Guidance

Notes

Top notes

• Pear Watery, sweet-green fruit with soft, rounded edges.
• Incense Dry, smoky and resinous, like smoke curling through a stone chapel.
• Hazelnut Warm, buttery and toasty nut.

Heart notes

• Saffron Leathery, golden and slightly metallic spice with a dry, honeyed warmth.
• Rose Petals, honey and a touch of wine; can lean fresh and dewy or deep and jammy.
• Jasmine Sweet, heady white blossom with an indolic, almost animal warmth.
• Osmanthus Apricot-like, leathery floral with a suede softness.

Base notes

• Labdanum Sticky, golden, leathery-ambery resin with a warm, animal-like sweetness.
• Sandalwood Creamy, milky and softly sweet wood, smooth as polished timber.
• Ambergris Salty, sweet, skin-like and slightly marine; a soft, glowing warmth.
• Vanilla Warm, creamy, sweet and slightly smoky, like a custard-soft cloud.

Smells like Guidance

1. Amore Fati NBDY
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2. Velvet Orchid Tom Ford
   51% similar, shares labdanum, sandalwood and jasmine
3. Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait Maison Francis Kurkdjian
   50% similar, shares ambergris, saffron and jasmine
4. Armani Privé Bleu Lazuli Giorgio Armani
   49% similar, shares osmanthus, sandalwood and jasmine
5. Le Parfum Royal Elie Saab
   49% similar, shares sandalwood, rose and vanilla
6. Edict Amberythme Afnan
   49% similar, shares ambergris, saffron and sandalwood
7. Dhanal Oudh Estethnay Rasasi
   48% similar, shares saffron, sandalwood and jasmine
8. Cavort Fragrance du Bois
   48% similar, shares saffron, labdanum and sandalwood
9. Wood Jasmin BDK Parfums
   47% similar, shares pear, labdanum and jasmine
10. CoExistence Xerjoff
    47% similar, shares osmanthus, jasmine and rose
11. Oud Shamash The Different Company
    47% similar, shares ambergris, saffron and labdanum
12. Destino Oscura NBDY
    47% similar, shares ambergris, saffron and rose

Alternatives

• Edict Amberythme Afnan
• Dhanal Oudh Estethnay Rasasi