Is Perfume Parlour Cuttings a dupe of Orto Parisi Seminalis?
Seminalis Parfum
| Parfum | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | M |
| 2016 | Year | - |
| ££££ | Price Tier | ££ |
Cuttings EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Seminalis
- Cuttings
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Which Should You Buy?
Alessandro Gualtieri's most polarising Orto Parisi. A lactonic-creamy-musky-animalic study built around ambrette, pheromonal aldehydes and a milky-skin core. Some wearers read warm sensuality, others read the dirtier biology the marketing brief invokes.
Perfume Parlour's affordable interpretation of Orto Parisi Seminalis. Built around Sweet Almond, it offers the character of the original at a budget price - a wallet-friendly alternative for fans of Orto Parisi Seminalis.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
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
The creamy-musky-animalic core reads warm and slightly dense; cold weather suits the skin-contact intimacy best. Spring is acceptable; summer heat exposes the heavier musks and lactonic creaminess as too much.
Occasions
Reads as a deliberately intimate close-skin fragrance - date wear and evening private settings are the natural fits. Office wear is risky given the animalic register; casual works for evenings; formal works only when the wearer wants statement-niche rather than classical formality. Sport is wrong.
Seasons
Reach for it across autumn and winter, where the sweet signature sits most naturally; outside those months its softer projection thins out faster.
Occasions
This one suits evening and daily settings; the easy, cosy character keeps it versatile for formal rotation too.
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 2 of its 3 notes, including Sandalwood, Vanilla
Adds almond, drops aldehydes and ambrette
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$342.00 plus sales tax
Fragrance365 - 1.7 fl oz (50 ml)
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Cuttings EDP
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