Where it differs: Monarch is marketed as inspired by X and keeps the amber, oakmoss, vanilla and cedar base at extrait strength; the orris-spice heart is less refined.
Smells like Clive Christian X Masculine.
3 bottles the community rates close to X Masculine, 71 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. warm spicy, woody, 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.
Notes of X Masculine
What Clive Christian publishes. Black means Alexandria Fragrances Monarch shares the note.
Top
- ginger
- pink pepper
- juniper
- bergamot
- cardamom
Heart
- orris butter
- pimento
- jasmine sambac
- rose
- cinnamon
Base
- amber
- vetiver
- oakmoss
- cedarwood
- vanilla
Notes of Monarch
What Alexandria Fragrances publishes. Black means X Masculine shares the note.
Base
- amber
- oakmoss
- vanilla
- vetiver
- cedar
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.
Where it differs: Anonyme X adds red chili and incense to the cinnamon, cedar and oakmoss, so it is smokier and hotter than the smoother orris-vanilla Clive Christian.
Where it differs: Bel Ami shares the spiced, classic masculine feel but leans much more leathery and dry, with far less of X's sweet amber and vanilla.
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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.
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