Layering Lab
Wear two at once
Pick two fragrances. See what each brings, how the blend leans, and whether people who tried the pair say it works.
First · BeauFort LondonIron DukeEDP · 2017 · ★ 4.03
Second · Naomi GoodsirBois d'AsceseEDP · 2012 · ★ 4.16From your collection:Save fragrances to pick from them here


Contrast pairing
Iron Duke × Bois d'Ascese
Smoky, leather and tobacco meets amber, woody and smoky. They share three accords and one note.
The blend
How the pair leans
Each bar adds the two accord profiles, assuming one spray of each. Gold is Iron Duke, blue is Bois d'Ascese. It's arithmetic on the data, not a test on skin.
Iron DukeBois d'Ascese
smokyboth
tobaccoboth
sweetboth
ambersecond
leatherfirst
woodysecond
rumfirst
animalicfirst
warm spicysecond
whiskeysecond
What each brings
Notes apart, notes in common
Only in Iron Duke
Leather
Gunpowder
Rum
Leather
Gunpowder
RumIn both
Tobacco
Three shared accords:smokytobaccosweet
Only in Bois d'Ascese
Whiskey
Labdanum
Amber
Cinnamon
Incense
Cedar
Oakmoss
Whiskey
Labdanum
Amber
Cinnamon
Incense
Cedar
OakmossWhy it might work
- Notes in commonBoth list tobacco, so the two have a shared base to meet on.
- A shared threadSmoky, tobacco and sweet run through both.
- Evenly matchedPerformance votes are close: Iron Duke is long lasting and strong, Bois d'Ascese long lasting and moderate, so neither should bury the other.
A starting pointIron Duke first, then Bois d'Ascese over it, one spray each.The deeper one goes on first so the lighter one sits on top. Adjust to taste.
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