The Trained Nose

Secret against Armani Prive Vert Malachite

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.
Rasasi

Secret

Citrus Floral · lasts about 5.2 h
Giorgio Armani

Armani Prive Vert Malachite

· lasts about 6.9 h

How close, and when

Across a whole wearing, Rasasi Secret and Giorgio Armani Armani Prive Vert Malachite are very close. They are nearest during the heart and furthest apart in the drydown, which is the part a single figure would average away.

86% opening · 0–1 h
88% heart · 1–3 h
67% 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 22 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
Secret only — Apple Blossom, Camellia, Orange, Peach, Violet Leaf
Armani Prive Vert Malachite only — Bitter Orange, Petitgrain
heart
Secret only — Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, Mandarin Orange, Rose, Tangerine
Armani Prive Vert Malachite only — Jasmine Sambac, Pink Pepper, Ylang-Ylang
base
Secret only — Cedar, Honeysuckle, Musk, Sandalwood
Armani Prive Vert Malachite only — Benzoin, Lily, Vanilla