Perfume buying factor, do people get attracted to the bottles or the scent?

Question

with loads of cutting edge designs on perfume bottles these days, sometimes we just buy them for their novelty values, like the snow ball Gaultier or the apple shapped DKNY. What counts when it comes to perfume, body? or substance?.

Answer 1

I think some are attracted to the bottle before the actual perfume, unless they are after a specific perfume.

Many companies rely on this and hence some of the weird shapes of bottles.

Answer 2

the scent! if i want nice bottles i can go to an antique shop or home furnishings store. when i buy a perfume, it is because i smelled a sample of it on someone else and it drew me in. i will never buy a fifty dolar bottle of perfume because of the way it looks. i don't understand how avon does it, or how anyone could buy a perfume based on a picture. it would take a year of a couple of hundred headaches to sell perfume from pictures in catalogs with all those millions of samples that all smell the same anyway. when i am done with the perfume at the bottom of the container--i throw it away, unless it just happens to be pretty or a collectable. if i am collecting bottles, it won't be the expensive ones from the perfume department at macy's! this is not to say that there aren't any people who don't buy a perfume for the bottle, but i think it is kind of backwards, no? i mean, glass is glass, very common, in many shapes and sizes--but a crafted perfume-(yes, i know there are crafted glass bottles)-well it is like comparing apples and oranges, i guess.

Answer 3

For the most part I believe, the scent goes a long way. Sometimes you can't always base things upon appearance. However, as the saying goes "looks do help". I can remember buying cologne and the bottle was nice to look at but lets face it, no body wants to smell like A**.

Another ave you should look into is pure suggestion and/or prior notice of the scent. You always hear women saying like, "Ohh that smells nice, where can I get it"?

Mike

Answer 4

I think that what counts the most is the scent not the attraction to the bottle. I can say that i have tryed scents at the counter before i buy because i seem to get headachs with some perfumes especially estee lauders scents i just cant use them at all. My favorites and i dont get sick with are, hevenly from victoria secrets, ralph, michael kors and happy from clinique those are my most favorite.

Answer 5

The scent. When you puchase, you should try it first. Put a dab on the inside of your wrist, and smell it then. Wait about 15-20 minutes and check the smell again. Many perfumes and colognes don't agree with a person's natural body chemistry, and may not smell as good once it dries.

This advice is good for both men and women. I have a friend who loved the smell of a particular musk cologne, but 1/2 hour after he put it on, his body chemistry made it smell like fresh vomit. It took over 20 people telling him this before he finally believed it and changed colognes.

Answer 6

I am first attracted to the bottle. If the bottle doesn't grab my attention, I won't sample the scent......unless it's a perfume that I am already familiar with or that was recommended, etc..

Answer 7

I only buy perfume because it smells very good on me. It's just icing on the cake if the bottle is beautiful as well.

Answer 8

I never give the bottle a thought. Only the scent.

Answer 9

I don't care what the bottle looks like. The only thing that matters is the scent.

Answer 10

I think that if people see an attractive looking bottle they will go ahead and see if they like the fragrance or not. An attractive bottle is kinda like the attention grabber of the fragrance if you have not smelled it before.

But for me, the fragrance itself is what counts.