What makes a scent smell "expensive" ?
11 years ago
Good question, and ladies and gents, I need your input.
You probably have a nice size collection of perfumes in wardrobe and can speak from experience, weighing what each particular bottle has cost and how much the perfume is praised as smelling "expensive".
Everyone has one or more go-to scents which not necessarily cost that much or are of utmost quality.
Here I am referring to those precious scents which are reserved for special occasions and cost a lot. Their quality is without question. But, which note in particular - or is it a combination of notes - makes the scent smell "expensive" ?
We had this discussion at another Forum. I proposed that for a perfume to smell "expensive", it may mean the absence of skanky notes which could make a scent smell vulgar, cheap.
However, many good scents in the past contained real Civet and were they smelling vulgar ? They certainly were expensive in price, did those smell "expensive" ?
Sometimes, with a classy and expensive outfit, the scent is automatically associated as smelling good.
What are your examples from your own collection ? Which are the most precious ones - reserved for special occasions ? Have they equally cost the most in price ?
You probably have a nice size collection of perfumes in wardrobe and can speak from experience, weighing what each particular bottle has cost and how much the perfume is praised as smelling "expensive".
Everyone has one or more go-to scents which not necessarily cost that much or are of utmost quality.
Here I am referring to those precious scents which are reserved for special occasions and cost a lot. Their quality is without question. But, which note in particular - or is it a combination of notes - makes the scent smell "expensive" ?
We had this discussion at another Forum. I proposed that for a perfume to smell "expensive", it may mean the absence of skanky notes which could make a scent smell vulgar, cheap.
However, many good scents in the past contained real Civet and were they smelling vulgar ? They certainly were expensive in price, did those smell "expensive" ?
Sometimes, with a classy and expensive outfit, the scent is automatically associated as smelling good.
What are your examples from your own collection ? Which are the most precious ones - reserved for special occasions ? Have they equally cost the most in price ?