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the one you wantGiorgio Armani Bois d'EncensUSD 314, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessLattafa Halaprice varies, 100 ml

Smells like Giorgio Armani Bois d'Encens.

3 bottles the community rates close to Bois d'Encens, with the one thing each does differently. smoky, woody, fresh spicy, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Giorgio Armani Bois d'Encens4 accords
2of 6 accords shared, 33%
Lattafa Hala4 accords
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Notes of Bois d'Encens

What Giorgio Armani publishes. Black means Lattafa Hala shares the note.

Top

  • pepper

Heart

  • incense
  • cedar

Base

  • vetiver

Notes of Hala

What Lattafa publishes. Black means Bois d'Encens shares the note.

Top

  • pepper
  • nutmeg

Heart

  • cedarwood
  • amber

Base

  • incense
  • labdanum

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
Hala
Lattafa, EDP, 100 ml
68similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 2 of 4 notes
price varies
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Where it differs: Hala shares the peppery cedar and incense but adds amber, nutmeg and labdanum, so it is warmer, darker and more resinous than Bois d'Encens's cool, stony smoke.

Buy Bois d'Encens ifYou want a cool, dry, church-stone incense with vetiver.
Buy Hala ifYou want a darker, warmer incense-cedar that lasts for hours.
No. 2
Messe de Minuit
Etro, EDT
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 4 notes
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Where it differs: Messe de Minuit is softer and more amber-focused, with a dusty, cellar-like incense rather than the peppery, vetiver-dry smoke of Bois d'Encens.

Buy Bois d'Encens ifYou want a dry, peppery incense with cool vetiver.
Buy Messe de Minuit ifYou prefer a softer, ambery church incense.
No. 3
Eau Trois
Diptyque, EDT
58similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 4 notes
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Where it differs: Eau Trois is a very resinous myrrh incense, sweeter and more balsamic, without the cedar and vetiver dryness that keeps Bois d'Encens austere.

Buy Bois d'Encens ifYou want a dry, woody, austere incense.
Buy Eau Trois ifYou want a resinous myrrh incense in a lighter EDT.

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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 Lattafa Hala
Giorgio Armani Bois d'Encens
USD 314, 100 ml
Lattafa Hala
price varies, 100 ml
68 similar. Hala shares the peppery cedar and incense but adds amber, nutmeg and labdanum, so it is warmer, darker and more resinous than Bois d'Encens's cool, stony smoke.

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