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 · Jo Malone LondonOolong TeaEDP · 2016 · ★ 4.07

Second · Jo Malone LondonScarlet Poppy Cologne IntenseCologne · 2021 · ★ 4.27

From your collection:Save fragrances to pick from them here

Contrast pairing

Oolong Tea × Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense

Sweet, honey and green meets floral, vanilla and sweet. They share five accords and one note.

Find samples of both

The blend

How the pair leans

Each bar adds the two accord profiles, assuming one spray of each. Gold is Oolong Tea, blue is Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense. It's arithmetic on the data, not a test on skin.

Oolong TeaScarlet Poppy Cologne Intense

sweetboth

vanillaboth

amberboth

fresh spicyboth

warm spicyboth

floralsecond

honeyfirst

muskysecond

greenfirst

tobaccofirst

What each brings

Notes apart, notes in common

Only in Oolong Tea

Honey

Hay

Tobacco

Cacao Pod

In both

Tonka Bean

Five shared accords:

sweetwarm spicyvanillafresh spicyamber

Only in Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense

Ambrette (Musk Mallow) Red Poppy

Red Poppy

Why it might work

Flowers over greenScarlet Poppy Cologne Intense brings floral; Oolong Tea brings green. Flowers over green or wood tends to read natural rather than perfumed.
Notes in commonBoth list tonka bean, so the two have a shared base to meet on.
A shared threadSweet, warm spicy, vanilla and fresh spicy run through both.
Same seasonBoth are voted best for fall.
Evenly matchedPerformance votes are close: Oolong Tea is moderate on both, Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense moderate on both, so neither should bury the other.