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Hermès Hermessence Poivre Samarcande vs Pierre Guillaume Paris Coze 02
Hermessence Poivre Samarcande is the community's favourite of the two.
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Notes
———Accords
Woody
100%
Fresh spicy
97%
Warm spicy
80%
Aromatic
56%
Earthy
56%
Mossy
50%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
fallspringwinter
About
Hermessence Poivre Samarcande by Hermès is a Woody Spicy fragrance for women and men. Hermessence Poivre Samarcande 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.Poivre Samarcande: burning spice tempered by sweet wood that evokes the peppery, musky smell of oak, a vibrant homage that takes one away to Samarkand, “the must-see stopover between the Western and Eastern worlds, where caravans loaded with spices…”
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Notes
Top
cannabisPepper
Heart
TobaccoMexican chocolatePaprikaCoffee
Base
PatchouliEbony WoodVirginia CedarSandalwoodVanille
Accords
Warm spicy
100%
Woody
87%
Patchouli
58%
Cannabis
58%
Tobacco
56%
Fresh spicy
56%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
fallwinterspring
About
Coze 02 by Pierre Guillaume Paris is a Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men. Coze 02 was launched in 2002. The nose behind this fragrance is Pierre Guillaume. Top notes are cannabis and Pepper; middle notes are Tobacco, Mexican chocolate, Paprika and Coffee; base notes are Patchouli, Ebony Wood, Virginia Cedar, Sandalwood and Vanille. Coze 02 is an oriental woody fragrance introduced in 2002. It includes notes of: Indian hemp, patchouli, coffee, pimento, pepper, sandalwood, ebony wood, Virginian cedar and tobacco and Bourbon vanilla.It is available as 50 and 100 ml EDT, created by the founder and perfumer of this niche house Pierre Guillaume.
Notes in Common
0% sharedShared (0)
No shared notes — these are very different compositions.
Only in Hermessence Poivre Samarcande
Only in Coze 02
cannabisPepperTobaccoMexican chocolatePaprikaCoffeePatchouliEbony WoodVirginia CedarSandalwoodVanille
Rating
4.19vs3.96
Ratings
1,111vs821
Concentration
EDPvsEDP
Launch Year
2004vs2002
Which should I buy?
Hermessence Poivre Samarcande is the community's favourite of the two.
- Hermessence Poivre Samarcande is rated higher by the community: 4.19 from 1,111 ratings, against 3.96 from 821.
- Longevity votes for both lean "moderate".
- Sillage is comparable: "moderate" is the most common vote for both.
- Both are voted best for fall first.
Buy Hermessence Poivre Samarcande if you want the higher-rated option; pick Coze 02 if its note profile reads closer to what you already love wearing.