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the one you wantAmouage SearchUSD 425, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessHermès Eau de Citron Noirprice varies

Smells like Amouage Search.

3 bottles the community rates close to Search, 82 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. citrus, smoky, woody, unisex.

Scent overlap

Both bottles' accords, strongest at the top, facing each other. A bar joined through the middle is one they share.

Amouage Search5 accords
2of 5 accords shared, 40%
Hermès Eau de Citron Noir2 accords
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Notes of Search

What Amouage publishes. Black means Hermès Eau de Citron Noir shares the note.

Top

  • lime
  • lemon
  • mandarin orange

Heart

  • olibanum
  • elemi
  • black pepper

Base

  • cade oil
  • vetiver
  • guaiac wood

Notes of Eau de Citron Noir

What Hermès publishes. Black means Search shares the note.

The house has not published a note list for this bottle; the accords above come from its own description.

The 3 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
Eau de Citron Noir
Hermès, Cologne
72similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
price varies
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Where it differs: Same smoked-lime idea with guaiac wood, but adds black tea and, as a cologne, fades far sooner without the incense, pepper and cade depth.

Buy Search ifYou want smoky citrus with incense, pepper and a long, dark cade drydown.
Buy Eau de Citron Noir ifYou want a lighter, shorter smoked-lime cologne for warm days.
No. 2
L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense
Issey Miyake, EDT, 125 ml, 2007
58similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 9 notes
USD 75425
82% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Carries a similar citrus-and-smoke contrast but is thinner and less rich, missing the layered incense and resinous depth of the Amouage.

Buy Search ifYou want a rich, layered smoky citrus with real incense.
Buy L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Intense ifYou want the citrus-and-smoke contrast in an everyday designer bottle.
No. 3
Eau Sauvage
Dior, EDT, 100 ml, 1966
50similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
USD 142425
67% less, typical price
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Where it differs: A classic herbal citrus with rosemary, basil and caraway but no cade smoke or incense, so it stays bright and clean rather than dark.

Buy Search ifYou want the citrus to sink into smoke, incense and tarry woods.
Buy Eau Sauvage ifYou want an elegant herbal lemon freshness without any smoke.

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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 Hermès Eau de Citron Noir
Amouage Search
USD 425, 100 ml
Hermès Eau de Citron Noir
price varies
72 similar. Same smoked-lime idea with guaiac wood, but adds black tea and, as a cologne, fades far sooner without the incense, pepper and cade depth.

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