The Trained Nose

Guerlain

Frenchy Lavande

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 citrus and herbs, over dry wood and amber underneath. It turns over the day rather than fading, and it is among the shortest-lived things here. It carries more citrus 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 Le Frenchy elsewhere 60 / 7
Dior Eau Sauvage elsewhere 27 / 21
Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum 2017 elsewhere 14 / 12
Chanel Pour Monsieur elsewhere 12 / 12
Dior Eau Sauvage Extreme elsewhere 10 / 12
Guerlain Eau de Guerlain elsewhere 9 / 7
Roja Parfums Scandal Pour Homme Parfum Cologne elsewhere 2 / 1
Creed Original Vetiver elsewhere 1 / 2
Fragrance World Fresh As Citrus elsewhere 23 / 8
Guerlain Guerlain Homme L'Eau Boisée elsewhere 14 / 10
PARIS CORNER Factory Edition: Ultra Citrus elsewhere 10 / 4
Acqua di Parma Acqua di Parma Colonia elsewhere 5 / 7
Rochas Moustache Original 1949 elsewhere 5 / 3
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet elsewhere 3 / 4
Le Couvent Maison de Parfum Aqua Imperi elsewhere 2 / 3
Guerlain La Cuvée Secrète elsewhere 2 / 3
Jacques Fath Green Water elsewhere 1 / 2
Guerlain Herbes Troublantes elsewhere 1 / 0
Krigler Lieber Gustav 14 elsewhere 1 / 2

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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