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the one you wantPenhaligon's Opus 1870price varies, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessCA Perfume Opusprice varies

Smells like Penhaligon's Opus 1870.

3 bottles the community rates close to Opus 1870, with the one thing each does differently. woody, warm spicy, fresh spicy, for men.

Scent overlap

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

Penhaligon's Opus 18705 accords
2of 6 accords shared, 33%
CA Perfume Opus3 accords
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Notes of Opus 1870

What Penhaligon's publishes. Black means CA Perfume Opus shares the note.

Top

  • coriander
  • yuzu
  • pepper

Heart

  • cinnamon
  • incense
  • rose

Base

  • musk
  • sandalwood
  • virginia cedar

Notes of Opus

What CA Perfume publishes. Black means Opus 1870 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.

No. 1
Opus
CA Perfume, EDP
80similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
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Where it differs: CA Perfume's Opus is pitched as a warmer, more modern take, so the dry pepper-and-cedar sharpness of Opus 1870 is rounded off and sweeter.

Buy Opus 1870 ifYou want the dry, peppery cedar and incense of the real thing.
Buy Opus ifYou want the spicy woody style cheaply and do not mind it warmer.
No. 2
Touch for Men
Burberry, EDT, 100 ml
70similar, well documented, a close alternative
shares 1 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: Touch for Men is softer and more powdery with tonka, and lacks the incense, cinnamon and yuzu sparkle that give Opus 1870 its brighter, spicier edge.

Buy Opus 1870 ifYou want the spicier cinnamon-incense lift and more refined cedar.
Buy Touch for Men ifYou want a soft pepper-cedar skin scent for very little money.
No. 3
Equus pour Homme
Lalique
62similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: Equus adds a noticeable leather accord and juniper, so it smells darker and more leathery than Opus 1870's clean pepper, cedar and soft incense.

Buy Opus 1870 ifYou want a clean pepper-cedar scent with light incense.
Buy Equus pour Homme ifYou like spicy woods with a leather and juniper twist.

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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 CA Perfume Opus
Penhaligon's Opus 1870
price varies, 100 ml
CA Perfume Opus
price varies
80 similar. CA Perfume's Opus is pitched as a warmer, more modern take, so the dry pepper-and-cedar sharpness of Opus 1870 is rounded off and sweeter.

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