The Trained Nose

Pure Musc For Her against Pure Musc Absolu For Her

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.
Narciso Rodriguez

Pure Musc For Her

· lasts about 7.9 h
Narciso Rodriguez

Pure Musc Absolu For Her

· lasts about 7.9 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Narciso Rodriguez Pure Musc For Her and Narciso Rodriguez Pure Musc Absolu For Her are all but the same thing. They hold the same distance from each other all the way through, rather than converging or parting as the hours pass.

98% opening · 0–1 h
98% heart · 1–3 h
96% 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 9 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
Pure Musc For Her only — Musk
Pure Musc Absolu For Her only — Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang
heart
Pure Musc For Her only — Jasmine, Orange Blossom, Ylang-Ylang
Pure Musc Absolu For Her only — Musk
base
Pure Musc For Her only — Cashmeran
Pure Musc Absolu For Her only — Cedar