This is more my speed...
1-25: 23
25-50: 23
50-100: 47
Thread: Top 100 Rejects |
As a complement to the current "How does your wardrobe compare to the top 100 reviewed fragrances list?" post, I offer:
How many of the "Top 100" reviewed fragrances on the Basenotes review page have you tried and then decided you didn't want to own?
For me:
Of numbers 1 to 25: 12
Of numbers 25 to 50: 10
Of numbers 50 to 100: 13
That's 35% that I've decided against. At least for now - I reserve the right to remain fickle.![]()
This is more my speed...
1-25: 23
25-50: 23
50-100: 47
Good extension Vibert - I like this one too!
In the top 25: 9
In the top 50: 13
In the top 100: 21 total
21% of the top 100 will not find a home with me!
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, ...... I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost
12 out of 100
The others I either like or have.
16 out of 100.
As a coda - the percentage of non-keepers from the total number I've tried among the "Top 100."
35 out of 39, for a 90% rejection rate.![]()
Of the 61 that I haven't tried there are only 6 on my "to try" list right now.
The raw data:
1-25: 9
26-50: 8
50-100: 11
However, the truth is that some I don't have simply because they've had their day. I mean, who still buys Drakkar Noir? I had a bottle, used it, liked it at the time, but never bought it again. Some, though, I know from reputation and have no interest in meeting them personally. Actually, that pretty well defines the other 60-or-so fragrances.
This is how my wardrobe comes out counting full bottles:
numbers 1-25: 3
25-50: 3
51-75: 2
76-100: 1
Same idea, slightly different statistics (and some detail):
6 scents: Never tried, on my current "to try" list:
M7
Green Irish Tweed
Eau Sauvage
Himalaya
Cuiron Pour Homme
Chanel Pour Monsieur
15 scents: Never tried, and in no hurry:
A*Men / Angel Men
Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme
Silver Mountain Water
Angel
Millésime Impérial
212 Men
Allure Homme Sport
Baldessarini
Original Vetiver
Michael for Men
Echo
Crave
H.M.
Herrera for Men
Givenchy pour Homme
9 scents: Like it, but don't own it (yet):
Fahrenheit
Rive Gauche pour Homme (also interested in, but never tried, the "intense" version)
Antaeus
Habit Rouge
Égoïste / L'Égoïste
Voleur de Roses
Tabaróme Millésime
JHL
Ambre Sultan
The remaining 59 scents are ones that I've tried and decided are not for me
That's my thread !
First 25 : 15, or 60 %
Next 25 : 16, or 64 %
Next 50 : 37, or 74 %
Tendency : growing...
Last edited by narcus; 29th November 2007 at 09:47 AM.
'Il mondo dei profumi č un universo senza limiti: una fraganza puo rievocare sensazioni, luoghi, persone o ancora condurre in uno spazio di nuove dimensioni emozionali' L. V.
These results almost exactly mirror those for the number that I do have.
Of numbers 1 to 25: 10
Of numbers 25 to 50: 10
Of numbers 50 to 100: 21
That's 41% of the top-100 reviewed that I've tried and decided against.
This leaves 23/100 that I've yet to even try adequately and make a decision.
I guess I'm considered fickle too!
I've tried them all and only 4 made the grade.
I guess that makes a 96% disapproval rating.
'Il mondo dei profumi č un universo senza limiti: una fraganza puo rievocare sensazioni, luoghi, persone o ancora condurre in uno spazio di nuove dimensioni emozionali' L. V.
Excluding the women's scents on the Top 100, there are three I haven't tried - JHL, Geir, Musk Ravageur.
If the price were low enough, there are none that I would reject - though my wife objects strongly to any notion of my buying Fleur du Male.
Renato
Last edited by narcus; 29th November 2007 at 02:22 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
'Il mondo dei profumi č un universo senza limiti: una fraganza puo rievocare sensazioni, luoghi, persone o ancora condurre in uno spazio di nuove dimensioni emozionali' L. V.