Fragrance comparison

L'Eau du Navigateur vs Metis

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

Updated 19 Oct 2026 527 ratings analysed

L'Eau du Navigateur

L'Artisan Parfumeur

4.18527 votes

Rank #4,327 Warm SpicyWoody

Full profile Similar & dupes

35%scent match

Some overlap

3 wins

Metis

Bottega Somalani

—0 votes

Rank #69,213 SmokyLeather

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Metis takes 3 of 4 categories.

L'Eau du Navigateur
Choose it for a warm spicy and woody character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, evening wear.
Metis
Choose it for a smoky and leather character. Wins on longevity, sillage & projection and value for money. Best in fall, evening wear.

L'Eau du Navigateur1/4

Metis3/4

Ratings & consensus: Not scored
Community sentiment: Not scored
Longevity: Metis
Sillage & projection: Metis
Value for money: Metis
Versatility: Not scored
Note pyramid (duration): Not scored
Fragranxe ranking: L'Eau du Navigateur

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

L'Eau du NavigateurL'Artisan Parfumeur

MetisBottega Somalani

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

4.18/ 5 · 527 votes

Have 64%Had 36%Want 0%

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 10%Had 0%Want 90%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

43%Love

44%Like

2%Ok

12%Dislike

0%Hate

527 votes

Not enough votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity68

〰 Sillage60

♥ Love / hate79

⏱ Longevity80

〰 Sillage75

♥ Love / hateN/A

Category winners

LongevityMetis

SillageMetis

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value52

¤ Price value75

Category winnerMetisBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

warm spicy100%

woody92%

amber84%

tobacco77%

coffee69%

balsamic61%

smoky100%

leather86%

woody72%

green58%

amber44%

warm spicy30%

Scent match35%Some overlap · both woody, warm spicy and amber

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Notes

SpicesRumTobaccoWoodsy NotesCoffeeResinIncenseLeatherMyrrhCedarFloral Notes

No top / heart / base split published

Top

BirchGreen NotescannabisResins

Heart

Woody NotesCoffeeMyrrh

Base

IncenseTobaccoHoneyOudLeather

InformationalShared notesTobacco, Coffee, Incense and Leather. Durations are only published for L'Eau du Navigateur, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring35

Summer25

Fall100

Winter74

Day56

Night100

Spring0

Summer0

Fall100

Winter100

Day–

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men49

Unisex49

Women3

Casual 35%Date 30%Work 19%Party 16%

Men100

Unisex0

Women0

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#4,327

PerfumerJean-Claude Ellena, Jean-Francois Laporte

Launched—

Reviews34

Overall rank#69,213

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerL'Eau du NavigateurHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

L'Eau du Navigateur opens with an immediate kick of dark roasted coffee beans, sweet pipe tobacco, and aged dark rum. Created in 1979 by Jean-Claude Ellena and Jean-Francois Laporte, this pioneering woody spicy blend smells like the hold of a historic wooden trading vessel packed with dried spices, resins, and leather…

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Metis opens with sharp birch tar, crushed green leaves, and a pungent hit of cannabis resting on raw resins. As it warms, bitter coffee and resinous myrrh soften the top notes before settling into a heavy base of tobacco leaf, dark honey, smoky incense, and leather. Built for crisp late autumn evenings and freezing wi…

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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 lasts longer, L'Eau du Navigateur or Metis?

Metis lasts longest (Metis 80/100, L'Eau du Navigateur 68/100), based on community performance votes.

Which projects more, L'Eau du Navigateur or Metis?

Metis projects furthest (Metis 75/100, L'Eau du Navigateur 60/100), based on community performance votes.

Do L'Eau du Navigateur and Metis smell similar?

Some overlap: a 35% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share woody, warm spicy and amber accords. Common notes include Tobacco, Coffee, Incense and Leather.

Is L'Eau du Navigateur or Metis better for summer or winter?

L'Eau du Navigateur suits evening wear; Metis suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in L'Eau du Navigateur and Metis?

L'Eau du Navigateur features Spices, Rum, Tobacco, Woodsy Notes and Coffee. Metis has top notes of Birch, Green Notes, cannabis and Resins, heart notes of Woody Notes, Coffee and Myrrh, a base of Incense, Tobacco, Honey and Oud.