How to Use the Perfume Finder Quiz (And Read Its Results Properly)

The quiz asks for gender marketing, up to four style preferences, and one wearing scene. Each answer maps to a weighted rule set rather than a rigid filter, which is why you still get results when your combination is unusual.

• Gender adds 30 points for an exact match and 18 for a unisex composition, because unisex releases are formulated to sit between the two conventional accord palettes.
• Each style preference checks two independent signals: the olfactive family string (worth 22 points) and the count of marker notes in the pyramid (7 points each, capped at 28). A fragrance can match on notes without matching on family — that is usually where the interesting recommendations come from.
• The scene adds up to 30 points from documented occasion tags, then applies a sillage adjustment: heavy projection loses 18 points for Office and gains 10 for Party.

Selecting every style makes the score meaningless — almost any composition will match something, and the ranking collapses toward whatever fragrance has the longest note list. One primary style plus one secondary is the sweet spot: it mirrors how perfumers describe a brief (a dominant accord plus a contrast).

If you genuinely like everything, run the quiz three separate times with one style each and compare the three lists. Overlaps across runs are the most reliable candidates for a blind buy shortlist.

Scent-restricted workplaces are now common in healthcare, aviation and much of East Asian corporate culture. Rather than banning heavy fragrances outright, the quiz demotes anything whose documented sillage is described as strong, heavy or enormous when you pick Office.

The practical rule behind the maths: in shared air, the correct target is detectable within arm's length and invisible beyond it. That usually means an EDT concentration, two sprays, applied to the chest under clothing rather than the neck.

No algorithm models skin chemistry. Sebum level, skin pH and body temperature measurably change how fast top notes flash off and how loudly musks and ambers project. Two people wearing the same EDP can report a three-hour difference in longevity.

Treat the output as a sampling list, not a purchase list. Order 2 ml decants of the top three, wear each for a full day on separate days, and only then commit to a bottle.