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Fragrance Reviews - The Mandatory Checklist

6 May, 2014 - 11:05am by - First Lady | 51 Comments

Article by BR Natalie


Our moderation team have noticed fragrances seem to be the hardest product to review. 

To help combat sub-standard reviews being submitted, we've come up with a mandatory checklist of things to discuss.  Fragrance reviews that do not meet these standards will be removed and the points will be deducted.

Two important things to note -
1.  You must own the fragrance.  A quick whiff at the perfume counter is not a fair trial of the product.
2.  If you're reviewing the gift set, you must review all the products of the set.  If you don't own the gift set, just the fragrance please submit your review against the fragrance.

For all fragrance reviews, please mention your thoughts on:

The Product.
Do you own the EDP or the EDT?  What size bottle do you own?  Is it your signature scent, do you use it daily or for special occasions?  How long have you been wearing it?  Was it a gift or did you choose it yourself?

The Scent.
What sort of notes does it have? Is it sweet?  Spicy? Fresh?  Floral?  Does it remind you of anything else?  Does it last through the day, or do you need to reapply regularly?

The Bottle.
Do you like the packaging? Did it influence your purchase?

Price.
Is the product worth the price tag?

So there we have it - four areas to focus on and hopefully the end of reviews like - "This smells nice, I really like it" or "Smells great on my mum"!

Anything you think we've missed?

Comments

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6th May, 2014

If it helps anyone at all, I try to write a review based on what I would look for if I was looking to buy said product and wanted to know x, y, z about it. With perfumes some key scent note like floral, woody, musky, spicy, fruity etc would be really helpful and if you can smell citrus, vanilla, roses etc Now I am not saying my reviews are perfect by any means and will be double checking all of mine and adding the things I need to to meet the guidelines.

6th May, 2014

Great advice, off to update some of mine :)

6th May, 2014

OMG I am so embarrassed with my reviews :-( (my embarrassed face)

6th May, 2014

Thanks for the awesome checklist. This will be so much more helpful getting all the information from people rather than some say only parts while others dont mention the same but something different.

6th May, 2014

Great checklist. I haven't reviewed any fragrances but this would be helpful when I come to do some.

6th May, 2014

I'll be taking a look at my fragrance reviews and reviews from when I first signed up and touching them up. I do know when I first started writing on here I wasn't too sure what to write or very confident in it but these days I feel I'm a bit more "experienced" and have more of an idea :)

6th May, 2014

Thanks BR this is a fantastic guideline for future frangrance reviews!!

6th May, 2014

I hadn't done any of my fragrance reviews yet purely because I too was stumped at where to start. Thanks BR, this will make it easier and help me to write better reviews. :)

6th May, 2014

I will be going back over my fragrance reviews to check that they meet these standards. Fragrance is such an investment - financially and emotionally - that I know I need all the help I can get It is only fair that we all do our very best to give a well rounded review.

6th May, 2014

Awesome thanks for the help I own a few perfumes so waiting for them to be added so I now know what to say about them

6th May, 2014

Awesome guidelines BR :-)

6th May, 2014

Thanks for giving us some direction. It's good to have some points to cover as it gives us ideas of what's useful to write about. I went and updated all of my fragrance reviews because a couple of them were useless! I really think fragrance is such a personal thing and you either like something or you don't.

6th May, 2014

This was definitely needed. It is so difficult to review a perfume and I'd rather read peoples messages on here than that of the seller because they MAKE NO SENSE! I think I've reviewed all I've ever had so I feel good I dont have to try do any more! Definitely the hardest!!!!

6th May, 2014

Awesome!! Perfume is hard, but this certainly helps :D

6th May, 2014

Oh BR you really know how to write great little articles - super useful checklist that i will ensure to refer to :-) thanks!!

tannygirl
9th May, 2014

Yeah I find the reviews give me and idea of how long the scent would last and that's a big deciding factor for me. I also the reviews help narrow down the selection at the fragrance counter and directs me to the ones I would like, so I can test them.

tannygirl
9th May, 2014

I'm particularly picky with fragrances even some really popular ones aren't my cup of tea, but I do find the fragrance reviews narrow down the ones to try out and give me an idea of which ones I may like.

tannygirl
9th May, 2014

I agree. Fragrance is definitely a splurge and anything pricey deserves a more detailed review.

tannygirl
9th May, 2014

Practice makes perfect. And my reviews, have definitely gotten lengthier and improved as time went on.

tannygirl
9th May, 2014

Same here and not just with fragrances but other items as well. I think anything that's expensive deserves a reasonably detailed review. You forked over cash so naturally you be a bit more critical of the product if it didn't live up to it's claims.

tannygirl
9th May, 2014

Or in the case of fragrances if it was high-end price wise but ended up smelling like a cheaper fragrance or didn't last long or if it smells very similar to another fragrance that's maybe a bit more affordable I would like to know that information.

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