Have you
compared perfumes? Of course you have. Have you ever asked 20 men
what they thought about three different perfumes that you were trying to decide
from?
Last weekend, while I was oversees; I decided to go
shopping for a new perfume. Here were my criteria:
- I want a perfume that will smell delicious, exotic and sexy
- I want a perfume that will have an attractive smell to others
- I don’t want something that will be overwhelming for my or to others
- I want a smell that I can wear out during the day and at night
While smelling tens of perfumes in a department store and trying
to figure out which one fit all of these criteria, my mind started to spin. It’s hard enough to smell thirty perfumes, let
alone decide which one fit my requirements.
So, I narrowed my search down to three perfumes.
- Nina Ricci – Red Apple – a French perfume (about $53 on
Amazon.com)
- Versace – Bright Crystal – (about $40 on Amazon.com)
- Chanel – Chance – (about $85 on Amazon.com)
All three of these perfumes smelled extremely well. I couldn’t decide which one was the one I was going to buy. Considering their prices, it probably wouldn’t be the best idea to buy all three. While smelling these three perfumes over and over again and trying to determine which one fit my criteria the best, my mind was struck with a question:
Why am I the only one trying to figure out which perfume smells
the best???
It didn’t make any sense. How
can I decide which perfume is the sexiest smell? How can I decide which perfume will not
overwhelm anybody else? I couldn’t.
This is when I came up with a research idea. Why not ask 20 men what they thought was the best perfume?
After I purchased all three perfumes, the research was on.
Here were my research guidelines.
- 20 men:
- Fashionable and well groomed/dressed
- Between 20s – 40s in age
- Two questions:
- Which one they liked the most?
- Which one they liked the least?
- No names or brands of the perfume were going to be disclosed
After conducting my little research, the results were in.
Majority of the men thought Chanel Chance was the best and the
sexiest perfume. The least chosen
perfume out of the three was Versace Bright Crystal. Nina Ricci came in second almost tying to
Chanel Chance. The results were a bit
shocking. Chanel wasn’t the one that I
expected to come in at the top of the list.
As for my preference, I would recommend Nina Ricci the Red Apple. Its smell is absolutely beautiful, light and elegant. You can wear it all day starting from work and finishing the evening at a lounge. Either way, you can’t go wrong with Chanel Chance or Nina Ricci.
