The Trained Nose

Guerlain

Samsara Extrait

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 white flowers and powdery flowers. It keeps its shape as it quietens. 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 Samsara Eau de Toilette elsewhere 83 / 5
Chanel Bois des Iles elsewhere 54 / 55
Chanel Bois des Iles Eau de Parfum elsewhere 23 / 31
Roja Parfums Danger elsewhere 19 / 16
Guerlain Samsara Eau de Parfum elsewhere 18 / 4
Jeroboam Unue elsewhere 40 / 35
Chanel Bois Des Iles Parfum elsewhere 24 / 9
Guerlain Samsara Shine elsewhere 20 / 14
Laura Biagiotti Venezia 2011 elsewhere 12 / 13
Thera Cosméticos Doha elsewhere 10 / 5
MDCI Parfums Promesse de l'Aube elsewhere 9 / 12
House of Puente Galavant elsewhere 6 / 2
Jean Patou Sublime Eau de Parfum elsewhere 6 / 7
Laurence Dumont Figue Sauvage elsewhere 5 / 1
Clive Christian No. 1 elsewhere 5 / 0
Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial For Women elsewhere 4 / 1
Dorin Dorin D'Or Classique elsewhere 3 / 2
Michele Marin Essenza Florentine Gardenia elsewhere 3 / 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

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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