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Fragrances Similar to YVES SAINT LAURENT ROUGE VELOURS
Same accord family · 12 picks ranked by shared notes
Quick Answer
The strongest note-overlap match is Fragrance World Velvet Rouge, sharing 8 core notes. Note overlap is not the same as identical smell, but if you love Rouge Velours'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.
Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Velours is built on rose, patchouli and woody. 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 Rouge Velours, but two fragrances can share notes and still smell distinct. Treat this as "same family", not "same smell".
Same Olfactory Family
Shared notesThese share Rouge Velours'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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Fragrance World · 2023VELVET ROUGE
join_inner 16 shared notesstar 4.3 / 5 (452)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Rose, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, White tea - #2
Zimaya · 2023RABAB GEMS
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 4.1 / 5 (702)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #3
PARIS CORNER · 2022VOUX VIOLETTE
join_inner 13 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (193)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #4
Antonio Banderas · 2017HER SECRET TEMPTATION
join_inner 14 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (3938)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Rose, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #5
Al Haramain Perfumes · 2022AMBER OUD WHITE EDITION
join_inner 12 shared accordsstar 4.0 / 5 (1076)Shared accords: woody, musky, earthy, floralShared notes: Rose, Vetiver, Musk, Patchouli, Jasmine - #6
Givenchy · 1984YSATIS
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.1 / 5 (12797)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, floralShared notes: Iris, Rose, Vetiver, Musk, Patchouli - #7
Xerjoff · 2019ACCENTO
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (11617)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #8
Armaf · 2023MAGNIFIQ
join_inner 12 shared accordsstar 3.7 / 5 (449)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, floralShared notes: Rose, Vetiver, Musk, Patchouli, Jasmine - #9
Aesop · 2020ROZU
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.1 / 5 (3514)Shared accords: woody, powdery, earthy, floralShared notes: Rose, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #10
Sospiro Perfumes · 2011ACCENTO
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (3188)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #11
Maison Alhambra · 2022PHILOS CENTRO
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (1121)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, earthyShared notes: Iris, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk, Patchouli - #12
O Boticário · 2017LILY EAU DE PARFUM
join_inner 12 shared notesstar 4.0 / 5 (3865)Shared accords: woody, powdery, musky, floralShared notes: Iris, Rose, Vetiver, Pink Pepper, Musk
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 Rouge Velours 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 Rouge Velours, you may like..." rather than direct dupes.
Looking for verified dupes specifically? Visit the Clone Lab for community-mapped alternatives across the catalog.