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the one you wantZoologist Civetprice varies, 60 ml
smells like it, for lessCarner Barcelona Felinoprice varies

Smells like Zoologist Civet.

3 bottles the community rates close to Civet, with the one thing each does differently. animalic, white floral, warm spicy, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Zoologist Civet5 accords
2of 7 accords shared, 29%
Carner Barcelona Felino4 accords
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Notes of Civet

What Zoologist publishes. Black means Carner Barcelona Felino shares the note.

Top

  • bergamot
  • black pepper
  • lemon
  • orange
  • spices
  • tarragon

Heart

  • carnation
  • frangipani
  • heliotrope
  • hyacinth
  • linden
  • tuberose
  • ylang-ylang

Base

  • balsam
  • civet
  • coffee
  • incense
  • labdanum
  • musk
  • oakmoss
  • resins
  • russian leather
  • vanilla
  • vetiver
  • woods

Notes of Felino

What Carner Barcelona publishes. Black means Civet 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
Felino
Carner Barcelona, EDP
75similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
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Where it differs: Felino shares Civet's plush animalic musk drydown but with a more streamlined floral heart, so it feels more modern and less vintage-glamorous than Civet's dense tuberose bouquet.

Buy Civet ifYou want a rich, vintage-style animalic floral with clove and resins.
Buy Felino ifYou want a cleaner, modern animalic musk that is easier to wear.
No. 2
Femme
Rochas
68similar, reported by several owners, a close alternative
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Where it differs: Femme is a more savory, old-school spicy chypre that leans drier and more masculine, without Civet's buttery tropical florals like frangipani and tuberose.

Buy Civet ifYou want a spicy chypre softened by buttery white flowers.
Buy Femme ifYou want a classic savory chypre with a dry plummy depth.
No. 3
Ysatis
Givenchy, EDT
62similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
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Where it differs: Ysatis shares the honeyed ylang, civet and tuberose idea but feels more eighties and powdery, with less of Civet's coffee, incense and leather in the base.

Buy Civet ifYou want a darker, resinous animalic floral with leather and coffee.
Buy Ysatis ifYou want a big honeyed tuberose floral from the eighties.

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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 Carner Barcelona Felino
Zoologist Civet
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Carner Barcelona Felino
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75 similar. Felino shares Civet's plush animalic musk drydown but with a more streamlined floral heart, so it feels more modern and less vintage-glamorous than Civet's dense tuberose bouquet.

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