or may not fit in my collection. The rest I generally dislike and rarely (but it does happen) hate.
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post #14 of 18
2/19/13 at 11:34am
5% Love (omg must wear more!)
60% Like (nice scent, but probably won't ever buy it)
30% Neutral (meh, it's a smell)
5% Dislike (omg never want it again)

I don't actually distinguish between Hate/Dislike. To me, neither are going to be worn/purchased.
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post #15 of 18
2/19/13 at 2:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by badarun View Post

The 150 odd that I have were all tested b4 buying FB - so 100% LOVE...

Only exception was the 1 blind buy that I did - Montale's Cuir de Arabie - when I tried this from the FB I had bought, 1 spray on my wrist and I wanted to strech my hands to keep my wrist as far away from my nose as possible - have many other leathers & dark parfums, none of which challenged me as Cuir de Arabie. I scrubbed abt 4 times with the strongest scented soaps to take it off my skin after abt 5hrs...This parfum is however, highly rated on BN and other forums.

Yet to find courage to re-test this...


What?

You've loved every fragrance you've ever tried and have bought bottles of all of them?
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post #16 of 18
2/20/13 at 5:47am
That's interesting.
Mine would be more like
10% Love
20% Like
50% Neutral
25% Dislike
5% Hated
For every 10 samples I tried, I'd acquire 3 full bottles.
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post #17 of 18
2/20/13 at 7:45am
Loved 5-10%
Liked 60-70%
Neutral 10%
Disliked 5%
Hated 5%

Anyway, the overwhelming majority is of love, like and, at wort, neutral reactions, otherwise, I'd hardly would have put together even the comparatively modest collection I currently have.
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post #18 of 18
2/25/13 at 10:30pm
I think the loved and liked categories represent the same percentages for me as well with slight differences on the other figures.
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