YSL Y Eau de Parfum Dupes 2026: 6 Clones Compared

Prefer the original?

Y Eau de Parfum

Yves Saint Laurent · Decanted from the original bottle

• 3ml€7.65€2.55/ml
• 10ml€21.87€2.19/ml
• 30ml€55.08€1.84/ml

The alternatives: €0.09–€0.27/ml in other shops, checked 1 October 2026

Y is a designer perfume, so the original itself is within easy reach in a small size: a 3ml of it costs €7.65 and holds around 60 sprays. Never worn Y? Start there. A clone makes more sense once you know you like the scent and want a 100ml bottle to spray without counting.

What does Y Eau de Parfum smell like?

Yves Saint Laurent released Y Eau de Parfum in 2018 as a men's fragrance. It opens on apple, ginger and bergamot: crisp fruit with a warm bite. Sage, juniper berries and geranium make up the heart, which is where the herbal, green side of Y shows. The base pairs amberwood and tonka bean with cedar, vetiver and olibanum, so the sweetness stays dry and woody rather than sugary.

Its listed accords run aromatic, fresh spicy, woody and fruity, with amber further down. That mix of fresh apple on top and a warm, resinous base is the balance every clone below is judged against.

Four versions of Y, and which one a clone targets

The name covers four perfumes, and they are not interchangeable. Every comparison in this guide is with Y Eau de Parfum. The Eau de Toilette drops the apple for aldehydes and adds lavender, ambergris and vanilla. The Eau de Parfum Intense also loses the apple and the tonka bean, and turns earthier with lavender and patchouli. Y Le Parfum keeps the apple but adds aldehydes and grapefruit up top, with lavender at its heart and patchouli lower down. When a clone is sold as "Y", check which of the four it is aimed at.

Y Eau de Parfum alternatives compared

Bottle prices in other shops, as checked 1 October 2026

AlternativeBasis of comparisonBottle pricePer ml

1Best overall Fakhar Black Lattafa

Named source Source

€26.69 100ml

€0.27/ml

2Closest on the dry-down Midnight Desert Lou de Pre

Named source Source

No EU price

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3Sweeter take Odyssey Mega Armaf

Named source Source

€21.99 100ml

€0.22/ml

4Darker take Sheikh Al Shuyukh Final Edition Lattafa

Named source Source

No EU price

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5Fresher take Dunescape Armaf

Named source Source

No EU price

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6Lowest price Move On La Rive

Named source Source

€8.99 100ml

€0.09/ml

Bottle photos: lattafaperfumesbytrinity.com, fragrantica.com, beautyhouse.com, armaf.com, fragrantica.com

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Best overall: Fakhar Black

Fakhar Black by Lattafa has the broadest support. On the Parfumo comparison page, nearly nine in ten voting members rate the pair as similar, and Fakhar has more votes behind it there than any rival clone. A member who owns Y and wrote about it on Fragrantica finds the two really close.

The main difference is the apple and the weight. Another Fragrantica member calls Fakhar Black a lighter Y Eau de Parfum with a sweeter apple opening, and weaker performance is the common complaint among its wearers on that page. In a Fragrantica forum thread, one owner places it between the Eau de Toilette and the Eau de Parfum, while another member recommends it to anyone after the Eau de Parfum specifically.

It suits a reader fond of Y's apple-and-sage opening who does not mind a little more sugar in it, and wants a full bottle at a low price. Basis: a named source, the Parfumo vote, two Fragrantica write-ups and the forum thread.

Closest on the dry-down: Midnight Desert

Midnight Desert by Lou de Pre comes with a near-unanimous vote. On its Parfumo comparison page, all but one of the voting members find it similar to Y Eau de Parfum, from a larger group than the unanimous votes for Dunescape and Move On. Its Fragrantica listing gives the same apple, ginger, sage, juniper, amberwood, tonka, vetiver and olibanum as the original.

The main difference lies in how much is known about it. The vote comes from a far smaller group of members than Fakhar Black's, and no source we read describes its dry-down on its own terms. What we have is one Fragrantica member who has tried Y and wore Midnight Desert for about a year, and who finds it close enough that the original became redundant for them.

It suits someone who trusts a near-unanimous vote and one long-time wearer's verdict, and is happy to rely on less opinion than Fakhar Black has behind it. Basis: a named source, the vote on Parfumo plus a single member's write-up on Fragrantica.

Sweeter take: Odyssey Mega

By one Fragrantica member's account, Odyssey Mega by Armaf starts out near Y Eau de Parfum and then drifts sweeter. On Parfumo's comparison page, more than nine in ten voters call it similar to Y Eau de Parfum.

The main difference shows later on. A member writing on Fragrantica finds the opening very similar to Y Eau de Parfum, but the dry-down sweeter, muskier and led by amberwood, with less of the apple. Fragrantica's note list also adds pineapple, citrus and mint; Y lists neither pineapple nor mint.

It suits someone who enjoys the base of Y more than its fresh top and would like it warmer and sweeter. Basis: a named source, the Parfumo vote and a Fragrantica write-up.

