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the one you wantVan Cleef & Arpels Tsarprice varies, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessDua Fragrances Emperor's Elixirprice varies, 34 ml

Smells like Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar.

2 bottles the community rates close to Tsar, with the one thing each does differently. aromatic, fresh spicy, 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.

Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar6 accords
3of 6 accords shared, 50%
Dua Fragrances Emperor's Elixir3 accords
not listed
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Notes of Tsar

What Van Cleef & Arpels publishes. Black means Dua Fragrances Emperor's Elixir shares the note.

Top

  • green notes
  • lavender
  • artemisia
  • rosemary
  • bergamot
  • coriander
  • cinnamon
  • neroli

Heart

  • pine
  • juniper berries
  • carnation
  • tarragon
  • geranium
  • caraway
  • jasmine
  • rose
  • orris root
  • lily-of-the-valley

Base

  • oakmoss
  • leather
  • cedar
  • sandalwood
  • patchouli
  • vetiver
  • musk
  • amber
  • tonka bean
  • coconut

Notes of Emperor's Elixir

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

The house has not published a note list for this bottle; the accords above come from its own description.

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
Emperor's Elixir
Dua Fragrances, 34 ml
85similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
price varies
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Where it differs: Owners call the drydown over 95 percent Tsar, with the mossy leather base landing closest while the busy herbal and pine opening is less detailed.

Buy Tsar ifYou want the full herbal pine opening of vintage Tsar.
Buy Emperor's Elixir ifYou mostly wear Tsar for its mossy leather drydown.
No. 2
Emperor For Men 1635
Perfume Parlour
85similar, reported by a few owners, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
price varies
live price on Amazon
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Where it differs: Marketed as a take on Tsar from a UK oil house, it is sold mainly as concentrated perfume rather than a spray EDT, so it wears closer and denser.

Buy Tsar ifYou want a spray EDT that fills a room.
Buy Emperor For Men 1635 ifYou want the Tsar style in a cheap concentrated format.

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 Dua Fragrances Emperor's Elixir
Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar
price varies, 100 ml
Dua Fragrances Emperor's Elixir
price varies, 34 ml
85 similar. Owners call the drydown over 95 percent Tsar, with the mossy leather base landing closest while the busy herbal and pine opening is less detailed.

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