Fragrance comparison

Lovers and Strangers vs Scent Café

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

Updated 16 Oct 2026 11 ratings analysed

1 wins

Lovers and Strangers

TOBBA

3.5511 votes

Rank #47,579 Warm SpicyFloral

Full profile Similar & dupes

25%scent match

Clearly different

Scent Café

Varriale Profumi

—0 votes

Rank #74,029 FloralAmber

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Lovers and Strangers takes 1 of 1 categories.

Lovers and Strangers
Choose it for a warm spicy and floral character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, evening wear.
Scent Café
Choose it for a floral and amber character.

Lovers and Strangers1/1

Scent Café0/1

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: Lovers and Strangers

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Lovers and StrangersTOBBA

Scent CaféVarriale Profumi

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

3.55/ 5 · 11 votes

Have 35%Had 3%Want 62%

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 67%Had 33%Want 0%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

0%Love

73%Like

9%Ok

18%Dislike

0%Hate

11 votes · too few to score

Not enough votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity66

〰 Sillage50

♥ Love / hate64

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value46

¤ Price valueN/A

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

warm spicy100%

floral92%

woody84%

sweet77%

aromatic69%

patchouli61%

floral100%

amber92%

coffee84%

musky77%

rose69%

vanilla61%

Scent match25%Clearly different · both floral

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Top

PrunellaCoffeeCade oilRum

Heart

CloveTobaccoRoseTonka

Base

PatchouliSandalAmberVanilla

Top15-30 mins

Floral bouquet

Heart2-4 hrs

CoffeeRose

Base6-8+ hrs

White MuskVanillaAmber

InformationalShared notesCoffee, Rose, Amber and Vanilla. Durations are only published for Scent Café, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring0

Summer0

Fall100

Winter67

Day67

Night100

Spring–

Summer–

Fall–

Winter–

Day59

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men20

Unisex70

Women10

Not enough votes yet

Date 34%Casual 28%Party 21%Work 18%

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#47,579

PerfumerMaxime Exler

Launched—

Reviews2

Overall rank#74,029

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerLovers and StrangersHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Lovers and Strangers by TOBBA starts with a surprising puff of dark coffee and sweet plum, laced with a smoky splash of rum. As it warms on the skin, the fragrance softens, shedding its sharp boozy edge to reveal a cozy heart of dry tobacco leaves and red rose. A woody foundation of earthy patchouli and creamy sandalw…

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Scent Café by Varriale Profumi centers on a warm collision between dark roasted coffee beans and dewy red rose petals. You get an immediate flash of mixed garden florals on the first spray, followed by rich steamed espresso and sweet vanilla. It feels like stepping inside a cozy European bakery on a brisk autumn morni…

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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 Lovers and Strangers and Scent Café smell similar?

Clearly different: a 25% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share floral accords. Common notes include Coffee, Rose, Amber and Vanilla.

Is Lovers and Strangers or Scent Café better for summer or winter?

Lovers and Strangers suits evening wear; Scent Café suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in Lovers and Strangers and Scent Café?

Lovers and Strangers has top notes of Prunella, Coffee, Cade oil and Rum, heart notes of Clove, Tobacco, Rose and Tonka, a base of Patchouli, Sandal, Amber and Vanilla. Scent Café has top notes of Floral bouquet, heart notes of Coffee and Rose, a base of White Musk, Vanilla and Amber.