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 · EscadaTurquoise SummerEDT · 2015 · ★ 3.79

Second · ByredoTobacco MandarinEDP · 2020 · ★ 3.81

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Turquoise Summer × Tobacco Mandarin

Fruity, sweet and lactonic meets fresh spicy, tobacco and amber. They share one accord and one note.

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The blend

How the pair leans

Each bar adds the two accord profiles, assuming one spray of each. Gold is Turquoise Summer, blue is Tobacco Mandarin. It's arithmetic on the data, not a test on skin.

Turquoise SummerTobacco Mandarin

sweetboth

fruityfirst

fresh spicysecond

tobaccosecond

ambersecond

citrussecond

woodysecond

leathersecond

animalicsecond

oudsecond

What each brings

Notes apart, notes in common

Only in Turquoise Summer

Fruits

Big Strawberry Pineapple

Pineapple

Raspberry

Black Currant Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Orange

Lemon

Melon

Peach

Violet

Orange Blossom

In both

Sandalwood

One shared accord:

sweet

Only in Tobacco Mandarin

Cumin

Mandarin Orange Coriander

Coriander

Tobacco

Leather

Labdanum

Olibanum

Agarwood (Oud)

Why it might work

Notes in commonBoth list sandalwood, so the two have a shared base to meet on.
A shared threadSweet runs through both.
Opposite seasonsVoters put Turquoise Summer in summer and Tobacco Mandarin in winter and fall. 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 leadTobacco Mandarin is voted long lasting and strong; Turquoise Summer moderate on both. Expect Tobacco Mandarin to lead and Turquoise Summer to fade first.

A starting pointOne spray of Tobacco Mandarin, two of Turquoise Summer over it.Weighted toward the one that fades first. Adjust to taste.

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