The Trained Nose

Guerlain

French Kiss

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 powdery flowers and fruit, over vanilla underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it is among the longest-lasting things here. It carries more powdery flowers 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.
Guerlain Insolence elsewhere 45 / 73
Lancôme La Vie est Belle L'Elixir elsewhere 44 / 38
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Parfum Intense elsewhere 5 / 2
Guerlain Rose Chérie elsewhere 154 / 42
Maison Martin Margiela Lipstick On elsewhere 119 / 145
Guerlain Shalimar Millesime Rose elsewhere 88 / 46
Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums Lipstick Rose elsewhere 74 / 97
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Couture elsewhere 47 / 68
Louis Vuitton Spell On You elsewhere 45 / 8
Escada Cherry In Japan elsewhere 40 / 29
Jimmy Choo Iris Crush elsewhere 38 / 47
Guerlain My Insolence elsewhere 26 / 39
Fragrance World Pose As Rose elsewhere 22 / 5
Atkinsons Love in Idleness elsewhere 19 / 27
Les Parfums de Rosine Glam Rose elsewhere 17 / 17
Prada Pink Flamingos elsewhere 17 / 19
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Forte Rosa Rossa elsewhere 16 / 25
Bienaimé La Vie en Fleurs elsewhere 7 / 6
Chloé Violette elsewhere 6 / 5
Armaf Italiano Vivo elsewhere 5 / 2

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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