Coffee & Cigarettes vs Cuadra
Notes, accords, longevity, sillage, seasons and community ratings, side by side.
Which one should you pick?
Cuadra takes 3 of 5 categories.
Coffee & CigarettesChoose it for a leather and tobacco character. Wins on value for money and fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, daytime wear.
CuadraChoose it for a coffee and fresh spicy character. Wins on ratings & consensus, longevity and sillage & projection. Best in fall, daytime wear.
- Ratings & consensus
- Cuadra
- Community sentiment
- Not scored
- Longevity
- Cuadra
- Sillage & projection
- Cuadra
- Value for money
- Coffee & Cigarettes
- Versatility
- Not scored
- Note pyramid (duration)
- Not scored
- Fragranxe ranking
- Coffee & Cigarettes
Head-to-head breakdown
Every category side by side, with the winner called out.
Ratings & consensus
Average rating and ownership splitCommunity sentiment
How voters split from love to hate21 votes · too few to score
11 votes · too few to score
Longevity & sillage
0–100 community performance scoresLongevityCuadra
SillageCuadra
Value for money
How fairly priced voters find itMain accords
Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by bothNote pyramid (duration)
Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = sharedNo top / heart / base split published
No top / heart / base split published
Seasons & time of day
Relative to each fragrance's best seasonWho wears it
Gender appeal votesRanking & credits
Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launchOverall rank#38,055
PerfumerEkaterina Siordia
Launched—
Reviews0
Overall rank#50,554
PerfumerPaul Schütze
Launched—
Reviews0
In a nutshell
Description & review snapshotCoffee & Cigarettes is a dark, textured unisex scent built around leather, tobacco and roasted coffee, with smoke, oakmoss and oud giving it a dry, shadowy feel. The citrus at the top should keep the opening from turning flat, but this mostly reads warm, smoky and slightly animalic. It suits wearers who enjoy bold, ni…
Reviews →Cuadra opens with bitter roasted coffee beans and sharp bergamot before settling into sun-baked hay, dry bay leaf, and smoky tobacco. Paul Schütze built this scent around warm spices and dark agarwood, giving it a green, resinous weight on skin. Wear it during crisp autumn afternoons or cool indoor evenings when you w…
Reviews →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.
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Which is better, Coffee & Cigarettes or Cuadra?
Cuadra takes 3 of 5 categories. Coffee & Cigarettes is rated 3.95/5 from 21 votes; Cuadra is rated 4.09/5 from 11 votes. Choose Coffee & Cigarettes for a leather and tobacco character. Wins on value for money and fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, daytime wear. Choose Cuadra for a coffee and fresh spicy character. Wins on ratings & consensus, longevity and sillage & projection. Best in fall, daytime wear.
Which lasts longer, Coffee & Cigarettes or Cuadra?
Cuadra lasts longest (Cuadra 70/100, Coffee & Cigarettes 63/100), based on community performance votes.
Which projects more, Coffee & Cigarettes or Cuadra?
Cuadra projects furthest (Cuadra 63/100, Coffee & Cigarettes 52/100), based on community performance votes.
Do Coffee & Cigarettes and Cuadra smell similar?
Some overlap: a 36% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share coffee and tobacco accords. Common notes include Tobacco, Coffee, Oakmoss and Agarwood (Oud).
Is Coffee & Cigarettes or Cuadra better for summer or winter?
Coffee & Cigarettes suits daytime wear; Cuadra suits daytime wear. Based on community season votes.
What are the notes in Coffee & Cigarettes and Cuadra?
Coffee & Cigarettes features Tobacco, Coffee, Leather, Oakmoss and Agarwood (Oud). Cuadra features Coffee, Bay Leaf, Tobacco, Agarwood (Oud) and Hay.
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