I have to do a questionnaire about aftershave for my media coursework. I'd be really grateful if some of the males here would fill it out for me - sorry it's unedited and was originally for both genders, so just ignore the fact some Qs are obvious (like asking your gender) and fill them out anyway. Humour me I need a minimum of about five or six people to do it now, so it'd really help if some of you could reply. Thanks in advance!

And without further ado, the questionnaire...

1. Which age group do you fall into? Please tick the appropriate box.

[ ] Under 10 [ ] 11 – 17 [ ] 18 – 21 [ ] 22 – 30 [ ] 31- 40 [ ] 41 – 50 [ ] 51 – 60 [ ] 60+

2. Are you male or female?

[ ] Male [ ] Female

3. Do you currently buy perfume or aftershave? If, so please write down your favourite, describe the scent and tick the price range it falls into. If not, proceed to Q4.

Favourite fragrance
.................................................. .................................................. .............

I would describe the scent as:
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

[ ] £0 – £10 [ ] £11 – £20 [ ] £21 - £30 [ ] £31 - £40 [ ] £41 - £50 [ ] £51 - £60 [ ] £61+

4. Please write down a colour you associate with each name and then rate each name individually, with 1 being the best and 5 being the worst.

Be Suspicious (Rating: ......)
.................................................. .................................................. .............

A Night in Paris (Rating: ......)
.................................................. .................................................. .............

Sunrise, Sunset (Rating: ......)
.................................................. .................................................. .............

Phobia (Rating: ......)
.................................................. .................................................. .............

Decipher (Rating: ......)
.................................................. .................................................. .............

5. What is the maximum amount you would consider paying for a fragrance?

[ ] Less than £10 [ ] £10 [ ] £20 [ ] £30 [ ] £40 [ ] £50 [ ] £60 [ ] £70+

If you have selected an amount above £70, please specify your maximum below:
£.............

6. Would you consider wearing a unisex scent or a scent intended for the opposite ### if you liked it? Please explain your choice below.

[ ] Yes [ ] No

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.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

7. Where do you usually buy your fragrances?

[ ] Supermarket or chemists (including Boots, Superdrug etc)
[ ] Department stores (e.g. Debenhams, John Lewis etc)
[ ] Specialist perfume shops
[ ] Duty-free at the airport
[ ] Door-to-door or from catalogues (e.g. via Avon)
[ ] I tend to be bought them as gifts rather than buying my own
[ ] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

8. How important is a fragrance's packaging to you?

[ ] Very important – if it had ugly packaging I wouldn't buy it
[ ] Reasonably important – prefer it but I would consider buying a badly-packaged scent
[ ] Indifferent – It doesn't matter too much to me
[ ] Not at all – I don't mind/good packaging makes me worry about breaking the bottle
[ ] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

9. Do you always wear the same perfume, or do you experiment and vary?

[ ] Same perfume
[ ] I rotate between 2 or 3
[ ] I rotate between 4 or 5
[ ] I rotate between 6 or more
[ ] I layer perfumes/aftershaves or create my own scent
[ ] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

10. Describe your favourite smell (e.g. warm bread), or your favourite characteristics in a smell (warm, sweet etc) – it doesn't have to be a smell traditionally used in perfumes or aftershaves, but make sure you can imagine someone wearing it!

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Cheers again!

Where do 17 year olds fall?

answered by sneekydad....


1. Which age group do you fall into? Please tick the appropriate box.

[ ] Under 10 [ ] 11 – 16 [ ] 18 – 21 [ ] 22 – 30 [ ] 31- 40 [x] 41 – 50 [ ] 51 – 60 [ ] 60+

2. Are you male or female?

[ ] Male [ ] Female

3. Do you currently buy perfume or aftershave? If, so please write down your favourite, describe the scent and tick the price range it falls into. If not, proceed to Q4.
Favourite fragrance
.................................................. ....cacherel.............................................. .............

I would describe the scent as:
.................................................. .....................almond and vanilla............................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

[ ] £0 – £10 [ ] £11 – £20 [x] £21 - £30 [ ] £31 - £40 [ ] £41 - £50 [ ] £51 - £60 [ ] £61+

4. Please write down a colour you associate with each name and then rate each name individually, with 1 being the best and 5 being the worst.

Be Suspicious (Rating: ...1...)
.................................................. ................black.................................. .............

A Night in Paris (Rating: ..5....)
.................................................. ............blue...................................... .............

Sunrise, Sunset (Rating: ...3...)
.................................................. ..................orange................................ .............

Phobia (Rating: ...2...)
.................................................. ...................green............................... .............

Decipher (Rating: ...2...)
.................................................. ..............red.................................... .............

5. What is the maximum amount you would consider paying for a fragrance?

[ ] Less than £10 [ ] £10 [ x] £20 [ ] £30 [ ] £40 [ ] £50 [ ] £60 [ ] £70+

If you have selected an amount above £70, please specify your maximum below:
£.............

6. Would you consider wearing a unisex scent or a scent intended for the opposite ### if you liked it? Please explain your choice below.

