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the one you wantMontale Dark Vanillaprice varies, 100 ml
USD 30
All 2 matches, ranked
Alexandria Fragrances Arabian Horse, the bottle
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Smells like Montale Dark Vanilla.

2 bottles the community rates close to Dark Vanilla, with the one thing each does differently. vanilla, warm spicy, leather, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Montale Dark Vanilla4 accords
2of 8 accords shared, 25%
Alexandria Fragrances Arabian Horse6 accords
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Notes of Dark Vanilla

What Montale publishes. Black means Alexandria Fragrances Arabian Horse shares the note.

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

Notes of Arabian Horse

What Alexandria Fragrances publishes. Black means Dark Vanilla shares the note.

Notes

  • Spices
  • Vanilla
  • Tobacco
  • Beeswax
  • Tobacco Leaf
  • Cinnamon
  • Incense
  • Pepper

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
Alexandria Fragrances Arabian Horse, the bottle
Arabian Horse
Alexandria Fragrances, 30 ml
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
note overlap not measured
USD 30
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Where it differs: Arabian Horse leans spicy-sweet with patchouli, vetiver and creamy vanilla, but lacks Dark Vanilla's leather and oud, so it reads lighter and more like a tobacco-vanilla.

Buy Dark Vanilla ifYou want a dark vanilla edged with leather and oud.
Buy Arabian Horse ifYou want a spicy creamy vanilla with earthy patchouli.
No. 2
Armaf Radical Brown, the bottle
Radical Brown
Armaf, EDP, 100 ml
55similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
note overlap not measured
USD 50
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Where it differs: Radical Brown trades Dark Vanilla's oud, leather and dense vanilla for cinnamon, tobacco, incense and lavender over amber, so it smells spicier and drier with much less sweetness.

Buy Dark Vanilla ifYou want vanilla front and center with a leathery oud shadow.
Buy Radical Brown ifYou want cheap spiced amber and tobacco warmth for cold nights.

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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 Arabian Horse
Montale Dark Vanilla
price varies, 100 ml
Alexandria Fragrances Arabian Horse, the bottle
Alexandria Fragrances Arabian Horse
USD 30, 30 ml
60 similar. Arabian Horse leans spicy-sweet with patchouli, vetiver and creamy vanilla, but lacks Dark Vanilla's leather and oud, so it reads lighter and more like a tobacco-vanilla.

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