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Absolu Aventus 2023 against Explorer Extreme

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.
Creed

Absolu Aventus 2023

· lasts about 7.2 h
Read the entry Centre the map here
Montblanc

Explorer Extreme

· lasts about 12.4 h
Read the entry Centre the map here

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Creed Absolu Aventus 2023 and Montblanc Explorer Extreme are distantly related. They are nearest during the drydown and furthest apart in the heart, which is the part a single figure would average away.

39% opening · 0–1 h
23% heart · 1–3 h
49% drydown · 3–8 h
Measured across all twenty-four facets, from the notes below — not from the families on the boxes. They share 1 of 24 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 — Bergamot
Absolu Aventus 2023 only — Blackcurrant, Clove, Grapefruit, Nutmeg, Pineapple, Pink Pepper
heart
Absolu Aventus 2023 only — Cardamom, Cinnamon, Citron, Ginger, Rose
Explorer Extreme only — Patchouli, Vetiver
base
Absolu Aventus 2023 only — Ambroxan, Evernyl, Musk, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Vetiver
Explorer Extreme only — Amber, Leather

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.