Dupes for
Lalique Encre Noire
Lalique Encre Noire (2006) is a dry, rooty, ISO E Super-heavy vetiver that the fragrance community treats as a reference budget vetiver rather than as a target for cloning. Because a large bottle already retails for roughly $30-45, there is no established, community-vetted clone-house dupe (no consistent Lattafa/Armaf/Al Haramain/Dua/Alexandria/Oakcha consensus). Instead, discussions revolve around 'similar' or 'alternative' vetivers, most of which are either more expensive or meaningfully different: Chanel Sycomore (rounder, smoother, pricier and often described as the refined version of the same idea), Guerlain Vetiver, Tom Ford Grey Vetiver and Creed Original Vetiver (soapier, modern takes), Etro Vetiver, and Molecule 03 (pure ISO E Super). Notably, Encre Noire is itself frequently recommended as the cheaper stand-in FOR Sycomore, i.e. it is the dupe rather than the dupee. SEO 'dupe' listicles that assign it clones (e.g. Perfume Nez, 10fragrances) are auto-generated from loose note overlaps and are unreliable: one even lists Alexandria Fragrances 'Arabian Horse,' which is a confirmed clone of Parfums de Marly Herod, not Encre Noire. Honest finding: no real clone consensus exists.
No well-established clones yet
This fragrance doesn't have clones with strong community consensus. It may be too niche, too new, or simply hard to replicate — we'd rather tell you that than guess.
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