How I Choose Fragrance - Overthinking SOTD

[@reeethydroo]

It's always fun to hear how other individuals decide on how they rotate their fragrances. I personally love to wear my fragrances based on the vibe of the day, or practically how I feel. I have fragrances that invigorate me on a working day. On the other hand, I have fragrances that I wear when I feel like I'm in a brooding mood, which happens way too often.

[@TheScentinel]

@@reeethydroo I want to be more like this

[@gabbiagoston]

Wow such discipline, I basically spend half a minute in front of my perfume collection every day, after I dressed up and did my make up for the day and choose something intuitively which fits the vibe :D I do track what I am wearing though, and if I haven't worn something from my collection at least 3 times a year, it has to go, I only keep a decant.

[@TheScentinel]

@@gabbiagoston believe me, it's the only thing i am disciplined at🤣

[@gabbiagoston]

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[@breannacarels6479]

I LOVE that you shared that with us. You remind me of my brother… although he’s more OCD I imagine. When we lived together I remember he would wear his shirts in the order they hung in his closet, and play his board games and watch his dvd sets / movies in alphabetical order. I found it so interesting and also opposite to myself being a very emotionally expressive and intuitive decision maker. Hearing about your past selection processes was so interesting and I can really see how the spreadsheet method would really help you to refine your collection. Thanks so much for the video!

[@TheScentinel]

@@breannacarels6479 I think it's one of the few things that I am old about

[@onwee72]

Most days I just rely on the mood I am in, but take into account what I'll be doing, what I am wearing (clothes) and of course, weather. Your system of choosing is very interesting.

[@TheScentinel]

Seems like a solid method

[@orosz4001]

Amazing. I do a combo systematic / intuitive. Based on my last worn, I pull my 14 last worn. They go into that weeks “perfume tray”. Then each day I intuitively select from that tray, I do day and night too. They reset the following week. I like the structure and the options.

[@TheScentinel]

@@orosz4001 I am loving hearing everyone's methods

[@esteres.choice]

Wow Pep, now that is a system!!👏 I seriously don’t know how to incorporate sample and decant use on daily basis. There are so many 5-10ml decants and I don’t want them to evaporate.

[@TheScentinel]

@@esteres.choice it is nearly a full-time job😁

[@GinaAngels]

I enjoyed hearing your process. I am not disciplined enough to have a spread sheet and make sure everything gets enjoyed. I know personally there is kinda a little thought that goes into pick the daily scent like you mentioned. the weather and the activity for the day and who I will be seeing. I know for the future I will not bring in any larger size bottles because I want to go through my collection and not be wasteful. I know I personally enjoy looking at the dents and saying to myself I really have been enjoying this one. Thanks again for a great video Pep.

[@TheScentinel]

@@GinaAngels thank you, again, for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@pmrp12]

Good to hear your process! Occasion, weather, and vibe all play into my daily SOTD. I manage my collection in Parfumo and a google spreadsheet, and keep a seasonal wardrobe to wear through all my fragrances. I used to track my SOTD, but now just pick and go.

[@TheScentinel]

Good to know. I don't feel so embarrassed now

[@a_paradigm_sniff]

It would be a fun experiment to have yourself and a group of friends wear the same fragrance for a good week or so and then have a meet up and discuss how that fragrance worked for each individual for the duration.

[@TheScentinel]

@@a_paradigm_sniff a Perfume Book Club👌

[@n._scents]

I tend to match my fragrances according to the season, and often according to how i dress

[@oldmanshizuoka]

Wow~ You have a sometimes complicated but often interesting set of ideas and techniques on how to decide on a scent each day. You outlier, You. 🤗

[@TheScentinel]

@@oldmanshizuoka 😅

[@IzanythingOk]

Fascinating. I am not using my spreadsheet for tracking wears. I like that it pays homage to all the bottles, including the ones to be culled. Would you consider flow charts, color coding? For example tracking the note/accord data using color for mood/attraction to the scent? Anyhow thanks. I’m on a long train ride & this is fun. So fun the pure intuition challenge - maybe instead of text tracking the intuitive choices you could assign color… Good luck.

