We looked at Folle De Joie Perfume on construction, materials and how it holds up. Here is what stood up. Test on skin and wait an hour. The opening is not what you will smell like. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is concentration, notes and how long it lasts. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: Simone I. Smith's Simone I. Smith Signature Perfume Oil - Peace of Purple at $100, and fewmoda.com's Handmade Perfumed Ceramic at $33. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. Test on skin and wait an hour. The opening is not what you will smell like. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

Apply to pulse points and let it sit. Do not rub. From the second group, stevemadden.com's COLOGNE WINE PATENT ($130) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller, and it is there for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 fragrances here from 14 brands, $22 to $300, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. loveshackfancy.com's Endless Dreams Eau de Parfum Travel Spray with Strawberry & Vanilla at $22 is the low-risk way in, and tomfordbeauty.com's Costa Azzurra Parfum at $300 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. On folle de joie perfume specifically: the difference between the top and the bottom of this list is real but smaller than the price gap suggests. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: if you would not buy it at full price, you do not want it on sale.