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Coffee & Cigarettes vs Mirror

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

Updated 29 ratings analysed
Clearly different
Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Mirror takes 3 of 4 categories.

  • Coffee & Cigarettes

    Choose it for a leather and tobacco character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, daytime wear.

  • Mirror

    Choose it for a sweet and nutty character. Wins on longevity, sillage & projection and value for money. Best in spring, daytime wear.

Coffee & Cigarettes1/4
Mirror3/4
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.

Fragrance
Coffee & CigarettesSiordia Parfums
MirrorPerfumeBox
Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split
3.95/ 5 · 21 votes
Have 15%Had 6%Want 79%
4.12/ 5 · 8 votes
Have 20%Had 18%Want 63%
Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate
29%Love
57%Like
5%Ok
0%Dislike
10%Hate

21 votes · too few to score

50%Love
38%Like
0%Ok
0%Dislike
13%Hate

8 votes · too few to score

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores
⏱ Longevity63
〰 Sillage52
♥ Love / hate74
⏱ Longevity70
〰 Sillage60
♥ Love / hate78
Category winners

LongevityMirror

SillageMirror

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it
¤ Price value39
¤ Price value58
Category winnerMirrorBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both
leather100%
tobacco92%
coffee84%
woody77%
smoky69%
animalic61%
sweet100%
nutty92%
woody84%
fruity77%
tobacco69%
almond61%
Scent match28%Clearly different · both tobacco and woody

Note pyramid (duration)

Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = shared
Notes
TobaccoCoffeeLeatherOakmossAgarwood (Oud)CastoreumBergamotLabdanumJuniperBitter OrangeDamask RoseJasmine Sambac

No top / heart / base split published

Top
Bitter OrangePalisander RosewoodCherry
Heart
TobaccoBitter AlmondWalnutApricot
Base
VanilaCoffeeOakmoss
InformationalShared notesTobacco, Coffee, Oakmoss and Bitter Orange. Note durations are not published for these fragrances, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season
Spring57
Summer43
Fall100
Winter100
Day100
Night80
Spring100
Summer0
Fall50
Winter50
Day100
Night–
Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes
Men45
Unisex55
Women0
Men0
Unisex67
Women33
InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#41,927

PerfumerEkaterina Siordia

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#55,307

PerfumerJulia Kupriyanova

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerCoffee & CigarettesHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Coffee & 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…

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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 →
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.

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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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