Where it differs: Keeps bergamot, jasmine, fir balsam and musk but drops the listed rose and juniper, so it reads less rosy and less gin-bright than Luna.
Smells like Penhaligon's Luna.
4 bottles the community rates close to Luna, 25 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. citrus, rose, floral, unisex.
Notes of Luna
What Penhaligon's publishes. Black means Scent UK Luminous Essence shares the note.
Top
- lemon
- bergamot
- bitter orange
Heart
- rose
- juniper berries
- jasmine
Base
- balsam fir
- musk
- ambergris
Notes of Luminous Essence
What Scent UK publishes. Black means Luna shares the note.
Top
- bergamot
Heart
- jasmine
Base
- fir balsam
- musk
The 4 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: A low-cost Philippine take that an owner calls very close at first spray, though it is an everyday mass-market version without Luna's refined fir-and-ambergris finish.
Where it differs: Called Luna's louder sister: a tart blackcurrant-leaf and rose scent that is greener and sharper, where Luna stays shyer with citrus, juniper and fir.
Where it differs: Shares the bright citrus-fruit freshness but leans on tangy blackcurrant, without Luna's rose, juniper and fir-balsam nighttime softness.
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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