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The Perfume Bible / A closer look

Hortense
meets Spicebomb.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Bergamot · Cinnamon

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with warm spicy; Eau de toilette leads with warm spicy. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Rance 1795 Hortense bottle
Rance 1795

Hortense

Concentration not recorded

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Spicebomb bottle
Viktor&Rolf

Spicebomb

Eau de toilette

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedEau de toilette
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originNot yet verifiedNetherlands
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20152012
Leading accordswarm spicy · woody · aromaticwarm spicy · cinnamon · tobacco
Notes unique to this recordCardamom, Black Pepper, Rose, Incense, Vanilla, Mahogany, CedarPink Pepper, elemi, Grapefruit, Paprika, Saffron, Tobacco, Leather, Vetiver
Longevity / 53.38 · 90 votes3.54 · 7,278 votes
Projection / 42.50 · 129 votes2.50 · 7,518 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

A label comparison will appear when both ingredient lists are verified for the same market.

Hortense

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

Spicebomb

Eau de toilette · US listing · Official product-page label; individual bottle size not specified

Alcohol • Parfum / fragrance • Aqua / water / eau • Limonene • Coumarin • Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane • Linalool • Ethylhexyl salicylate • Eugenol • Citronellol • Methyl anthranilate • Citral • Geraniol • CI 60730 / ext. violet 2 • CI 14700 / red 4

Source: Viktor&Rolf official US ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed warm spicy and woody direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de toilette

Start here if the listed warm spicy and cinnamon direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.