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Fragrances worn across the year

Wearer votes for these spread across all four seasons rather than settling on one.

These are the fragrances whose season votes did not concentrate. That is a report of disagreement, not a claim that they suit every occasion: some wearers reach for them in one season and others in another, and the counts do not favour either. Each fragrance's own page gives the split.

23 fragrances

African Rooibos Eau de Parfum

Chris Collins — Not the cool green tea most tea fragrances chase: owners describe warm red-bush rooibos with black pepper and cardamom, drying down to cedar and a faint maple-like sweetness.

Blackbird Parfum

Olympic Orchids — Ripe blackberry with dry grass, fir balsam and resinous cedar.

Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum

Chanel — Citrus and pepper up front, then ginger and smooth sandalwood, finishing musky and woody with a thread of incense.

Concrete

Comme des Garçons — Its mineral side divides reviewers, chalk or cement dust for some and a sherbet or bubblegum sweetness for others, set among cumin, clove and a metallic rose on creamy, powdery wood..

Dune

Dior — Dry mineral air, sea breeze and a faint hay-like sweetness, likened by reviewers to pebbles, driftwood and dust.

Encelade

Marc-Antoine Barrois — Sour rhubarb, damp earth and leather with a strong green character, which some wearers liken to tomato leaf, compost or burnt matches.

Eros Eau de Toilette

Versace — Subtle it is not, for many wearers, who describe strong projection and long wear from its mint and sweet apple on cedar, vetiver and vanilla..

Fantasy Eau de Parfum

Britney Spears — Sweet enough to bite, as one owner puts it: fruit and cupcake over a creamy, musky base, comforting rather than grown-up.

Fat Electrician Eau de Parfum

Etat Libre d'Orange — A vetiver gone soft in the middle: wearers get smoky roots and cedar over chestnut cream, marron glacé and a dusting of vanilla, comfortable rather than austere.

Flowerbomb Eau de Parfum

Viktor&Rolf — Dense and sweet, this floral sits on an earthy, patchouli-like background, and most reports describe substantial projection and long wear..

Hibiscus Mahajád Extrait de Parfum

Maison Crivelli — Tart hibiscus tea and rose preserve lead, cut with spearmint and blackcurrant, before vanilla and a supple leather take over.

Libre Eau de Parfum

Yves Saint Laurent — Noticeable at a distance and long-wearing, by the general run of reviews, it pairs sharp, aromatic lavender and orange blossom with sweet vanilla..

Lust Perfume

Lush — Jasmine the way the flower really smells, which is the whole argument about it.

Passage d'Enfer

L'Artisan Parfumeur — Cool incense and white lily with an impression of stone.

Rouge Eau de Parfum

Comme des Garçons — Ginger and pink pepper with earthy, faintly sweet beetroot; later on, wearers say, incense and cistus turn it dry and resinous..

Santal 33 Eau de Parfum

Le Labo — To the people who wear it, this is smoky sandalwood and cedar, spiced with cardamom and softened by something creamy, violet and iris.

Sauvage Eau de Parfum

Dior — Rounder and a little sweeter than the eau de toilette, by most accounts, with peppery bergamot, lavender and warm spice on a big, clean ambroxan base.

Sécrétions Magnifiques Eau de Parfum

Etat Libre d'Orange — Reactions divide sharply to its salty, metallic and milky accords, sometimes likened to blood, set on iris and sandalwood; what many reviewers agree on is that it projects hard and does not let go..

Selperniku Eau de Parfum

January Scent Project — A gourmand that is not a dessert: salted butter, apricot and milk, lifted by green cypress.