Where it differs: Adds sugar where the original leans on orange blossom and guaiac wood.
Smells like Parfums de Marly Althair. USD 180 instead of 290
9 bottles the community rates close to Althair, 38 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. fresh spicy, citrus, sweet, for men.
Main accords
The chart every fragrance forum reads. Longest bar, strongest accord.
Notes
Black means Afnan Historic Sahara shares the note.
Top
- Cinnamon
- Cardamom
- Orange Blossom
- Bergamot
Heart
- Bourbon Vanilla
- Elemi
Base
- Praline
- Musk
- Ambroxan
- Guaiac Wood
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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.
Where it differs: On paper it lists amber and jasmine that the original does not, and does not list the original's ambroxan.
Where it differs: On paper it lists orange blossom absolute and ceylon cinnamon that the original does not, and does not list the original's cinnamon or cardamom.
Where it differs: Sweeter and more vanilla-forward.
Where it differs: Slightly sweeter opening, converges on the dry-down.
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