The Trained Nose

Nabeel

Arab Tradition

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 leather and herbs, over incense underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it outlasts most of the catalogue. It carries more leather 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 Tuscan Leather elsewhere 106 / 17
Rasasi La Yuqawam Homme elsewhere 61 / 20
Al Haramain Leather Oudh elsewhere 25 / 5
Parfums de Marly Godolphin elsewhere 12 / 8
Tom Ford Ombré Leather elsewhere 6 / 5
Orientica Leaher Oudh elsewhere 4 / 1
Byredo Black Saffron elsewhere 3 / 3
Nishane Suede et Safran elsewhere 2 / 2
Maison Alhambra Toscano Leather elsewhere 1 / 1
Nabeel Macho Man elsewhere 34 / 4
Nabeel Afdak elsewhere 16 / 6
Rayhaan Tonquin Giza elsewhere 4 / 4
SoOud Fatena elsewhere 3 / 3
Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli Oud Edition elsewhere 3 / 2
12 Parfumeurs Francais Conciergerie elsewhere 2 / 2
Reminiscence Lady Rem elsewhere 2 / 2
Junaid Perfumes Rasikh elsewhere 2 / 2
Cremo Vintage Suede elsewhere 2 / 2
Montale Aoud Leather elsewhere 1 / 1
Alexandria Fragrances Tuscan King 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

Adding it copies this pyramid into your own record, which you can then edit freely — the catalogue is a starting point, not an authority.
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