from €91.00
Portobello Road vs A Midsummer Dream
from €415.00
The scent fingerprint
Woody: Portobello Road 80 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream 80 out of 100. Citrus: Portobello Road 40 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream 40 out of 100. Floral: Portobello Road 40 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream 40 out of 100. Marine: Portobello Road 40 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream absent. Warm spicy: Portobello Road absent, A Midsummer Dream 40 out of 100
What brings them together, what sets them apart
Exclusive to Portobello Road
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)
What are they for?
Portobello Road
A Midsummer Dream
Seasons
Spring
Very suitable
Suitable
Summer
Very suitable
Suitable
Autumn
Suitable
Very suitable
Winter
Not its territory
Suitable
Moments
Office
Very suitable
Very suitable
Everyday
Very suitable
Very suitable
Evenings & dates
Not its territory
Suitable
Night
Not its territory
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 Portobello Road
- Budget in its favour — €91.00 against €415.00.
- Facets A Midsummer Dream does not have: clary sage, myrtle, ozonic notes.
- Freshness dominates, with citrus and marine in the lead.
- Less concentrated (Eau de Parfum), it should last less long.
- “winter” is not its register, according to the profile we calculate.
Why choose A Midsummer Dream
- It is more concentrated — Extrait de Parfum where the other is eau de parfum — so theoretically more tenacious.
- It brings what the other lacks — cyclamen, rhubarb, aldehydes.
- warm spicy give it a roundness the other lacks.
- More versatile according to our calculated profile (8 contexts out of 8, against 5).
- The more expensive of the two (from €415.00).
The verdict
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Best price
Portobello Road — €91.00 at the low end, while the other starts at €415.00
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Most concentrated
A Midsummer Dream — Extrait de Parfum against Eau de Parfum
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Freshest
Portobello Road — signature carried by citrus and marine
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Most enveloping
A Midsummer Dream — signature carried by warm spicy
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Most versatile
A Midsummer Dream — it holds 8 of the 8 contexts we calculate, the other 5
Each trophy applies to a specific use, not in absolute terms.