Suede

What it is

A softer reading of the leather accord, built with fewer tarry materials and more powdery ones.

What it smells like

Dry and soft, powdery rather than smoky, closer to the inside of a glove than to a jacket. It is the version of leather most people find wearable, and it reads as quiet where leather reads as assertive.

Where it sits

Which layer of the pyramid it is listed in, across every fragrance here that carries it. A base note is one you smell for hours; a top note is usually gone within the first.

What it turns up with

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.

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.

Tom Ford (5), Giorgio Armani (3), Nishane (3), Calvin Klein (2), Prada (2), Rasasi (2).