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Designer / Tom Ford / Velvet Orchid
the one you wantTom Ford Velvet OrchidUSD 240, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessElie Saab Le Parfum Royalprice varies, 90 ml

Smells like Tom Ford Velvet Orchid.

2 bottles the community rates close to Velvet Orchid, 71 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. sweet, floral, amber, for women.

Scent overlap

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

Tom Ford Velvet Orchid5 accords
3of 7 accords shared, 43%
Elie Saab Le Parfum Royal5 accords
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Notes of Velvet Orchid

What Tom Ford publishes. Black means Elie Saab Le Parfum Royal shares the note.

Top

  • bergamot
  • mandarin
  • rum
  • honey

Heart

  • turkish rose
  • jasmine
  • orchid
  • orange blossom
  • narcissus
  • hyacinth
  • heliotrope

Base

  • myrrh
  • labdanum
  • suede
  • vanilla

Notes of Le Parfum Royal

What Elie Saab publishes. Black means Velvet Orchid shares the note.

Top

  • mandarin orange

Heart

  • Turkish rose
  • Bulgarian rose
  • neroli

Base

  • patchouli
  • amber
  • vanilla
  • sandalwood

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.

No. 1
Le Parfum Royal
Elie Saab, EDP, 90 ml, 2019
78similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
shares 2 of 15 notes
price varies
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Where it differs: Le Parfum Royal is rosier and less boozy, trading Velvet Orchid's rum, honey and suede for neroli, double rose and patchouli, and wearers report longer staying power.

Buy Velvet Orchid ifYou want rum and honey warmth under a dark orchid floral.
Buy Le Parfum Royal ifYou want a rosier patchouli floral that lasts longer for less.
No. 2
Rum Orchid
Fragrenza, EDP, 60 ml
75similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 7 of 15 notes
USD 70240
71% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Rum Orchid's listed formula leaves out honey, vanilla and suede, leaning on rum, spiced jasmine, labdanum, sandalwood and Peru balsam for a drier, resinous finish.

Buy Velvet Orchid ifYou want the honeyed vanilla and suede softness of the original.
Buy Rum Orchid ifYou want the rum-and-orchid idea with a drier resinous base.

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.

Read about Elie Saab Le Parfum Royal
Tom Ford Velvet Orchid
USD 240, 100 ml
Elie Saab Le Parfum Royal
price varies, 90 ml
78 similar. Le Parfum Royal is rosier and less boozy, trading Velvet Orchid's rum, honey and suede for neroli, double rose and patchouli, and wearers report longer staying power.

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