Fragrance comparison

Core Meu vs Gringo

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

Updated 19 Oct 2026 13 ratings analysed

Core Meu

Antonio Marras

—0 votes

Rank #71,825 PatchouliAmber

Full profile Similar & dupes

56%scent match

Closely related

1 wins

Gringo

Abdes Salaam Attars Perfumes

4.0813 votes

Rank #38,633 WoodySmoky

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Gringo takes 1 of 1 categories.

Core Meu
Choose it for a patchouli and amber character. Best in fall, evening wear.
Gringo
Choose it for a woody and smoky character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, daytime wear.

Core Meu0/1

Gringo1/1

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: Gringo

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Core MeuAntonio Marras

GringoAbdes Salaam Attars Perfumes

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 0%Had 0%Want 100%

4.08/ 5 · 13 votes

Have 32%Had 8%Want 59%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

Not enough votes yet

46%Love

31%Like

8%Ok

15%Dislike

0%Hate

13 votes · too few to score

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

⏱ Longevity54

〰 Sillage61

♥ Love / hate77

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price valueN/A

¤ Price value58

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

patchouli100%

amber88%

warm spicy77%

balsamic65%

smoky53%

woody42%

woody100%

smoky92%

warm spicy84%

patchouli77%

balsamic69%

leather61%

Scent match56%Closely related · both patchouli, warm spicy and smoky

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Notes

PatchouliIncense

No top / heart / base split published

Notes

PatchouliIncenseCastoreumVanillaMintSandalwoodRoseLemon

No top / heart / base split published

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

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring0

Summer0

Fall100

Winter100

Day–

Night100

Spring80

Summer40

Fall100

Winter60

Day100

Night67

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men100

Unisex0

Women0

Men50

Unisex50

Women0

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#71,825

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#38,633

PerfumerDominique Dubrana

Launched—

Reviews1

Category winnerGringoHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Core Meu reads as a dark, resinous patchouli scent with a distinctly Mediterranean twist. Helichrysum gives the opening a dry herbal warmth, then incense and amber deepen the fragrance into something smoky, balsamic, and quietly dramatic. This looks best suited to wearers who enjoy earthy, warm spicy perfumes with tex…

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Gringo is a smoky, woody incense scent with a surprisingly bright lift up top. Wearers describe an opening of natural mint and lemon, quickly wrapped in resinous frankincense, then pulled earthy by patchouli and castoreum. As it dries down, it can read greener, leathery and balsamic, with sandalwood underneath and a s…

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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.