The Trained Nose

Rose Goldea Blossom Delight against Rose Goldea Blossom Delight Eau de Toilette

One number per era rather than one number overall — two fragrances can be near-identical at the opening and different things by the evening, and an average hides exactly that.

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Bvlgari Rose Goldea Blossom Delight and Bvlgari Rose Goldea Blossom Delight Eau de Toilette are close. They are nearest during the heart and furthest apart in the opening, which is the part a single figure would average away.

66% opening · 0–1 h
87% heart · 1–3 h
75% drydown · 3–8 h
Measured across all twenty-four facets, from the notes below — not from the families on the boxes. They share 2 of 13 materials, which is worth holding beside the figures: a pair can share almost nothing and still converge, because different materials can smell of the same things.

What AKIN predicts

AKIN predicts these two are alike, and the evidence behind that is substantial.

Two signals sit on this page and are never averaged: what the note pyramids measure these two to share, and what AKIN’s resemblance graph predicts. Where they part, that is the finding rather than a fault.

The pyramids, side by side

Compared by material rather than by spelling, so a note recorded two ways is not counted as a difference.
top
Rose Goldea Blossom Delight only — Jasmine, Papaya, Violet Leaf
Rose Goldea Blossom Delight Eau de Toilette only — Grapefruit, Lily of the Valley
heart
both — Rose
Rose Goldea Blossom Delight only — Lily of the Valley, Rose Leaf
Rose Goldea Blossom Delight Eau de Toilette only — Peony
base
both — White Musk
Rose Goldea Blossom Delight only — Amber, Bulgarian Rose
Rose Goldea Blossom Delight Eau de Toilette only — Cedar