Is Perfume Parlour Break LIII a dupe of Amouage Interlude Black Iris?
Interlude Black Iris EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | M |
| 2020 | Year | 2020 |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Break LIII EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Interlude Black Iris
- Break LIII
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Which Should You Buy?
Interlude Black Iris is a beast, plain and simple. It's a challenging, polarising beast with massive sillage and longevity. You'll either love its dark, smoky, buttery iris or you'll be running for the hills. Definitely not a blind buy.
Break LIII chases Amouage Interlude 53 Man - the same smoky-incense powerhouse with oud, leather and amber. The dupe captures the dark, resinous mystique but renders flatter and far softer-projecting than one of the strongest commercial fragrances ever made.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Top Notes
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Heart Notes
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Base Notes
Base Notes
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
A cold-weather scent - best worn in winter and autumn.
Occasions
Given its nuclear performance and intense, dark character, Black Iris is far too strong for most office environments or casual daytime wear. It truly shines for formal evening events or dates where its mysterious aura can make a powerful impression.
Seasons
The dark smoky-incense-oud profile is firmly cold-weather and overpowering in summer heat.
Occasions
A bold, smoky statement scent built for evenings and formal wear over daytime casual.
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 4 of its 12 notes, including Leather, Labdanum, Bergamot
Adds allspice and incense, drops frankincense and iris
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