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Creed Royal Oud, the bottle
the one you wantCreed Royal OudUSD 540, 100 ml
USD 540USD 110
80% less
All 5 matches, ranked
Alexandria Fragrances Royalty, the bottle
smells like it, for lessAlexandria Fragrances RoyaltyUSD 110, 100 ml

Smells like Creed Royal Oud.

5 bottles the community rates close to Royal Oud, 80 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, citrus, oud, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Creed Royal Oud6 accords
3of 6 accords shared, 50%
Alexandria Fragrances Royalty3 accords
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Notes of Royal Oud

What Creed publishes. Black means Alexandria Fragrances Royalty shares the note.

Top

  • Pink Pepper
  • Lemon
  • Sicilian Bergamot

Heart

  • Cedar
  • Angelica
  • Galbanum

Base

  • Sandalwood
  • Oud
  • Musk

Notes of Royalty

What Alexandria Fragrances publishes. Black means Royal Oud shares the note.

Notes

  • Oud
  • Agarwood
  • Pink Pepper

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
Rose Oud
Al Haramain, 100 ml
79similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 4 of 9 notes
USD 68540
87% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Rose Oud adds oakmoss and pushes the oud forward, and owners describe a medicinal, slightly barnyard oud where Royal Oud reads mostly as cedar and sandalwood.

Buy Royal Oud ifYou want a clean cedar-sandalwood scent with only a hint of oud.
Buy Rose Oud ifYou want real oud funk with the same peppery green opening.
No. 2
Ministry Of Oud Oud Royal
Paris Corner, EDP, 100 ml
78similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 1 of 9 notes
USD 40540
93% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Oud Royal brings a pink-berry sweetness to the lemon and bergamot opening, and owners report a creamy sandalwood drydown with weak projection and short longevity even after maceration.

Buy Royal Oud ifYou want the galbanum and angelica green bite and better staying power.
Buy Ministry Of Oud Oud Royal ifYou want a sweeter berry-woody take for forty dollars and reapply.
No. 3
Alexandria Fragrances Royalty, the bottle
Royalty
Alexandria Fragrances, 100 ml
77similar, well documented, inspired by it
shares 2 of 9 notes
USD 110540
80% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Royalty opens fruitier with a light citrus touch and wears richer and heavier, with softer musk and notes that stand apart instead of blending into Royal Oud's dry cedar and pepper.

Buy Royal Oud ifYou want Royal Oud's dry, seamless cedar elegance and accept the price.
Buy Royalty ifYou prefer a richer, louder oud wood that lasts most of the day.
No. 4
Black Pepper & Cedarwood
Zara, 80 ml, 2020
71similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: Zara's opening of juicy cedar and pepper sits close to Royal Oud, but it adds rose, has no oud base, and turns flatter and blander once it dries down.

Buy Royal Oud ifYou want the full drydown with sandalwood, oud and musk.
Buy Black Pepper & Cedarwood ifYou mainly love the peppery cedar opening and want to spend very little.
No. 5
Highness Green
Afnan, 100 ml, 2020
70similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 2 of 9 notes
USD 99540
82% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Highness Green is a darker aromatic built on cypress, lavender, leather and oakmoss, and many owners say it reads closer to Polo Green than to Royal Oud's citrus and cedar.

Buy Royal Oud ifYou want the bright lemon, pink pepper and cedar of Royal Oud.
Buy Highness Green ifYou like old-school green fougeres with leather and moss on a budget.

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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 Alexandria Fragrances Royalty
Creed Royal Oud, the bottle
Creed Royal Oud
USD 540, 100 ml
Al Haramain Rose Oud
USD 68, 100 ml
79 similar, 87 percent less. Rose Oud adds oakmoss and pushes the oud forward, and owners describe a medicinal, slightly barnyard oud where Royal Oud reads mostly as cedar and sandalwood.

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