The Trained Nose

J'adore Eau de Toilette 2011 against J'adore Lumiere 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, Dior J'adore Eau de Toilette 2011 and Dior J'adore Lumiere Eau de Toilette are close. They are nearest during the heart and furthest apart in the drydown, which is the part a single figure would average away.

81% opening · 0–1 h
86% heart · 1–3 h
58% drydown · 3–8 h
Measured across all twenty-four facets, from the notes below — not from the families on the boxes. They share 0 of 15 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
J'adore Eau de Toilette 2011 only — Mandarin Orange, Neroli
J'adore Lumiere Eau de Toilette only — Blood Orange, Lemon
heart
J'adore Eau de Toilette 2011 only — African Orange Flower, Jasmine, Rose, Tuberose, Ylang-Ylang
J'adore Lumiere Eau de Toilette only — Damask Rose, Magnolia, Neroli
base
J'adore Eau de Toilette 2011 only — Vanille
J'adore Lumiere Eau de Toilette only — Sandalwood, Vanilla

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.