The Fragrance Bible

The Fragrance Bible

The Ultimate Scent Guide

The idea

Your favourite designer scent has a twin. We help you find it.

Modern fragrance houses and the so-called Middle Eastern houses have become remarkably good at capturing the same accords as the designer houses — sometimes nearly note-for-note and for a fraction of the price.

The Fragrance Bible exists to make that overlap visible and easy to find. We love smelling good and expensive, and we want to democratise it to all fragrance fans around the world. We rank alternatives by similarity as well as providing a recommendation for the best alternative. This is based on research, critiques, internet consensus and personal preference.

Retail links

Where to buy, soon

Buy buttons on each fragrance will link out to trusted retailers. Some links may become affiliate links in the future — that never changes a similarity score, and it never changes which twin we show first. The closest match always wins.

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