The Trained Nose

Viva La Juicy Soiree against Viva La Juicy Pink Couture

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.
Juicy Couture

Viva La Juicy Soiree

· lasts about 6.2 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Soiree and Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Pink Couture are very close. They are nearest during the opening and furthest apart in the drydown, which is the part a single figure would average away.

94% opening · 0–1 h
92% heart · 1–3 h
75% drydown · 3–8 h
Measured across all twenty-four facets, from the notes below — not from the families on the boxes. They share 3 of 17 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 — Blackcurrant
Viva La Juicy Soiree only — Kiwi, Mandarin Orange
Viva La Juicy Pink Couture only — Quince, Water Lily, Watermelon
heart
both — Jasmine, Jasmine Sambac
Viva La Juicy Soiree only — Water Lily
Viva La Juicy Pink Couture only — Frangipani, Strawberry
base
Viva La Juicy Soiree only — Amber, Musk
Viva La Juicy Pink Couture only — Driftwood, Praline, Sandalwood, Vanilla