Darker take: Sheikh Al Shuyukh Final Edition

Sheikh Al Shuyukh Final Edition by Lattafa is where the members who wrote about it disagree. On Parfumo's comparison page, more than four in five voters call the two similar.

The main difference, for one owner, is depth. In the same Fragrantica forum thread, a member who owns it rates it closer to Y Eau de Parfum than Fakhar Black, but darker, and better suited to colder weather in their view. Another member there disagrees and finds it less close, greener, with a prominent apple.

It suits someone who wants a darker version of the Y idea, as one owner describes it and accepts that the two members who compared it in that thread do not agree. Basis: a named source, the Parfumo vote and two forum members with opposite views.

Fresher take: Dunescape

Dunescape by Armaf has a small but unanimous vote: on its Parfumo comparison page, every member who voted finds it similar to Y Eau de Parfum.

The main difference is on paper. Its Fragrantica listing keeps the ginger, sage, juniper, apple and geranium of Y but puts them under a citrus top of blood orange, bergamot, mandarin and lemon, adds ozonic notes, cashmeran and rose, and closes on musk, amber and sandalwood. On paper, that gives citrus and ozonic notes a larger share than they have in Y.

It suits someone drawn to the herbal heart of Y who would trade some of the warm base for a brighter citrus start. Basis: a named source, the Parfumo vote, with the notes from Fragrantica.

Lowest price: Move On

Move On by La Rive undercuts every other priced clone here, on the 100ml bottle and on each ml. On its Parfumo comparison page, every member who voted finds it similar to Y Eau de Parfum, and its Fragrantica listing gives the same notes as the original.

The main difference is strength. Move On is an eau de toilette, not an eau de parfum, and a Fragrantica member who owns Y finds it very close but short-lived on the skin, with little sillage.

It suits someone who wants the general Y style for the smallest spend and accepts reapplying as part of the deal. Basis: a named source, the Parfumo vote and one owner's write-up on Fragrantica.

Where the clones part from Y

Two patterns run through the write-ups. The first is sweetness: one member finds Fakhar Black's apple sweeter, and another finds Odyssey Mega's dry-down sweeter and muskier. The second is weight: weaker performance is the usual complaint from Fakhar Black's wearers on Fragrantica, and Move On, an eau de toilette, is described by one owner as short-lived.

What the votes cannot tell you is which version of Y a clone sits nearest to. Only Fakhar Black has an owner placing it between two versions. If you love the Intense or Le Parfum, none of the sources here names a match, so wear the version you actually want before buying a clone of it.

Clone bottle or a small bottle of Y?

The table prices three clones, Fakhar Black, Odyssey Mega and Move On, each as a 100ml bottle. Midnight Desert, Sheikh Al Shuyukh Final Edition and Dunescape show "No EU list price found": we found no euro listing for them in stock on the check date. Each of the priced three works out at a small fraction of the original's price per ml.

A 10ml decant of Y Eau de Parfum comes to €2.19/ml, and the 30ml to €1.84/ml, or €55.08 for around 600 sprays. For a scent you would spray daily, a clone gives you far more millilitres. For a scent you have not yet worn, the 3ml tells you whether you want Y at all before you buy 100ml of anything. To compare versions, the Eau de Toilette is €7.83 and Y Le Parfum €8.19 for a 3ml. For the wider picture, see how prices compare in our index of price per ml, and when a full bottle pays off in decants versus full bottles.

Original perfumes in the same aromatic-woody style

Three perfumes from other houses share part of Y Eau de Parfum's structure. Paragon by Initio Parfums Prives opens on lavender, sage and bergamot, then turns to plum, palo santo and black pepper over sandalwood and oud: the herbal start of Y with a darker, woodier finish. Terre d'Hermès Eau Intense Vetiver by Hermès shares bergamot, geranium, olibanum, amberwood and vetiver, with grapefruit and lemon on top, Sichuan pepper in the heart and patchouli below: an earthier, more citrus-led take. Perseus by Parfums de Marly puts grapefruit, bergamot and black currant over vetiver and geranium, then cedar, tonka bean, balsam fir and ambergris: a fresher, fruit-and-woods route.

Each is sold as a decant, which makes it easy to put one beside Y over the same few days. For more from the same house, see our YSL Libre dupes and Black Opium dupes guides.

How to test a YSL Y dupe

The write-ups disagree most about the opening apple and the overall weight, so watch both. Wear Y Eau de Parfum on skin one day and the clone the next, never both at once. In the first minutes, ask whether the apple reads crisp or candied. In the heart, check that the sage and juniper still come through. Then, late in the day, see whether the clone keeps the dry amberwood and vetiver of Y or has gone soft and sweet.

A 3ml covers several such days. Should Y win, move up to a 10ml decant of it: around 200 sprays, which is weeks of regular wear. First time buying a decant? Our page on how decants are filled sets out the format, and the blind-buy article shows how trying first spares you a bottle you never wear.