Is Alexandria UK Boardroom a dupe of Fragrance One Office?
Office EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| M | Gender | U |
| 2019 | Year | - |
| £££££ | Price Tier | £ |
Boardroom EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Office
- Boardroom
- in both
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Which Should You Buy?
Seriously divisive, this one. Some reckon it's a masterpiece, a versatile compliment-getter. Others brand it a generic, overpriced catastrophe. The consensus: if you can snatch it cheap, it's a decent-enough mashup of familiar crowd-pleasers, but don't expect anything groundbreaking.
Boardroom is Alexandria UK's read on Fragrance One's Office - it opens with the same crisp bergamot-mandarin snap and leans on ambroxan for that mineral, ambergris-adjacent hum, but the base sits flatter and thinner, so the amber-cedar warmth that makes Office linger disappears an hour or two sooner.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Top Notes
Top Notes
Heart Notes
Heart Notes
Base Notes
Base Notes
Note weights are our estimate from each note's place in the pyramid, not the share of the formula. Brands do not publish formulations.
Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
Versatile across every season - no clear seasonal preference from wearers.
Occasions
While named 'Office', its often beastly performance and loud ambroxan-heavy profile make it risky for conservative office environments unless applied lightly. However, its mass-appealing freshness and compliment-getting tendencies make it excellent for casual outings, dates, and even the gym.
Seasons
Community season votes for Fragrance One Office, the fragrance this is built to match, favour spring, summer and autumn.
Occasions
Wearers put Fragrance One Office, the fragrance this is built to match, at its best for date nights, casual wear and sport.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Shares 5 of its 8 notes, including Ambroxan, Ambergris, Musk
Adds cashmere wood and cedar, drops floral notes and iris
Where to buy
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