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Fragrances Similar to EX IDOLO LOVE & CRIME
Same accord family · 12 picks ranked by shared notes
Quick Answer
The strongest note-overlap match is Valentino V pour Homme, sharing 3 core notes. Note overlap is not the same as identical smell, but if you love Love & Crime'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.
Ex Idolo Love & Crime is built on vanilla, sweet and citrus. 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 Love & Crime, but two fragrances can share notes and still smell distinct. Treat this as "same family", not "same smell".
Same Olfactory Family
Shared notesThese share Love & Crime's accord family and note structure. None are community-verified clones, so think of them as "in the same neighborhood" rather than "identical smell".
- #1
Valentino · 2006V POUR HOMME
join_inner 10 shared accordsstar 4.4 / 5 (2945)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, powdery, soft spicyShared notes: Vanilla, Pink Pepper, Cacao - #2
Goutal · 1982EAU DE CHARLOTTE
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (3702)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, powdery, soft spicyShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao - #3
Amouage · 2024LOVE DELIGHT
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (10389)Shared accords: cacao, powdery, citrus, floralShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao - #4
Carolina Herrera · 2018GOOD GIRL VELVET FATALE
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (5141)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, powdery, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao - #5
Givenchy · 2018LIVE IRRÉSISTIBLE BLOSSOM CRUSH
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (3918)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, citrus, floralShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao - #6
Fragrance World · 2025VANILLE DRAMA
join_inner 10 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (1122)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, powdery, soft spicyShared notes: Vanilla, Pink Pepper, Cacao - #7
Chopard · 2020LOVE CHOPARD
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (7119)Shared accords: sweet, powdery, floral, vanillaShared notes: Vanilla, Pink Pepper, Cacao - #8
Carolina Herrera · 2016GOOD GIRL
join_inner 7 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (93236)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, powdery, vanillaShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao - #9
Jo Malone London · 2009VANILLA & ANISE
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (4271)Shared accords: sweet, powdery, anis, soft spicyShared notes: Vanilla, Star Anise - #10
Giorgio Armani · 2012ARMANI CODE ULTIMATE
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 4.2 / 5 (3963)Shared accords: sweet, powdery, anis, soft spicyShared notes: Vanilla, Star Anise - #11
Les Liquides Imaginaires · 2021BLANCHE BÊTE
join_inner 7 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (43704)Shared accords: sweet, powdery, floral, vanillaShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao - #12
Mugler · 2016A*MEN PURE TONKA
join_inner 7 shared accordsstar 4.3 / 5 (10746)Shared accords: sweet, cacao, soft spicy, vanillaShared notes: Vanilla, Cacao
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 Love & Crime 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 Love & Crime, you may like..." rather than direct dupes.
Looking for verified dupes specifically? Visit the Clone Lab for community-mapped alternatives across the catalog.