The Trained Nose

Ana Abiyedh Rouge against Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum

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.
Lattafa

Ana Abiyedh Rouge

Woody Spicy · lasts about 9.7 h
Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum

· lasts about 12.2 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Lattafa Ana Abiyedh Rouge and Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum are distantly related. They are nearest during the drydown and furthest apart in the opening, which is the part a single figure would average away.

20% opening · 0–1 h
34% heart · 1–3 h
43% 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 14 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
Ana Abiyedh Rouge only — Bergamot, Kumquat, Nashi Pear
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum only — Bitter Almond, Saffron
heart
Ana Abiyedh Rouge only — Caramel, Geranium
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum only — Egyptian Jasmine, Virginia Cedar
base
both — Ambergris, Musk
Ana Abiyedh Rouge only — Oakmoss
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum only — Ambroxan, Cashmeran

Other comparisons worth reading

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