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the one you wantLe Labo Labdanum 18USD 348, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessDua Fragrances 18 Shades of Labdanumprice varies, 34 ml

Smells like Le Labo Labdanum 18.

3 bottles the community rates close to Labdanum 18, 27 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. amber, animalic, musky, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Le Labo Labdanum 185 accords
3of 5 accords shared, 60%
Dua Fragrances 18 Shades of Labdanum3 accords
not listed
not listed

Notes of Labdanum 18

What Le Labo publishes. Black means Dua Fragrances 18 Shades of Labdanum shares the note.

Base

  • labdanum
  • castoreum
  • civet
  • musk
  • vanilla
  • birch
  • resins
  • cinnamon
  • patchouli
  • gurjan balsam
  • tonka bean

Notes of 18 Shades of Labdanum

What Dua Fragrances publishes. Black means Labdanum 18 shares the note.

Notes

  • 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
18 Shades of Labdanum
Dua Fragrances, EDP, 34 ml
80similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 1 of 11 notes
price varies
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Where it differs: 18 Shades of Labdanum misses some of the finer grace notes in the Le Labo amber but lasts noticeably longer on skin, according to owners who compared both.

Buy Labdanum 18 ifYou want the nuanced, slightly dirty musk-amber with full complexity.
Buy 18 Shades of Labdanum ifYou want the same labdanum amber with more staying power for less.
No. 2
Eau Duelle
Diptyque, EDP, 75 ml, 2013
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
note overlap not measured
USD 255348
27% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Eau Duelle skips the musky, animalic castoreum and civet opening and gives only a Labdanum 18 style vanilla-amber drydown, so it smells cleaner throughout.

Buy Labdanum 18 ifYou enjoy the musky, skin-like animalic opening of the Le Labo.
Buy Eau Duelle ifYou want only the warm vanilla-amber drydown, without the musk.
No. 3
Amber Gold
Police
58similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
price varies
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Where it differs: Police Amber Gold pushes a stronger, simpler amber-resin accord and lacks the castoreum, civet and musk layering that makes Labdanum 18 smell like warm skin.

Buy Labdanum 18 ifYou want a complex animalic amber that wears close and sensual.
Buy Amber Gold ifYou want a loud, budget amber resin for casual cold-weather wear.

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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 Dua Fragrances 18 Shades of Labdanum
Le Labo Labdanum 18
USD 348, 100 ml
Dua Fragrances 18 Shades of Labdanum
price varies, 34 ml
80 similar. 18 Shades of Labdanum misses some of the finer grace notes in the Le Labo amber but lasts noticeably longer on skin, according to owners who compared both.

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