Fragrance comparison

Innovator vs Orange Moon

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

Updated 18 Oct 2026 6 ratings analysed

1 wins

Innovator

Thousand Colours

4.001 votes

Rank #61,680 Warm SpicyPatchouli

Full profile Similar & dupes

62%scent match

Closely related

Orange Moon

Khye Fragrances

1.805 votes

Rank #68,396 OudAmber

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Innovator takes 1 of 1 categories.

Innovator
Choose it for a warm spicy and patchouli character. Wins on fragranxe ranking.
Orange Moon
Choose it for a oud and amber character. Best in winter, evening wear.

Innovator1/1

Orange Moon0/1

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: Innovator

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

InnovatorThousand Colours

Orange MoonKhye Fragrances

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

4.00/ 5 · 1 votes

Have 25%Had 0%Want 75%

1.80/ 5 · 5 votes

Have 17%Had 0%Want 83%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

0%Love

100%Like

0%Ok

0%Dislike

0%Hate

1 vote · too few to score

20%Love

0%Like

0%Ok

0%Dislike

80%Hate

5 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 / hate75

⏱ Longevity35

〰 Sillage44

♥ Love / hate20

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price valueN/A

¤ Price value20

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

warm spicy100%

patchouli90%

amber80%

balsamic70%

floral60%

smoky50%

oud100%

amber86%

floral72%

smoky58%

fresh spicy44%

warm spicy30%

Scent match62%Closely related · both amber, floral and warm spicy

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Notes

CarnationPatchouliIncense

No top / heart / base split published

Notes

AgarwoodCarnationIncensePatchouli

No top / heart / base split published

InformationalShared notesCarnation, Patchouli 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

No season votes yet

Spring0

Summer0

Fall50

Winter100

Day–

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Not enough votes yet

Men67

Unisex33

Women0

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#61,680

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#68,396

PerfumerJarekhye Covarrubias

Launched—

Reviews1

Category winnerInnovatorHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Innovator is a spicy, smoky floral built around carnation, patchouli and incense. It opens with a sharper incense and pepper effect, then settles into a warmer ambered patchouli with a dry, slightly leathery floral edge. It suits wearers who like woody orientals with texture rather than sweetness. The overall feel is…

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Orange Moon by Khye Fragrances is a unisex oud fragrance with an orange, incense and amber character. The available wearer feedback points to a scent that can lean masculine, with smoky resin, patchouli depth and a floral carnation edge around the oud. Because community evidence is limited and mixed, this is best trea…

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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.

Common questions

Straight answers from the data above.

Which is better, Innovator or Orange Moon?

Innovator takes 1 of 1 categories. Innovator is rated 4.00/5 from 1 votes; Orange Moon is rated 1.80/5 from 5 votes. Choose Innovator for a warm spicy and patchouli character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Choose Orange Moon for a oud and amber character. Best in winter, evening wear.

Do Innovator and Orange Moon smell similar?

Closely related: a 62% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share amber, floral and warm spicy accords. Common notes include Carnation, Patchouli and Incense.