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the one you wantVan Cleef & Arpels Bois DoreUSD 230, 75 ml
smells like it, for lessPerfumeME 371price varies

Smells like Van Cleef & Arpels Bois Dore.

3 bottles the community rates close to Bois Dore, 33 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. woody, vanilla, sweet, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Van Cleef & Arpels Bois Dore6 accords
3of 6 accords shared, 50%
PerfumeME 3713 accords
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Notes of Bois Dore

What Van Cleef & Arpels publishes. Black means PerfumeME 371 shares the note.

Top

  • pepper
  • cedarwood

Heart

  • cashmere wood
  • tonka bean

Base

  • white musk
  • amber
  • vanilla

Notes of 371

What PerfumeME publishes. Black means Bois Dore shares the note.

Top

  • black pepper

Base

  • vanilla
  • tonka bean
  • mineral notes

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
371
PerfumeME
85similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
shares 2 of 7 notes
price varies
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Where it differs: Lists black pepper, vanilla and tonka like the original but adds a mineral note, so the woody vanilla reads drier and less creamy than Van Cleef's cashmere-wood heart.

Buy Bois Dore ifYou want the creamy cashmere-wood and tonka blend at full polish.
Buy 371 ifYou like woody vanilla with a drier, mineral edge.
No. 2
Black
Bvlgari, EDT
65similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Shares the vanilla-and-wood base and similar staying power, but Bvlgari Black adds a smoky rubber darkness that Bois Dore's sweet golden woods never show.

Buy Bois Dore ifYou want sweet, golden woods with soft tonka warmth.
Buy Black ifYou enjoy vanilla woods with a darker, rubbery smoky twist.
No. 3
Luna Rossa Black
Prada, EDP, 100 ml
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 7 notes
USD 155230
33% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Fans call it part of the same family, but Luna Rossa Black is built for men and reads darker and more ambery, with less of Bois Dore's sugary tonka.

Buy Bois Dore ifYou want a unisex, sweet woody vanilla with tonka.
Buy Luna Rossa Black ifYou want a darker, masculine amber wood for evenings.

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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 PerfumeME 371
Van Cleef & Arpels Bois Dore
USD 230, 75 ml
PerfumeME 371
price varies
85 similar. Lists black pepper, vanilla and tonka like the original but adds a mineral note, so the woody vanilla reads drier and less creamy than Van Cleef's cashmere-wood heart.

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