Duel

Égoïste vs Molecule 01

The scent fingerprint

What brings them together, what sets them apart

In common

Exclusive to Molecule 01

How they evolve on the skin

Notes shared by both perfumes.

Top notes the first half hour
Heart notes the central character (1 to 4 h)
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Base notes the trail that remains (4 h and more)

What are they for?

Égoïste
Molecule 01
Seasons
Spring
Suitable
Suitable
Summer
Not its territory
Suitable
Autumn
Very suitable
Very suitable
Winter
Suitable
Suitable
Moments
Office
Suitable
Very suitable
Everyday
Suitable
Very suitable
Evenings & dates
Very suitable
Suitable
Night
Suitable
Suitable
How is it calculated?

These markers are an editorial estimate calculated automatically from the perfume's real accords and their intensity, following the classic reading of scent families (hesperidics and aromatics shine in summer and at the office, ambers and gourmands in winter and in the evening…). They do not come from user votes and do not replace a test on skin.

Why choose one… or the other?

Why choose Égoïste

  • It brings what the other lacks — mandarin, rose, vanilla.
  • Markedly more enveloping, carried by warm spicy and vanilla.
  • More track record: launched in 1990, it has been worn for 36 years.
  • No tracked point of sale to date.
  • Our calculated profile does not see it on “summer” ground.

Why choose Molecule 01

  • Facets Égoïste does not have: cedar.
  • Released in 2006, when the other dates from 1990.
  • More atypical composition in our catalogue (rare notes: woody notes, cedar).

The verdict

  • Most enveloping

    Égoïste — signature carried by warm spicy and vanilla

  • Most original

    Molecule 01 — its notes are rarer in our catalogue (woody notes, cedar)

Each trophy applies to a specific use, not in absolute terms.

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