Is Perfume Parlour Smoked Velvet a dupe of Omanluxury Caden?
Caden EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | U |
| 2025 | Year | 2025 |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Smoked Velvet EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Caden
- Smoked Velvet
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Which Should You Buy?
Divisive, overhyped, and a magnet for debate - but if you're not bothered by the 'Babycat clone' discourse and appreciate a robust, smoky vanilla-suede, this is a banger. Not for the faint-hearted or those who avoid strong saffron and leather.
Smoked Velvet chases Omanluxury's Caden - that fiery saffron-and-suede leather drying into boozy coffee and vanilla amber. The dupe captures the smoky saffron-leather signature but renders it softer and less opulent, with the charred, room-filling intensity of the original tamed and projection scaled back.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
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Heart Notes
Heart Notes
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
A cold-weather scent - best worn in winter and autumn.
Occasions
Its potent projection and long-lasting nature, coupled with its smoky, leathery, and boozy accords, make it unsuitable for office wear. It truly shines on a date or for formal evening events, where its luxurious warmth and mysterious undertones can be appreciated without overwhelming a casual setting.
Seasons
The smoky saffron-leather and vanilla-amber warmth is firmly cold-weather territory and feels heavy in heat.
Occasions
Rich and sensual - it suits evenings, dates and formal occasions over daytime 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.
Shares 11 of its 12 notes, including Saffron, Suede, Guaiac Wood
Adds boozy notes, drops liquor
Where to buy
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Smoked Velvet EDP
Import charges may apply
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Import charges may apply
These shops are outside the United States. Prices in your currency are estimates (ECB rate 16 Oct); the shop charges its own price, shown in brackets. How import charges work
Import charges may apply
These shops deliver to the United States from the United Kingdom. How import charges work
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