Is Alexandria UK Karnak Temple a dupe of Xerjoff More Than Words?
More Than Words EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | U |
| 2012 | Year | - |
| ££££ | Price Tier | £ |
Karnak Temple EDP
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Which Should You Buy?
Chris Maurice's 2012 entry in Xerjoff's Join The Club line - a luxury oriental-woody built around a jammy rose-oud heart wrapped in heavy labdanum, frankincense and ambergris. Reads dense, dark, and unmistakably niche. Polarising but well-regarded among rose-oud collectors.
Karnak Temple channels Xerjoff's More Than Words, matching its incense-oud opening and fruity blackcurrant twist. It's less nuanced and shorter-lived than Xerjoff's original, with a simpler resinous drydown that doesn't hold the same monumental depth.
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Seasons
Heavy labdanum-ambergris-oud base with a jammy rose heart is firmly autumn-winter territory; the resinous depth reads heavy in warm weather. Spring at low dosage; summer is incompatible.
Occasions
Luxury rose-oud-amber with strong projection fits formal evening, dinner, and date wear naturally. Too distinctive and heavy for office or sport.
Seasons
Community season votes for Xerjoff More Than Words, the fragrance this is built to match, favour autumn and winter.
Occasions
Wearers put Xerjoff More Than Words, the fragrance this is built to match, at its best for date nights and formal occasions.
Similarity Breakdown
How alike these two fragrances smell, scored from their full scent profiles.
Both lean oud, woody, fruity
Subtle differences in overall composition
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