Maison Alhambra EDP

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Infini Intoxicating Cherry

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Maison Alhambra Infini Intoxicating Cherry is an Eau de Parfum. Infini Intoxicating Cherry opens with Pepper, Pink Pepper, and Cherry, settles into a heart of Cognac, Jasmine, and Hedione, and dries down to a base of Musk, Vanilla, and Tobacco. Maison Alhambra's Infini Intoxicating Cherry carries an Acquired verdict, a fruity-led wear.

Maison Alhambra's budget take on Initio Parfums Prives Narcotic Delight - cherry, pink and black pepper open into a boozy cognac-hedione heart, resolving on a vanilla-musk-tobacco base. A sweet, intoxicating fruity-boozy unisex scent widely flagged by reviewers as a close match to the niche original.
What our verdicts mean →
  • Sweet
  • Seductive
  • Boozy
  • Warm
  • Intense
Infini Intoxicating Cherry Eau de Parfum bottle

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Long (6-10h)
Projection
Strong
Intensity
Strong

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

A sweet, boozy cherry-vanilla composition with heavy projection reads best in cold weather - fall and winter suit the intensity, while the sweetness and sillage would feel cloying in summer heat.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date
Also Works:
Formal

Deliberately seductive and attention-grabbing, this is a strong date-night and evening scent; the sweetness and projection make it a poor fit for office wear.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

Declarable under EU Annex III

  • Synthetic musk Hexamethylindanopyran from Musk
  • Vanillin from Vanilla

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

About

Infini Intoxicating Cherry is Maison Alhambra's dupe of Initio Parfums Prives' Narcotic Delight, one of the house's most-discussed clones - multiple retailer listings and community threads independently cite the identical top-note structure (cherry, pink pepper, black pepper) and cognac-hedione heart that define the Initio original, and one widely-shared YouTube review names it directly as 'the best clone' of the niche fragrance. The composition opens with a juicy, intoxicating dark-cherry accord sharpened by pink and black pepper, moves into a boozy cognac heart lifted by hedione's fresh-floral diffusion and a touch of jasmine, and settles into a warm vanilla, musk and tobacco base. It's a sweet, sillage-heavy, unmistakably 'intoxicating' composition in the same vein as the wider cherry-cognac niche trend the Initio original helped popularise (alongside references like Tom Ford Lost Cherry and Kilian Straight to Heaven). As with most of Maison Alhambra's clone catalogue, expect a slightly flatter, less nuanced rendition than the £150+ niche original, but a genuinely close match on the headline notes at a fraction of the price.

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Where to buy

Prices for the United Kingdom · · checked 23 September


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