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the one you wantBoadicea the Victorious ValiantUSD 945
USD 945USD 305
68% less
All 3 matches, ranked
Xerjoff Opera, the bottle
smells like it, for lessXerjoff OperaUSD 305, 100 ml

Smells like Boadicea the Victorious Valiant.

3 bottles the community rates close to Valiant, 68 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. floral, powdery, amber, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Boadicea the Victorious Valiant6 accords
1of 11 accords shared, 9%
Xerjoff Opera6 accords
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Notes of Valiant

What Boadicea the Victorious publishes. Black means Xerjoff Opera shares the note.

Top

  • bergamot
  • orange
  • mandarin
  • petitgrain

Heart

  • orris
  • carnation
  • violet
  • rose
  • cherry blossom
  • orange blossom
  • ylang-ylang

Base

  • copahu balm
  • amber
  • sandalwood
  • patchouli
  • tonka bean
  • vanilla

Notes of Opera

What Xerjoff publishes. Black means Valiant shares the note.

Top

  • Fruit Basket
  • Turkish Rose

Heart

  • Leather
  • Amber
  • Nutmeg
  • Ylang-Ylang

Base

  • Virginia Cedarwood
  • Haitian Vetiver
  • Musk
  • Patchouli
  • Vanilla

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
Valor
The Dua Brand, Extrait, 34 ml
86similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 11 of 17 notes
USD 70945
93% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Valor follows the same citrus-orris-amber arc but comes only in a small 34 ml bottle, and owners say the floral heart feels a touch simpler and less layered.

Buy Valiant ifYou want the full, layered original and the grand presentation.
Buy Valor ifYou want Valiant's orris-amber glow at a small fraction of the cost.
No. 2
Xerjoff Opera, the bottle
Opera
Xerjoff, EDP, 100 ml
75similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 4 of 17 notes
USD 305945
68% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Xerjoff Opera is fruitier and reads a little more masculine, with less of Valiant's powdery orris and violet and a warmer, plusher sweet base.

Buy Valiant ifYou want the powdery orris and violet to stay in front.
Buy Opera ifYou want a similar rich floral-amber at a much lower niche price.
No. 3
Opera
Sospiro, EDP
72similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
price varies
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Where it differs: Sospiro Opera pushes a juicier fruit opening and a drydown that leans toward Ange ou Demon, so it feels sweeter and less powdery than Valiant.

Buy Valiant ifYou want Valiant's dry, powdery iris elegance.
Buy Opera ifYou prefer a sweeter, fruit-forward floral amber in the same family.

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Similarity figures come from owner ratings and published notes, never from a lab, and no bottle here is a copy of another. Brand names appear only to say what a scent is similar to.

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 Xerjoff Opera
Boadicea the Victorious Valiant
USD 945
The Dua Brand Valor
USD 70, 34 ml
86 similar, 93 percent less. Valor follows the same citrus-orris-amber arc but comes only in a small 34 ml bottle, and owners say the floral heart feels a touch simpler and less layered.

Three more worth knowing

The bottle people want, the one owners rate closest, and what you keep.