I agree with you Dev it is hard to make a real top 5 because an eye and shade can work with one fur and not so much with the other.
ROFL difficult questions I ask huh?
And also I'm not sure if the rest of you have that as well but I am a favorites swapper.
Sometimes seeing a trait I didn't especially love in a wonderful combination can change my mind :-)
I had this with Curious Whiskers for example.
I really didn't like them I thought they were weird even! till I saw them in combination with soft fold ears on an OciCat Blue with Light Wash eyes, this is how they reached my favorites top 5 right away :-)
This was also the cat which made me love the OciCat while before they did not hit my soft spot.
Why I like Flickr so much also is that it is the mindchanger Walhallah.
Way better than a list of traits to decide if to buy a cat or not is a smashing picture I think
I believe the Balinese Creme without shade looks almost like a Russian white for example but with shade it is a beautiful pearl I think and therefore entered my favorites list.