Where it differs: Luminous Vivid pushes the grapefruit and blackcurrant harder and drops the geranium, balsam fir and tonka, so it smells brighter and fruitier but flatter and weaker than Perseus.


Smells like Parfums de Marly Perseus.
3 bottles the community rates close to Perseus, 83 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, citrus, amber, for men.
Scent overlap
Both bottles' accords, strongest at the top, facing each other. A bar joined through the middle is one they share.
Notes of Perseus
What Parfums de Marly publishes. Black means Lattafa Art of Wood shares the note.
Top
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Black Currant
Heart
- Vetiver
- Green Mandarin
- Geranium
Base
- Dry Wood
- Ambergris
- Cashmere Wood
- Balsam Fir
- Cedar
- Tonka Bean
Notes of Art of Wood
What Lattafa publishes. Black means Perseus shares the note.
Top
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Pink Pepper
Heart
- Cedarwood
- Patchouli
- Rose
Base
- Vanilla
- Vetiver
- Oakmoss
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.
Where it differs: Pierce adds neroli, clary sage and elemi, reads slightly sharper on vetiver and less juicy on citrus, and some owners find it harsher and more synthetic than Perseus.

Where it differs: Art of Wood opens with pink pepper, adds rose, patchouli and vanilla, and smells smoother and sweeter on grapefruit than the rind-like, sour citrus of Perseus.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Similarity figures come from owner ratings and published notes, never from a lab, and no bottle here is a copy of another. Brand names appear only to say what a scent is similar to.
Side by side, the way people actually decide
Two bottles, two prices, one honest sentence. Every match on the site has this card.
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