Is Perfume Parlour Brilliant Shine a dupe of Tom Ford Metallique?
Metallique EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| F | Gender | M |
| 2019 | Year | 2019 |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Brilliant Shine EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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Which Should You Buy?
Tom Ford Metallique is properly divisive- you'll either get an 'icy' metallic vanilla or a 'rusty' nauseating mess. If your skin plays nice, it's a unique and sophisticated vanilla, clean but never boring. A true love-it-or-hate-it scent.
Perfume Parlour's Brilliant Shine chases Tom Ford Metallique - the sparkling aldehydic opening over powdery heliotrope and a creamy vanilla drydown is recognisable, but this dupe loses the distinctive metallic shimmer and the velvety lactonic transformation that define the original.
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 Brands do not publish formulations.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
Versatile across every season - no clear seasonal preference from wearers.
Occasions
Its moderate projection makes it suitable for office wear, while its unique, sophisticated vanilla makes it excellent for dates or casual outings. It's too distinctive for formal events and totally wrong for sport.
Seasons
The powdery florals and creamy vanilla base feel cosiest in autumn and winter, with the sparkling aldehydic top keeping it wearable in spring.
Occasions
Clean, powdery and elegant - well suited to the office, dates, evenings and dressier occasions; too soft and refined for 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 7 of its 10 notes, including Bergamot, Hawthorn, Heliotrope
Adds ambrette and peru balsam
Where to buy
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