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Tabac vs Pipe

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

Updated 60 ratings analysed
Clearly different
Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Tabac takes 4 of 5 categories.

  • Tabac

    Choose it for a warm spicy and coffee character. Wins on ratings & consensus, longevity and sillage & projection. Best in fall, day or night wear.

  • Pipe

    Choose it for a animalic and warm spicy character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in winter, evening wear.

Tabac4/5
Pipe1/5
Ratings & consensus
Tabac
Community sentiment
Not scored
Longevity
Tabac
Sillage & projection
Tabac
Value for money
Tabac
Versatility
Not scored
Note pyramid (duration)
Not scored
Fragranxe ranking
Pipe

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance
TabacHeadspace
PipeTSVGA Parfums
Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split
4.29/ 5 · 14 votes
Have 18%Had 0%Want 82%
4.17/ 5 · 46 votes
Have 20%Had 5%Want 75%
Category winnerTabacRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate
50%Love
29%Like
21%Ok
0%Dislike
0%Hate

14 votes · too few to score

59%Love
24%Like
4%Ok
2%Dislike
11%Hate

46 votes

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores
⏱ Longevity80
〰 Sillage59
♥ Love / hate82
⏱ Longevity68
〰 Sillage48
♥ Love / hate79
Category winners

LongevityTabac

SillageTabac

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it
¤ Price value75
¤ Price value35
Category winnerTabacBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both
warm spicy100%
coffee92%
tobacco84%
vanilla77%
sweet69%
green61%
animalic100%
warm spicy92%
musky84%
woody77%
amber69%
sweet61%
Scent match29%Clearly different · both warm spicy and sweet

Note pyramid (duration)

Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = shared
Top
EspressoGinger
Heart
CoffeeHayCloves
Base
TobaccoVanillaTonkaLeatherPatchouliOsmanthus
Top
TobaccoCacaoVanillaOsmanthusBenzoinDried FruitsKopi Luwak CoffeeCoffee
Heart
LeatherImmortelleWhiskeyBlack ElderJasmine SambacMarigoldRose
Base
CastoreumPatchouliAmbergrisCivetWoody NotesSpicesMuskratHyrax
InformationalShared notesCoffee, Tobacco, Vanilla and Leather. Note durations are not published for these fragrances, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season
Spring38
Summer13
Fall100
Winter100
Day100
Night100
Spring0
Summer5
Fall76
Winter100
Day76
Night100
Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes
Men38
Unisex63
Women0
Men69
Unisex31
Women0
InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#34,598

PerfumerJulien Rasquinet

Launched—

Reviews3

Overall rank#33,588

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerPipeHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Tabac Headspace by Headspace puts a modern spin on rich tobacco and dark roast coffee. Right from the first spray, you get a punchy blast of bitter espresso sweetened by fresh ginger, quickly softening into warm pipe tobacco, dry golden hay, and spicy cloves. As it warms on skin, smooth vanilla, creamy tonka bean, and…

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Pipe opens with sticky Burley tobacco leaf, bitter cacao, and roasted Kopi Luwak coffee tinctures. The heart settles into dark leather, dry immortelle, and neat whiskey. Base notes of natural castoreum, civet, and ambergris ground the sweetness. Wear this heavy gourmand-animalic blend on freezing winter nights in over…

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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, Tabac or Pipe?

Tabac takes 4 of 5 categories. Tabac is rated 4.29/5 from 14 votes; Pipe is rated 4.17/5 from 46 votes. Choose Tabac for a warm spicy and coffee character. Wins on ratings & consensus, longevity and sillage & projection. Best in fall, day or night wear. Choose Pipe for a animalic and warm spicy character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in winter, evening wear.

Which lasts longer, Tabac or Pipe?

Tabac lasts longest (Tabac 80/100, Pipe 68/100), based on community performance votes.

Which projects more, Tabac or Pipe?

Tabac projects furthest (Tabac 59/100, Pipe 48/100), based on community performance votes.

Do Tabac and Pipe smell similar?

Clearly different: a 29% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share warm spicy and sweet accords. Common notes include Coffee, Tobacco, Vanilla and Leather.

Is Tabac or Pipe better for summer or winter?

Tabac suits day or night wear; Pipe suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in Tabac and Pipe?

Tabac has top notes of Espresso and Ginger, heart notes of Coffee, Hay and Cloves, a base of Tobacco, Vanilla, Tonka and Leather. Pipe has top notes of Tobacco, Cacao, Vanilla and Osmanthus, heart notes of Leather, Immortelle, Whiskey and Black Elder, a base of Castoreum, Patchouli, Ambergris and Civet.

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