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Fragrances Similar to EX NIHILO VESPER GLITZ
Same accord family · 12 picks ranked by shared notes
Quick Answer
The strongest note-overlap match is Bijan Bijan, sharing 7 core notes. Note overlap is not the same as identical smell, but if you love Vesper Glitz'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 Nihilo Vesper Glitz is built on yellow floral, sweet and vanilla. 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 Vesper Glitz, but two fragrances can share notes and still smell distinct. Treat this as "same family", not "same smell".
Same Olfactory Family
Shared notesThese share Vesper Glitz'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
Bijan · 1986BIJAN
join_inner 14 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (4180)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, floralShared notes: Vanilla, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine, Neroli - #2
Slava Zaitsev · 1992MAROUSSIA
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (10989)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, muskyShared notes: Vanilla, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang - #3
Roja Dove · 2011DANGER
join_inner 14 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (3053)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Mandarin orange, Musk, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang - #4
Yves Rocher · 1977ISPAHAN
join_inner 14 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (7905)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Mimosa, Mandarin orange, Musk, Jasmine - #5
Cartier · 1986PANTHERE
join_inner 13 shared notesstar 4.3 / 5 (3985)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Mandarin orange, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine - #6
Dior · 2019JOY BY DIOR INTENSE
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.8 / 5 (6642)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, muskyShared notes: Vanilla, Musk, Jasmine, Neroli, Tonka Bean - #7
Tiziana Terenzi · 2015DRACO
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (5725)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, muskyShared notes: Vanilla, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine, Tonka Bean - #8
Givenchy · 2012DAHLIA NOIR EAU DE TOILETTE
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.8 / 5 (4610)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, muskyShared notes: Vanilla, Pink Pepper, Mandarin orange, Cedar, Musk - #9
Naomi Campbell · 2000NAOMAGIC
join_inner 12 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (3019)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, muskyShared notes: Vanilla, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine, Tonka Bean - #10
PARIS CORNER · 2026FATAL EMBRACE
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (285)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Musk, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Tonka Bean - #11
Clive Christian · 2022BLONDE AMBER
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.6 / 5 (20689)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Pink Pepper, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine - #12
Reminiscence · 2013GUIMAUVE
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (5291)Shared accords: sweet, woody, powdery, citrusShared notes: Vanilla, Cedar, Musk, Jasmine, Neroli
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 Vesper Glitz 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 Vesper Glitz, you may like..." rather than direct dupes.
Looking for verified dupes specifically? Visit the Clone Lab for community-mapped alternatives across the catalog.