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    Side by side

    Sweet Pine Tar vs. Café V

    Clearly related
    Café V by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes bottle

    Café V

    Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes
    Parfum2013
    New comparison

    Café V wears longer on skin, while Sweet Pine Tar projects louder.

    The essentials

    At a glance

    Key facts: Sweet Pine Tar vs. Café V
    Sweet Pine TarCafé V
    ConcentrationEau de ParfumParfum
    Launched20202013
    GenderMaleUnisex
    PerfumerDawn Spencer HurwitzDr. Ellen Covey
    Best seasonFallFall

    Scent DNA

    Main accords

    Sweet Pine Tar

    Woody
    Aromatic
    Mineral
    Amber
    Smoky
    Balsamic
    Conifer

    Café V

    Warm Spicy
    Sweet
    Leather
    Coffee
    Lactonic
    Vanilla
    Woody
    Cacao

    Shared between both fragrances

    The pyramid

    Notes, side by side

    Top
    CardamomMasala ChaiChocolate
    Heart
    Pine NeedlesBalsam FirPatchouliBourbon Vanilla
    CoffeeCacaoLeatherWoody Notes
    Base
    CharcoalFrankincenseCedarwoodBirchLabdanumMitti Attar
    Whipped CreamVanilla

    Notes both fragrances share

    Community taste

    The community verdict

    Community verdict: Sweet Pine Tar vs. Café V
    Sweet Pine TarCafé V
    Score4/54/5
    Longevity4-6 hours6-10 hours
    Sillagestrongmoderate

    No varnish

    Real talk

    Birch tar is the divider. Either you've spent cold nights near an open fire, or you haven't. Sweet Pine Tar doesn't wait to find out. It assumes you have, and that's what makes the vanilla, the cedar.Sweet Pine Tar
    This isn't a coffee fragrance. It's the café itself, the whole room, the used mugs, the leather in the corner booth. The kind of warmth that doesn't announce itself. Just arrives. And stays.Café V