Fragrance comparison

Café Tabac vs Haight & Ashbury

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

Updated 21 Oct 2026 385 ratings analysed

2 wins

Café Tabac

Aedes de Venustas

4.12384 votes

Rank #1,722 SweetTobacco

Full profile Similar & dupes

22%scent match

Clearly different

Haight & Ashbury

A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes

4.001 votes

Rank #54,051 WoodyAmber

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Café Tabac takes 2 of 3 categories.

Café Tabac
Choose it for a sweet and tobacco character. Wins on sillage & projection and fragranxe ranking. Best in winter, evening wear.
Haight & Ashbury
Choose it for a woody and amber character. Best in winter, daytime wear.

Café Tabac2/3

Haight & Ashbury0/3

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

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Café TabacAedes de Venustas

Haight & AshburyA Wing & A Prayer Perfumes

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

4.12/ 5 · 384 votes

Have 82%Had 18%Want 0%

4.00/ 5 · 1 votes

Have 8%Had 0%Want 92%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

52%Love

31%Like

10%Ok

5%Dislike

1%Hate

248 votes

0%Love

100%Like

0%Ok

0%Dislike

0%Hate

1 vote · too few to score

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity80

〰 Sillage69

♥ Love / hate82

⏱ Longevity80

〰 Sillage50

♥ Love / hate75

Category winners

LongevityTie

SillageCafé Tabac

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value56

¤ Price valueN/A

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

sweet100%

tobacco92%

fruity84%

amber77%

warm spicy69%

leather61%

woody100%

amber92%

balsamic84%

patchouli77%

warm spicy69%

animalic61%

Scent match22%Clearly different · both amber and warm spicy

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Notes

TobaccoBurnt SugarBirch TarDatesTonka BeanVanillaCacaoLabdanumFigCardamomBeeswaxPeru Balsam

No top / heart / base split published

Notes

PatchouliLabdanumSandalwoodAmbergrisBeeswaxPalisander RosewoodClary SageJasmineRoseMoroccan RoseWild Rose

No top / heart / base split published

InformationalShared notesLabdanum and Beeswax. Note durations are not published for these fragrances, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring31

Summer11

Fall95

Winter100

Day46

Night100

Spring0

Summer0

Fall0

Winter100

Day100

Night–

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men58

Unisex35

Women7

Not enough votes yet

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#1,722

PerfumerBertrand Duchaufour

Launched—

Reviews61

Overall rank#54,051

PerfumerJane Cate

Launched—

Reviews1

Category winnerCafé TabacHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Café Tabac by Aedes de Venustas is a Aromatic fragrance for women and men. Café Tabac was launched in 2023. The nose behind this fragrance is Bertrand Duchaufour.

Reviews →

Haight & Ashbury is a patchouli-led woody aromatic that wears more herbal and textured than “dirty” patchouli clichés. It opens dry and green, then shifts through warm ambered resin, soft waxy sweetness, and a faint floral-rose edge. If you normally struggle with patchouli, this is one to sample, it is intense, but t…

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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.

Which is better, Café Tabac or Haight & Ashbury?

Café Tabac takes 2 of 3 categories. Café Tabac is rated 4.12/5 from 384 votes; Haight & Ashbury is rated 4.00/5 from 1 votes. Choose Café Tabac for a sweet and tobacco character. Wins on sillage & projection and fragranxe ranking. Best in winter, evening wear. Choose Haight & Ashbury for a woody and amber character. Best in winter, daytime wear.

Which lasts longer, Café Tabac or Haight & Ashbury?

They last about the same: Café Tabac 80/100, Haight & Ashbury 80/100 for longevity in community votes.

Which projects more, Café Tabac or Haight & Ashbury?

Café Tabac projects furthest (Café Tabac 69/100, Haight & Ashbury 50/100), based on community performance votes.

Do Café Tabac and Haight & Ashbury smell similar?

Clearly different: a 22% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share amber and warm spicy accords. Common notes include Labdanum and Beeswax.

Is Café Tabac or Haight & Ashbury better for summer or winter?

Café Tabac suits evening wear; Haight & Ashbury suits daytime wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in Café Tabac and Haight & Ashbury?

Café Tabac features Tobacco, Burnt Sugar, Birch Tar, Dates and Tonka Bean. Haight & Ashbury features Patchouli, Labdanum, Sandalwood, Ambergris and Beeswax.