Bois Impérial Dupes 2026: 6 Clones vs the Original

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Bedst samlet

Tribeca Vibes

Fabbrica della Musa

Ingen EU-pris

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Originalen

Bois Impérial

Essential Parfums

Prøv originalen: 3 ml 8,01 €10 ml 23,31 €

Læg i kurv · 10ml

2. 2
   Tættest på dry-down

   Attacks

   Assaf

   79,90 € · 150 ml

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3. 3
   Laveste pris

   Marmara

   French Avenue

   59,90 € · 100 ml

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4. 4
   Friskere bud

   Lahab

   Alezz

   89,90 € · 100 ml

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5. 5
   Blødere bud

   Oscar Platinum

   Zimaya

   Ingen EU-pris

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6. 6
   Alternativ i premiumklassen

   Zaid

   Eau de Moe

   129,00 € · 80 ml

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What does Bois Impérial smell like?

Bois Impérial is a unisex perfume by Essential Parfums, launched in 2020 and composed by Quentin Bisch. It opens with basil and Timur pepper. Vetiver and woody notes sit in the heart, over a base of akigalawood, patchouli and Ambrofix. Its listed accords are woody, aromatic, warm spicy, fresh spicy, earthy and green. Our guide to what vetiver smells like covers the note at the centre of that list.

That gives a clone several things to match: the basil opening, the vetiver, the akigalawood and the patchouli base. Each comparison below measures a clone against that list. 10ML stocks one version of it, so every pick is measured against that single list.

Wear Bois Impérial first: 3ml and 10ml

Start with Bois Impérial itself, since a clone bottle is a bigger bet. A 3ml decant is 8,01 € (2,67 €/ml) and covers about 60 sprays. A 10ml decant is 23,31 € (2,33 €/ml) and covers about 200.

The clone bottles in the table come in 80ml, 100ml and 150ml, which makes price per ml the fair comparison with a decant. Every priced clone bottle works out lower per ml than either decant, while the 10ml decant costs less in total than any of those bottles. What the decant buys is time with the original before you pick a bottle. New to decants? Start with what a decant is, then decant versus full bottle, and see the price per ml index for how other perfumes sit per ml.

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Tribeca Vibes by Fabbrica della Musa leads because it pairs a sizeable vote base with a high share: only Marmara has more voters, and Marmara's share is the lowest of the six. On Parfumo's comparison page, 61 of 72 users find the two similar. Parfumo gives its year as 2025.

It shares basil and vetiver with the original, with Haitian vetiver named at the base. The main difference is the rest of its list: grass and grapefruit on top, violet, jasmine and rose in the heart, and musk, Cetalox, frankincense and clove under the vetiver. It names no akigalawood, patchouli or Ambrofix.

It suits you if you want the basil and vetiver of the original with a floral heart on paper. Choose it when those additions appeal. No EU shop page we read prints a bottle size for it, so its table cell stays empty.

Attacks by Assaf holds the closest role on the highest share of any clone with 20 or more voters. On Parfumo's comparison page, 25 of 27 users find the two similar, and the year there is 2026. That is a vote line, not a claim about how it smells on skin.

Its list names the most of the original's ingredients together: Thai basil and Haitian vetiver on top, akigalawood in the heart, and Ambrofix and Indonesian patchouli at the base. That covers the original's basil, vetiver, akigalawood, patchouli and Ambrofix. The main difference is what it adds: freesia, Georgywood and Petalia.

It suits you if you want the clone whose list names Ambrofix along with the original's basil, vetiver, akigalawood and patchouli. Choose it when a 150ml bottle suits you, because the table shows its price and its lower price per ml.

Marmara by French Avenue has the lowest bottle price among the priced picks, and the table shows it with its price per ml. On Parfumo's comparison page, 48 of 73 users find the two similar, and the year there is 2026. That is the lowest share of the six.

