Is Perfume Parlour Hijaz a dupe of Serge Lutens Arabie?
Arabie EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | M |
| 2000 | Year | 2000 |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Hijaz EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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Which Should You Buy?
Arabie is a deeply polarising one, splitting the crowd cleanly down the middle. For some, it's an enchanting voyage to an exotic spice bazaar. For others? A culinary catastrophe, smelling more like a Christmas cake or curry paste than a wearable fragrance.
Hijaz chases Serge Lutens' Arabie - the dense, syrupy dried-fruit-and-spice souk in a bottle. It captures the candied dates, clove and resin signature, but renders it flatter and sweeter, losing some of the original's over-the-top, layered complexity and projecting closer to the skin.
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 Brands do not publish formulations.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. The dense candied-date opening and the clove-heavy spiced-resin body read thick and festive on warm skin, which is why wearers reach for it through autumn and the depths of winter rather than in heat.
Occasions
The potent, sweet-spicy spice-bazaar character makes it a poor office pick but a strong choice for date nights and cold-weather evenings. Many wearers find it too dense and foody for everyday formal wear, so it sits best in casual and intimate cold-season contexts.
Seasons
The dense, spicy dried-fruit oriental feels richest in autumn and winter and turns overwhelming in heat.
Occasions
Its warm, mysterious character suits evenings, dates and cozy occasions more than 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.
Shares 11 of its 12 notes, including Benzoin, Myrrh, Date
Adds cumin, drops caraway and dried fruits
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