Layering ideas for Samsara Eau de Parfum, worked out from its notes and community votes. Each one comes with a score, the reason and the order to wear them in.
If you only try one: Lancôme Tresor, scoring 90 out of 100.
A simpler scent on top that brings one of its notes forward.
From the same family, with a different nuance.
An opposite that the data says still works.
Worked out from notes and community votes, not a wear test. Always try it on a strip first.
50 is an ordinary pair, like two perfumes picked at random. The higher it goes, the more their notes are the kind perfumers put together.
80 and up: wear well together. 65 to 79: good match. 45 to 64: worth a try. Below 45: a bit risky.
What's not in it: a real wear test, shops' opinions, or ads. No shop has any say over these scores or suggestions.
Going by the data, the best options are Lust, Tresor, Chloe Parfums Chloe.
Put Samsara Eau de Parfum on first and Tresor over it. The longer-lasting, heavier one goes underneath and the lighter one on top, so the lighter scent isn't buried.
Across thousands of perfumes on the site, we count which notes tend to appear together. If these two perfumes' notes are pairs perfumers often combine, the score goes up. Shared notes raise it too, base notes most of all, since they last the whole wear. It goes down when the two are nearly the same scent, when one is for summer and the other for winter, or when both are very loud. What's not in it: a real wear test, shops' opinions, or ads. No shop has any say over these scores or suggestions.