Which two scents are the closest to identical?

[manatee]

Like the topic says. Out of all the scents you've tried in your time as a fragrance enthusiast, which two do you think come closest to actually being the same scent, either in terms of the note pyramid or the scent itself?

My picks, from my admittedly limited experience:

Mont Blanc Legend and Curve For Men. I'm giving MBL a full wearing today for the first time and I'm continually struck by the astounding similarity. The notes diverge quite a bit but still, this basically feels like the same fragrance to me.

Molinard's Teck and Juicy Couture's Dirty English. Sampled these side by side the other day and I honestly would not be able to tell them apart in a blind test. Though the two share more notes than MBL and Curve do, they're still not identical. Regardless, to my nose the same thing is going on here: these feel like carbon copies of each other.

Then there are the knock-offs everyone knows about - MJ Legend, Unforgivable et al - but though they are similar to their predecessors I personally would have no difficulty telling them apart (though admittedly Legend is quite a bit closer to New Haarlem than Unforgivable is to MI). Certainly I don't find them anywhere near as similar as MBL/Curve and Teck/DE.

But enough jibber-jabber from me. What are yours?

[QWERTYOP]

Fuel for life & fuel for life denim edition.

[darren1]

pavarotti and givenchy gentleman

[del]

From some of the old threads here (doesn't necessarily mean I agree with them):

• Green Irish Tweed by Creed and Coolwater by Davidoff
• Silver Mountain Water by Creed and Silver by Al Rehab

From what I've tried:

• Givenchy Play Intense and Givenchy Play (sampled only)

[hednic]

For me: Lotus Thé Vert & Boum Homme

[Davem81]

Tuscan Leather & Charles Street?

[staticx]

Carolina Harrera Chic ~ Boss Soul
Dsquared He Wood ~ Burberry Touch (Not Exact copy but somewhat similar..to my nose atleast)

[Spoombung]

Gucci pour homme 1 & CDG Man2......almost.

[NewHaarlem]

Egoiste Cologne Concentree and Opium Pour Homme EDP

[colognejunkie2000]

I get striking similarities with Loewe Solo Loewe and Prada Amber Pour Homme.

[Trauerkraut]

Tuscany per Uomo/Azzaro pour Homme

[skism]

mont blanc individuel - creed original santal
chanel platinum egoiste - paul smith optimistic

[sjg3839]

Cartier Roadster Sport and Escada Sentiment. If you smelled both of them, you couldn't tell the difference.

[Dailey]

Mugler Cologne = Creed Original Vetiver

Mont Blanc Individuel = Creed Original Santal

[ChuckW]

Bond No. 9 Hamptons and Creed Silver Mt. Water

[Nersh]

Barbasol and Rive Gauche

[alfarom]

Fahrenheit and Olympios

[MJM_77]

Mugler Cologne to Original Vetiver
Charles Street to Tuscan Leather

[comfortablynumbbg]

Mont Blanc Individuel and Creed Original Santal are 99% identical

[martinijo]

Barbasol and Rive Gauche

I only recently realized that Azzaro PH is very similar to Rive Gauche. I have never sampled barbasol.

[Ken Cosgrove]

Neroli Portofino and Mugler Cologne.

[Jo.]

Fahrenheit and Olympios

From a thread here, apparently also:

Fahrenheit and Metal Jeans (Beverly Hills 90210, not the Versace one)

[Thematt202]

GIT and Cool Water.
MI and Unforgiveable.

[Pegasus]

Invasion Barbare - HdP 1725

[2ndBakeryAttack]

Mont Blanc Individuel and Creed Original Santal are 99% identical

+1

This would be my vote. Still, I do smell a slight difference. I must say though, this is the only case of a cheaper clone where I don't think the Creed fragrance smells noticeably more expensive.

I have done side by side comparisons of GIT and CW, MI and Unforgivable, and Al-Rehab Silver and SMW. Individuel gets the closest to Creed in my opinion.

[Swanky]

pavarotti and givenchy gentleman

Yes.

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Tuscany per Uomo/Azzaro pour Homme

Especially the drydowns - very similar.

[dougczar]

I agree with a lot of the ones already posted.

I would also add:

Clive Christian C ~ Tom Ford Tuscan Leather

[Shiny Beast]

my bad, delete

[rubegon]

I have done side by side comparisons of GIT and CW, MI and Unforgivable, and Al-Rehab Silver and SMW. Individuel gets the closest to Creed in my opinion.

Since the Mont Blanc was released 2 years earlier, it seems the Creed struck quite close to it, rather than the reverse. Another Bourdon composition, too. Hmmm...

<shrugs into SAC-flamethrower-proof Nomex coveralls>

[jss]

Coriolan/Barbier des Iles
Yatagan/Éloge du Traître
Knize Ten/Gomma
Diorella/Cristelle(edp)
Vétiver Oriantal/Eau Sauvage Parfum(drydown)
Drakkar Noir/Duc de Vervins
Acqua Classica Borsari/Monsieur Balmain