[@TheScentinel]

@@IzanythingOk no colour coding, but I definitely make notes of prominent accords

[@ems_h.eartnotes]

Yeah I just pick based on my mood and the weather, but it's pretty easy to do with a collection of 18 frags (I used up 17 frags this year). I tend to wear through my samples and decants given by friends quite quickly, as they seem to go bad. I would definitely have a rotation system if I had a bigger collection, and your system sounds very considered, Pep

[@TheScentinel]

@ems_h.eartnotes I bet you really love all 18 bottles. How do you work the samples through?

[@ScottCutshall]

I don't even know how to make a spreadsheet (I'm a musician so it probably makes sense ~ failed money maker for life!) but this is interesting for sure, Pep! Me: I wake up, look at all the bottles, say out loud ~ "Who wants to spray today?" and I pick... I know, I know, unscientific as shit but it seems to work. Great viddy!

[@brookef2368]

I must be a nerd too! I plan out my week to make sure I cycle through my collection, based on; - weather - WFH Mon testing samples - Tues-Thurs in office are safe but usually high quality - Fri-Sat free range, often fragrances that aren't office friendly - Sun reserved for fragrances I don't love I will switch out if I'm not feeling it on the day

[@TheScentinel]

@brookef2368 well THIS is a schedule 😁

[@katyamuravyeva9880]

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[@TheScentinel]

@@katyamuravyeva9880 thank you

[@lineplanevolume]

I religiously use my spread sheet to track what scents and clothes I'm wearing. I primarily work on seasonal inspiration along with either an internal or external motivation/goal. I use the spread sheet to look at trends and to use those to remind me about what I'm not paying enough attention to.

[@TheScentinel]

@@lineplanevolume it really comforts me that people share a similar approach to this.

[@lineplanevolume]

@@TheScentinel I figured I needed to make the most of my collection and this helps a lot. The tracking I can do on basenotes and the others only scratch the surface. Agree that it's comforting to know that we're not that over-obsessed all on our own. 🙂

[@deluxelex9056]

Interesting, I do exactly what you do with the spreadsheet and rotating through them based on last worn date

[@TheScentinel]

@@deluxelex9056 at least I am not alone

[@TevinC814]

I also have a spreadsheet with all my fragrances but only to know how many I have purchased and the categories that they fall under. I am 19 in and I plan to discuss downsize to 15.

[@TheScentinel]

@TevinC814 it's definitely a number that can cover most bases. Then you can sample so many others

[@dushkopetrovich]

I think you would like Georges Perec, if you haven’t already read him. I’m thinking of how he would decide to traverse Paris only on streets named after generals, for example.

[@TheScentinel]

@@dushkopetrovich I will look him up

[@gubberfranzen]

I think it makes a difference if you're reviewing fragrances or if you're just wearing what you like. The "scientific" approach makes a lot of sense if you're reviewing. I have 4 shelves and I have my fragrences split in gym, cold weather, warm weather and one for the rest. My system is flawed because I tend to "save" the good/expensive ones for "special" occations.

[@TheScentinel]

@@gubberfranzen there's no right way, I guess.

[@commissioner1969]

I look at fragrances as formal and everyday. The formal fragrances are more difficult to use in an office setting but surely an everyday fragrance can be used for a formal setting. With work its usually a choice between Cedrat Boise Bleu Chanel EDP Aventus Dior Sauvage Terre Dhermes Prada Lhomme Greenley I only wear Layton and Layton Exclusif for night time chilling or events as its the best thing Ive ever smelled.

[@justaddlight]

I would say that organization is just good perfume etiquette. 😉 Really is a helpful tool in the long run.

[@TheScentinel]

@@justaddlight yeah it has helped me