“Now that the weather has cooled down i just took my 9 month old bottle out from the back and wore it last Tuesday and woah the compliments at work were non stop .”
Two kinds of published review count: wearer reviews on FragranceRecs and first-hand comments quoted from around the web, each linked to its source. Each one is read as positive, mixed or negative. A wearer review's star rating decides it (4–5 positive, 3 mixed, 1–2 negative); quoted comments are judged when they are moderated, and ones nobody has judged yet don't count. Only reviews from the last 3 years count.
The order rewards fragrances that are both well liked and widely discussed: we count how many more positive reviews a fragrance has than an average fragrance with the same number of reviews would have. A fragrance with 33 positive reviews out of 43 therefore ranks above one with 15 out of 17, which is why the order doesn't always follow the share of positive reviews.
This list only takes fragrances where at least 15% of reviews are positive or mixed and tag it “winter”. The order is led by how many positive or mixed reviews use those tags, counted the same way (above the site average for that many reviews); a fragrance liked more than average gets a smaller bonus (half of its positive reviews above average), and one liked less loses nothing beyond the 60% minimum.
A fragrance needs at least 8 reviews, at least 60% of them positive (mixed counting as half), to be listed. We never pad a list: only 1 fragrance qualify right now, so that's how many you see.
The list re-ranks itself as new reviews are published. There are no sponsored placements, affiliate links or paid rankings.