3 clones found

01Dua FragrancesThe Conqueror

The Conqueror

by Dua Fragrances

● Top pickHigh match

~$65–85

02SomensArena

Arena

by Somens

Moderate match

~$40–70

03LattafaOudian

Oudian

by Lattafa

Moderate match

~$30–40

Alexandria II is Xerjoff's opulent Oud Stars flagship — a rich, refined oriental built on a powdery lavender-and-cinnamon opening, honeyed apple, and a smooth oud-amber-sandalwood-cedar base, and one of the most famously expensive designer-niche scents on the market. Its price has driven a large, well-established dupe scene. The consensus best 1:1 is Dua's The Conqueror, a purpose-built recreation that reviewers put at 85-90% for an untrained nose. Somens Arena earns near-cult status because it was composed by the same perfumer, Chris Maurice, and shares much of the DNA at a fraction of the cost, while Lattafa OUDIAN is the go-to sub-$40 option, closer to an inspired-by (more oud/amber and Middle-Eastern) than an exact clone. None reach Xerjoff's raw-material smoothness in the drydown, but all three are widely endorsed for the money.