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More Prominent Pie/Crust Notes in Fragrances

Users are dissatisfied with the lack of prominence of pie/crust notes in certain fragrances. There are also concerns about the projection and longevity of these fragrances, affecting their overall appeal.

6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate

Pain pointDead☠️ DeadEvidence: low
Index score
22.0
ahead of 7% of the rest of this market
0.1%score / 7d0.0%signals / 7d
Demand
0.0low
Momentum
29.6low
Pain
0.0low
Competition
44.4moderate
lower is better
Monetization
9.0low
Market size
9.3low
Evidence
51.0moderate

The pain

shares of 6 quoted posts

What goes wrong, and for whom

Who
6 different people
What goes wrong
  • Missing feature67% of posts
How bad
0% of posts are complaints
Since
31 Dec 2025 → 16 Jul 2026

Is this a startup idea?

Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.

Looking for something else
33% want an alternative · 67% ask the provider for a feature
What the numbers say
33% are looking for an alternative — if there is an opening, it is with them.
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The pain — what people say

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What people were doing

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6posts
  • Looking for an alternative233%
  • Request467%
13 Sept 20256 posts16 Jul 2026

Sources

6 signals · 1 sources

Reddit6
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Evidence

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  • RedditIndiemakeupandmore·24 Sept 2025·Looking for an alternativesource ↗

    Nui Cobalt Autumn 2 is coming! 43 reviews from past years — Nui Cobalt's Autumn 2 collection is coming back on Friday! UPDATE: they just announced that it's been pushed back a week to Friday, October 3. It's a fantastically autumnal collection, all spookiness, pumpkins, the Spidersilk variants, and, of course…

    Looking for a toolFrustratedMissing feature
  • RedditIndiemakeupandmore·31 Dec 2025·Requestsource ↗

    …strawberries becomes the focus with a more tart lemon supporting it. I wish the pie/crust note was more prominent because I love the way BPAL does those notes. I wanna put this away for a while to see how it develops before wearing it again. I do think it's a good dessert course for Playdate with Krampus tho! Alas, it…

    Wishes it existedMissing feature
  • RedditFemFragLab·16 Jul 2026·Requestsource ↗

    …n? Or is it just newer to pair violet with leather, amber, and wood? I’m also frustrated that so many iconic violet fragrances can be impossible to find. So, I tried to make this list as approachable as possible in case someone is inspired to sample. Yes, there are other classic violets that can be hard to get your…

    Frustrated
  • RedditFemFragLab·20 Dec 2025·Requestsource ↗

    …h a forest filled with old books, fir trees and faint incense smoke. Does it lack projection and longevity? Yes. Do I forgive it immediately? Also yes. It shines in autumn, when you want to smell thoughtful, calm and a little mysterious. My only complaint is the price-to-performance ratio - and my bank account agrees.…

    Missing feature
  • Redditfragranceclones·13 Sept 2025·Looking for an alternativesource ↗

    I ordered 32 decants, here's a review of them all plus a few more — Scoring rubric Scores out of 10 included a variety of non equally weighted distributions surrounding: subjective opinion, complexity, linearity, sillage, projection, staying power, uniqueness, mass appeal, relativity to the rest of the…

    Looking for a tool
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Market and score

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Opportunity history

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Why did it move?

Score 21.9 → 22.0 · 17 Sept 2026, 17:00 → 18:15 UTC

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How the score was measured
38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100
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Market size
Distinct people affected6 26
Distinct communities0 0
Distinct sources0 0
Adjacent categories0 0
Regions / languages0 0
Competition
Existing products5 50
New entrants (90d)0 0
Funded players1 28
Market maturity10.4 86
Incumbent activity87.9 88
Monetization
Stated willingness to pay0 0
Existing paid products3 38
Pricing complaints0 0
Business context0 0
Momentum
Period-over-period growth-100 2
Latest period growth0 43
Sustained trend-1.7 40
Acceleration2 53
Pain
Complaint intensity0 0
Complaint frequency0 0
Negative sentiment0 0
Willingness to switch0 0
Urgency0 0
Willingness to pay0 0
Repeat complaints0 0
Demand
Mention volume0 0
Explicit requests0 0
Distinct people0 0
Questions asked0 0
Alternative searches0 0
Feature requests0 0
Evidence
Evidence volume6 24
Source diversity1 35
Extraction confidence83.2 83
Source credibility62 62
Duplicate rate0 100
Freshness69.1 4
Cluster cohesion82.8 83

Questions about this idea

Is More Prominent Pie/Crust Notes in Fragrances a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
How many people have this problem?
6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 31 Dec 2025 and the most recent from 16 Jul 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
Is this problem getting worse?
Current status: quiet — no recent mentions. Momentum is 30/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.

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