Montblanc individuel dupes — ranked by Reddit consensus
The most agreed-upon dupe for Montblanc individuel is Creed Original Santal, the highest-ranked alternative by community consensus.
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Ranked alternatives
| # | Fragrance | Bucket | Evidence | Consensus | Buy |
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| 01 | Original Santal Creed |
| 22 voices · 19 threads | 100 | no offers |
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.
Original SantalCreed
22 voices · 19 threads
- Reddit consensus notes that Creed Original Santal shares a very similar scent profile with Montblanc Individuel, though it was actually released two years after the Montblanc.
- Many users consider the Creed to be a copy or clone of Montblanc Individuel rather than the other way around.
- Reviewers frequently recommend choosing Montblanc Individuel, noting it is significantly more affordable and lasts much longer than the Creed.
Where people agree
“Mont Blanc Individuel is supposedly the original and Original Santal the dupe.”
reddit ↗“Mont Blanc Individuel - Creed Original Santal (this is a weird one, because mont blanc was first with this fragrance, so Creed basically "copied" them. Get Mont blanc for this one)”
reddit ↗“Mont Blanc Individuel which is NOT a dupe apparently. It came before Original Santal and the perfumer is the same.”
reddit ↗“Mont Blanc Individuel. Very clean and fresh, and good enough for Creed to copy it.”
reddit ↗“Another good cheapie would be Montblanc Individual. Sweet, fruity, aromatic. It's quite good that Creed cloned it.”
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Where people disagree
“Creed Original Santal is ripping this off! This came out BEFORE original santal. The funny thing is that this cost $20-30 and lasts way longer the the Creed.”
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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 |
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| 01 | Original Santal Creed “MontBlanc Individuel: inspired Creed Santal . Probably my favorite of the bunch, but i am a huge fan of this Santal DNA.” | 9 voices · 7 threadssimilar vibe | Best spinoff |
| 02 | Homme Joop! “MB individuel: Smells good, good performance and I think it has similar DNA with joop homme but smells wayyy smoother and less chemical” | 4 voices · 4 threadssimilar vibe | Best spinoff |