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 · Carolina HerreraLa BombaEDP · 2025 · ★ 3.50

Second · Yves Saint LaurentOpium Collector's Edition 2013EDP · 2013 · ★ 4.27

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Contrast pairing

La Bomba × Opium Collector's Edition 2013

Floral, tropical and fruity meets amber, warm spicy and citrus. They share two accords and two notes.

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The blend

How the pair leans

Each bar adds the two accord profiles, assuming one spray of each. Gold is La Bomba, blue is Opium Collector's Edition 2013. It's arithmetic on the data, not a test on skin.

La BombaOpium Collector's Edition 2013

vanillaboth

floralfirst

ambersecond

patchouliboth

tropicalfirst

warm spicysecond

citrussecond

fruityfirst

white floralsecond

balsamicsecond

What each brings

Notes apart, notes in common

Only in La Bomba

Pitahaya

Red Peony

Frangipani

In both

VanillaPatchouli

Two shared accords:

vanillapatchouli

Only in Opium Collector's Edition 2013

Mandarin Orange Bergamot

Bergamot

Lily-of-the-Valley Myrrh

Myrrh

Cloves

Jasmine Sambac Amber

Amber

Opoponax

Why it might work

Notes in commonBoth list vanilla and patchouli, so the two have a shared base to meet on.
A shared threadVanilla and patchouli run through both.
Opposite seasonsVoters put La Bomba in summer and spring and Opium Collector's Edition 2013 in fall and winter. Together they may suit the months in between.

Suggested from the two fragrances' accords, notes and votes. Not yet tested by wearers.

What to watch

One will leadOpium Collector's Edition 2013 is voted eternal and enormous; La Bomba long lasting and strong. Expect Opium Collector's Edition 2013 to lead and La Bomba to fade first.

A starting pointOne spray of Opium Collector's Edition 2013, two of La Bomba over it.Weighted toward the one that fades first. Adjust to taste.

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