Fragrance comparison

Black Pepper & Sandalwood vs Capture Your Heart

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

Updated 21 Oct 2026 313 ratings analysed

1 wins

Black Pepper & Sandalwood

Acca Kappa

3.69313 votes

Rank #5,042 Warm SpicyFresh Spicy

Full profile Similar & dupes

65%scent match

Closely related

Capture Your Heart

The Dua Brand

—0 votes

Rank #75,291 Warm SpicyPowdery

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Black Pepper & Sandalwood takes 1 of 1 categories.

Black Pepper & Sandalwood
Choose it for a warm spicy and fresh spicy character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in winter.
Capture Your Heart
Choose it for a warm spicy and powdery character.

Black Pepper & Sandalwood1/1

Capture Your Heart0/1

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: Black Pepper & Sandalwood

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Black Pepper & SandalwoodAcca Kappa

Capture Your HeartThe Dua Brand

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

3.69/ 5 · 313 votes

Have 39%Had 16%Want 45%

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 67%Had 33%Want 0%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

35%Love

43%Like

9%Ok

13%Dislike

1%Hate

230 votes

Not enough votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity70

〰 Sillage59

♥ Love / hate73

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value61

¤ Price valueN/A

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

warm spicy100%

fresh spicy83%

woody65%

aromatic48%

powdery30%

warm spicy100%

powdery91%

woody83%

fresh spicy74%

citrus65%

amber56%

Scent match65%Closely related · both warm spicy, fresh spicy and woody

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Top

ClovesSaffronNutmegelemiBalsam FirArtemisiaBergamot

Heart

Black PepperDamask RoseCinnamonAgarwood (Oud)

Base

SandalwoodVirginian CedarPatchouliBlack MuskHaitian VetiverCypriol Oil or Nagarmotha

Notes

Powdery NotesBlack PepperSandalwoodPatchouliBergamotCinnamonSaffronClovesAmberRose

No top / heart / base split published

InformationalShared notesCloves, Saffron, Bergamot and Black Pepper. Durations are only published for Capture Your Heart, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring45

Summer0

Fall0

Winter100

Day–

Night–

Spring–

Summer–

Fall–

Winter–

Day37

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men37

Unisex57

Women7

Not enough votes yet

Date 41%Party 28%Casual 18%Work 13%

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#5,042

PerfumerLuca Maffei

Launched—

Reviews44

Overall rank#75,291

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerBlack Pepper & SandalwoodHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Black Pepper & Sandalwood by Acca Kappa is a Woody Spicy fragrance for women and men. Black Pepper & Sandalwood was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Luca Maffei. Top notes are Cloves, Saffron, Nutmeg, elemi, Balsam Fir, Artemisia and Bergamot; middle notes are Black Pepper, Damask Rose, Cinnamon and…

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Capture Your Heart by The Dua Brand is a dense, warming Extrait de Parfum built around fiery kitchen spices, dark woods, and velvety petals. The initial blast hits with dry cinnamon, cracked black pepper, and sharp saffron, underscored by a quick splash of bitter bergamot. Within twenty minutes, the fiery spices settl…

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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 Black Pepper & Sandalwood and Capture Your Heart smell similar?

Closely related: a 65% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share warm spicy, fresh spicy and woody accords. Common notes include Cloves, Saffron, Bergamot and Black Pepper.

Is Black Pepper & Sandalwood or Capture Your Heart better for summer or winter?

Capture Your Heart suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in Black Pepper & Sandalwood and Capture Your Heart?

Black Pepper & Sandalwood has top notes of Cloves, Saffron, Nutmeg and elemi, heart notes of Black Pepper, Damask Rose, Cinnamon and Agarwood (Oud), a base of Sandalwood, Virginian Cedar, Patchouli and Black Musk. Capture Your Heart features Powdery Notes, Black Pepper, Sandalwood, Patchouli and Bergamot.