The Trained Nose

L'Artisan Parfumeur

Obscuratio 25

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

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 Black Orchid elsewhere 85 / 27
Tom Ford Black Orchid Parfum elsewhere 30 / 13
Ard Al Zaafaran Oud 24 Hours elsewhere 2 / 2
Tiziana Terenzi Maremma elsewhere 2 / 0
Ahmed Al Maghribi Rose Noir elsewhere 1 / 1
Van Cleef & Arpels Precious Oud elsewhere 11 / 6
Le Labo Ylang 49 elsewhere 8 / 5
Giorgio Armani Indigo Tanzanite elsewhere 4 / 5
Parfums Quartana Wolfsbane elsewhere 3 / 2
Panouge Patchouli Figue elsewhere 2 / 0
Boucheron Quatre Iconic elsewhere 2 / 2
Maison Douze Solstice Solaire elsewhere 2 / 4
Loewe Aire Fantasía elsewhere 1 / 0
Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette (2023) elsewhere 1 / 0
Penhaligon's Constantinople elsewhere 1 / 1
Tauerville Fruitchouli Flash elsewhere 1 / 0
Lush Lord of Misrule elsewhere 1 / 1
Atkinsons Oud Save The Queen elsewhere 1 / 1
Bruno Banani Time To Play Women elsewhere 1 / 0
Ed Pinaud Ylang Épice elsewhere 1 / 0

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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