The Trained Nose

Van Cleef & Arpels

Precious Oud

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 bright spice, over incense underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it outlasts most of the catalogue. It carries more incense 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.
Tom Ford Black Orchid elsewhere
Tiziana Terenzi Maremma elsewhere
Tom Ford Velvet Orchid elsewhere
Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette elsewhere
Gucci Gucci Guilty Eau de Parfum Intense Pour Femme elsewhere
Ard Al Zaafaran Oud 24 Hours elsewhere
Tom Ford Black Orchid Parfum elsewhere
L'Artisan Parfumeur Obscuratio 25 elsewhere
Rasasi La Yuqawam Femme elsewhere
Oakcha Orchid Water elsewhere
Amouroud Dark Orchid elsewhere
Boucheron Quatre Iconic elsewhere
Elie Saab Nuit Noor elsewhere
Thameen Peacock Throne elsewhere
Robert Piguet Oud Délice elsewhere
Atkinsons The Joss Flower elsewhere
Horseball Orchid Version elsewhere
Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette (2023) elsewhere
Blue Scents Night Jasmine elsewhere
Parfums Berdoues Oud Al Sahraa 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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