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the one you wantSerge Lutens CherguiUSD 330, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessDua Fragrances Balsamic Tabacumprice varies, 34 ml

Smells like Serge Lutens Chergui.

4 bottles the community rates close to Chergui, with the one thing each does differently. tobacco, sweet, amber, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Serge Lutens Chergui5 accords
5of 5 accords shared, 100%
Dua Fragrances Balsamic Tabacum5 accords

Notes of Chergui

What Serge Lutens publishes. Black means Dua Fragrances Balsamic Tabacum shares the note.

Top

  • Rose
  • Iris

Heart

  • Tobacco Leaf
  • Honey
  • Hay

Base

  • Amber
  • Musk
  • Tonka Bean
  • Incense

Notes of Balsamic Tabacum

What Dua Fragrances publishes. Black means Chergui shares the note.

Notes

  • Tobacco
  • Honey
  • Hay
  • Amber
  • Incense
  • Sandalwood
  • Iris
  • Musk
  • Rose

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
Balsamic Tabacum
Dua Fragrances, Extrait, 34 ml
82similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 7 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: Balsamic Tabacum targets the older, richer formulation, so its honey, hay and incense come across heavier and more resinous than the softer current bottle.

Buy Chergui ifYou want the current, airier honeyed tobacco with a powdery iris edge.
Buy Balsamic Tabacum ifYou want a denser, older-style honey and hay tobacco in a small bottle.
No. 2
Tabac
Maison Alhambra, EDP, 100 ml
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 3 of 9 notes
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Where it differs: Tabac is a denser, smokier burnt honey and tobacco with oriental spice in the drydown, and it lacks the hay, rose and iris that make the original feel dusty and soft.

Buy Chergui ifYou want hay, iris and rose softening the honeyed tobacco.
Buy Tabac ifYou want a loud, smoky honey tobacco for cold nights on a budget.
No. 3
Volutes Eau de Toilette
Diptyque, EDT
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Volutes is lighter and more transparent, a powdery honeyed tobacco with dried fruit and iris, with far less of the dense hay and amber body of the original.

Buy Chergui ifYou want a thick, enveloping honey and hay tobacco cloud.
Buy Volutes Eau de Toilette ifYou want a lighter, office-friendly powdery tobacco scent.
No. 4
Tobacco Reserve
Aramis
55similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Tobacco Reserve is a more masculine, spicier sweet tobacco with fruity tones and no rose or iris, so it misses the dusty, feminine powder of the original.

Buy Chergui ifYou want rose and iris powder woven into the tobacco.
Buy Tobacco Reserve ifYou want a straightforward sweet tobacco at a designer price.

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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 Dua Fragrances Balsamic Tabacum
Serge Lutens Chergui
USD 330, 100 ml
Dua Fragrances Balsamic Tabacum
price varies, 34 ml
82 similar. Balsamic Tabacum targets the older, richer formulation, so its honey, hay and incense come across heavier and more resinous than the softer current bottle.

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