The Trained Nose

Dior

Grand Bal (2018)

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 fruit, over musk underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it fades sooner than most of the catalogue. It carries more white flowers than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

top 0–15 min
heart 1–3 hr
base 3 hr +
Not enough has been recorded against this pyramid yet for anything to be confirmed or contradicted.

What is it similar to?

Nothing is recorded alongside this entry yet. Two signals, and they part in useful ways.
Closest, as Akin sees it
Ranked by AKIN: the resemblance graph first, the measured accords breaking ties, the note pyramid where neither reaches. Right about half the time, and the column says which signal answered.
What AKIN links it to
Bottles AKIN reads as resembling this one, strongest link first.
Louis Vuitton Apogée elsewhere
Dior J'adore elsewhere
Calvin Klein Beauty elsewhere
Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge elsewhere
Dior Jasmin Des Anges elsewhere
Dior Dior Grand Bal elsewhere
Acqua di Parma Acqua di Parma Gelsomino Nobile elsewhere
Versace Jasmin au Soleil elsewhere
Solinotes Magnolia elsewhere
Terry de Gunzburg Reve Opulent elsewhere
Trussardi Trussardi Donna (2011) elsewhere
Etienne Aigner Debut elsewhere
Byredo Inflorescence elsewhere
Sana Jardin Jaipur Chant elsewhere
Atelier Rebul Jardin Imperial elsewhere
Dior Les Creations de Monsieur Dior Diorissimo Eau de Toilette elsewhere
Roberto Cavalli Paradiso elsewhere
Bottega Veneta Parco Palladiano XIV: Melagrana elsewhere
Tom Ford Reserve Collection: Velvet Gardenia elsewhere
Zara Waterlily Tea Dress elsewhere

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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