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Initio Alternatives & Fragrance Dupes
Compare Initio fragrances with alternatives that share key woods, ambers, musks and spices in the stored product data.
7 Initio fragrances with 7+ note matches
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Initio fragrances in the catalogue
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How to compare a Initio alternative
Prioritise the notes you recognise, then use the canonical score to balance scent overlap with saving. The score awards up to 7 points for shared stored notes and up to 3 points for the price saving.
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Top Alternatives by Notes + Price Saving
Ranked by how closely the alternative's scent notes match the high-end original, combined with how much you save.
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| # | HIGH-END | ALTERNATIVE | SHARED NOTES | £ SAVING | MATCH SCORE | STARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fragrance World Peach Incense Eau de Parfum 80ml Fragrance World | 10 | £227Save 93% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 2 | 9 | £203Save 90% | Perfect 10 | |||
| 3 | 8 | £175Save 90% | Perfect 10 | |||
| 4 | 8 | £90Save 92% | Perfect 10 | |||
| 5 | Fragrance World Side Effect 100ml Fragrance World | 8 | £248Save 92% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 6 | Dolce & Gabbana The Only One Eau de Parfum 100ml Dolce & Gabbana | La Rive The Only One 100ml La Rive | 9 | £86Save 91% | Perfect 10 | |
| 7 | Acqua di Parma Oud & Spice Eau de Parfum 100ml Acqua di Parma | 8 | £167Save 86% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 8 | La Rive Madame Isabelle 90ml La Rive | 8 | £110Save 93% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 9 | Penhaligon's Empressa Eau de Parfum 100ml Penhaligon's | La Rive Queen of Life 75ml La Rive | 8 | £166Save 95% | Perfect 10 | |
| 10 | Roja Dove Elysium Pour Homme 100ml Roja Dove | 9 | £275Save 93% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 11 | Marc Jacobs Honey Eau de Parfum 100ml Marc Jacobs | 16 | £83Save 87% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 12 | Fragrance World Amberley Pur Oud 100ml Fragrance World | 8 | £243Save 92% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 13 | Armani Si 100ml Armani | La Rive In Woman 90ml La Rive | 16 | £88Save 86% | Perfect 10 | |
| 14 | Narciso Rodriguez For Her Fleur Musc Eau de Parfum 100ml Narciso Rodriguez | 16 | £120Save 92% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 15 | Lattafa Rouat Al Musk 100ml Lattafa | 8 | £110Save 88% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 16 | Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum 70ml Maison Francis Kurkdjian | Ariana Grande Cloud Eau de Parfum 100ml Ariana Grande | 16 | £218Save 86% | Perfect 10 | |
| 17 | Jean Paul Gaultier Classique Eau de Toilette 100 ml Jean Paul Gaultier | 8 | £67Save 84% | Perfect 10 | ||
| 18 | 16 | £156Save 93% | Perfect 10 | |||
| 19 | 10 | £300Save 92% | Perfect 10 | |||
| 20 | 9 | £180Save 86% | Perfect 10 |
