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Fragrances Similar to ESTÉE LAUDER YOUTH-DEW AMBER NUDE
Same accord family · 12 picks ranked by shared notes
Quick Answer
The strongest note-overlap match is La Perla La Perla, sharing 7 core notes. Note overlap is not the same as identical smell, but if you love Youth-Dew Amber Nude's structure, these are its closest neighbors in our catalog.
Shared notes ≠ identical smell. We rank by overlap in accords and notes, but two fragrances can share most ingredients and still smell distinct (concentration, ratios, and the perfumer's hand all matter). Picks with a Verified Clone badge are mapped by our community as true smell-alikes; the rest sit in the same olfactory family.
Estée Lauder Youth-Dew Amber Nude is built on warm spicy, woody and amber. Below are 12 fragrances from our catalog that share the most of that note structure. None of the picks below are designated clones. They share notes and accord structure with Youth-Dew Amber Nude, but two fragrances can share notes and still smell distinct. Treat this as "same family", not "same smell".
Same Olfactory Family
Shared notesThese share Youth-Dew Amber Nude's accord family and note structure. None are community-verified clones, so think of them as "in the same neighborhood" rather than "identical smell".
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La Perla · 1987LA PERLA
join_inner 15 shared accordsstar 4.3 / 5 (4093)Shared accords: woody, earthy, aromatic, floralShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang - #2
Balmain Beauty · 1979IVOIRE DE BALMAIN
join_inner 15 shared notesstar 4.1 / 5 (4142)Shared accords: woody, powdery, earthy, aromaticShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Cinnamon - #3
Halston · 1975HALSTON CLASSIC
join_inner 14 shared notesstar 4.1 / 5 (5949)Shared accords: woody, powdery, earthy, aromaticShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang - #4
Giorgio Beverly Hills · 1989RED
join_inner 14 shared notesstar 3.9 / 5 (4376)Shared accords: woody, earthy, aromatic, floralShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang - #5
Armaf · 2022BUCEPHALUS XII
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (365)Shared accords: woody, powdery, earthy, aromaticShared notes: Ginger, Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Sandalwood - #6
Tom Ford · 2006BLACK ORCHID
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (114508)Shared accords: woody, powdery, earthy, floralShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang - #7
Armaf · 2024DYNAMIC
join_inner 14 shared notesstar 4.5 / 5 (80)Shared accords: woody, earthy, aromatic, fresh spicyShared notes: Ginger, Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine - #8
Burberry · 2017MR. BURBERRY EAU DE PARFUM
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (5352)Shared accords: woody, earthy, aromatic, fresh spicyShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Cinnamon, Grapefruit - #9
Memo Paris · 2022IBERIAN LEATHER
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (4194)Shared accords: woody, powdery, earthy, aromaticShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Cinnamon - #10
Bijan · 1987BIJAN MEN
join_inner 16 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (4418)Shared accords: woody, powdery, aromatic, floralShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Cinnamon - #11
Fragrance World · 2023JUST ASWAD
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.8 / 5 (742)Shared accords: woody, powdery, cinnamon, aromaticShared notes: Vetiver, Amber, Patchouli, Cinnamon, Grapefruit - #12
Swiss Arabian · 2024BERGAMOT AND CEDARWOOD
join_inner 14 shared accordsstar 4.2 / 5 (254)Shared accords: woody, powdery, cinnamon, aromaticShared notes: Amber, Patchouli, Jasmine, Cinnamon, Carnation
How we rank, and why this isn't a dupe list
We rank by a weighted overlap of dominant accords (50% of the score), shared notes across all pyramid positions (30%), and shared base notes specifically (20%). Base notes carry weight because they drive what you smell hours into the wear.
But shared ingredients don't guarantee identical smell. Two fragrances can list the same notes and still smell completely different. The perfumer's ratios, the materials they sourced, and the supporting molecules all change the result. That's why we split this page into two sections.
Verified Clones are fragrances our community has explicitly mapped to Youth-Dew Amber Nude in our Clone Lab. These are the only picks on this page we'd call true smell-alikes. The Same Family picks share its note structure but should be treated as "if you like Youth-Dew Amber Nude, you may like..." rather than direct dupes.
Looking for verified dupes specifically? Visit the Clone Lab for community-mapped alternatives across the catalog.