Soapy

What it is

Aldehydes, lavender and clean musks. Not a material so much as a memory of one, and the reference is soap made with those materials rather than the other way round.

What it smells like

Clean and slightly powdery, like a bar of hand soap in a cold bathroom. Whether this is a compliment depends entirely on the wearer: some people want to smell washed, and others read it as smelling of nothing they chose.

How strongly it is worn

The average strength this accord is listed at, where 100 means it dominates the fragrance.

50 / 100

What builds it

How much more often than the catalogue average. 1.0x would be chance, so these are the things that genuinely travel with it rather than the things that are simply common.

Accords it sits beside

Same measure, with its own family filtered out. Saying woody turns up with oud is a restatement, not a finding.

When it is worn

Against the average fragrance here. The line marks that average, so a bar past it means this is worn in that season or setting more than most.

Houses that use it most

Counted across the fragrances here, which reflects what we cover as much as what a house makes.

Jean Paul Gaultier (2), Maison Francis Kurkdjian (2), Prada (2), Al Haramain (1), Byredo (1), Chanel (1).