[x] Yes [ ] No

.................................................. .................................................. .............
.....................if it smells nice it smells nice - that's all...........as long as it's not flowery.................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

7. Where do you usually buy your fragrances?

[x] Supermarket or chemists (including Boots, Superdrug etc)
[ ] Department stores (e.g. Debenhams, John Lewis etc)
[ ] Specialist perfume shops
[ ] Duty-free at the airport
[ ] Door-to-door or from catalogues (e.g. via Avon)
[ ] I tend to be bought them as gifts rather than buying my own
[ ] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

8. How important is a fragrance's packaging to you?

[ ] Very important – if it had ugly packaging I wouldn't buy it
[x] Reasonably important – prefer it but I would consider buying a badly-packaged scent
[ ] Indifferent – It doesn't matter too much to me
[ ] Not at all – I don't mind/good packaging makes me worry about breaking the bottle
[ ] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

9. Do you always wear the same perfume, or do you experiment and vary?

[x] Same perfume
[ ] I rotate between 2 or 3
[ ] I rotate between 4 or 5
[ ] I rotate between 6 or more
[ ] I layer perfumes/aftershaves or create my own scent
[ ] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

10. Describe your favourite smell (e.g. warm bread), or your favourite characteristics in a smell (warm, sweet etc) – it doesn't have to be a smell traditionally used in perfumes or aftershaves, but make sure you can imagine someone wearing it!

...........................vanilla....................... .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

I *knew* it wasn't a good idea to write that questionnaire after 3 sleepless nights! I'll edit it.

Sneekymum, big thanks to Sneekydad! Just one thing - could you get Sneekydad to fill out Q4 again? 7s and 8s on a 1-5 scale confuse not very bright people like me

I edited it - he was giving marks out of ten...........

my answers are...

1. Which age group do you fall into? Please tick the appropriate box.

[ ] Under 10 [X] 11 – 17 [ ] 18 – 21 [ ] 22 – 30 [ ] 31- 40 [ ] 41 – 50 [ ] 51 – 60 [ ] 60+

2. Are you male or female?

yes

3. Do you currently buy perfume or aftershave? If, so please write down your favourite, describe the scent and tick the price range it falls into. If not, proceed to Q4.

Favourite fragrance
......................................none........ .................................................. .............

I would describe the scent as:
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

[ ] £0 – £10 [ ] £11 – £20 [ ] £21 - £30 [ ] £31 - £40 [ ] £41 - £50 [ ] £51 - £60 [ ] £61+

4. Please write down a colour you associate with each name and then rate each name individually, with 1 being the best and 5 being the worst.

Be Suspicious (Rating: ....1..)
..................green........................... .................................................. .............

A Night in Paris (Rating: ....2..)
............red................................... .................................................. .............

Sunrise, Sunset (Rating: ....3..)
...................orange......................... .................................................. .............

Phobia (Rating: ....4..)
............black................................. .................................................. .............

Decipher (Rating: ....5..)
.................yellow........................... .................................................. .............

5. What is the maximum amount you would consider paying for a fragrance?

[x] Less than £10 [ ] £10 [ ] £20 [ ] £30 [ ] £40 [ ] £50 [ ] £60 [ ] £70+

If you have selected an amount above £70, please specify your maximum below:
£.............

6. Would you consider wearing a unisex scent or a scent intended for the opposite ### if you liked it? Please explain your choice below.

[ ] Yes [x] No

....things like these are invariably unnecassarily expensive.............................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

7. Where do you usually buy your fragrances?

[ ] Supermarket or chemists (including Boots, Superdrug etc)
[ ] Department stores (e.g. Debenhams, John Lewis etc)
[ ] Specialist perfume shops
[ ] Duty-free at the airport
[ ] Door-to-door or from catalogues (e.g. via Avon)
[ ] I tend to be bought them as gifts rather than buying my own
[x] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

8. How important is a fragrance's packaging to you?

[ ] Very important – if it had ugly packaging I wouldn't buy it
[ ] Reasonably important – prefer it but I would consider buying a badly-packaged scent
[ ] Indifferent – It doesn't matter too much to me
[ ] Not at all – I don't mind/good packaging makes me worry about breaking the bottle
[x] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

9. Do you always wear the same perfume, or do you experiment and vary?

[ ] Same perfume
[ ] I rotate between 2 or 3
[ ] I rotate between 4 or 5
[ ] I rotate between 6 or more
[ ] I layer perfumes/aftershaves or create my own scent
[x] I don't wear perfume/aftershave

10. Describe your favourite smell (e.g. warm bread), or your favourite characteristics in a smell (warm, sweet etc) – it doesn't have to be a smell traditionally used in perfumes or aftershaves, but make sure you can imagine someone wearing it!

.....burning mince......................... .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............
.................................................. .................................................. .............

Prepared for the synesthetes...?

Synesthetes are awesome! Sadly, although I associate a lot of words with colours I don't think I am one, it's just something a lot of humans do. It's interesting that most people I've asked have come up with similar colours to me, though!

do they think that 3 is purple? it's green... how could anyone think otherwise????

Is that the mince you get in mince pies? or minced beef? (just curious)

minced beef.....mmmmmmmm......

I hate hard meat. Some beef can be very hard