Index: /llms.txt # YSL Y Eau de Parfum Dupes 2026: 5 Clones Compared Five YSL Y Eau de Parfum dupes set against the original on Parfumo votes, member write-ups and dated bottle prices. 10ML sells the original YSL Y Eau de Parfum as a 3ml or 10ml decant to wear first. By [Victoria Frolova](https://10ml.com/authors/victoria-frolova) · Updated: 4 November 2026 · 8 min read **We sell only the originals.** Every perfume we sell is the authentic original, decanted from the perfume house’s own bottle. We buy our bottles from authorized EU distributors and directly from the brands, and 10ML decants every perfume itself. We never sell dupes, clones or inspired-by perfumes. This guide compares the dupes other houses make of Y Eau de Parfum, so you can choose, or wear the original first. [Or try the original from €7.65](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-parfum) ## Quick answer The best YSL Y dupe overall is Midnight Desert by Lou de Pre: all but one of the voting members on its Parfumo comparison find it similar to Y [Eau de Parfum](https://10ml.com/guides/eau-de-parfum-vs-eau-de-toilette). Move On by La Rive costs least per bottle, and Lattafa's Fakhar Black, which 10ML stocks, is a similar original. Want the real thing? Y Eau de Parfum is €21.87 for a 10ml decant at 10ML. You can try the original, [Y Eau de Parfum](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-parfum), at 10ML as a 10 ml decant, before you choose a dupe. ## Prefer the original? **Y Eau de Parfum** · Yves Saint Laurent · Decanted from the original bottle - [3ml €7.65 · €2.55/ml](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-parfum?size=3ml) - [10ml €21.87 · €2.19/ml](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-parfum?size=10ml) The alternatives: €0.09–€0.22/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](https://10ml.com/brands/yves-saint-laurent) released [Y Eau de Parfum](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-parfum) in 2018 as a men's fragrance. It opens on [apple](https://10ml.com/notes/apple), [ginger](https://10ml.com/notes/ginger) and [bergamot](https://10ml.com/notes/bergamot): crisp fruit with a warm bite. Sage, juniper berries and [geranium](https://10ml.com/notes/geranium) make up the heart, which is where the herbal, green side of Y shows. The base pairs amberwood and [tonka bean](https://10ml.com/notes/tonka-bean) with [cedar](https://10ml.com/notes/cedar), [vetiver](https://10ml.com/notes/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 several perfumes, and they are not interchangeable. Every comparison in this guide is with Y Eau de Parfum. 10ML also decants Y Iced Cologne, which none of the sources compares with a clone. The [Eau de Toilette](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-toilette) drops the apple for aldehydes and adds lavender, ambergris and vanilla. The [Eau de Parfum Intense](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-y-eau-de-parfum-intense) also loses the apple and the tonka bean, and turns earthier with lavender and patchouli. [Y Le Parfum](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-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 version it is aimed at. **How the four Y versions differ, and which pick here sits nearest** | Y version | Year | Notes that set it apart | Pick nearest to it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Eau de Parfum | 2018 | Apple, ginger and sage over tonka bean and vetiver | Midnight Desert | | Eau de Toilette | 2022 | Aldehydes and lavender, a vanilla and ambergris base, no apple | None named by our sources | | Le Parfum | 2021 | Aldehydes and grapefruit with the apple, patchouli in the base | None named by our sources | | Eau de Parfum Intense | 2023 | Lavender, patchouli and vetiver, no apple or tonka bean | None named by our sources | ## Y Eau de Parfum alternatives compared Bottle prices in other shops, as checked 1 October 2026 Perfumes made and sold by other houses. 10ML does not sell them. | # | Alternative | Role | Basis of comparison | Source | Bottle price | Per ml | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Midnight Desert (Lou de Pre) | Best overall | Named source | [Source](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/lou-de-pre/midnight-desert/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) | No EU price | — | | 2 | Odyssey Mega (Armaf) | Sweeter take | Named source | [Source](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Armaf/odyssey-mega/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) | €21.99 (100 ml) | €0.22/ml | | 3 | Sheikh Al Shuyukh Final Edition (Lattafa) | Darker take | Named source | [Source](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Lattafa/sheikh-shuyukh-final-edition/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) | No EU price | — | | 4 | Dunescape (Armaf) | Fresher take | Named source | [Source](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Armaf/dunescape/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) | No EU price | — | | 5 | Move On (La Rive) | Lowest price | Named source | [Source](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/La_Rive/move-on-for-men/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) | €8.99 (100 ml) | €0.09/ml | ## Best overall: Midnight Desert Midnight Desert by Lou de Pre leads on a near-unanimous vote. On its [Parfumo comparison page](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/lou-de-pre/midnight-desert/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum), 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](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Lou-De-Pre/Midnight-Desert-107341.html) 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 smaller group of members than the larger comparisons here, 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 fewer opinions than a bigger vote would give. 