23 Fragrance Sample Card Test - 29 December, 2023

Samples are sprayed 3-5 times on a labeled card. Judgement begins approximately 40 minutes after they have dried. 

Cards are turned with the label side facing down and arranged in lines. This is done in a dimly lit environment to avoid judgment or attempt at identification based on the spray stain.

All cards are sniffed through quickly and those in the first three disqualifier groups are decided first, then separated out. The groups being:
1.) Smells like nothing
2.) Smells like something but I’m not impressed
3.) Don’t enjoy or don’t want to smell like

The remaining cards are then shuffled and reordered. They are ranked in groups of three. The best, mid, and least favorite of each group are compared again until final card order is decided.

These are my judgement results - from being sprayed on paper *only* - for the following 23 fragrances:

Smelled like nothing:
- Tory Burch
- Gin Fizz
- Dame Perfumery Musc Neutre

Smelled like something, but I wasn’t impressed:
- Gucci Guilty
- Rose de Taif
- Byredo Inflorescence
- Commodity Moss+

Don’t Enjoy or Don’t want to smell Like:
- Perfumology Clutch
- Dame Perfumery Chilehead

Top 14 favorites:
#14 Byredo Bal D’Afrique
#13 Izia Sisley
#12 Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia
#11 Bottega Veneta
#10 Elizabeth Taylor Violet Eyes
#9 Poesie Velvet Moon
#8 Guerlain L’Heure Bleue EDT
#7 Gucci Bloom
#6 Whisky 1969
#5 Byredo Flowerhead
#4 Britney Spears Fantasy
#3 Gucci Flora Gorgeous Magnolia
#2 Elizabeth Taylor Passion
#1 Byredo Pulp