The Trained Nose

Guerlain

L'Homme Idéal L'Intense

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 leather 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.
Guerlain L’Homme Idéal elsewhere 155 / 127
Tom Ford Cherry Smoke elsewhere 20 / 35
Xerjoff Starlight elsewhere 2 / 3
Tom Ford Plum Japonais elsewhere 2 / 4
Amouage Jubilation XXV Man elsewhere 2 / 4
Dior Ambre Nuit elsewhere 1 / 1
Guerlain L'Homme Idéal Extrême elsewhere 94 / 129
Guerlain Black Perfecto by La Petite Robe Noire elsewhere 19 / 28
Condé Parfum Boisée Rouge elsewhere 12 / 15
Jacques Bogart Furyo elsewhere 2 / 4
Histoires de Parfums 1725 elsewhere 1 / 0
Jesus Del Pozo Arabian Nights Eau de Parfum elsewhere 1 / 2
RboW Case Study #16 Atelier Chai elsewhere 1 / 0
Keiko Mecheri Cuir Cordoba elsewhere 1 / 2
Obvious Floridita's Night elsewhere 1 / 2
Karl Lagerfeld Jako elsewhere 1 / 2
CoSTUME NATIONAL Scent Intense elsewhere 1 / 0
Matin Martin WILD & SPICY EAU DE PARFUM elsewhere 1 / 0

On the scent map

Nearest to it at the heart of a wearing, and what put each one there.
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