The Trained Nose

Luna Rossa Carbon Eau de Parfum against Lempicka Homme

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.
Lolita Lempicka

Lempicka Homme

· lasts about 7.7 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Prada Luna Rossa Carbon Eau de Parfum and Lolita Lempicka Lempicka Homme are related, not interchangeable. They are nearest during the drydown and furthest apart in the opening, which is the part a single figure would average away.

48% opening · 0–1 h
54% heart · 1–3 h
64% drydown · 3–8 h
Measured across all twenty-four facets, from the notes below — not from the families on the boxes. They share 1 of 23 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
Luna Rossa Carbon Eau de Parfum only — Bergamot, Lavender
Lempicka Homme only — Anise, Ivy, Licorice, Wormwood
heart
Luna Rossa Carbon Eau de Parfum only — Cappuccino, Incense, Licorice
Lempicka Homme only — Almond, Orange Blossom, Rose Water, Rum, Sugar, Violet
base
both — Musk
Luna Rossa Carbon Eau de Parfum only — Ambrofix, Cypress, Fir, Tonka Bean
Lempicka Homme only — Cedar, Labdanum, Vanilla

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.