Dupe Pair
84%
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Aldebaran Eau de Parfum bottle Aldebaran
Edp Concentration Edp
U Gender U
2025 Year 2025
££ Price Tier £
Stellar Bloom Eau de Parfum bottle Stellar Bloom

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Which Should You Buy?

Our Verdict - Aldebaran
Aldebaran is Quentin Bisch at his most polarising: a love-it-or-hate-it tuberose that redefines the genre. It's weird, challenging, and frankly unforgettable, a beast with serious projection that will turn heads - for better or worse.
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Our Verdict - Stellar Bloom
A budget take on Marc-Antoine Barrois Aldebaran. Stellar Bloom captures the creamy tuberose-and-tonka spine, but the dupe smooths it into a more conventional white floral - the cool, metallic, rubbery abstraction that made Aldebaran so polarising and avant-garde reads softer and tamer here, with shorter staying power.
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Scent Profile

Citrus Floral Fruity Green Sweet Warm Woody Earthy Animalic Fresh
Citrus 0% 0%
Floral 30% 30%
Fruity 1% 0%
Green 19% 10%
Sweet 35% 39%
Warm 14% 22%
Woody 1% 4%
Earthy 9% 11%
Animalic 6% 6%
Fresh 6% 3%

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding
Aldebaran EdP
Stellar Bloom EdP

Notes

Aldebaran
Stellar Bloom
Shared Notes
Tuberose 100% vs 100%
Shared Notes
Mate 48% vs 45%
Only in Aldebaran
Pimiento 52%
Only in Stellar Bloom
Paprika 55%
Shared Notes
Tonka Bean 100% vs 100%

Accords

Aldebaran Stellar Bloom
100%
Tuberose
Floral
90%
76%
Warm Spicy
50%
63%
Aromatic
Creamy
60%
57%
Fresh
51%
Animalic
50%
Green
40%
46%
Vanilla
Sweet
40%
100%
90%
Warm Spicy shared
76%
50%
63%
60%
57%
51%
Green shared
50%
40%
46%
40%

Performance

Aldebaran Stellar Bloom
Long (6-10h)
Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Strong
Projection
Intimate
Strong
Intensity
Moderate

Season and Occasion Fit

Aldebaran

Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer Autumn
Also Works:
Winter

Versatile across every season - no clear seasonal preference from wearers.

Occasions

Also Works:
Date Casual

Its beastly sillage and unique, often challenging, profile make Aldebaran wholly unsuitable for office or sport. It's better reserved for more relaxed casual settings or bold date nights where its distinctive character can shine without overwhelming.

Stellar Bloom

Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer
Also Works:
Autumn

The creamy tuberose blooms across spring and summer, with enough warmth from tonka to carry into autumn.

Occasions

Best For:
Date
Also Works:
Casual Formal

A bold, statement-making floral suited to evenings, dates and dressed-up occasions; a touch loud for the office.

Similarity Breakdown

Overall
84%
Olfactory
95%
Notes
91%
Accord
22%
Key Similarities

Both share Warm Spicy, Green accords and Tuberose, Mate notes

Key Differences

Different accord profile

Where to buy

Aldebaran
Stellar Bloom
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