The lists barely overlap. Marmara names saffron, black pepper and Italian bergamot on top, cashmere wood, ambroxan and powdery notes in the heart, and musk and Indian sandalwood at the base. It names none of the original's basil, vetiver, akigalawood or patchouli, so the vote line is the only link between the two.

It suits you if the shelf price decides it and you will judge the rest on your own skin. Attacks works out lower per ml because its bottle is bigger, so read the table for both.

Lahab by Alezz rests on a close list and a solid vote line. On Parfumo's comparison page, 36 of 42 users find the two similar. Parfumo lists it as a 2025 release.

It lists basil, black pepper and vetiver on top, grapefruit in the heart, and patchouli at the base. It shares the basil, vetiver and patchouli. The main difference is the grapefruit, which gives its list a citrus note the original's list lacks, and it names no akigalawood or Ambrofix. The label rests on that documented difference only.

It suits you if you like the idea of the original with a citrus note added. Choose it when you want the basil and patchouli frame with that change.

Oscar Platinum by Zimaya has a small sample behind it. On Parfumo's comparison page, all 15 of 15 users find the two similar, and the year there is 2026. With under 20 voters, read that count lightly.

It lists basil, black pepper, pink pepper and vetiver on top, sichuan pepper, grapefruit, ginger and musk in the heart, and amber, cedar and patchouli at the base. It shares basil, vetiver and patchouli. The main difference is the addition of musk, amber and cedar underneath, which is the basis for the softer label; its list names no akigalawood or Ambrofix.

It suits you if you want the original's basil and vetiver over a musk and amber base on paper. The only shelf prices we found were outside the EU, so its table cell stays empty.

Zaid by Eau de Moe is the premium pick on price: it works out highest per ml of the priced clones, and the table shows why. On Parfumo's comparison page, 46 of 55 users find the two similar. Parfumo lists it as a 2024 release.

Its list is close to the original's: akigalawood and basil on top, sichuan pepper and woody notes in the heart, and ambroxan, vetiver and patchouli at the base. That shares the akigalawood, basil, vetiver, patchouli and woody notes. The main difference is the ambroxan, which the original's list does not name, and it names no Ambrofix.

It suits you if you want a list that overlaps the original's and the bottle price is a lesser concern. Its bottle is 80ml, so compare per ml in the table.

What every clone gets wrong

Here you have note lists and vote counts, and neither says how a clone wears on your skin. Two perfumes can name the same ingredients and still sit differently once they warm up. Only Attacks names basil, vetiver, akigalawood, patchouli and Ambrofix together, and no other clone's list names Ambrofix at all.

A vote line is one group of members' opinion, not a measurement. A tiny count, such as 15 of 15 for Oscar Platinum, says little.

How to test a dupe

Test on skin, not paper, because paper tells you little about how a perfume wears. Give Bois Impérial a day to itself, then try each clone on a separate day.

A 3ml of the original is the reference to keep. Note what a clone keeps, such as the basil opening and the vetiver, then what it changes: the grapefruit in Lahab, the floral heart of Tribeca Vibes or the freesia in Attacks. Judge them late in the day, once each has settled. If you are comparing the original with a clone bottle, the 10ml decant is the size that lets you wear it for several days.

Other originals we stock

If you would rather stay with originals, four in our catalogue are worth a look. Ganymede by Marc-Antoine Barrois is a similar original that shares its composer, Quentin Bisch, with Bois Impérial; on Parfumo's comparison page, 789 of 1201 users find the two similar, and its list names akigalawood in the heart.

Grey Vetiver by Tom Ford lists grapefruit on top and vetiver at the base. Castley by Parfums de Marly lists black pepper and ginger on top, over akigalawood. Le Sel d'Issey by Issey Miyake, also by Quentin Bisch, lists sea salt and ginger with vetiver in the heart. All four are sold as decants too, which lets you try one before a bottle. For more on sharing a bottle, see our guide to unisex perfumes worth sharing, or the wider dupe price list.