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](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Armaf/odyssey-mega/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum), 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](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Armaf/Odyssey-Mega-Man-83133.html) 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](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Lattafa/sheikh-shuyukh-final-edition/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum), more than four in five voters call the two similar. The main difference, for one owner, is depth. In the same [Fragrantica forum thread](https://www.fragrantica.com/board/viewtopic.php?id=291178), 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](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Armaf/dunescape/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum), every member who voted finds it similar to Y Eau de Parfum. The main difference is on paper. Its [Fragrantica listing](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Armaf/Dunescape-130942.html) 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](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/La_Rive/move-on-for-men/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum), every member who voted finds it similar to Y Eau de Parfum, and its [Fragrantica listing](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/La-Rive/Move-On-105907.html) 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. ## Similar original perfumes we stock Four originals from other houses with part of Y's herbal, woody frame, all available as decants. | # | Perfume | Main notes | 3 ml | 10 ml | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Lattafa Fakhar Black](https://10ml.com/perfumes/lattafa-fakhar-black) | Apple, bergamot and ginger over lavender, sage and juniper berries, with tonka bean, cedar, amberwood and vetiver: the similar original most often set beside Y. | €6.90 (€2.30/ml) | €15.90 (€1.59/ml) | | 2 | [Initio Parfums Privés Paragon](https://10ml.com/perfumes/initio-parfums-prives-paragon) | Lavender, sage and bergamot, then plum, palo santo and black pepper over sandalwood and oud: darker and woodier. | €11.61 (€3.87/ml) | €32.49 (€3.25/ml) | | 3 | [Hermès Terre D'Hermes Eau Intense Vetiver](https://10ml.com/perfumes/hermes-terre-dhermes-eau-intense-vetiver) | Grapefruit, lemon and Sichuan pepper over geranium, olibanum, amberwood, patchouli and vetiver: earthier and more citrus-led. | €7.65 (€2.55/ml) | €22.05 (€2.21/ml) | | 4 | [Parfums de Marly Perseus](https://10ml.com/perfumes/parfums-de-marly-perseus) | Grapefruit, bergamot and black currant, vetiver and geranium, then cedar, tonka bean, balsam fir and ambergris: a fresher fruit-and-woods route. | €9.45 (€3.15/ml) | €26.73 (€2.67/ml) | ## Where the clones part from Y Two patterns run through the write-ups. The first is sweetness: one member finds Odyssey Mega's dry-down sweeter and muskier than Y. The second is weight: 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. No source here places a clone 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 two clones, 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. Both work 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 see the product page, or see the product page 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](https://10ml.com/guides/perfume-price-per-ml-index), and when a full bottle pays off in [decants versus full bottles](https://10ml.com/guides/decant-vs-full-bottle). ## Original perfumes in the same aromatic-woody style [Fakhar Black](https://10ml.com/perfumes/lattafa-fakhar-black) by Lattafa, which 10ML stocks, is the similar original with the biggest vote beside Y Eau de Parfum: on [Parfumo's comparison page](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Lattafa/fakhar-lattafa-men/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum), 287 of 320 voting members find the two similar. Its list runs apple, bergamot and ginger, then lavender, sage, juniper berries and geranium, over tonka bean, cedar, amberwood and vetiver. A [Fragrantica member](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Lattafa-Perfumes/Fakhar-Black-70465.html) who owns Y finds the two really close, and another finds it lighter, with a sweeter apple opening. Three more perfumes from other houses share part of Y Eau de Parfum's structure. [Paragon](https://10ml.com/perfumes/initio-parfums-prives-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](https://10ml.com/perfumes/hermes-terre-dhermes-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](https://10ml.com/perfumes/parfums-de-marly-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](https://10ml.com/guides/ysl-libre-dupes), [Black Opium dupes](https://10ml.com/guides/black-opium-dupes) and [YSL dupes](https://10ml.com/guides/ysl-dupes) guides, the last for MYSLF and La Nuit de L'Homme Bleu