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the one you wantArmani Privé Bois d'EncensUSD 360, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessLattafa Halaprice varies, 100 ml

Smells like Armani Privé Bois d'Encens.

3 bottles the community rates close to Bois d'Encens, with the one thing each does differently. smoky, woody, warm spicy, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Armani Privé Bois d'Encens4 accords
3of 5 accords shared, 60%
Lattafa Hala4 accords
not listed
not listed

Notes of Bois d'Encens

What Armani Privé publishes. Black means Lattafa Hala shares the note.

Top

  • vetiver

Heart

  • cedar
  • incense

Base

  • pepper

Notes of Hala

What Lattafa publishes. Black means Bois d'Encens shares the note.

Top

  • pepper
  • nutmeg

Heart

  • cedarwood
  • amber

Base

  • incense
  • labdanum

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
Hala
Lattafa, EDP, 100 ml
70similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
shares 2 of 4 notes
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Where it differs: Hala adds nutmeg, amber and labdanum, so it smells warmer and more resinous than the dry, peppery church-incense and vetiver of Bois d'Encens.

Buy Bois d'Encens ifYou want a cool, austere frankincense with dry vetiver and cedar.
Buy Hala ifYou want a warmer, louder incense-amber for about fifty dollars.
No. 2
Avignon
Comme des Garçons, EDT
68similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Avignon is a colder, more literal church-incense with less of the vetiver and cedar woodiness, and it is an eau de toilette that wears lighter.

Buy Bois d'Encens ifYou want incense softened by cedar and vetiver with a polished finish.
Buy Avignon ifYou want a starker cathedral frankincense at a much lower price.
No. 3
Frankincense and Myrrh
Czech & Speake, Cologne
62similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Frankincense and Myrrh opens livelier with mint and green notes before settling into a drydown owners call very close to Bois d'Encens.

Buy Bois d'Encens ifYou want the incense-vetiver character from the first spray.
Buy Frankincense and Myrrh ifYou want a brighter green opening and similar incense drydown for less.

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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 Lattafa Hala
Armani Privé Bois d'Encens
USD 360, 100 ml
Lattafa Hala
price varies, 100 ml
70 similar. Hala adds nutmeg, amber and labdanum, so it smells warmer and more resinous than the dry, peppery church-incense and vetiver of Bois d'Encens.

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