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Fragrances Similar to MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA SAILING DAY
Same accord family · 12 picks ranked by shared notes
Quick Answer
The strongest note-overlap match is L'Artisan Parfumeur Un Air de Bretagne, sharing 3 core notes. Note overlap is not the same as identical smell, but if you love Sailing Day'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.
Maison Martin Margiela Sailing Day is built on marine, aromatic and aldehydic. 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 Sailing Day, but two fragrances can share notes and still smell distinct. Treat this as "same family", not "same smell".
Same Olfactory Family
Shared notesThese share Sailing Day'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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L'Artisan Parfumeur · 2017UN AIR DE BRETAGNE
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (4222)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Seaweed, Cedar, Ambergris - #2
Lorenzo Pazzaglia · 2023ARTIK SEA
join_inner 10 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (3873)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Rose, Sea Notes, Seaweed, Ambergris - #3
Bvlgari · 2017AQVA POUR HOMME ATLANTIQVE
join_inner 10 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (12306)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Amberwood, Sea Notes, Ambergris - #4
Rabanne · 2018INVICTUS AQUA (2018)
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (6373)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Amberwood, Sea Notes, Ambergris - #5
Rabanne · 2016INVICTUS AQUA
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (7402)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Amberwood, Ambergris - #6
Amouroud · 2019WET STONE
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 4.2 / 5 (2898)Shared accords: woody, marine, aromatic, saltyShared notes: Cedar, Ambergris - #7
Nabeel · 2023OCEAN
join_inner 10 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (945)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Iris, Rose, Cedar, Ambergris - #8
Moschino · 1998UOMO?
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (10892)Shared accords: woody, aromatic, aldehydic, freshShared notes: Aldehydes, Cedar, Ambergris, Coriander - #9
Natura · 2018KAIAK AERO
join_inner 9 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (5537)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Sea Notes, Juniper, Cedar - #10
Yves Saint Laurent · 2017YVES SAINT LAURENT Y
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 3.9 / 5 (23354)Shared accords: woody, aromatic, aldehydic, freshShared notes: Aldehydes, Cedar, Ambergris - #11
Yves Saint Laurent · 2022Y EAU DE TOILETTE
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 4.2 / 5 (9111)Shared accords: woody, aromatic, aldehydic, freshShared notes: Aldehydes, Cedar, Ambergris - #12
Dolce&Gabbana · 2017LIGHT BLUE EAU INTENSE POUR HOMME
join_inner 8 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (56419)Shared accords: woody, aquatic, marine, aromaticShared notes: Amberwood, Juniper
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 Sailing Day 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 Sailing Day, you may like..." rather than direct dupes.
Looking for verified dupes specifically? Visit the Clone Lab for community-mapped alternatives across the catalog.