The fragrance section covers women's and men's ranges across the standard families, in both eau de toilette and eau de parfum concentrations, and it rotates with the catalogue every few weeks.
That is a lot to face without a method. Here is one that narrows it before you look at any bottle.
Step 1: family
This eliminates most of the catalogue immediately.
- Fresh and clean → citrus, aquatic, light floral
- Warm and cosy → oriental, gourmand, woody
- Green and cool → green, chypre, fresh fougère
- Soft and quiet → musk, powdery
- Bold → leather, heavy oriental
If you already own a fragrance you love, find out its family. That single fact is the most useful information you have.
Step 2: concentration
Eau de toilette — lighter, daytime, expect to reapply. Eau de parfum — denser, longer, better for evening and cold weather.
Not a quality difference, a strength difference.
Step 3: season
Heat amplifies fragrance; cold suppresses it. An oriental bought in December sits unused from May. Buy for the season you are actually in.
Step 4: read the notes in the catalogue
The Faberlic catalogue lists top, heart and base notes for each fragrance. That is the authoritative description and the right place to read it — it tells you roughly what the first hour and the last will smell like.
Step 5: test on skin
- Skin, never paper
- One at a time
- Thirty minutes minimum before judging
- A full day before committing
Skin chemistry genuinely changes how a fragrance develops, which is why someone else's recommendation is a starting point rather than an answer.
A practical suggestion
Start in the middle of the range — a light floral, a fresh citrus-woody, or a soft musk. These are the least likely to be disliked, and more importantly they teach you what you respond to, which makes the second purchase far better informed than the first.
Registered consultants buy at a personal discount of up to 26 percent, which makes a second bottle considerably less painful than it would otherwise be.
For the families in detail, see the perfume section.