Where it differs: Slightly less smoky than Herod but the warmth is all there.
Niche / Parfums de Marly / Herod (2012) / EDP
Smells like Parfums de Marly Herod. USD 30 instead of 290
5 bottles the community rates close to Herod, 90 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, vanilla, fresh, for men.
Parfums de Marly Herod, USD 290
Main accords
The chart every fragrance forum reads. Longest bar, strongest accord.
Notes
Black means Maison Alhambra Hercules shares the note.
Top
- Cinnamon
- Pepperwood
Heart
- Tobacco Leaf
- Incense
- Osmanthus
- Labdanum
Base
- Vanilla
- Iso E Super
- Cedar
- Musk
- Cypriol Oil (Nagarmotha)
- Vetiver
The 5 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.
Where it differs: On paper it lists spices and tobacco that the original does not, and does not list the original's pepperwood or osmanthus.
Where it differs: No published difference found yet; compare opening and longevity on skin.
Where it differs: No published difference found yet; compare opening and longevity on skin.
Where it differs: Two of three published notes match.
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Side by side, the way people actually decide
Two bottles, two prices, one honest sentence. Every match on the site has this card.
Read about Maison Alhambra HerculesParfums de Marly Herod
USD 290, 75 ml
Maison Alhambra Hercules
USD 30
79 similar. Slightly less smoky than Herod but the warmth is all there, 90 percent less.