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Dior Homme Cologne vs Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic

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The scent fingerprint

What brings them together, what sets them apart

Exclusive to Dior Homme Cologne

In common

Exclusive to Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic

How they evolve on the skin

Notes shared by both perfumes.

Top notes the first half hour
Heart notes the central character (1 to 4 h)
Base notes the trail that remains (4 h and more)

What are they for?

Dior Homme Cologne
Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic
Seasons
Spring
Very suitable
Very suitable
Summer
Very suitable
Very suitable
Autumn
Suitable
Suitable
Winter
Not its territory
Not its territory
Moments
Office
Very suitable
Very suitable
Everyday
Very suitable
Very suitable
Evenings & dates
Not its territory
Not its territory
Night
Not its territory
Not its territory
How is it calculated?

These markers are an editorial estimate calculated automatically from the perfume's real accords and their intensity, following the classic reading of scent families (hesperidics and aromatics shine in summer and at the office, ambers and gourmands in winter and in the evening…). They do not come from user votes and do not replace a test on skin.

Why choose one… or the other?

Why choose Dior Homme Cologne

  • rose, grapefruit, neroli: all materials absent from Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic.
  • More recent creation (2022, against 2007).
  • We have no price recorded at our retailers yet.

Why choose Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic

  • Its pyramid opens on mandarin, basil, blackcurrant, nowhere to be found opposite.
  • Markedly fresher, carried by citrus and green.
  • 19 years of existence (2007): it has proved itself for longer.
  • Its formula is out of the ordinary — blond woods, basil are among the least common notes in our database.
  • No tracked point of sale to date.

The verdict

  • Freshest

    Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic — signature carried by citrus and green

  • Most original

    Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic — its notes are rarer in our catalogue (blond woods, basil)

Each trophy applies to a specific use, not in absolute terms.

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