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the one you wantYves Saint Laurent Rive GaucheUSD 101, 100 ml
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smells like it, for lessCarven Ma Griffeprice varies, 100 ml

Smells like Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche.

One bottle the community rates close to Rive Gauche, with the one thing each does differently. floral, powdery, green, for women.

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 Rive Gauche5 accords
4of 5 accords shared, 80%
Carven Ma Griffe4 accords
not listed

Notes of Rive Gauche

What Yves Saint Laurent publishes. Black means Carven Ma Griffe shares the note.

Top

  • Aldehydes
  • Green Notes
  • Honeysuckle
  • Bergamot
  • Peach
  • Lemon

Heart

  • Rose
  • Iris
  • Ylang-Ylang
  • Lily-of-the-Valley
  • Geranium
  • Jasmine
  • Magnolia
  • Gardenia

Base

  • Oakmoss
  • Vetiver
  • Musk
  • Sandalwood
  • Amber
  • Tonka Bean

Notes of Ma Griffe

What Carven publishes. Black means Rive Gauche shares the note.

Top

  • Aldehydes
  • Clary Sage
  • Galbanum
  • Bergamot

Heart

  • Gardenia
  • Rose
  • Ylang-Ylang
  • Jasmine

Base

  • Vetiver
  • Tonka Bean
  • Cinnamon

The bottle worth trying

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
Ma Griffe
Carven, EDT, 100 ml
65similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
shares 8 of 20 notes
price varies
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Where it differs: Ma Griffe is softer and greener, with galbanum and a cinnamon edge in the base, and it lacks the cool metallic rose-iris sheen Rive Gauche is known for.

Buy Rive Gauche ifYou want the crisp, silvery aldehydic rose with real projection.
Buy Ma Griffe ifYou want a gentler green aldehydic floral that wears closer to skin.

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 Carven Ma Griffe
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
USD 101, 100 ml
Carven Ma Griffe
price varies, 100 ml
65 similar. Ma Griffe is softer and greener, with galbanum and a cinnamon edge in the base, and it lacks the cool metallic rose-iris sheen Rive Gauche is known for.

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