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Hermès Hermessence Ambre Narguile vs The House of Oud Dates Delight
Hermessence Ambre Narguile is the community's favourite of the two.
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Notes
———Accords
Sweet
100%
Warm spicy
96%
Vanilla
86%
Cinnamon
79%
Amber
77%
Honey
75%
Performance
LongevityLong lasting
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
fallwinterspring
About
Hermessence Ambre Narguile by Hermès is a Oriental Spicy fragrance for women and men. Hermessence Ambre Narguile was launched in 2004. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean-Claude Ellena. Created in 2004 by Jean-Claude Ellena, Hermessence is a collection of unique fragrances conceived as olfactory poems using perfuming’s most exclusive elements. As sober and intense as Japanese haiku, they reinvent a nature that is as precious as it is unusual, as if rendered by the inspired writing of a composer in search of the new. Enriched each time the perfumer discovers a new country, a language, a culture or simply extraordinary new ingredients, as of today the line consists of eight fragrances, exclusively available in Hermès stores.“Oriental, the Western expression of Eastern fragrances, has a warm, sensual, enveloping, almost carnal smell. I wanted to imbue this idea of amber with the memory of the East I love by recreating the ambiance of those lively places where tobacco – blended with the smells of fruit, honey and spices – is smoked in nargiles, or water pipes, and where swirls of smoke diffuse a sweet sense of intoxication.” --Jean-Claude Ellena
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Notes
Top
DatesPeony
Heart
CinnamonCaramelTonka BeanCoumarin
Base
HoneySugarVanillaBenzoinLabdanum
Accords
Sweet
100%
Vanilla
72%
Amber
61%
Warm spicy
58%
Honey
57%
Cinnamon
49%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
winterfallspring
About
Dates Delight by The House of Oud is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women and men. Dates Delight was launched in 2016. Top notes are Dates and Peony; middle notes are Cinnamon, Caramel, Tonka Bean and Coumarin; base notes are Honey, Sugar, Vanilla, Benzoin and Labdanum.
Notes in Common
0% sharedShared (0)
No shared notes — these are very different compositions.
Only in Hermessence Ambre Narguile
Only in Dates Delight
DatesPeonyCinnamonCaramelTonka BeanCoumarinHoneySugarVanillaBenzoinLabdanum
Rating
4.41vs4.01
Ratings
4,283vs1,113
Concentration
EDPvsEDP
Launch Year
2004vs2016
Which should I buy?
Hermessence Ambre Narguile is the community's favourite of the two.
- Hermessence Ambre Narguile is rated higher by the community: 4.41 from 4,283 ratings, against 4.01 from 1,113.
- Longevity votes lean "long lasting" for Hermessence Ambre Narguile and "moderate" for Dates Delight.
- Sillage is comparable: "moderate" is the most common vote for both.
- Both are voted best for fall and winter.
- The House of Oud is a luxury house (typically $250+), while Hermès is premium (typically $100–250).
Buy Hermessence Ambre Narguile if you want the higher-rated option; pick Dates Delight if its note profile reads closer to what you already love wearing.