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Chanel Bleu de Chanel, the bottle
the one you wantChanel Bleu de ChanelUSD 173, 100 ml
USD 173USD 25
86% less
All 20 matches, ranked
Maison Alhambra Maître de Blue, the bottle
smells like it, for lessMaison Alhambra Maître de BlueUSD 25, 100 ml

Smells like Chanel Bleu de Chanel.

20 bottles the community rates close to Bleu de Chanel, 86 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, citrus, amber, for men.

Scent overlap

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

Chanel Bleu de Chanel3 accords
3of 6 accords shared, 50%
Maison Alhambra Maître de Blue6 accords
not listed
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Notes of Bleu de Chanel

What Chanel publishes. Black means Maison Alhambra Maître de Blue shares the note.

Notes

  • Citrus Accord
  • Labdanum
  • Sandalwood
  • Cedar

Notes of Maître de Blue

What Maison Alhambra publishes. Black means Bleu de Chanel shares the note.

Top

  • Grapefruit
  • Lemon
  • Mint
  • Pink Pepper

Heart

  • Ginger
  • Nutmeg
  • Jasmine
  • Iso E Super

Base

  • Incense
  • Vetiver
  • Cedar
  • Sandalwood
  • Patchouli
  • Labdanum
  • White Musk

The 5 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
Pendora The Blue
Paris Corner, EDP, 100 ml
77similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 3 of 4 notes
price varies
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Where it differs: Pendora The Blue lists grapefruit, mint, ginger, incense and vetiver around Bleu de Chanel's citrus and woods, so it follows the same profile, and owner reports on its performance are scarce.

Buy Bleu de Chanel ifYou want proven Chanel quality and a bottle you can test in stores.
Buy Pendora The Blue ifYou want the Bleu style on a tight budget and accept unknowns.
No. 2
Maison Alhambra Maître de Blue, the bottle
Maître de Blue
Maison Alhambra, EDP, 100 ml
77similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 3 of 4 notes
USD 25173
86% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Maître de Blue follows Bleu de Chanel's grapefruit, incense and woods closely, but some owners say it wears more like an EDT and reapply every three hours.

Buy Bleu de Chanel ifYou want a full workday of wear from a few sprays.
Buy Maître de Blue ifYou want the Bleu style for twenty-five dollars and carry a top-up.
No. 3
Club de Nuit Iconic
Armaf, EDP, 106 ml
77similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 3 of 4 notes
USD 50173
71% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Club de Nuit Iconic opens brighter with grapefruit, mint and ginger, then settles into a warmer incense and amber drydown, and owners report roughly two hours more wear than the Chanel.

Buy Bleu de Chanel ifYou want the smoother, more polished Chanel blend for office and dates.
Buy Club de Nuit Iconic ifYou want louder projection and longer wear at about a quarter of the price.
No. 4
Amber Oud Bleu Edition
Al Haramain, EDP, 100 ml
76similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 2 of 4 notes
USD 49173
72% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Amber Oud Bleu adds vetiver, olibanum and an oud base, so it dries down earthier and smokier than Bleu de Chanel, and owners report stronger projection and longer wear.

Buy Bleu de Chanel ifYou prefer the cleaner, lighter citrus wood without an earthy oud base.
Buy Amber Oud Bleu Edition ifYou want a darker, louder version that lasts through a long day.
No. 5
Blue de Chance
Maison Alhambra, EDP, 100 ml
74similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 3 of 4 notes
USD 35173
80% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Blue de Chance leans heavier on incense, patchouli and amber wood, giving a smokier, darker base, and owners are split on whether its citrus-mint opening reads close enough to Chanel.

Buy Bleu de Chanel ifYou want the brighter citrus balance and a refined, well-blended drydown.
Buy Blue de Chance ifYou like a smokier incense base and want a bottle under thirty-five dollars.

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 Maison Alhambra Maître de Blue
Chanel Bleu de Chanel, the bottle
Chanel Bleu de Chanel
USD 173, 100 ml
Paris Corner Pendora The Blue
price varies, 100 ml
77 similar. Pendora The Blue lists grapefruit, mint, ginger, incense and vetiver around Bleu de Chanel's citrus and woods, so it follows the same profile, and owner reports on its performance are scarce.

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