2 clones found

01Fragrance WorldAbsolute Oud Magnificent 7

Absolute Oud Magnificent 7

by Fragrance World

● Top pickHigh match

~$30–45

02LattafaMusamam

Musamam

by Lattafa

Moderate match

~$22–35

The 2011 La Collection reissue of the cult 2002 M7 is a warm, resinous oud built on medicinal agarwood, sweet myrrh, mandarin and a woody-balsamic patchouli drydown — a dense, retro masculine oud that the community treasures precisely because YSL discontinued it. Clone consensus is real but narrow: it lives mostly on Basenotes, Fragrantica and YouTube comparison channels rather than heavy Reddit discussion, and it converges on two names. Fragrance World's Absolute Oud Magnificent 7 is the repeatedly-cited direct dupe — retailer copy and reviewers explicitly tie it to M7 Oud Absolu, and owners of the original call the drydown a close, strong-performing match with a slightly harder synthetic-oud opening. Lattafa's Musamam is the widely-shared budget alternative: it captures the smoky woody-oud vibe with incense and labdanum but reads more oud-forward and amber-warm than M7's medicinal, myrrh-sweet character, so it's an inspired-by rather than a true clone. Confidence is moderate given the thinner, non-Reddit-heavy evidence base.