An Honest Question...

An Honest Question...

All too often, I see fragrance reviews slapped with a numerical score from 1 to 10, nothing new there. But then you’ve got the hyper-precise reviewers out here dropping numbers like 8.7, 6.3, or the dreaded 2.1. And look… as an engineer who already over thinks everything from beam loads to whether my broken coffee cup was indeed structurally stable, I can’t help but raise an eyebrow. I mean, really… 8.7?

That level of precision implies I’m sitting in a lab coat with a clipboard, measuring sillage with calipers and checking longevity using an atomic clock.

Don’t get me wrong, significant digits matter, folks! They tell you how precise something actually is. So when I see decimals in fragrance scores, my engineering brain starts twitching like, “Are we sure this Bergamot Opening Index is accurate to the nearest tenth? Did we calibrate the atomizer first? Where’s the peer-reviewed data?”

Because let’s be honest: Are any of us truly out here able to determine the microscopic difference between a 7.6 and a 7.7? Or are we just giving ourselves an illusion of scientific precision while sniffing things on paper strips like over-caffeinated bloodhounds?

Maybe I’m just over thinking it. Maybe I've inhaled too much perfumer’s alcohol today.
Or maybe, just maybe, we’re overcomplicating something that already involves enough variables: skin chemistry, humidity, mood, stress, diet, and that one coworker who sprays Sauvage like it’s holy water.

What say you, guys? Is breaking fragrance rankings into tenths truly meaningful? Should I be able to distinguish a 7.6 from a 7.7, or should we ditch the decimal drama and stick to whole numbers like civilized, well-moisturized gentlemen? Love to hear from 'ya!