Is Perfume Parlour Vintage Essence a dupe of Kilian Old Fashioned?
Old Fashioned EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | U |
| 2024 | Year | 2024 |
| ££££ | Price Tier | £ |
Vintage Essence EDP
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Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Old Fashioned
- Vintage Essence
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Which Should You Buy?
Kilian's Old Fashioned is a divisonal boozy gourmand that delivers on its name, but isn't for everyone. Some find the realistic whiskey note captivating; others recoil from smelling like a "wealthy alcoholic old lady" or a night out. Not a safe blind-buy for the faint of liver.
A budget take on By Kilian's Old Fashioned - that heady, boozy whiskey-and-grain rush of wheat and davana over immortelle, cedar and resinous balsams. Vintage Essence captures the distillery-warm character but reads flatter and more linear than the niche original, the boozy top thinner and the drydown less rich.
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 Brands do not publish formulations.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
A cold-weather scent - best worn in winter and autumn.
Occasions
With its photorealistic boozy opening and strong amber character, this is best reserved for evening events or intimate dates, rather than the office. The scent profile is too direct and heavy for casual or sporty wear, but works well for formal occasions in cool weather when you want to make a statement.
Seasons
The boozy grain, honeyed immortelle and warm balsams are made for cold autumn and winter evenings.
Occasions
Cozy and characterful, it suits relaxed evenings, casual wear and cool-night dates over the office or 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.
Every one of its 6 notes is in the original, including Davana, Wheat, Cedar
Without bergamot and orange blossom
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