Warm Bulb
Clue PerfumeryExtrait de Parfum2023
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Warm Bulb vs. Secret Boyfriend
Is Warm Bulb better than Secret Boyfriend?
Warm Bulb rates higher with the community and wears longer on skin, while Secret Boyfriend projects louder.
Why this score
Performance proximity
Gender alignment
Accord profile overlap
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The essentials
What's different between Warm Bulb and Secret Boyfriend?
| Warm Bulb | Secret Boyfriend | |
|---|---|---|
| Concentration | Extrait de Parfum | Eau de Parfum |
| Launched | 2023 | 2016 |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Perfumer | Laura Oberwetter | Joelle Nealy |
| Best season | Winter | Fall |
Scent DNA
How do Warm Bulb and Secret Boyfriend smell?
Warm Bulb
Vanilla
Warm Spicy
Sweet
Herbal
Powdery
Tobacco
Fresh Spicy
Paper
Secret Boyfriend
Woody
Smoky
Leather
Aromatic
Sweet
Powdery
Animalic
Conifer
Shared between both fragrances
The pyramid
What notes do Warm Bulb and Secret Boyfriend share?
Top
Air AccordBlack PepperBurning dust
—Heart
ImmortellePaperTobacco
CedarPine
Base
VanillaAmberSandalwood
LeatherSmokeChamallow
Notes both fragrances share
Shared note families
Woody Notes
Sandalwood
CedarPine
Where they fit
When and where do Warm Bulb and Secret Boyfriend work?
Fall
Winter
Community taste
Which performs better, Warm Bulb or Secret Boyfriend?
| Warm Bulb | Secret Boyfriend | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Longevity | 6-10 hours | 2-4 hours |
| Sillage | moderate | strong |
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What do reviewers say about Warm Bulb and Secret Boyfriend?
Not a cozy vanilla fragrance. The opening is strange and almost industrial before softening into something genuinely tender.Warm Bulb
Leather and marshmallow shouldn't work together. They do here, and that's the whole point. Poesie committed to something strange and came back with a campfire memory worth keeping.Secret Boyfriend
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