Where it differs: Apex mirrors the cardamom, cumin and tobacco structure closely, but the spice blend is a touch darker and flatter, with less of the bright cinnamon sparkle up top.
Smells like Penhaligon's The Blazing Mister Sam.
4 bottles the community rates close to The Blazing Mister Sam, 86 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. warm spicy, tobacco, woody, 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 The Blazing Mister Sam
What Penhaligon's publishes. Black means Fragrance World Apex shares the note.
Top
- cardamom
- cinnamon
Heart
- black pepper
- saffron
- cumin
Base
- tobacco
- vanilla
- cedar
- patchouli
Notes of Apex
What Fragrance World publishes. Black means The Blazing Mister Sam shares the note.
Top
- cardamom
- cinnamon
Heart
- black pepper
- saffron
- cumin
Base
- tobacco
- vanilla
- cedar
- patchouli
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: Blazing is the second Fragrance World take on the same spicy tobacco idea and owners call it slightly brighter than Apex, with a livelier cardamom-cinnamon opening.
Where it differs: Flaring 1226 is sold as inspired by Blazing Mr Sam in small spray and oil sizes, so expect the spicy tobacco idea with a shorter, closer-to-skin wear.
Where it differs: Sotoor Waaw shares the cardamom-cinnamon spice but adds a nutty walnut note and lavender, and swaps the tobacco for sandalwood and guaiac, so it reads woodier.
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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