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When shopping for a new fragrance it soon becomes clear that in many, if not most situations it makes financial sense to go for a larger bottle than a smaller one. Economies of scale I suppose.
Often the difference in price between a 100ml bottle and a 50ml bottle can be just a few £/$ and therefore a no brainier.
This is not always the case of course but often enough to become a 'thing' so to speak.
Sometimes though the difference is more pronounced, a larger bottle may still represent a better price per ml rhan a smaller one but the difference in actual money is more pronounced and thefore not such a no brainier.
So, what's the forums thoughts on this?
Do you tend to buy strictly to budget and refuse to stretch it even if a larger sizes is more bang for buck?
Do you always buy the larger size and to heck with the budget?
Is the cost not your issue and you buy a smaller size for other reasons, mainly I presume when not so sure about the scent or even buying blind?
Would you ever buy a larger bottle as a blind or semi-blind purchase, even if you could afford to do so?
Does the kind of fragrance play a part In deciding if a smaller bottle is appropriate or acceptable to you?
Many of us do not have a regular fragrance 'budget' or war chest, rather just as and when the spare cash comes our way, and therefore making a bad choice can be a real problem as the next purchase could be a long way off.
Often buying a smaller, albeit less bang for buck, size bottle can be the difference between buying a particular fragrance at all as the larger size may be out of budget, sometimes it can even enable buying two fragrances in smaller sizes?
There are lots of permutations but what's your 'go to' or default setting when selecting a fragrance and in particular the size of bottle!
Personally, I seem to avoid wherever possible, smaller bottles because the poor VFM compared to a larger 100ml bottle just irks me, then again it may be necessary on occasion.