Using Favorites and Picks

Choosing a fragrance rarely happens in one sitting. You find a scent that catches you, sit with it for a day or two, come back to compare it against another, and slowly the field narrows. Favorites and Picks exist for exactly that rhythm. They give you a quiet place to hold the fragrances you are considering, so nothing you loved gets lost between visits.

Favorites: your running shortlist

Favorites are the scents you want to remember. As you move through the collection, save anything that speaks to you, whether you are ready to decide or just want to keep it in view. A favorite is not a commitment and it does not order anything. It is a bookmark, a way of saying "come back to this one."

The point of a favorites list is patience. A fragrance can read one way in the first spray and another in the drydown hours later, so it helps to save a few and live with the idea of them before you choose. When you sign back in, your list is waiting, and you can compare the houses, note families, and tiers you have gathered side by side rather than from memory.

To use Favorites you will need an account, since the list is tied to you and stays private to your dashboard. If you have not set one up yet, see Creating an Account and Signing In. Once you are signed in, your saved scents live in your account area at your dashboard.

Picks: the fragrances in your box

Picks are different, and the distinction matters. Where Favorites is a shortlist of things you are weighing, Picks are the fragrances you have actually chosen for your box, the ones the curation is built around. Think of Favorites as the fitting room and Picks as what you decide to take home.

Because a Fragrance Box holds thirty scents, one for each day, your Picks tell the curation what you already love so the box is shaped around your taste. You can adjust them as your preferences shift. There is also a companion list, a blacklist of scents you never want included, which lets you steer the box away from anything you know is not for you. Between the two, you are guiding the rotation rather than leaving it to chance.

Your Picks, favorites, and blacklist all live together in your dashboard, and every one of them is private to your account. Only you can see what you have saved or chosen.

How to use both well

A simple way to work is to let Favorites run wide and Picks run deliberate.

• Save generously. Add anything that interests you to Favorites as you browse. It costs nothing to keep a scent in view, and a longer list gives you more to compare later.
• Let a favorite prove itself. Before you move a scent from Favorites into a decision, read its note pyramid and think about how it will actually wear. How to Read a Note Pyramid Before You Buy walks through turning a note list into a real sense of a scent.
• Follow the notes you already love. If your favorites keep circling the same materials, that is a signal worth trusting. Matching Notes to Your Taste shows how to follow a note you love through the collection.
• Refine your Picks over time. As your taste settles, keep your Picks and your blacklist current so each box reflects where you are now, not where you started.

One honest note on the collection itself. Fragrance is a rotating selection, so a scent you saved may become unavailable by the time you are ready. When that happens the curation offers a comparable alternative in the same character rather than an exact bottle, so a full box can still be completed. That is worth keeping in mind as you build a list you love.

Ready when you are

Favorites and Picks are built to be revisited, so there is no rush. Save what moves you, come back as often as you like, and let the shortlist do the remembering for you. When you are ready to turn a favorite into a decision, start a box at the order page, or keep exploring the full collection on the homepage. If you have a question about your saved scents, we are glad to help at [email protected].