Électrique. ## 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](https://10ml.com/perfumes/yves-saint-laurent-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](https://10ml.com/guides/what-is-a-perfume-decant) sets out the format, and the [blind-buy article](https://10ml.com/guides/blind-buy-alternative) shows how trying first spares you a bottle you never wear. ## Clone or original? What to know first ### Can I try Y Eau de Parfum in a small size before settling on a clone? Yes. 10ML sells Y Eau de Parfum in three decant sizes, all filled from the original bottle. The smallest, a 3ml for €7.65, holds around 60 sprays: plenty for a few days of wearing it against a clone. ### Which YSL Y EDP dupe tops our list? Midnight Desert by Lou de Pre. On Parfumo's comparison page all but one of the voting members rate it similar to Y Eau de Parfum, and one Fragrantica member who wore it for about a year found the original redundant. Fakhar Black by Lattafa, which 10ML stocks, is a similar original. ### How near does Midnight Desert get to Y Eau de Parfum? Parfumo's comparison vote for the pair is near-unanimous, with only one voting member dissenting, and one Fragrantica member who wore it for about a year found the original redundant afterwards. Fewer people have weighed in on it than on the larger comparisons here, and no source we read describes its dry-down in detail. ### Are these clones aimed at the Eau de Toilette, the Eau de Parfum or Le Parfum? Every comparison in this guide is with Y Eau de Parfum. None of our sources names a clone for the Eau de Toilette, Le Parfum or the Eau de Parfum Intense. 10ML sells all four versions, so you can wear the one you want before choosing. ### Per ml, how do the Y clones compare with a decant of the original? Every clone we could price sits far below the original per ml. Y Eau de Parfum in a 10ml decant costs €21.87 (€2.19/ml), falling to see the product page in the 30ml size. ### Which clones keep the apple and sage of Y? Midnight Desert and Dunescape both list apple and sage on Fragrantica, and Move On's listing gives the same notes as the original. Odyssey Mega has less of the apple in the dry-down, by one member's account. ### What sets Odyssey Mega apart from Y Eau de Parfum? By one Fragrantica member's account, the opening is very similar but the dry-down turns sweeter, muskier and more amberwood-led, with less apple; its listing adds pineapple, citrus and mint. ### Is there a darker YSL Y dupe for colder weather? Sheikh Al Shuyukh Final Edition by Lattafa. A forum member who owns it finds it closer to Y Eau de Parfum than Fakhar Black, but darker and, in their view, better for colder weather. Another member finds it less close and greener, and more than four in five Parfumo voters call the two similar. ### Does 10ML sell dupes? No. 10ML sells only original perfumes. We buy our bottles from authorized EU distributors and directly from the brands, and 10ML decants every perfume itself. The dupes in this guide are other houses’ perfumes, and we don’t sell them. You can wear the original first from €7.65. ## Sources - [Fakhar vs Y Eau de Parfum (Parfumo comparison)](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Lattafa/fakhar-lattafa-men/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) - [Fakhar Black by Lattafa (Fragrantica)](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Lattafa-Perfumes/Fakhar-Black-70465.html) - [Fakhar Black experiences (Fragrantica forum)](https://www.fragrantica.com/board/viewtopic.php?id=291178) - [Midnight Desert vs Y Eau de Parfum (Parfumo comparison)](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/lou-de-pre/midnight-desert/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) - [Midnight Desert by Lou de Pre (Fragrantica)](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Lou-De-Pre/Midnight-Desert-107341.html) - [Odyssey Mega vs Y Eau de Parfum (Parfumo comparison)](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Armaf/odyssey-mega/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) - [Odyssey Mega Man by Armaf (Fragrantica)](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Armaf/Odyssey-Mega-Man-83133.html) - [Sheikh Shuyukh Final Edition vs Y Eau de Parfum (Parfumo comparison)](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Lattafa/sheikh-shuyukh-final-edition/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) - [Dunescape vs Y Eau de Parfum (Parfumo comparison)](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/Armaf/dunescape/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) - [Dunescape by Armaf (Fragrantica)](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Armaf/Dunescape-130942.html) - [Move On vs Y Eau de Parfum (Parfumo comparison)](https://www.parfumo.com/compare/La_Rive/move-on-for-men/vs/Yves_Saint_Laurent/Y_Eau_de_Parfum) - [Move On by La Rive (Fragrantica)](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/La-Rive/Move-On-105907.html) ## How we compared Each alternative is ranked by how closely it follows the notes and dry-down of Y Eau de Parfum, on the basis shown for it in the table. Prices in other shops are as checked on 1 October 2026 and change often; the 10ML prices on this page are live. 10ML is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Yves Saint Laurent or by the houses of the alternatives named here. Their names are used only to identify the perfumes compared.