Evaluating Your Fragrances: How to Judge Your Scent Like a Professional

About this episode

Karen Gilbert discusses how to evaluate fragrances professionally, emphasizing the importance of objective feedback and structured assessment.

Do you really know if your fragrance works? Or are you just hoping for compliments? In this episode, Karen reveals why friends and family are not likely to be giving you the feedback you really need. She shares the essential steps needed to truly evaluate your perfume - like a pro. Karen takes you through setting a clear brief and mastering technical checkpoints. She shares the tools and mindset that separate hobbyists from serious creators. Tune in to transform the way you judge your scents and take yourself one step closer to making fragrances that always deliver. KEY TAKEAWAYS The opinions of friends and family feel good, but their noses can´t be the final word. Often, they are biased and rarely fit your target demographic. Investing time in learning how to professionally evaluate your scents is essential. Without a clear goal for your scent, you’ll never know if you’ve hit the mark, so start every creation by writing out a solid brief and use a checklist to keep your evaluation honest and well organised. Don’t just sniff and forget. Track and assess your fragrance over hours to see how it really lasts, evolves, and performs on skin or in the bottle. You need to test for…

People in this episode

Host: Karen Gilbert

Topics covered

• fragrance evaluation
• perfume making
• scent assessment
• professional judging
• creative process

Keywords

• fragrance evaluation
• perfume
• scent
• technical checkpoints
• evaluation process

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