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the one you wantPenhaligon's LunaUSD 260, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessScent UK Luminous Essenceprice varies

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.

Scent overlap

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

Penhaligon's Luna5 accords
2of 6 accords shared, 33%
Scent UK Luminous Essence3 accords
not listed
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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.

No. 1
Luminous Essence
Scent UK
85similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 3 of 9 notes
price varies
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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.

Buy Luna ifYou want rose and juniper sparkle over soft fir.
Buy Luminous Essence ifYou want a cheap citrus-jasmine musk in the same mood.
No. 2
Love Luna
Luxe Fragrances, 100 ml
80similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
No accord data yet for this bottle.
notes not published by the house
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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.

Buy Luna ifYou want Penhaligon's polish and a soft ambergris drydown.
Buy Love Luna ifYou want the citrus-rose feel as a cheap daily spray.
No. 3
L'Ombre dans l'Eau
Diptyque, EDT, 100 ml, 1983
65similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
note overlap not measured
USD 195260
25% less, typical price
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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.

Buy Luna ifYou want a soft, moonlit citrus rose with juniper.
Buy L'Ombre dans l'Eau ifYou want a sharper, greener blackcurrant-leaf rose.
No. 4
Cassis Frenesie
Roger & Gallet
55similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Shares the bright citrus-fruit freshness but leans on tangy blackcurrant, without Luna's rose, juniper and fir-balsam nighttime softness.

Buy Luna ifYou want rose and fir balsam under the citrus.
Buy Cassis Frenesie ifYou want a cheap, tangy blackcurrant splash for summer.

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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 Scent UK Luminous Essence
Penhaligon's Luna
USD 260, 100 ml
Scent UK Luminous Essence
price varies
85 similar. 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.

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