The Trained Nose

Anais Anais against Anais Anais L’Original 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.
Cacharel

Anais Anais

· lasts about 7.6 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Cacharel Anais Anais and Cacharel Anais Anais L’Original Eau de Toilette are all but the same thing. They are nearest during the heart and furthest apart in the opening, which is the part a single figure would average away.

91% opening · 0–1 h
96% heart · 1–3 h
92% drydown · 3–8 h
Measured across all twenty-four facets, from the notes below — not from the families on the boxes. They share 9 of 31 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
both — Honeysuckle, Hyacinth
Anais Anais only — Bergamot, Blackcurrant, Galbanum, Lavender, Lemon, Orange Blossom, White Lily
heart
both — Lily, Lily of the Valley, Rose, Ylang-Ylang
Anais Anais only — Carnation, Honeysuckle, Iris, Moroccan Jasmine, Orris Root, Tuberose
Anais Anais L’Original Eau de Toilette only — Jasmine
base
both — Musk, Sandalwood, Vetiver
Anais Anais only — Amber, Cedar, Incense, Leather, Oakmoss, Patchouli
Anais Anais L’Original Eau de Toilette only — Blackcurrant, Moss

Other comparisons worth reading

Pairs involving one of these two where the notes are fully recorded on both sides and AKIN has enough evidence for the pair to be worth reading.