The Trained Nose

Sunlit Cherimoya Cologne against Tropical Cherimoya Cologne

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.
Jo Malone London

Sunlit Cherimoya Cologne

· lasts about 4.0 h
Jo Malone London

Tropical Cherimoya Cologne

· lasts about 6.8 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Jo Malone London Sunlit Cherimoya Cologne and Jo Malone London Tropical Cherimoya Cologne 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.

68% opening · 0–1 h
53% heart · 1–3 h
70% 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 8 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
Sunlit Cherimoya Cologne only — Bergamot
Tropical Cherimoya Cologne only — Passion Flower, Pear
heart
both — Cherimoya
Sunlit Cherimoya Cologne only — Pear
base
both — Tonka Bean
Sunlit Cherimoya Cologne only — Copaiba balm
Tropical Cherimoya Cologne only — Copahu Balm