Penhaligon's penhaligon's the blazing mr. sam dupes — ranked by Reddit consensus
The most agreed-upon dupe for Penhaligon's penhaligon's the blazing mr. sam is Fragrance World Fragrance Apex, named by 29 distinct people across 36 threads.
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Ranked alternatives
| # | Fragrance | Bucket | Evidence | Consensus | Buy |
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| 01 | Fragrance Apex Fragrance World “Apex by fragrance world, which is a blazing Mr. Sam clone and it is really damn close. Like 98% close”what reddit says ↓ |
| 29 voices · 36 threadssimilar vibe | 100 | |
| 02 | Mohra Lattafa “Mohra is based on the Halfeti/Blazing Mr Sam DNA leaning more woody.”what reddit says ↓ |
| 2 voices · 2 threadssimilar vibe | 9 |
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.
Fragrance ApexFragrance World
29 voices · 36 threads
- Reddit users generally consider Fragrance World Apex a solid clone or slight twist on The Blazing Mr. Sam, with one reviewer finding them an identical 1:1 match.
- The scent opens with warm cardamom and cinnamon before drying down to saffron, heavy tobacco leaf, and cedar.
- Community members report strong performance, noting that Apex projects well and actually lasts longer than the original Penhaligon's fragrance.
Where people agree
“I absolutely love it, i remember smelling it at the penhaligons store and i loved it. Mr blazing sam after Halfeti cedar of course.”
reddit post ↗“Apex by fragrance world, which is a blazing Mr. Sam clone and it is really damn close. Like 98% close”
reddit post ↗“otherwise apex fragrance world”
reddit ↗“I have one from fragerance world called apex I think it's a good clone, if you like mr sam give it a try, it also lasts longer to mr sam I sold mine after getting apex”
reddit ↗“I stumbled upon fragrence world apex and, holy shit, this is 1:1. I have sprayed Mr Sam and Apex on tester strips side-by-side at least three times now and I cannot FOR THE LIFE OF ME tell them apart.”
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Where people disagree
“Fragrance world apex is NOT a good dupe of it”
reddit ↗“Side by side its not as close as id want, it “smells” like mr sam but it doesnt smell like mr sam side by side”
reddit ↗“Well it isnt, i own mr sam and apex, its not as close as it appears”
reddit ↗“Not even close to Mr Sam. I can't even smell a hint of tobacco or saffron in it, probably cuz the cardamom and cinnamon are too overpowering. DONT GET APEX IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MR. SAM CLONE!!!”
reddit ↗“Longevity, projection, maybe even silage is great, but it is not Mr. Sam.”
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MohraLattafa
2 voices · 2 threads
“Mohra is based on the Halfeti/Blazing Mr Sam DNA leaning more woody.”
reddit ↗“Lattafa Mohra completely flying in the dark because it hasn't gotten any attention whatsoever. It opens almost 1:1 with blazing Mr Sam and drydown is nice too, no screeching nothing annoying- performance could be better but the original isn”
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