4 clones found

01Dua Fragrances33 Shades of Santal

33 Shades of Santal

by Dua Fragrances

● Top pickHigh match

~$43–55

02Alexandria FragrancesSantal's Kiss

Santal's Kiss

by Alexandria Fragrances

Moderate match

~$35–45

03Paris CornerFactory Edition: Rich Santal

Factory Edition: Rich Santal

by Paris Corner

Moderate match

~$25–50

04ZaraSandalwood

Sandalwood

by Zara

Moderate match

~$20–35

Le Labo Santal 33 (2011 EDP) is a confirmed, genuine, and famously unisex fragrance built on a dry, waxy cedar/sandalwood accord layered with cardamom, iris/violet, papyrus, leather and ambrox. It is one of the most-cloned fragrances on the market, so the clone field is crowded with both strong matches and weak/mispaired products. The best-regarded dupes verified across independent sources are Dua Fragrances '33 Shades of Santal' (an extrait whose note pyramid mirrors the original almost one-for-one and which community reviewers call an extremely close chord to the real thing), Alexandria Fragrances 'Santal's Kiss' (a long-wearing extrait with a near-identical note list; reviews are split between 'dead ringer, even better' and 'underwhelming'), Paris Corner / Emir 'Factory Edition: Rich Santal' (the most-discussed budget Arabic-house clone, structurally very close but divisive and recommended blind-buy-with-caution), and Zara 'Sandalwood' (the ubiquitous cheap/accessible pick, close in the opening but simpler and shorter-lived). Common complaints across all clones are weaker longevity and projection than the original's dense, long-lasting performance. Corroboration here leans on brand product pages plus the ScentVerdict comparison aggregator rather than deep Reddit threads, so confidence is solid but not maximal; product names and pairings were each verified against a second source.