Fragrance comparison

An Evening With The Mobster vs Believe Me Not

Notes, accords, longevity, sillage, seasons and community ratings, side by side.

Updated 19 Oct 2026 3 ratings analysed

An Evening With The Mobster

The Dua Brand

—0 votes

Rank #75,262 WhiskeySmoky

Full profile Similar & dupes

57%scent match

Closely related

1 wins

Believe Me Not

Hidden Desire

5.003 votes

Rank #40,781 WhiskeyHoney

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Believe Me Not takes 1 of 1 categories.

An Evening With The Mobster
Choose it for a whiskey and smoky character.
Believe Me Not
Choose it for a whiskey and honey character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, evening wear.

An Evening With The Mobster0/1

Believe Me Not1/1

Ratings & consensus: Not scored
Community sentiment: Not scored
Longevity: Not scored
Sillage & projection: Not scored
Value for money: Not scored
Versatility: Not scored
Note pyramid (duration): Not scored
Fragranxe ranking: Believe Me Not

Head-to-head breakdown

Every category side by side, with the winner called out.

Fragrance

An Evening With The MobsterThe Dua Brand

Believe Me NotHidden Desire

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 50%Had 17%Want 33%

5.00/ 5 · 3 votes

Have 8%Had 0%Want 92%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

Not enough votes yet

100%Love

0%Like

0%Ok

0%Dislike

0%Hate

3 votes · too few to score

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

⏱ Longevity67

〰 Sillage67

♥ Love / hate100

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price valueN/A

¤ Price value75

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

whiskey100%

smoky86%

tobacco72%

warm spicy58%

woody44%

sweet30%

whiskey100%

honey88%

woody77%

smoky65%

sweet53%

warm spicy42%

Scent match57%Closely related · both whiskey, smoky and woody

Note pyramid (duration)

Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = shared

Notes

TobaccoWhiskeySpicesSmoke

No top / heart / base split published

Top

WhiskeySmokeRum

Heart

TobaccoVetiverBlack Currant

Base

HoneyAmbergrisAgarwood (Oud)

InformationalShared notesTobacco, Whiskey and Smoke. Durations are only published for An Evening With The Mobster, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring–

Summer–

Fall–

Winter–

Day22

Night100

Spring20

Summer20

Fall100

Winter100

Day50

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Not enough votes yet

Date 39%Party 34%Casual 19%Work 8%

Men20

Unisex80

Women0

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#75,262

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#40,781

PerfumerMiguel Matos

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerBelieve Me NotHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

An Evening With The Mobster by The Dua Brand delivers a heavy blast of aged whiskey, dark pipe tobacco, and smoldering wood smoke right from the first spray. It is thick. You get a dense splash of boozy barrel warmth that mingles with cracked black spices before settling into rich, sticky tobacco leaves. As the initia…

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Believe Me Not by Hidden Desire opens with an unapologetic splash of peaty whiskey, dark rum, and campfire smoke that instantly sets a warm, relaxed mood. As the initial boozy burst settles, dry tobacco leaf and tart black currant join the mix, keeping the scent lively rather than heavy. The drydown reveals thick gold…

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InformationalRead bothTaste is personal

How we score: ratings blend public fragrance ratings with Fragranxe member votes; longevity, sillage, value and sentiment are community vote scores, and season bars are relative to each fragrance's strongest season. Categories with too little data are shown but not scored. The scent match weighs accord overlap (60%) and shared notes (40%). More in the FAQ.

Common questions

Straight answers from the data above.

Do An Evening With The Mobster and Believe Me Not smell similar?

Closely related: a 57% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share whiskey, smoky and woody accords. Common notes include Tobacco, Whiskey and Smoke.

Is An Evening With The Mobster or Believe Me Not better for summer or winter?

An Evening With The Mobster suits evening wear; Believe Me Not suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in An Evening With The Mobster and Believe Me Not?

An Evening With The Mobster features Tobacco, Whiskey, Spices and Smoke. Believe Me Not has top notes of Whiskey, Smoke and Rum, heart notes of Tobacco, Vetiver and Black Currant, a base of Honey, Ambergris and Agarwood (Oud).