The Trained Nose

Spirit Of Kings

Zaurac

What it is made of, at the heart of a wearing — and the colour this page is tinted with. Wider means more of it.

Leads bright spice and warm spice, over vanilla and amber underneath. It turns over the day rather than fading, and it is among the longest-lasting things here. It carries more vanilla than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

top 0–15 min
heart 1–3 hr
base 3 hr +
Consensus needs more than one owner. Right now no one has this linked, so there is nothing to agree or disagree about yet.

What is it chasing?

No original is recorded for this entry. Two kinds of evidence, and they disagree in useful ways.
Closest, as Akin sees it
Ranked by what the crowd says resembles what, with the measured accords breaking ties — falling back to the note pyramid where neither has anything to say. Right about half the time, and the column says which of the three answered.
What people say it reminds them of
Agree and disagree counts. Here is this site’s own owners voting; elsewhere is a tally read from another site.
Tom Ford Oud Wood elsewhere 4 / 1
Al Haramain 50 Years Platinum Oud elsewhere 4 / 3
Nishane Kredo elsewhere 3 / 1
Maison Alhambra Woody Oud elsewhere 3 / 5
Borouj Lamasat Oud elsewhere 2 / 2
Versace Versace Pour Homme Oud Noir elsewhere 14 / 14
SweDoft Cambodian Oud elsewhere 9 / 1
Alexandria Fragrances Agar elsewhere 6 / 1
Fragrance Du Bois Oud Noir Intense elsewhere 4 / 5
Thameen Carved Oud elsewhere 3 / 2
Emperor Blue Immortal elsewhere 3 / 1
Papillon Artisan Perfumes Bengale Rouge elsewhere 1 / 1
Spirit Of Kings Intuition elsewhere 1 / 1
Yves Saint Laurent La Collection M7 Oud Absolu elsewhere 1 / 1
Rosendo Mateu Olfactive Expressions Rosendo Mateu Nº 4 Saffron, Oud, Vanilla elsewhere 1 / 1
Parfum Büro | M-collections Rsvp elsewhere 1 / 1
Camara Perfumes Sweet Oud elsewhere 1 / 1
BORNTOSTANDOUT® Unholy Oud elsewhere 1 / 1

Compared with

Each of these reads the two side by side, hour by hour: what they share, what only one of them carries, and what people who have smelled both say about it.

On the scent map

Nearest to it at the heart of a wearing, and what put each one there.
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Not yours yet

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