Fuel for life & fuel for life denim edition.
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?
Last edited by manatee; 11th October 2012 at 06:48 PM. Reason: typo
Fuel for life & fuel for life denim edition.
pavarotti and givenchy gentleman
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)
For me: Lotus Thé Vert & Boum Homme
Tuscan Leather & Charles Street?
Carolina Harrera Chic ~ Boss Soul
Dsquared He Wood ~ Burberry Touch (Not Exact copy but somewhat similar..to my nose atleast)
Gucci pour homme 1 & CDG Man2......almost.
Egoiste Cologne Concentree and Opium Pour Homme EDP
I get striking similarities with Loewe Solo Loewe and Prada Amber Pour Homme.
CURRENT TOP 5
1. Dior Homme Intense
2. Creed Aventus
3. Tom Ford Extreme
4. Gucci Pour Homme II
5. Terre d'Hermes
Tuscany per Uomo/Azzaro pour Homme
mont blanc individuel - creed original santal
chanel platinum egoiste - paul smith optimistic
Last edited by skism; 11th October 2012 at 07:55 PM.
Cartier Roadster Sport and Escada Sentiment. If you smelled both of them, you couldn't tell the difference.
Mugler Cologne = Creed Original Vetiver
Mont Blanc Individuel = Creed Original Santal
Bond No. 9 Hamptons and Creed Silver Mt. Water
Barbasol and Rive Gauche
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Fahrenheit and Olympios
Mugler Cologne to Original Vetiver
Charles Street to Tuscan Leather
My current top twenty five
1. Oud Wood
2. Herod
3. Pardon
4. Santal 33
5. Tonka Imperial
6. Pure Malt
7. Straight to Heaven
8. L'air Du Desert Marocain
9. Envy
10. Terre D'Hermes
11. Colonia Oud
12. Jubilation XXV
13. Royal Oud
14. Bois d' Argent
15. Tobacco Vanille
16. Sycomore
17. Amber Absolute
18. 1270
19. Baroanda
20. Allure Homme Edition Blanche
21. Rose 31
22. Dior Homme Intense
23. Reflection Man
24. Grey Vetiver
25. Noir Extreme
Mont Blanc Individuel and Creed Original Santal are 99% identical
Neroli Portofino and Mugler Cologne.
GIT and Cool Water.
MI and Unforgiveable.
Invasion Barbare - HdP 1725
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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.
Last edited by 2ndBakeryAttack; 11th October 2012 at 11:49 PM.
I agree with a lot of the ones already posted.
I would also add:
Clive Christian C ~ Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Current Winter Favorites:
1. House of Matriarch - Blackbird
2. Brückner - Aoud 1
3. Creed - Royal Oud
4. Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 - Generation Man
5. Armani Privé - Oud Royal
6. by Kilian - Straight to Heaven
7. Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 - Mortal Skin
8. Ormonde Jayne - Black Gold
9. Creed - Royal English Leather
10. by Kilian - Cruel Intentions
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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