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What smells like Yves Saint Laurent Caban?

8 alternatives ranked by how much of Caban’s actual note structure they share — not by opinion. The closest is Hamdan The Sheikh by Arabiyat Prestige at 52%.

Closest matches to Caban

#FragranceHouseYearNote matchShared notes
1Hamdan The SheikhArabiyat Prestige202452%
Olibanum, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, elemi
2RifaaqatPARIS CORNER202348%
Black Pepper, Olibanum, Pink Pepper, elemi
3WujoodZimaya202341%
Black Pepper, Olibanum, elemi
4Femme 2018Zara201840%
Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean
5Mr. CharmingRasasi202440%
Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, elemi
6Blue TemptationZara202639%
Black Pepper, Patchouli, Tonka Bean, elemi
7True WordMaison Alhambra—39%
Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean
8iDiva NoirArmaf—39%
Patchouli, Pink Pepper, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean

What Caban is actually built on

Top notes

elemiPink PepperBlack Pepper

Heart notes

OlibanumOsmanthus

Base notes

Tonka BeanSandalwoodPatchouli

Full breakdown of Caban →

How this is worked out

Each candidate is scored on three things: how many notes it shares with the original (weighted so rare materials count for more than common ones like musk), how closely the base and heart match — the part that determines the drydown — and how similar the overall accord profile is. Nothing here is based on marketing claims or on anyone’s opinion, and nothing has been smelled side by side. It is a structural comparison of what these fragrances are made of, which is a strong guide but not a guarantee of how they wear.

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