Y Eau de Parfum or Fakhar Black
Same fougère, but Y gets clocked faster
VS
Y Eau de Parfum
«A crisp sage-and-ginger fougère with a sharp amber edge — the kind a nose names on the first breath.»
Fakhar Black
no price«The same apple-ginger skeleton, only softer and without the sharp corners — clean, tidy, anonymous.»
Fakhar Black traces Y almost exactly: the same apple and ginger, similar staying power on skin. But the sharp yuzu-incense accent that gets Y recognized is sanded down in the clone. Want to be identified — Y; want to just smell clean in an elevator — Fakhar won't let you down.
Which is louder?
Y Eau de Parfum 55Fakhar Black 51
In an elevator neither shouts — both hold to about arm's reach.
Which is more recognizable?
7353
Y is caught faster and more surely; Fakhar Black reads as a general 'something fresh' rather than a specific scent.
Where can you wear it?
6867
Longevity is nearly level — both cruise through a workday; this is the ground where the clone genuinely caught up.
How similar they are
Scent67%
Close kin, not twins: shared sage, geranium, ginger and clary sage give the same skeleton, not the same voice.
Vibe51%
By feel Fakhar Black runs a touch simpler — the same freshness taken half a tone quieter and more direct.
What they share — and where they split
shared · 6sageapplegeraniumgingertonka beanclary sage
Then they split:
Y Eau de Parfumyuzufrankincense
Fakhar Blacklavender
Shared apple, ginger and tonka keep both in one lane; Y adds yuzu and incense for bite, Fakhar Black brings lavender and a cedar base, softer on the exhale.
Y of 2018 set the decade's fresh-fougère template; Fakhar Black of 2022 is the affordable market's tidy answer to a finished hit.
Designer label against affordable: Y sells recognizability, Fakhar Black sells the same idea with no promise anyone names it.
Y leads in searches — people look it up by name, while Fakhar Black is more often found as 'like Y' than as itself.
Price today
Lattafa Perfumes
no price
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