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the one you wantLe Labo Ylang 49USD 310, 100 ml
USD 310USD 40
87% less
All 3 matches, ranked
smells like it, for lessImixx No. 64USD 40

Smells like Le Labo Ylang 49.

3 bottles the community rates close to Ylang 49, 87 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. floral, earthy, woody, 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 Ylang 495 accords
3of 5 accords shared, 60%
Imixx No. 643 accords
not listed
not listed

Notes of Ylang 49

What Le Labo publishes. Black means Imixx No. 64 shares the note.

Top

  • ylang-ylang
  • gardenia

Heart

  • patchouli
  • oakmoss

Base

  • vetiver
  • benzoin
  • sandalwood

Notes of No. 64

What Imixx publishes. Black means Ylang 49 shares the note.

The house has not published a note list for this bottle; the accords above come from its own description.

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
No. 64
Imixx
85similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
USD 40310
87% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Imixx sells No. 64 as inspired by Ylang 49, yet only the maker vouches for it, so the oakmoss-patchouli chypre depth may be thinner than the Le Labo.

Buy Ylang 49 ifYou want the full mossy ylang chypre with proven depth and longevity.
Buy No. 64 ifYou want to test the ylang-patchouli idea for about forty dollars.
No. 2
Cananga XLIX For Women 0469
Perfume Parlour
80similar, 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: The name points straight at Ylang 49, but this UK house version is pitched for women and is likely sweeter and less mossy than the dry Le Labo chypre.

Buy Ylang 49 ifYou want the dry, lemony, mossy ylang that wears truly unisex.
Buy Cananga XLIX For Women 0469 ifYou want a cheap ylang-patchouli floral from a UK inspired-by house.
No. 3
Aromatics Elixir
Clinique
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
price varies
live price on Amazon
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Where it differs: Aromatics Elixir shares the mossy patchouli chypre backbone but leans herbal and rose-heavy, with much less of the sunny tropical ylang that leads Ylang 49.

Buy Ylang 49 ifYou want ylang-ylang to be the bright star of the chypre.
Buy Aromatics Elixir ifYou love a bold, herbal, old-school chypre for much less money.

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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 Imixx No. 64
Le Labo Ylang 49
USD 310, 100 ml
Imixx No. 64
USD 40
85 similar, 87 percent less. Imixx sells No. 64 as inspired by Ylang 49, yet only the maker vouches for it, so the oakmoss-patchouli chypre depth may be thinner than the Le Labo.

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