No.593 Playing with the Devil

By Kilian's Playing With The Devil is a cult niche oriental floral built on a striking contrast between tart fruit and warm spice, and Eden Perfumes' No.593 goes after that same tension. It opens with a genuinely close match to the original's signature: tart blood orange and lychee essences set alight with peppery pimento-style spice, giving an immediately flirtatious, slightly dangerous first impression. Where the dupe pulls back is in the heart - Kilian's rose and jasmine read as more layered and diffusive in the original, while Eden's version keeps the florals present but noticeably quieter and less textured. The dry down still lands the key idea of creamy sandalwood warmth with a smouldering, sweet vanilla-patchouli base, though it settles into a simpler, more linear finish than the niche original's reported longevity and sillage. It's a fair way to sample the concept - fruity, spicy and floral with a genuinely flirtatious character - without the niche price tag, best suited to date nights and evening wear where the fruity-spicy opening gets to do its work, even if it won't hold court on skin for the 8+ hours reviewers report from the Kilian original.