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the one you wantZoologist NightingaleUSD 200, 60 ml
smells like it, for lessGuerlain Mitsoukoprice varies

Smells like Zoologist Nightingale.

2 bottles the community rates close to Nightingale, with the one thing each does differently. rose, fruity, powdery, unisex.

Scent overlap

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

Zoologist Nightingale6 accords
3of 7 accords shared, 43%
Guerlain Mitsouko4 accords
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Notes of Nightingale

What Zoologist publishes. Black means Guerlain Mitsouko shares the note.

Top

  • Bergamot
  • Lemon
  • Saffron

Heart

  • Japanese Plum Blossom
  • Red Rose
  • Violet

Base

  • Oud
  • Patchouli
  • Sandalwood
  • Moss
  • Frankincense
  • White Musk
  • Labdanum
  • Ambergris

Notes of Mitsouko

What Guerlain publishes. Black means Nightingale 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
Mitsouko
Guerlain, EDP
60similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
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Where it differs: Mitsouko builds on peach rather than plum, carries less rose, and uses cinnamon where Nightingale uses saffron, so it reads more classic and less jammy.

Buy Nightingale ifYou want plum, saffron and a big rose over oud.
Buy Mitsouko ifYou want the classic peach chypre that inspired the style.
No. 2
Femme
Rochas
55similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
notes not published by the house
price varies
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Where it differs: Rochas Femme shares the smooth, powdery fruity-chypre texture but has no oud or saffron, so it smells softer and more vintage than Nightingale's bitter, earthy oud base.

Buy Nightingale ifYou want a modern chypre with oud and saffron bite.
Buy Femme ifYou want a soft, powdery vintage chypre for much less.

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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 Guerlain Mitsouko
Zoologist Nightingale
USD 200, 60 ml
Guerlain Mitsouko
price varies
60 similar. Mitsouko builds on peach rather than plum, carries less rose, and uses cinnamon where Nightingale uses saffron, so it reads more classic and less jammy.

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