Is Alexandria UK Truly Bronze a dupe of Balmain Beauty Bronze?

Bronze EDP

Balmain Beauty by Shyamala Maisondieu Original Statement

Truly Bronze EDP

Alexandria UK   Inspired Statement
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Where they differ

Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.

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Which Should You Buy?

Our Verdict - Bronze EDP
Bronze is a divisive beast: some find it a mesmerising, magical tobacco masterpiece, others a challenging, overly masculine hay-and-honey nightmare. If you like your scents dry, serious, and with a pronounced spicy-tobacco hit, you might just fall head over heels.
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Our Verdict - Truly Bronze EDP
Truly Bronze follows Balmain Bronze's green-spice-tobacco-patchouli path, but simplifies the original's cedar-hay chypre texture into a more generic tobacco-woody accord, sacrificing some of the nuance and complexity that gives the designer version its identity.
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Scent Profile

How they compare
Bronze EDP A Truly Bronze EDP B
Where they part company by gap size

How They Wear

Showing: Overall Blend

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding
Bronze EDP
Truly Bronze EDP

Notes

Bronze
Truly Bronze

Top Notes

Top Notes

Spicy Notes 53% Green Notes 47%

Heart Notes

Tobacco 58% Woody Notes 42%

Base Notes

Patchouli 59% Spicy Notes 41%
Shared Notes
Patchouli 33% vs 58%
Tobacco 33% vs 57%
Only in Truly Bronze
Spicy Notes 53% Green Notes 47% Woody Notes 42%
Only in Bronze
Pepper 100%
Only in Truly Bronze
Spicy Notes 53% Green Notes 47%
Shared Notes
Tobacco 33% vs 57%
Only in Truly Bronze
Woody Notes 42%
Only in Bronze
Cedar 50% Hay 50%
Only in Truly Bronze
Patchouli 59% Spicy Notes 41%

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 Brands do not publish formulations.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

Bronze Truly Bronze
Moderate (4-6h)
Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Moderate
Projection
Moderate
Moderate
Intensity
Moderate

Season and Occasion Fit

Bronze

Seasons

Best For:
Autumn Winter
Also Works:
Spring

A cold-weather scent - best worn in autumn and winter.

Occasions

Best For:
Formal
Also Works:
Date

Given its strong projection and heady nature, Bronze isn't suitable for office wear. Its distinct, sophisticated character makes it a good fit for formal events or evening dates where it can make a statement without being overpowering. Casual wear is pushing it; it's a scent that demands attention.

Truly Bronze

Seasons

Best For:
Autumn Winter
Also Works:
Spring

Community season votes for Balmain Beauty Bronze, the fragrance this is built to match, favour autumn and winter.

Occasions

Best For:
Formal
Also Works:
Date

Wearers put Balmain Beauty Bronze, the fragrance this is built to match, at its best for formal occasions.

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.

Overall scent match
67%
Key Similarities

Shares 2 of its 5 notes, including Patchouli, Tobacco

Key Differences

Adds green notes and spicy notes, drops cedar and hay

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Bronze EDP
Truly Bronze EDP

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