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
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat 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.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Looking for an alternative233%
- Request467%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
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…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…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…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 featureI 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…
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Why did it move?
Score 21.9 → 22.0 · 17 Sept 2026, 17:00 → 18:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
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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