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the one you wantCreed CarminaUSD 460, 75 ml
USD 460USD 35
92% less
All 2 matches, ranked
smells like it, for lessMaison Alhambra Avant RubyUSD 35, 100 ml

Smells like Creed Carmina.

2 bottles the community rates close to Carmina, 92 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. fruity, rose, warm spicy, for women.

Scent overlap

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

Creed Carmina5 accords
5of 5 accords shared, 100%
Maison Alhambra Avant Ruby5 accords

Notes of Carmina

What Creed publishes. Black means Maison Alhambra Avant Ruby shares the note.

Top

  • black cherry
  • pink pepper
  • saffron

Heart

  • violet
  • may rose
  • peony
  • cashmere wood

Base

  • musk
  • amber
  • cashmeran
  • frankincense
  • myrrh

Notes of Avant Ruby

What Maison Alhambra publishes. Black means Carmina shares the note.

Top

  • black cherry
  • saffron
  • pink pepper

Heart

  • may rose
  • peony
  • violet
  • cashmere wood

Base

  • musk
  • ambroxan
  • myrrh
  • incense

The 2 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
Avant Ruby
Maison Alhambra, EDP, 100 ml
86similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 9 of 12 notes
USD 35460
92% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Avant Ruby swaps part of Carmina's amber and cashmeran base for ambroxan, so the drydown smells sharper and more mineral and less plush than the Creed.

Buy Carmina ifYou want the softer cashmeran-amber drydown and Creed polish.
Buy Avant Ruby ifYou want the cherry, saffron and rose profile for under forty dollars.
No. 2
Melodia
ALT Fragrances
85similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
USD 39460
92% less, typical price
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Where it differs: ALT markets Melodia as inspired by Carmina and its own buyers report a close match from opening to drydown, though no independent side-by-side confirms how the projection compares.

Buy Carmina ifYou want the original cherry-saffron rose with Creed's longevity.
Buy Melodia ifYou want a vegan, house-marketed take on Carmina for about forty dollars.

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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 Maison Alhambra Avant Ruby
Creed Carmina
USD 460, 75 ml
Maison Alhambra Avant Ruby
USD 35, 100 ml
86 similar, 92 percent less. Avant Ruby swaps part of Carmina's amber and cashmeran base for ambroxan, so the drydown smells sharper and more mineral and less plush than the Creed.

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