The Trained Nose

Dior Homme Sport 2021 against Uncut Gem

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.
Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums

Uncut Gem

· lasts about 8.8 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Dior Dior Homme Sport 2021 and Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums Uncut Gem are related, not interchangeable. They are nearest during the drydown and furthest apart in the heart, which is the part a single figure would average away.

59% opening · 0–1 h
37% heart · 1–3 h
60% 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 19 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
Dior Homme Sport 2021 only — Aldehyde, Lemon
Uncut Gem only — Angelica, Ginger, Mandarin Orange, Nutmeg
heart
Dior Homme Sport 2021 only — Elemi, Pink Pepper
Uncut Gem only — Frankincense, Leather, Magnolia, Vetiver
base
both — Amber
Dior Homme Sport 2021 only — Frankincense
Uncut Gem only — Ambrocenide, Cedar, Labdanum, Musk

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.