Are those the maker's note tiers?

No. The maker publishes these notes as a flat list without a top, middle and base. The grouping shown here is ours, arranged to make the accord readable, and it should not be read as the maker's own structure.

Why do cherry blossom candles smell so different from each other?

Because cherry blossom has almost no extractable scent, so every version is a reconstruction. What the perfumer builds around it, pear here, does more to define the result than the blossom accord itself.

Candles that smell like Japanese Cherry Blossom

How they compare

Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom compared with its closest matches
Candle	Price	Size	Burn	Per hour
Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom	Not observed	14.5 oz	Not published	—
Sunday Morning (Brooklyn Candle Studio)	[ Not shown ]	7.5 oz	50 hrs	—
Love Potion (Brooklyn Candle Studio)	[ Not shown ]	7.5 oz	50 hrs	—
Santal (Brooklyn Candle Studio)	[ Not shown ]	7.5 oz	50 hrs	—

[ Not shown ] is a figure we hold and are withholding. Not observed is one nobody here has recorded. Hover or focus either for the reason.

Burn hours are as stated by each maker, never measured by us. Where a shop publishes a different figure we record both and say so. “Not observed” means nobody here has ever recorded a price for that row. “Not shown” means we hold one and are withholding it, because its source page or its pricing basis was never recorded, and a sale price set against a list price produces a wrong answer from correct arithmetic. The reasons per row: Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom — Price not observed; Sunday Morning — Price not shown — basis not established; Love Potion — Price not shown — basis not established; Santal — Price not shown — basis not established.

The original

What Japanese Cherry Blossom actually smells like

Top: Asian pear
Middle: Japanese cherry blossom
Base: Blushing sandalwood

The matches

How close each one gets

Sunday Morning
Brooklyn Candle Studio
Pear and bergamot over jasmine and gardenia. Pear is the note the original is built on, and few candles carry it this clearly.
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Love Potion
Brooklyn Candle Studio
Mandarin over lavender and jasmine blossoms. The powdery floral half, sweeter and with lavender in place of the pear.
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Santal
Brooklyn Candle Studio
Sandalwood and vetiver under hinoki and cedar. The blushing sandalwood base with none of the blossom, for a much drier reading.
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Questions

What people ask about this scent

Are those the maker's note tiers?: No. The maker publishes these notes as a flat list without a top, middle and base. The grouping shown here is ours, arranged to make the accord readable, and it should not be read as the maker's own structure.
Why do cherry blossom candles smell so different from each other?: Because cherry blossom has almost no extractable scent, so every version is a reconstruction. What the perfumer builds around it, pear here, does more to define the result than the blossom accord itself.

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