Fragrances Similar to FRENCH AVENUE VULCAN BLACK FRIDAY
Same accord family · 12 picks ranked by shared notes
Quick Answer
The strongest note-overlap match is Xerjoff Deified Tony Iommi Parfum, sharing 9 core notes. Note overlap is not the same as identical smell, but if you love Vulcan Black Friday'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.
French Avenue Vulcan Black Friday is built on leather, warm spicy and rose. 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 Vulcan Black Friday, but two fragrances can share notes and still smell distinct. Treat this as "same family", not "same smell".
Same Olfactory Family
Shared notesThese share Vulcan Black Friday'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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Xerjoff · 2024DEIFIED TONY IOMMI PARFUM
join_inner 18 shared notesstar 4.2 / 5 (5687)Shared accords: woody, fruity, animalic, muskyShared notes: Leather, Rose, Papyrus, Moss, Musk - #2
Nabeel · 2023IRTH
join_inner 13 shared notesstar 4.3 / 5 (1290)Shared accords: woody, fruity, animalic, muskyShared notes: Leather, Rose, Moss, Patchouli, Cinnamon - #3
Givenchy · 1974GENTLEMAN (1974)
join_inner 12 shared accordsstar 4.2 / 5 (10960)Shared accords: woody, animalic, musky, earthyShared notes: Leather, Rose, Musk, Patchouli, Cinnamon - #4
Memo Paris · 2022IBERIAN LEATHER
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 3.7 / 5 (4194)Shared accords: woody, animalic, earthy, patchouliShared notes: Leather, Rose, Musk, Patchouli, Cinnamon - #5
Cartier · 2015LA PANTHERE LEGERE
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (5217)Shared accords: woody, fruity, animalic, muskyShared notes: Leather, Rose, Musk, Patchouli - #6
Alexandre.J · 2012MORNING MUSCS
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (3170)Shared accords: woody, fruity, musky, earthyShared notes: Rose, Moss, Musk, Patchouli - #7
Afnan9AM
join_inner 10 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (2621)Shared accords: woody, fruity, musky, earthyShared notes: Rose, Moss, Musk, Patchouli - #8
Al Haramain Perfumes · 2025NATURAL OUD
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 4.3 / 5 (129)Shared accords: woody, fruity, earthy, mossyShared notes: Rose, Musk, Patchouli, Cinnamon - #9
Trussardi · 1983TRUSSARDI UOMO
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (4235)Shared accords: woody, animalic, earthy, mossyShared notes: Leather, Rose, Musk, Patchouli, Cinnamon - #10
Puredistance · 2010PUREDISTANCE M NO. 03
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 4.4 / 5 (4087)Shared accords: woody, animalic, musky, earthyShared notes: Leather, Rose, Musk, Patchouli, Cinnamon - #11
Frederic Malle · 2017PROMISE
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 4.2 / 5 (18187)Shared accords: woody, fruity, musky, earthyShared notes: Patchouli, Apple, Saffron - #12
Fragrance World · 2023DIVIN AOUD
join_inner 11 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (234)Shared accords: woody, animalic, musky, earthyShared notes: Rose, Musk, Patchouli, Cinnamon, Saffron
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 Vulcan Black Friday 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 Vulcan Black Friday, you may like..." rather than direct dupes.
Looking for verified dupes specifically? Visit the Clone Lab for community-mapped alternatives across the catalog.