Here is an article in which students and faculty at a Colorado high
school review ten leading men's colognes (this is a rather limited
study, but you may find it interesting to read.) The appendices
contain charts, comments, and documentation regarding the survey taken
by the authors of the article:
Hotchkiss High School: The Scent of a Man
http://www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/MJ2/scent.htm
Hotchkiss High School: Appendix A
http://www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/MJ2/appA.GIF
Hotchkiss High School: Appendix B
http://www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/MJ2/appB.htm
Hotchkiss High School: Appendix C
http://www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/MJ2/appC.htm
Hotchkiss High School: Appendix D
http://www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/MJ2/appD.htm
On a much larger scale, the best place I know to read consumers'
reviews of products is Epinions.com, which offers a dazzling array of
brand names, with comments from actual users. You can choose whether
to display the list alphabetically by name, or sort by ratings or by
price. The link below is sorted by ratings, with the highest-rated
men's fragrances at the top:
Epinions: Men's Cologne Fragrances
http://beta.epinions.com/Fragrances-Cologne/sort_~rating/pp_~1/sort_dir_~des
Similar to Epinions, but offering fewer reviews, is RateItAll:
RateItAll: Fragrances (Men's)
http://www.rateitall.com/topic.asp?I=943EA2A2-C379-4697-A051-9B4D7E1A40BC
RateItAll has an interesting feature that Epinions lacks: you can use
"drop-down filters" to view the results by gender and age groups. For
example, here are the rankings of men's fragrances as rated by females
aged 26 to 40:
http://www.rateitall.com/topic.asp?I=943EA2A2-C379-4697-A051-9B4D7E1A40BC&N=1&Fa=3&Fg=F&S=0
My search strategy in locating this information utilized Google
searches with various keyword combinations including "men's,"
"fragrances," "colognes," "review," "reviews," "opinions," "best,"
"rated," and "ranked."
I hope this information is helpful. If anything I've said is unclear,
or if any of the links do not function, please request clarification
before rating my answer, and I'll gladly offer further assistance.
Best wishes,
pinkfreud |