
Emir
Best Yves Saint Laurent Babycat Dupe
Emir Rifaaqat is a clone of Yves Saint Laurent Babycat, with a 78% accuracy score.
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Rifaaqat captures the fresh, playful opening and floral heart of Baby Cat quite effectively, though the base notes diverge slightly with a warmer sandalwood replacing the original's cedarwood. The clone maintains a similar lightweight, youthful character but tends to be slightly less refined in the drydown, with the musk becoming more prominent and less balanced.
The base construction differs noticeably, with Rifaaqat leaning warmer and spicier while Baby Cat maintains a crisper, more delicate finish. Longevity is comparable, but the original has slightly better sillage and projection overall.
What people who wear Emir Rifaaqat report, based on votes and reviews from a large fragrance community.
“Honestly, while I do see why people say it has that harsh burnt rubber or plastic opening, I can't agree with them really. Its just a very deep and rich peppery smell, its very very nice. Also the vanilla on the drydown, maybe the best vanilla of any fragrance i own, its just so thick and sexy, I just love it and honestly, even if you're not a fan of the opening, its worth it just for the drydown, either way its pretty cheap as far as fragrances go. Highly recommend.”
“It’s Babycat. Yes the vanilla and the resins are more synthetic in the opening, but the dry down is pretty much indistinguishable.You’ll always find more depth in the OG, that’s true for every clone. But this passes for Babycat anywhere, specially since people will not smell the opening 5 minutes.Sillage is good but not overpowering, which is a positive because it’s easy to modulate for the occasion, longevity is good, easily the whole night out and a hint of it in the morning.”
“For the price, its a good blind buy, its not going to knock your socks off but there is a uniqueness to this scent that makes it worthy of being on winter rotation. Strong projection, longevity is reasonable I find, perhaps 3-4 hours. Inoffensive, will appear to most noses both male and female. I really don't get the rubber comments mentioned prior...”
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