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Smells like Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt. USD 110 instead of 170

4 bottles the community rates close to Wood Sage & Sea Salt, 35 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. aquatic, aromatic, musky, unisex.

Main accords

The chart every fragrance forum reads. Longest bar, strongest accord.

Notes

Black means Alexandria Fragrances Salty Waves shares the note.

Top

  • Sage
  • Sea Salt
  • Ambrette Seeds

Heart

  • Mineral Notes
  • Red Algae
  • Sea Salt

Base

  • Sage

The 4 worth trying, ranked

Similarity is the owners' vote plus the note overlap. Price is a typical US bottle price when the house publishes one. Bars are each match's own accords.

No. 1
Alexandria Fragrances Salty Waves, the bottle
Salty Waves
Alexandria Fragrances, 100 ml
79similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 2 of 5 notes
USD 110170
35% less, typical price
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Where it differs: On paper it lists grapefruit and musk that the original does not, and does not list the original's ambrette seeds or mineral notes.

No. 2
ALT Fragrances Driftwood, the bottle
Driftwood
ALT Fragrances, 60 ml
76similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 2 of 5 notes
USD 29170
83% less, typical price
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Where it differs: On paper it lists driftwood and grapefruit that the original does not, and does not list the original's ambrette seeds or mineral notes.

No. 3
Dossier Woody Sage, the bottle
Woody Sage
Dossier, 50 ml
70similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
note overlap not measured
USD 39170
77% less, typical price
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Where it differs: On paper it lists fig tree and violet leaf that the original does not, and does not list the original's sage or sea salt.

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Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt
USD 170, 100 ml
Alexandria Fragrances Salty Waves, the bottle
Alexandria Fragrances Salty Waves
USD 110, 100 ml
79 similar. On paper it lists grapefruit and musk that the original does not, and does not list the original's ambrette seeds or mineral notes, 35 percent less.