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Fracas
Robert Piguet · 1948
Big, creamy tuberose with jasmine and orange flower.
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One mainstream fragrance at a time, described in our own words, answered with independent alternatives that share its notes. No dupes, no affiliate links: just small houses working the same accord.
White Floral. Jasmine, tuberose, gardenia: heady and lush.
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Twilly d'Hermès
Hermès · 2017
Spiced ginger over creamy tuberose, bright and a little sweet.
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Hypnotic Poison
Dior · 1998
Bitter almond and vanilla over jasmine, dark and sweet.
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J'adore
Dior · 1999
A glossy, fruity white floral that many people link with classic femininity.
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Bloom
Gucci · 2017
A dense, uncut white-floral built almost entirely around tuberose and jasmine
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Good Girl
Carolina Herrera · 2016
The stiletto-bottle scent that turned tuberose and cocoa into an office staple
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Another 13
Le Labo · 2010
The one people mean by clean skin musk or smells like money on TikTok.
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Alien
Thierry Mugler · 2005
The heavy white floral people reach for when they want a scent that fills a room instantly.
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Libre
Yves Saint Laurent · 2019
The scent people cite when they want lavender to smell feminine rather than like a barbershop.
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Flowerbomb
Viktor & Rolf · 2005
The explosive sweet floral people mean when they say a perfume smells like a bouquet dipped in sugar.
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No. 5
Chanel · 1921
The fragrance a non-fragrance person can still name off the top of their head.
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About these comparisons
Well-known fragrances are named here for one reason: they are the shared vocabulary most people have for a smell. We describe the accord in our own words, then point at independent houses working the same territory. There are no logos, no bottle photographs and no affiliate links, and Undernotes is not affiliated with any house named on these pages.