
Yves Saint Laurent
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A luminous blend of ripe berries and citrus blooms into creamy jasmine and patchouli, capturing romance's sweet, earthy essence
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Best Clone
The best clone of Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris is Miss Armaf Chic by Armaf, with a 83% accuracy score. Available from FragranceNet for $38, about 59% cheaper than the $95 original.
What people who wear Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris report, based on votes and reviews from a large fragrance community. Created by Olivier Cresp and Harry Fremont and Dora Baghriche.
Listed as Women
“i bought this as a blind buy because of the notes and i have no idea why as i dont particularly enjoy musk in fragrance. the initial opening is sweet and fresh, but theres something about the dry down that feels too musky and almost smells like body odour. afterwards, the last dry down is simply la vie est belle. its a pretty weird note breakdown for me. overall its alright, but i might gift this to someone.”
“I thought the opening was amazing because it had the most grown up strawberry and fruit scent I'd ever smelled. Fast forward to the dry down.... YUCK! The sweet smells disappear quickly and all I'm left with is oak moss and patchouli. It smells like something an older woman of wealth would wear. I can smell the floral aspect, but the earthiness overpowers it. This smells like the younger grandma that's been shopping at Macy's all afternoon who's not quite old enough to carry peppermint hard candies in her purse, but too old to know how to order anything from Starbucks.”
“the opening smells like a plate of fresh summer fruits, though it felt a bit synthetic. it took 3-4 hours for that synthetic fruit smell to turn more mature with the florals. i still like it though, its a nice fruit-forward scent. its nicely blended, the individual fruits cant really be distinguished.”

Armaf
$38
FragranceNet
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Longevity
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Sillage
Brings vanilla to the mix and skips vanila and datura from the original.

Maison Alhambra
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Price
6-8 hours
Longevity
Moderate to Strong
Sillage
The clone likely has shorter longevity and less sillage compared to YSL's formulation. The aromatic complexity and layering of the original's multiple florals and woody-earthy base notes are simplified in this interpretation.

Fragrance World
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Longevity
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Sillage
The clone simplifies the floral bouquet and reduces the earthy, mossy depth of the original's base. Longevity and sillage are typically lighter in the Fragrance World interpretation, though the fruity sweetness remains reasonably faithful to the designer fragrance.

Dua
$33
Dua
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Longevity
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Sillage
The clone delivers comparable longevity (5-6 hours) but with less sillage projection than the original. Dua's version simplifies the floral profile by reducing the datura prominence, making it more linear and less nuanced than Mon Paris's layered composition.
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