Fragrance comparison

Scent Café vs Lovers and Strangers

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

Updated 15 Oct 2026 11 ratings analysed

Scent Café

Varriale Profumi

—0 votes

Rank #73,954 FloralAmber

Full profile Similar & dupes

25%scent match

Clearly different

1 wins

Lovers and Strangers

TOBBA

3.5511 votes

Rank #47,512 Warm SpicyFloral

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Lovers and Strangers takes 1 of 1 categories.

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

Scent Café0/1

Lovers and Strangers1/1

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

Scent CaféVarriale Profumi

Lovers and StrangersTOBBA

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 67%Had 33%Want 0%

3.55/ 5 · 11 votes

Have 35%Had 3%Want 62%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

Not enough votes yet

0%Love

73%Like

9%Ok

18%Dislike

0%Hate

11 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 / hateN/A

⏱ Longevity66

〰 Sillage50

♥ Love / hate64

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price valueN/A

¤ Price value46

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

floral100%

amber92%

coffee84%

musky77%

rose69%

vanilla61%

warm spicy100%

floral92%

woody84%

sweet77%

aromatic69%

patchouli61%

Scent match25%Clearly different · both floral

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Top15-30 mins

Floral bouquet

Heart2-4 hrs

CoffeeRose

Base6-8+ hrs

White MuskVanillaAmber

Top

PrunellaCoffeeCade oilRum

Heart

CloveTobaccoRoseTonka

Base

PatchouliSandalAmberVanilla

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

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring–

Summer–

Fall–

Winter–

Day59

Night100

Spring0

Summer0

Fall100

Winter67

Day67

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Not enough votes yet

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

Men20

Unisex70

Women10

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#73,954

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#47,512

PerfumerMaxime Exler

Launched—

Reviews2

Category winnerLovers and StrangersHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

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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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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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 Scent Café and Lovers and Strangers smell similar?

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

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

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

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

Scent Café has top notes of Floral bouquet, heart notes of Coffee and Rose, a base of White Musk, Vanilla and Amber. 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.