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Legend against Legend Intense

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.
Montblanc

Legend

· lasts about 5.3 h
Read the entry Centre the map here
Montblanc

Legend Intense

· lasts about 7.9 h
Read the entry Centre the map here

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Montblanc Legend and Montblanc Legend Intense are related, not interchangeable. They are nearest during the opening and furthest apart in the heart, which is the part a single figure would average away.

62% opening · 0–1 h
40% 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 4 of 18 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, Pineapple
Legend only — Lavender, Lemon Verbena
heart
both — Red Apple
Legend only — Coumarin, Dried Fruit, Geranium, Rose, oak moss
Legend Intense only — Cardamom, Jasmine, Pepperwood or Hercules Club
base
both — Tonka Bean
Legend only — Sandalwood
Legend Intense only — Amber, Oakmoss, White Cedar Extract

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.