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the one you wantMontale Red VetiverUSD 190, 100 ml
USD 190USD 45
76% less
All 3 matches, ranked
Armaf Odyssey Mandarin Sky, the bottle
smells like it, for lessArmaf Odyssey Mandarin SkyUSD 45, 100 ml

Smells like Montale Red Vetiver.

3 bottles the community rates close to Red Vetiver, 76 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, earthy, citrus, for men.

Scent overlap

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

Montale Red Vetiver5 accords
3of 8 accords shared, 38%
Armaf Odyssey Mandarin Sky6 accords
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Notes of Red Vetiver

What Montale publishes. Black means Armaf Odyssey Mandarin Sky shares the note.

Top

  • grapefruit
  • pepper

Heart

  • vetiver
  • patchouli

Base

  • cedar
  • Peru balsam

Notes of Odyssey Mandarin Sky

What Armaf publishes. Black means Red Vetiver shares the note.

Notes

  • Amber
  • Sage
  • Mandarin
  • Orange
  • Saffron
  • Caramel
  • Tonka Bean
  • Tagetes
  • Vetiver
  • Cedar
  • Ambroxan

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
Terre d'Hermes
Hermes, EDT
85similar, well documented, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
price varies
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Where it differs: Terre d'Hermes is cedar-led and smoother, while Red Vetiver pushes vetiver to the front, smells a little darker and more synthetic, and lasts longer on skin.

Buy Red Vetiver ifYou want vetiver up front and stronger longevity.
Buy Terre d'Hermes ifYou want the smoother, cedar-led citrus-mineral original.
No. 2
Fattan pour Homme
Rasasi, EDP, 50 ml
70similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
shares 2 of 6 notes
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Where it differs: Fattan opens harsher and more synthetic on grapefruit and pink pepper, and its oakmoss-benzoin base is drier and mossier than Red Vetiver's Peru balsam warmth.

Buy Red Vetiver ifYou want a smoother, balsamic vetiver drydown.
Buy Fattan pour Homme ifYou can live with a rougher opening to save heavily.
No. 3
Armaf Odyssey Mandarin Sky, the bottle
Odyssey Mandarin Sky
Armaf, EDP, 100 ml
65similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 2 of 6 notes
USD 45190
76% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Odyssey Mandarin Sky opens sweeter and juicier on mandarin with a lighter vetiver, so it lacks Red Vetiver's peppery grapefruit bite and darker, patchouli-tinged base.

Buy Red Vetiver ifYou want a darker vetiver-patchouli base with pepper.
Buy Odyssey Mandarin Sky ifYou like the orange-vetiver outline in a sweeter, cheaper bottle.

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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 Armaf Odyssey Mandarin Sky
Montale Red Vetiver
USD 190, 100 ml
Hermes Terre d'Hermes
price varies
85 similar. Terre d'Hermes is cedar-led and smoother, while Red Vetiver pushes vetiver to the front, smells a little darker and more synthetic, and lasts longer on skin.

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