Fragrance comparison

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense vs Santal Oriental

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

Updated 12 Oct 2026 708 ratings analysed

1 wins

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense

Lacoste Fragrances

3.93708 votes

Rank #8,273 CaramelWoody

Full profile Similar & dupes

30%scent match

Clearly different

Santal Oriental

Al Ghaliyah

—0 votes

Rank #68,547 AromaticWarm Spicy

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Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense takes 1 of 1 categories.

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense
Choose it for a caramel and woody character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in winter.
Santal Oriental
Choose it for a aromatic and warm spicy character.

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense1/1

Santal Oriental0/1

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: Lacoste Pour Femme Intense

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Lacoste Pour Femme IntenseLacoste Fragrances

Santal OrientalAl Ghaliyah

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

3.93/ 5 · 708 votes

Have 63%Had 38%Want 0%

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 0%Had 0%Want 100%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

25%Love

54%Like

9%Ok

11%Dislike

0%Hate

708 votes

Not enough votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity56

〰 Sillage57

♥ Love / hate73

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value53

¤ Price valueN/A

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

caramel100%

woody83%

sweet65%

powdery48%

musky30%

aromatic100%

warm spicy92%

woody84%

rose77%

powdery69%

white floral61%

Scent match30%Clearly different · both woody and powdery

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Top

Caramel

Heart

Bulgarian Rose

Base

Australian SandalwoodMuskHimalayan Cedar

Top

SandalwoodCardamomDavana

Heart

Bulgarian RoseJasmine SambacGeranium

Base

Australian SandalwoodPatchouliAmberMusk

InformationalShared notesBulgarian Rose, Australian Sandalwood and Musk. Note durations are not published for these fragrances, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring70

Summer0

Fall0

Winter100

Day–

Night–

No season votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men1

Unisex5

Women94

Not enough votes yet

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#8,273

PerfumerOlivier Cresp

Launched—

Reviews26

Overall rank#68,547

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerLacoste Pour Femme IntenseHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense presents a warm, woody gourmand composition built around a prominent top note of cooked caramel. Created by master perfumer Olivier Cresp as a smoother evolution of the 2003 original, it pairs sweet warmth with a delicate heart of Bulgarian rose. The dry-down relies on Australian sandalwood,…

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Santal Oriental by Al Ghaliyah is a sandalwood-led unisex scent with a warm, aromatic lift of cardamom and davana, then a dense rose and jasmine heart that stays balanced rather than loud. The dry-down leans woody, ambered, and softly musky, with patchouli adding a dry, earthy edge. It is built to feel composed and qu…

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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.

Do Lacoste Pour Femme Intense and Santal Oriental smell similar?

Clearly different: a 30% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share woody and powdery accords. Common notes include Bulgarian Rose, Australian Sandalwood and Musk.

What are the notes in Lacoste Pour Femme Intense and Santal Oriental?

Lacoste Pour Femme Intense has top notes of Caramel, heart notes of Bulgarian Rose, a base of Australian Sandalwood, Musk and Himalayan Cedar. Santal Oriental has top notes of Sandalwood, Cardamom and Davana, heart notes of Bulgarian Rose, Jasmine Sambac and Geranium, a base of Australian Sandalwood, Patchouli, Amber and Musk.