Stereotypes about perfumes

Have you ever thought about stereotypes that make us judje the perfume scent? Let's look at some examples:

1. “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗺𝗲” - meaning that it is a good floral, fruity or chypre blend.

2. “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘆” - meaning that’s it’s screaming gourmand / tropical / fruity / floral / amber mix.

3. “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗰” 

or 

4. “𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 “𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗲” 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰” - bit boring and suitable for every occasion scents.

When we play “blindtesting” with other perfumistas we often hear such geographical stereotypes / judgements about perfumes on the question - “who could produce / create this perfume”?

Mostly in 60-70% of cases perfumistas are guessing, but sometimes some scents / brands can surprise.

Our top “surprise” brands from geographical point of view are ⬇️

• 𝗘𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

Too hippy or provocative to be French classics, but done really good.

• 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹’𝗢𝗿𝗼

This brand can combine such philosophic and meditative scents like Page 29 or Bihaku & cheerful and gourmand pieces like One More or Lullaby.

• 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗳𝘁

Really interesting, unusual and surprise mix of notes in the scents. Not minimalistic at all! What kind of geographical stereotypes do you hear often about perfumes?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 “𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲” 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 ?