
Paris Corner
Best Amouage Guidance Dupe
Paris Corner Bayn Al Asrar EDP is a clone of Amouage Guidance, with a 74% accuracy score and about 85% cheaper than the original.
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Bayn Al Asrar does a respectable job capturing Guidance's luminous citrus opening and creamy incense heart, with a similar oud-forward base structure. However, the clone lacks the sophisticated depth and longevity of the original, with the incense and oud notes feeling somewhat flatter and less nuanced. The overall composition reads as a competent dupe for the first 4-5 hours, but the original's complexity and projection maintain superiority throughout.
The clone's performance is notably shorter (4-6 hours vs 8+ hours for Guidance), and the incense accords lack the creamy, almost honeyed richness present in Amouage's original. Sillage on the clone is also more modest and intimate rather than the original's confident projection.
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“Thank goodness I only bought a small decant! I truly enjoy Guidance - from beginning to end - and this stuff is said to be a real good dupe, so why not give it a try?I honestly don't know what these people have been smelling to compare with, but it is NOT Guidance...I endured wearing this for a more than a couple of hours waiting for some similarity to show up, but definitely no.Maybe the similarity is the pink bottle, I guess?I'm happy for those of you who can wear this as a Guidance dupe. On my skin this is as good as the perfumes a kid makes in those "My Perfume Lab" toy kit - it's nasty.”
“For those saying this not Guidance you are correct for the first two to three months especially in the opening!!! Then it macerates and gets pretty Dam close 90% in the opening, over 94% especially in the dry down and 98% in the air. *** Almost ALL Arabian fragrances must mascerate!!I have Guidance 46 only and this is dam close on skin and in the air.”
“I have this. At first i thought i like this, but after i wear this maybe 3 times, i can't.....i have headache and nausea everytime because the drydown is screechy and pungent and it is strong! And compared to the original guidance, i prefer the OG because it blends nicely and soft...”
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