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Designer / Lacoste / Essential
the one you wantLacoste Essentialprice varies, 125 ml
smells like it, for lessCA Perfume Essentialprice varies

Smells like Lacoste Essential.

2 bottles the community rates close to Essential, with the one thing each does differently. green, citrus, fresh spicy, for men.

Scent overlap

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

Lacoste Essential5 accords
2of 6 accords shared, 33%
CA Perfume Essential3 accords
not listed
not listed
not listed
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Notes of Essential

What Lacoste publishes. Black means CA Perfume Essential shares the note.

Top

  • bergamot
  • cassia
  • tomato leaf
  • tangerine

Heart

  • rose
  • pepper

Base

  • sandalwood
  • patchouli

Notes of Essential

What CA Perfume publishes. Black means Essential shares the note.

Top

  • bergamot
  • ginger
  • grapefruit

Heart

  • water notes
  • geranium

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
Essential
CA Perfume
70similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 1 of 8 notes
price varies
live price on Amazon
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Where it differs: Its listed pyramid swaps the tomato leaf and cassia for ginger, grapefruit and watery geranium, so it smells cleaner and more aquatic, missing the sharp green leaf bite.

Buy Essential ifyou want the distinctive green tomato leaf snap up top.
Buy Essential ifyou want a cleaner, watery citrus take for hot days.
No. 2
Lacoste Essential Alternative
TAJ Brand
70similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
price varies
live price on Amazon
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Where it differs: Sold as a direct alternative to the green citrus original but without a published pyramid, so the tomato leaf and pepper sharpness may be blunter and the woods thinner.

Buy Essential ifyou want the reference green-citrus Lacoste with sandalwood depth.
Buy Lacoste Essential Alternative ifyou want a low-cost green citrus spray to wear without worry.

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 CA Perfume Essential
Lacoste Essential
price varies, 125 ml
CA Perfume Essential
price varies
70 similar. Its listed pyramid swaps the tomato leaf and cassia for ginger, grapefruit and watery geranium, so it smells cleaner and more aquatic, missing the sharp green leaf bite.

Three more worth knowing

The bottle people want, the one owners rate closest, and what you keep.