Al Haramain Royal Bleu by Orientica dupes — ranked by Reddit consensus
The most agreed-upon dupe for Al Haramain Royal Bleu by Orientica is Al Haramain Detour Noir, named by 4 distinct people across 3 threads.
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Ranked alternatives
| # | Fragrance | Bucket | Evidence | Consensus | Buy |
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| 01 | Detour Noir Al Haramain “I absolutely can't find any reason buying this over detour noir (maybe the bottle design??), knowing that RB costs 80 euros here in europe and DN 20 euros. I feel like I have been fooled buying RB. I bought it thinking that I may have a different experience but to me they smell EXACTLY THE SAME.”what reddit says ↓ |
| 4 voices · 3 threadsidentical | 100 |
What Reddit says
A sample of what people actually wrote, under the summary of it. The voice counts are the whole of the evidence behind a pairing; the quotes are a handful of the loudest, each one a link to the comment it came from.
Detour NoirAl Haramain
4 voices · 3 threads
- Most users consider Detour Noir to smell practically identical to Royal Bleu, making it a much better value given the lower price.
- A dissenting opinion notes that Detour Noir is overly synthetic and lacks the quality and longevity of Royal Bleu.
- One user found Detour Noir to project even stronger than Royal Bleu when tested side by side.
Where people agree
“I absolutely can't find any reason buying this over detour noir (maybe the bottle design??), knowing that RB costs 80 euros here in europe and DN 20 euros. I feel like I have been fooled buying RB. I bought it thinking that I may have a dif”
reddit post ↗“I am currently wearing DN on my left arm and RB on my right arm. DN is definitely stronger and they both smell the same.”
reddit ↗“it doesn't smell dramatically different from Detour Noir, which was considerably cheaper and practically indistinguishable in the air.”
reddit ↗“Dusk and Orientica Royal Bleu are both nice but they smell basically the same as Detour Noir, which is half the price.”
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Where people disagree
“I own DN, Royal Blue, XO Xclusif Blue and Amber oud bleu exclusif and DN is not even comparable, way too synthetic and doesn’t last. While it is a good bang for your buck, the quality is simply not there.”
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Also a dupe of
The originals people say this bottle imitates, counted the same way as everything else here: each line is the number of separate people who made that claim in a real Reddit thread.
| # | Original | Evidence | Also ranked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Layton Parfums de Marly “The other two are excellent. Bleu is 9/10.” | 3 voices · 1 threadvery close | — |