Fragrance comparison

Dragons Blood vs Methaldone

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

Updated 20 Oct 2026 120 ratings analysed

Dragons Blood

Scent by the Sea

—0 votes

Rank #66,455 AmberWoody

Full profile Similar & dupes

69%scent match

Closely related

2 wins

Methaldone

Aether

3.70120 votes

Rank #9,890 AmberMetallic

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Methaldone takes 2 of 2 categories.

Dragons Blood
Choose it for a amber and woody character. Best in spring, day or night wear.
Methaldone
Choose it for a amber and metallic character. Wins on sillage & projection and fragranxe ranking. Best in winter, daytime wear.

Dragons Blood0/2

Methaldone2/2

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

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Dragons BloodScent by the Sea

MethaldoneAether

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 19%Had 0%Want 81%

3.70/ 5 · 120 votes

Have 29%Had 9%Want 62%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

Not enough votes yet

31%Love

42%Like

11%Ok

14%Dislike

2%Hate

85 votes

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 Sillage50

♥ Love / hateN/A

⏱ Longevity73

〰 Sillage63

♥ Love / hate71

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageMethaldone

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price valueN/A

¤ Price value59

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

amber100%

woody83%

balsamic65%

smoky48%

warm spicy30%

amber100%

metallic88%

balsamic77%

woody65%

smoky53%

musky42%

Scent match69%Closely related · both amber, woody and balsamic

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Notes

Woody NotesIncenseResins

No top / heart / base split published

Notes

Metallic notesIncenseResinsMuskAmberWoody Notes

No top / heart / base split published

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

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring100

Summer0

Fall100

Winter100

Day100

Night100

Spring67

Summer39

Fall89

Winter100

Day100

Night76

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Not enough votes yet

Men35

Unisex61

Women4

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#66,455

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#9,890

PerfumerRodrigo Flores-Roux

Launched—

Reviews23

Category winnerMethaldoneHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Dragons Blood by Scent by the Sea is a resinous, incense-forward woody scent with a deep amber tone and a soft smoky edge. Think warm balsamic resins over dry woods, more meditative than sweet, and more atmospheric than “fresh.” If you like incense, resin oils, and darker amber woods, this is the kind of simple, strai…

Reviews →

Methaldone leans into a cold metallic incense idea rather than easy crowd-pleasing comfort. It opens sharp, synthetic and almost industrial, then settles into a warmer mix of resin, amber, woods and soft musk with a faint sweet undertone. This is a better fit for curious niche wearers than blind buyers. Sample first i…

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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.