
Originally Posted by
slpfrsly
I was just referring to your own use of the term 'invest'. If you think it will be a worthwhile 'investment' of your money, then consider the prospect that you'll be totally underwhelmed by the fragrances, and even dislike them. That's a possibility. Also, you can't really sell a sample like you can a bottle, and you can't keep them so they appreciate in price like you can with a bottle, so in that sense, again, I wouldn't think of them as good 'investments'. In this way, I'd think of sampling more as...gambling, almost. Are you happy to pay some money to spin the wheel and potentially experience some really nice (or really bad, or somewhere in between) fragrances? If so, and if you're happy with a $100 stake, then go for it. However, I would not do so if you think you're going to experience fragrances that are definitively 'better quality' than their competition, let alone being X better, with X being correlated to the price difference. If you're comparing, let's say, a $500 Roja, to a $50 designer, don't think it will literally be 10x better. This is a trick of the mind, and of marketing, to expect/hope for that.
With all that said, if you're happy to do all that, then go for it. At the very least, you develop reference points, and may well find you like or love most or all of them. I can see there was just a bit of confusion on your terminology, that's all. No worries.