Flower Café vs Poppy
Notes, accords, longevity, sillage, seasons and community ratings, side by side.
31%scent match
Clearly different
Quick verdict
Which one should you pick?
Flower Café takes 2 of 2 categories.
Flower CaféChoose it for a rose and vanilla character. Wins on sillage & projection and fragranxe ranking. Best in winter.
PoppyChoose it for a warm spicy and amber character. Best in summer, day or night wear.
Flower Café2/2
Poppy0/2
- Ratings & consensus
- Not scored
- Community sentiment
- Not scored
- Longevity
- Not scored
- Sillage & projection
- Flower Café
- Value for money
- Not scored
- Versatility
- Not scored
- Note pyramid (duration)
- Not scored
- Fragranxe ranking
- Flower Café
Head-to-head breakdown
Every category side by side, with the winner called out.
Fragrance
Flower CaféBotanicaePoppyDSH PerfumesWinner
Ratings & consensus
Average rating and ownership split3.81/ 5 · 176 votes
Have 80%Had 20%Want 0%
4.00/ 5 · 5 votes
Have 13%Had 13%Want 75%
Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count
Community sentiment
How voters split from love to hate29%Love
43%Like
13%Ok
10%Dislike
5%Hate
176 votes
40%Love
40%Like
0%Ok
20%Dislike
0%Hate
5 votes · too few to score
Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)
Longevity & sillage
0–100 community performance scores
Category winners
LongevityNo data
SillageFlower Café
Value for money
How fairly priced voters find itCategory winnerNot enough dataBest value score
Main accords
Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by bothrose100%
vanilla91%
coffee83%
warm spicy74%
powdery65%
amber56%
warm spicy100%
amber92%
floral84%
sweet77%
powdery69%
woody61%
Scent match31%Clearly different · both warm spicy, amber and powdery
Note pyramid (duration)
Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = sharedTop
Black PepperCloves
Heart
RoseCoffee
Base
Madagascar VanillaAmberMusk
Notes
PeachMandarin OrangeBlue LotusCarnationClovesTolu BalsamLilyFig LeafNutmegAmberIncenseMoss
No top / heart / base split published
InformationalShared notesCloves and Amber. Durations are only published for Poppy, so this is not scored.
Seasons & time of day
Relative to each fragrance's best seasonSpring76
Summer0
Fall0
Winter100
Day–
Night–
Spring50
Summer100
Fall50
Winter0
Day100
Night100
Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round
Who wears it
Gender appeal votesNot enough votes yet
InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored
Ranking & credits
Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launchOverall rank#16,054
PerfumerNot listed
Launched—
Reviews9
Overall rank#57,271
PerfumerDawn Spencer Hurwitz
Launched—
Reviews1
Category winnerFlower CaféHigher overall rank
In a nutshell
Description & review snapshotBotanicae Flower Café pairs a sharp burst of black pepper and cloves with a rich, jammy red rose that dominates the opening minutes. As the spices calm down, dark coffee and Madagascar vanilla surface to soften the floral edge without turning heavy or cloying. Amber and white musk settle into the background after an h…
Reviews →Poppy by DSH Perfumes is a rich oriental fragrance created by perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, launching in 2017 as a unisex composition. It opens with juicy peach and crisp mandarin orange brushed against green fig leaf. The scent quickly introduces a spicy floral heart of carnation, clove, nutmeg, and black pepper, te…
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, Flower Café or Poppy?
Flower Café takes 2 of 2 categories. Flower Café is rated 3.81/5 from 176 votes; Poppy is rated 4.00/5 from 5 votes. Choose Flower Café for a rose and vanilla character. Wins on sillage & projection and fragranxe ranking. Best in winter. Choose Poppy for a warm spicy and amber character. Best in summer, day or night wear.
Which projects more, Flower Café or Poppy?
Flower Café projects furthest (Flower Café 57/100, Poppy 50/100), based on community performance votes.
Do Flower Café and Poppy smell similar?
Clearly different: a 31% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share warm spicy, amber and powdery accords. Common notes include Cloves and Amber.
Is Flower Café or Poppy better for summer or winter?
Poppy suits day or night wear. Based on community season votes.
What are the notes in Flower Café and Poppy?
Flower Café has top notes of Black Pepper and Cloves, heart notes of Rose and Coffee, a base of Madagascar Vanilla, Amber and Musk. Poppy features Peach, Mandarin Orange, Blue Lotus, Carnation and Cloves.
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