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Smells like Parfums de Marly Herod. USD 30 instead of 290

5 bottles the community rates close to Herod, 90 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, vanilla, fresh, for men.

Main accords

The chart every fragrance forum reads. Longest bar, strongest accord.

Notes

Black means Maison Alhambra Hercules shares the note.

Top

  • Cinnamon
  • Pepperwood

Heart

  • Tobacco Leaf
  • Incense
  • Osmanthus
  • Labdanum

Base

  • Vanilla
  • Iso E Super
  • Cedar
  • Musk
  • Cypriol Oil (Nagarmotha)
  • Vetiver

The 5 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. 3
Pendora Heros
Paris Corner, EDP, 100 ml
82similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 10 of 12 notes
USD 30290
90% less, typical price
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Where it differs: On paper it lists pepper and cyproil oil that the original does not, and does not list the original's pepperwood or cypriol oil (nagarmotha).

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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 Maison Alhambra Hercules
Parfums de Marly Herod
USD 290, 75 ml
Maison Alhambra Hercules
USD 30
90 similar. Slightly less smoky than Herod but the warmth is all there, 90 percent less.