Recommended
Both fragrances stay present through the day, something in the pair actively works, and no material is pushed far enough past its dose threshold to damage the blend. Any threshold that is crossed at all is still listed on the card.
- citrus peel lifts dry cedar and keeps it from reading dusty
- milky fruit and cut stem are the two halves of a fig
Spray first
Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt
Spray second
Diptyque Philosykos
Ratio: 1 spray each. Neither is loud enough to need holding back.
How it moves over the day
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10 minutes
Both, roughly even
Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.
cut-stem (flipped)
dry-amberwood
milky-fruit
mineral-salt
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1 hour
Both, roughly even
Both openings are still present and roughly balanced.
dry-amberwood
cut-stem (flipped)
milky-fruit
pencil-wood
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3 hours
Both, roughly even
Both are still contributing in similar measure.
dry-amberwood
pencil-wood
skin-musk
milky-fruit
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6 hours
Both, roughly even
Both are still contributing in similar measure.
dry-amberwood
pencil-wood
skin-musk
creamy-wood
Dose thresholds crossed
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cis-3-hexenol — caused by layering.
Combined load 0.55 against a threshold of 0.45.
Above this it reads acrid metallic grass, nauseating green.
Shared materials: iso e super, cedarwood, cis-3-hexenol.
Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.
Workable with care
These hold together, but something about them needs watching. The caveat is stated on each.
- amber-woods bury a citrus opening within the first hour, so the citrus is decoration rather than a layer
Spray first
Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt
Spray second
Diptyque Eau Rose
Ratio: 1 spray of Diptyque Eau Rose to 2 sprays of Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt.
How it moves over the day
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10 minutes
Diptyque Eau Rose
Diptyque Eau Rose is ahead but Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is still readable.
rose-petal
skin-musk
dry-amberwood
sulfurous-bite
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1 hour
Diptyque Eau Rose
Diptyque Eau Rose is ahead but Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is still readable.
rose-petal
skin-musk
dry-amberwood
mineral-salt
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3 hours
Both, roughly even
Both are still contributing in similar measure.
skin-musk
rose-petal
dry-amberwood
mineral-salt
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6 hours
Both, roughly even
Both are still contributing in similar measure.
skin-musk
dry-amberwood
rose-petal
pencil-wood
Shared materials: galaxolide, cis-3-hexenol.
Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.
- amber-woods bury a citrus opening within the first hour, so the citrus is decoration rather than a layer
- amber-woods overwrite the mineral-salt effect entirely
Spray first
Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt
Spray second
Dior Sauvage
Ratio: 1 spray of Dior Sauvage to 2 sprays of Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt.
How it moves over the day
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10 minutes
Dior Sauvage
Dior Sauvage is ahead but Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is still readable.
dry-amberwood (flipped)
peppery-bite
herbal-cool
skin-musk
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1 hour
Dior Sauvage
Dior Sauvage is ahead but Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is still readable.
dry-amberwood (flipped)
skin-musk
herbal-cool
peppery-bite
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3 hours
Dior Sauvage
Dior Sauvage is ahead but Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is still readable.
dry-amberwood (flipped)
skin-musk
pencil-wood
herbal-cool
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6 hours
Dior Sauvage
Dior Sauvage is ahead but Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is still readable.
dry-amberwood (flipped)
skin-musk
pencil-wood
herbal-cool
Dose thresholds crossed
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ambroxan — made worse by layering.
Combined load 0.86 against a threshold of 0.35.
Above this it reads metallic salt-dry, throat-catching, flattens everything beside it.
Shared materials: galaxolide, ambroxan, iso e super, cedarwood.
Rests on at least one placeholder material value. Treat this verdict as weak.
Not recommended
Listed with the reason, because a rejection you cannot inspect is indistinguishable from a bug.
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Maison Margiela Jazz Club
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 2 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Maison Margiela By the Fireplace
Not recommended
roasted material over sea air is two rooms at once
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Chanel Bleu de Chanel
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Yves Saint Laurent Libre
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Glossier You
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Tom Ford Oud Wood
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Chanel No. 5
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium
Not recommended
salt air over burnt sugar reads synthetic and confused
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Le Labo Santal 33
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.
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Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540
Not recommended
salt air over burnt sugar reads synthetic and confused
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Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
Not recommended
One fragrance is more than twice as loud as the other at 4 of the four checkpoints, so this is not a blend.