This discontinued gem is a seductive, spicy, and mysteriously alluring scent that passionate fans desperately want back. It's a love-it-or-hate-it affair; some find it intoxicatingly unique, while others are left cold by its sour, gloomy, or even 'booring' character.

A budget version of Guerlain Mahora. Tropical captures the heady, creamy tuberose-and-ylang white floral that made the original notorious, but the dupe pushes the big flowers louder while the buttery, gourmand vanilla-sandalwood depth that gave Mahora its rich, opulent finish reads thinner and fades faster.