Where it differs: La Nuit de l'Homme gives a similar fresh-versus-warm contrast but lacks Endymion's bitter-sweet coffee note and leans sweeter and more cardamom-forward in the drydown.
Smells like Penhaligon's Endymion.
3 bottles the community rates close to Endymion, with the one thing each does differently. aromatic, fresh spicy, 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.
Notes of Endymion
What Penhaligon's publishes. Black means Yves Saint Laurent La Nuit de l'Homme shares the note.
Top
- bergamot
- mandarin
- lemon
Heart
- lavender
- sage
- coffee
- cardamom
- nutmeg
Base
- leather
- musk
- sandalwood
Notes of La Nuit de l'Homme
What Yves Saint Laurent publishes. Black means Endymion 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.
Where it differs: Eau de Santal leans more woody and sandalwood-heavy, with less lavender-coffee contrast in the heart, though owners say it keeps a similar fresh aromatic feel.
Where it differs: Midnight in Paris is darker and more ambery, trading Endymion's citrus-coffee brightness for a heavier resinous drydown, and owners note it lasts longer on skin.
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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