Kutay is a full-throttle whisky bomb that splits opinions wildly. Some find it a masterful, beast-mode boozy dream, while others are suffocated by its unyielding power. reformulation concerns add to the drama- this is a love-it-or-hate-it affair, not for the faint of heart.

Perfume Parlour's Luxury Amber chases Unique'e Luxury's Kutay - that boozy whiskey-and-oud bomb wrapped in caramel and amber. The dupe nails the smoky-sweet signature but renders it thinner: the whiskey reads sharper up top and the drydown loses the original's monster sillage. A characterful, cold-weather statement at a fraction of the price.