Coffee & Cigarettes vs Mirror
Notes, accords, longevity, sillage, seasons and community ratings, side by side.
Which one should you pick?
Mirror takes 3 of 4 categories.
Coffee & CigarettesChoose it for a leather and tobacco character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, daytime wear.
MirrorChoose it for a sweet and nutty character. Wins on longevity, sillage & projection and value for money. Best in spring, daytime wear.
- Ratings & consensus
- Not scored
- Community sentiment
- Not scored
- Longevity
- Mirror
- Sillage & projection
- Mirror
- Value for money
- Mirror
- 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
8 votes · too few to score
Longevity & sillage
0–100 community performance scoresLongevityMirror
SillageMirror
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
Seasons & time of day
Relative to each fragrance's best seasonWho wears it
Gender appeal votesRanking & credits
Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launchOverall rank#41,927
PerfumerEkaterina Siordia
Launched—
Reviews0
Overall rank#55,307
PerfumerJulia Kupriyanova
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 →Mirror by PerfumeBox is a sweet, nutty oriental vanilla built around bitter orange, cherry, tobacco, almond, woods, coffee and oakmoss. It reads richer than a simple vanilla scent, with a fruity opening, a dry nutty heart and a darker gourmand base. The small amount of available wearer data points to a unisex profile …
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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Common questions
Straight answers from the data above.
Which is better, Coffee & Cigarettes or Mirror?
Mirror takes 3 of 4 categories. Coffee & Cigarettes is rated 3.95/5 from 21 votes; Mirror is rated 4.12/5 from 8 votes. Choose Coffee & Cigarettes for a leather and tobacco character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, daytime wear. Choose Mirror for a sweet and nutty character. Wins on longevity, sillage & projection and value for money. Best in spring, daytime wear.
Which lasts longer, Coffee & Cigarettes or Mirror?
Mirror lasts longest (Mirror 70/100, Coffee & Cigarettes 63/100), based on community performance votes.
Which projects more, Coffee & Cigarettes or Mirror?
Mirror projects furthest (Mirror 60/100, Coffee & Cigarettes 52/100), based on community performance votes.
Do Coffee & Cigarettes and Mirror smell similar?
Clearly different: a 28% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share tobacco and woody accords. Common notes include Tobacco, Coffee, Oakmoss and Bitter Orange.
Is Coffee & Cigarettes or Mirror better for summer or winter?
Coffee & Cigarettes suits daytime wear; Mirror suits daytime wear. Based on community season votes.
What are the notes in Coffee & Cigarettes and Mirror?
Coffee & Cigarettes features Tobacco, Coffee, Leather, Oakmoss and Agarwood (Oud). Mirror has top notes of Bitter Orange, Palisander Rosewood and Cherry, heart notes of Tobacco, Bitter Almond, Walnut and Apricot, a base of Vanila, Coffee and Oakmoss.
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