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The Merchant of Venice

Asian Inspiration

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 warm spice and bright spice, over leather underneath. It narrows as the day goes on. It carries more dry wood than the rest of the catalogue.

The pyramid

top 0–15 min
Bitter Orange · Cardamom · Bergamot
heart 1–3 hr
Sage · Saffron · Nutmeg · Black Pepper · Agarwood
base 3 hr +
Vetiver · Siam Benzoin · Cedar · Leather
Not enough has been recorded against this pyramid yet for anything to be confirmed or contradicted.

This record is 72% complete — missing concentration, facet mapping for some materials, release year.

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.
Hermès Voyage d'Hermes elsewhere
Loewe Loewe 001 Man elsewhere
BDK Parfums Crème de Cuir elsewhere
Histoires de Parfums 1828 elsewhere
Maison Martin Margiela (untitled) elsewhere
Ermenegildo Zegna Madras Cardamom elsewhere
Oriza L. Legrand Vetiver Royal Bourbon elsewhere
Dolce&Gabbana Velvet Vetiver elsewhere
Parfums Dusita Issara elsewhere
Evody Parfums Ombre Fumee elsewhere
Balmain Beauty Carbone de Balmain elsewhere
The Merchant of Venice Ardent Oud elsewhere
Boitown 冰希黎 Shero 猎光 elsewhere

On the scent map

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

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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