4 clones found

01Fragrance WorldAbsolute Oud Magnificent 7

Absolute Oud Magnificent 7

by Fragrance World

● Top pickHigh match

~$25–45

02Dua FragrancesD7 Aoud

D7 Aoud

by Dua Fragrances

High match

~$60

03Alexandria FragrancesH7

H7

by Alexandria Fragrances

Moderate match

~$60–70

04LattafaMusamam

Musamam

by Lattafa

Moderate match

~$22–35

A pioneering mainstream oud, M7 (2002) was Tom Ford's first YSL masculine: a dark, slightly medicinal/animalic agarwood over vetiver, amber, mandarin and mandrake that was decades ahead of the Middle-Eastern-oud wave. The original 2002 formula is long discontinued and traded as pricey vintage, so nearly all present-day dupe discussion targets the smoother, myrrh-and-mandarin 2011 reissue 'M7 Oud Absolu' — worth flagging, though the subject here stays M7. Genuine clone consensus is niche but real: the most specifically-cited budget match is Fragrance World's Absolute Oud Magnificent 7 (a near-explicit Oud Absolu homage, ~90% and cheap), with Dua's D7 Aoud and Alexandria's H7 the two well-known Western dupe-house takes (D7 leaning to Oud Absolu, H7 to the sharper original), and Lattafa Musamam a looser woody-oud alternative. Consensus is real but thinner and more forum-driven (Basenotes/Fragrantica/YouTube) than for a mass-market designer, hence moderate confidence; batch/quality on the Arabian-house options can vary.