2 clones found

01Dua FragrancesAmberlicious

Amberlicious

by Dua Fragrances

● Top pickHigh match

~$55

02Perfume ParlourSpicy Tertiary Powder For Men 0949

Spicy Tertiary Powder For Men 0949

by Perfume Parlour

Moderate match

~$12–45

Hermès Hermessence Ambre Narguilé (2004, Jean-Claude Ellena) is a beloved, marketed-unisex oriental-gourmand amber: honey, cinnamon, baked/dried-fruit and tobacco over benzoin, vanilla, tonka and a boozy rum-amber base, evoking a honeyed hookah/hookah-lounge accord. It is widely admired and hard to fully match; the community consensus is that a true 1:1 dupe is elusive, and much discussion instead points to same-DNA NICHE releases (Parfums de Marly Oajan, and to a lesser extent Angels' Share by Kilian) rather than budget clones — those are siblings/inspirations, not dupes, so they are excluded here. Among actual clone/dupe houses, the clearest and most repeatedly corroborated pick is Dua Fragrances' Amberlicious, described by reviewers as roughly a 90% match and 'family' to Ambre Narguilé (same honey/cinnamon/benzoin/rum DNA) at a fraction of the price; Perfume Parlour's coded 0949 is a second, cheaper UK clone-oil-house option explicitly labelled an Ambre Narguilé dupe. Fragrantica's own boards note the original has never been cleanly cloned, so treat both as close-in-spirit rather than indistinguishable. Caveat: verified pricing was confirmed only for Amberlicious; the Perfume Parlour figures are estimates converted from GBP and vary by size/format.