Duel

Guilty Absolute vs Nuit d'Issey

The scent fingerprint

What brings them together, what sets them apart

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?

Guilty Absolute
Nuit d'Issey
Seasons
Spring
Not its territory
Suitable
Summer
Not its territory
Suitable
Autumn
Very suitable
Very suitable
Winter
Suitable
Suitable
Moments
Office
Very suitable
Very suitable
Everyday
Not its territory
Suitable
Evenings & dates
Suitable
Suitable
Night
Suitable
Suitable
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 Guilty Absolute

  • It is more concentrated — Eau de Parfum where the other is eau de toilette — so theoretically more tenacious.
  • Its pyramid opens on cypress, nowhere to be found opposite.
  • The more expensive of the two (from €141.00).
  • “spring” is not its register, according to the profile we calculate.

Why choose Nuit d'Issey

  • Budget in its favour — €44.71 against €141.00.
  • bergamot, grapefruit, incense: all materials absent from Guilty Absolute.
  • Markedly fresher, carried by citrus.
  • It covers more ground: 8 contexts out of 8 according to our calculated profile, against 5.
  • Lighter concentration (Eau de Toilette): lower theoretical longevity.

The verdict

  • Best price

    Nuit d'Issey — from €44.71 against €141.00

  • Most concentrated

    Guilty Absolute — Eau de Parfum against Eau de Toilette

  • Freshest

    Nuit d'Issey — signature carried by citrus

  • Most versatile

    Nuit d'Issey — at ease in 8 contexts out of 8, against 5

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

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