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Love Potion vs SOIREE

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

Updated 39 ratings analysed
Closely related
Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

SOIREE takes 3 of 4 categories.

  • Love Potion

    Choose it for a sweet and warm spicy character. Wins on sillage & projection. Best in fall, evening wear.

  • SOIREE

    Choose it for a sweet and white floral character. Wins on longevity, value for money and fragranxe ranking. Best in spring, evening wear.

Love Potion1/4
SOIREE3/4
Ratings & consensus
Not scored
Community sentiment
Not scored
Longevity
SOIREE
Sillage & projection
Love Potion
Value for money
SOIREE
Versatility
Not scored
Note pyramid (duration)
Not scored
Fragranxe ranking
SOIREE

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance
Love PotionBe Layered
SOIREELANSY
Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split
4.12/ 5 · 34 votes
Have 30%Had 6%Want 64%
4.80/ 5 · 5 votes
Have 15%Had 10%Want 75%
Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate
50%Love
29%Like
9%Ok
6%Dislike
6%Hate

34 votes

80%Love
20%Like
0%Ok
0%Dislike
0%Hate

5 votes · too few to score

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores
⏱ Longevity65
〰 Sillage64
♥ Love / hate78
⏱ Longevity68
〰 Sillage60
♥ Love / hate95
Category winners

LongevitySOIREE

SillageLove Potion

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it
¤ Price value71
¤ Price value90
Category winnerSOIREEBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both
sweet100%
warm spicy92%
woody84%
white floral77%
citrus69%
vanilla61%
sweet100%
white floral92%
vanilla84%
woody77%
coffee69%
tuberose61%
Scent match61%Closely related · both sweet, white floral and woody

Note pyramid (duration)

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

No top / heart / base split published

Top
Almond
Heart
JasmineOrrisRoseTuberosePraline
Base
CoffeeGuaiac WoodAgarwood (Oud)Tonka BeanVanilla
InformationalShared notesPraline, Jasmine, Vanilla and Tonka Bean. Note durations are not published for these fragrances, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season
Spring50
Summer25
Fall100
Winter63
Day38
Night100
Spring100
Summer67
Fall67
Winter33
Day40
Night100
Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes
Men0
Unisex14
Women86
Men0
Unisex25
Women75
InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#34,833

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews4

Overall rank#32,322

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews2

Category winnerSOIREEHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Love Potion opens with a sharp burst of bergamot and bright lemon before settling into a dense, sweet core of praline, cacao, and vanilla. As it warms on skin, powdery orris and creamy tonka bean balance the gourmand weight, giving it a surprisingly rounded depth. A faint trace of jasmine and clean cedar keeps the dry…

Reviews →

SOIREE is a sweet floral vanilla with an almond opening, a creamy white-floral heart, and a darker dry-down of coffee, oud, tonka, and woods. It wears like a dressy, evening-leaning scent with a rich Middle Eastern accent. On skin, it can feel bold at first, then softer and closer. If you enjoy sugary florals with ros…

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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.

Recent comparisons

Head-to-head activity from live history

Common questions

Straight answers from the data above.

Which is better, Love Potion or SOIREE?

SOIREE takes 3 of 4 categories. Love Potion is rated 4.12/5 from 34 votes; SOIREE is rated 4.80/5 from 5 votes. Choose Love Potion for a sweet and warm spicy character. Wins on sillage & projection. Best in fall, evening wear. Choose SOIREE for a sweet and white floral character. Wins on longevity, value for money and fragranxe ranking. Best in spring, evening wear.

Which lasts longer, Love Potion or SOIREE?

SOIREE lasts longest (SOIREE 68/100, Love Potion 65/100), based on community performance votes.

Which projects more, Love Potion or SOIREE?

Love Potion projects furthest (Love Potion 64/100, SOIREE 60/100), based on community performance votes.

Do Love Potion and SOIREE smell similar?

Closely related: a 61% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share sweet, white floral and woody accords. Common notes include Praline, Jasmine, Vanilla and Tonka Bean.

Is Love Potion or SOIREE better for summer or winter?

Love Potion suits evening wear; SOIREE suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in Love Potion and SOIREE?

Love Potion features Cacao, Praline, Jasmine, Vanilla and Tonka Bean. SOIREE has top notes of Almond, heart notes of Jasmine, Orris, Rose and Tuberose, a base of Coffee, Guaiac Wood, Agarwood (Oud) and Tonka Bean.

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