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Yves Saint Laurent

Elle Shocking (Elle Eau de Toilette)

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 dry wood underneath. It narrows as the day goes on, and it fades sooner than most of the catalogue. It carries more dry wood than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

top 0–15 min
Ginger · Mandarin Orange · Raspberry
heart 1–3 hr
Peony · Freesia · Jasmine
base 3 hr +
Patchouli · Cedar · Musk
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.
Yves Saint Laurent Elle elsewhere
Dior Midnight Poison elsewhere
Givenchy Hot Couture elsewhere
Yves Saint Laurent Elle Summer Fragrance 2008 elsewhere
Yves Saint Laurent Elle Edition Collector elsewhere
Ormonde Jayne Ta'if elsewhere
Yves Saint Laurent Elle Limited Edition elsewhere
Fendi Fan di Fendi elsewhere
Giorgio Armani Idole d'Armani Eau de Toilette elsewhere
Stella McCartney Stella in Two Peony elsewhere
O Boticário Elysée Succès 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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