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the one you wantYves Saint Laurent Kourosprice varies, 100 ml
smells like it, for lessMilton Lloyd The Man Silverprice varies, 50 ml

Smells like Yves Saint Laurent Kouros.

3 bottles the community rates close to Kouros, with the one thing each does differently. aromatic, animalic, warm spicy, for men.

Scent overlap

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

Yves Saint Laurent Kouros5 accords
4of 5 accords shared, 80%
Milton Lloyd The Man Silver4 accords
not listed

Notes of Kouros

What Yves Saint Laurent publishes. Black means Milton Lloyd The Man Silver shares the note.

Top

  • aldehydes
  • artemisia
  • coriander

Heart

  • carnation
  • patchouli
  • cinnamon

Base

  • honey
  • leather
  • tonka bean

Notes of The Man Silver

What Milton Lloyd publishes. Black means Kouros shares the note.

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

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
The Man Silver
Milton Lloyd, 50 ml
82similar, well documented, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Milton Lloyd's The Man Silver captures the soapy-animalic Kouros opening well, but owners find it a touch more balanced and less honeyed, with a shorter, flatter dry down.

Buy Kouros ifYou want the full honeyed-leather, dirty-musk drydown.
Buy The Man Silver ifYou want that loud soapy-animalic signature for pocket change.
No. 2
Lord
Al-Rehab, EDP
75similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Al-Rehab's Lord shares the strong Kouros opening and middle but its dry down veers toward Ted Lapidus pour Homme and gets harsher instead of honeyed.

Buy Kouros ifYou want a smoother, honey-tonka finish.
Buy Lord ifYou love vintage-style Kouros strength and do not mind a rougher base.
No. 3
Lapidus Pour Homme
Ted Lapidus, EDT
62similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Ted Lapidus pour Homme has a fresher opening and a musky-woody dry down like Kouros, but it is fruitier and less animalic, without the soapy aldehyde punch.

Buy Kouros ifYou want the bold soapy, animalic aldehyde blast.
Buy Lapidus Pour Homme ifYou want a softer, fruitier 80s musk that is easier to wear.

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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 Milton Lloyd The Man Silver
Yves Saint Laurent Kouros
price varies, 100 ml
Milton Lloyd The Man Silver
price varies, 50 ml
82 similar. Milton Lloyd's The Man Silver captures the soapy-animalic Kouros opening well, but owners find it a touch more balanced and less honeyed, with a shorter, flatter dry down.

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