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Café
meets Coffee Break.

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

Shared ground

Different note lists

The records do not list any identical notes. They may still share accords.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with an unrecorded accord; Eau de toilette leads with lavender. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
ALT. Fragrances Café bottle
ALT. Fragrances

Café

Concentration not recorded

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Maison Martin Margiela Coffee Break bottle
Maison Martin Margiela

Coffee Break

Eau de toilette

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedEau de toilette
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originNot yet verifiedFrance
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed yearNot recorded2019
Leading accordslavender · vanilla · coffee
Notes unique to this recordNone listedPepper, Orange Blossom, Patchouli, Lavender, Coffee, Milk, Tonka Bean, Siam Benzoin, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Vanilla, Cedar, Vetiver
Longevity / 53.43 · 7 votes2.83 · 2,901 votes
Projection / 42.57 · 7 votes1.85 · 2,841 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.

Café

Not specified by source · United States listing

Alcohol denat., Water\aqua\eau, Fragrance (parfum), Benzyl salicylate, Hexyl cinnamal, Linalool, Coumarin, Citronellol, Cinnamic alcohol, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Geraniol, Cinnamic aldehyde, D’limonene, Eugenol, Benzyl benzoate, Citral

Official declaration for this exact named fragrance. Source nomenclature is preserved, including D’Limonene where printed. No formula is transferred from the designer fragrance referenced by the brand; check your bottle packaging for the batch.

Source: ALT. Fragrances official ingredient list · Checked 2026-09-22

Coffee Break

Eau de toilette · US listing

Alcohol, Parfum / fragrance, Aqua / water, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Benzyl salicylate, Benzyl alcohol, Ethylhexyl salicylate, Linalool, Limonene, Hexyl cinnamal, Benzyl benzoate, Benzyl cinnamate, Geraniol, Isoeugenol, Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol)citrate, Cinnamal, Citral, Eugenol, Cinnamyl alcohol, Coumarin, CI 15510 / orange 4, CI 60730 / ext. violet 2, CI 14700 / red 4

Source: Maison Margiela 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 direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de toilette

Start here if the listed lavender and vanilla direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.