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Parfums de Marly Oajan vs Hermès Hermessence Ambre Narguile
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Notes
Top
CinnamonHoneyOsmanthus
Heart
BenzoinLabdanumAmbergrisArtemisia
Base
VanilaTonka BeanMuskPatchouli
Accords
Warm spicy
100%
Amber
99%
Vanilla
96%
Cinnamon
86%
Honey
79%
Sweet
77%
Performance
LongevityLong lasting
SillageStrong
Best Seasons
winterfallspring
About
Oajan by Parfums de Marly is a Oriental fragrance for women and men. Oajan was launched in 2013. Top notes are Cinnamon, Honey and Osmanthus; middle notes are Benzoin, Labdanum, Ambergris and Artemisia; base notes are Vanila, Tonka Bean, Musk and Patchouli.
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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
Notes in Common
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No shared notes — these are very different compositions.
Only in Oajan
CinnamonHoneyOsmanthusBenzoinLabdanumAmbergrisArtemisiaVanilaTonka BeanMuskPatchouli
Only in Hermessence Ambre Narguile
Rating
4.41vs4.41
Ratings
7,187vs4,283
Concentration
ParfumvsEDP
Launch Year
2013vs2004
Which should I buy?
Too close to call on ratings — choose on character.
- The community rates them about the same (4.41 from 7,187 ratings vs 4.41 from 4,283).
- Longevity votes for both lean "long lasting".
- Sillage votes lean "strong" for Oajan versus "moderate" for Hermessence Ambre Narguile.
- Both are voted best for winter and fall.
- Parfums de Marly is a luxury house (typically $250+), while Hermès is premium (typically $100–250).
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