Where it differs: Kyoto is drier and more coniferous, with cypress and cedar over its incense, and lacks L'Orpheline's aldehydic shimmer and soft musky ambergris skin.
Smells like Serge Lutens L'Orpheline.
2 bottles the community rates close to L'Orpheline, 61 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, smoky, musky, unisex.
Scent overlap
Both bottles' accords, strongest at the top, facing each other. A bar joined through the middle is one they share.
Notes of L'Orpheline
What Serge Lutens publishes. Black means Comme des Garcons Series 3 Incense: Kyoto shares the note.
Top
- aldehydes
Heart
- incense
- coumarin
- cedar
Base
- ambergris
- patchouli
- cashmeran
- musk
Notes of Series 3 Incense: Kyoto
What Comme des Garcons publishes. Black means L'Orpheline shares the note.
Top
- incense
- cypress oil
- coffee
- teak wood
Heart
- vetiver
- patchouli
- amber
Base
- everlasting flower
- Virginian cedar
The 2 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: Avignon is a heavier, churchier frankincense that owners find less wearable for everyday use, missing L'Orpheline's aldehydes, coumarin and cashmeran 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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