Tiziana Terenzi Arethusa

You can buy the genuine Tiziana Terenzi Arethusa straight from FragranceNet.com. The real bottle comes first; the accessible alternatives below are there if you'd rather spend less.

Tiziana Terenzi Arethusa opens with Orange, Ginger, Plum, Fig and Grapefruit; a heart of Jasmine, Rose, Saffron, Grapefruit, Orange Blossom, Sandalwood and Pomegranate; drying down to Patchouli and Vetiver, from notes Tiziana Terenzi (official) publishes. Those notes read as citrus, fresh, fruity, floral, spicy, amber, the coarse families Tiziana Terenzi (official) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

The genuine Tiziana Terenzi Arethusa runs $108.49 at FragranceNet.com as of this page's last update, though retailers set their own prices and change them.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Arethusa by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Arethusa, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Tiziana Terenzi Arethusa is listed as unisex, marketed for anyone, which is how we'd wear it too. Fragrance has no inherent gender; the label just reflects how the retailer sells it.

Armaf Le Femme (shares Plum, Orange, Saffron); Al Haramain Amber Oud Bleu (shares Ginger, Grapefruit, Vetiver); Al Haramain Amber Oud Exclusif Bleu (shares Ginger, Grapefruit, Vetiver). These share specific notes with Arethusa, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Arethusa's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Arethusa, and has its own page.

Arethusa reads as citrus, fresh, fruity, floral, spicy, amber. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Lattafa Oud Lail Maleki, Ralph Lauren Polo Blue and Al Haramain Bon Cherie nearby. We rank them by how many of Arethusa's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Arethusa, and each has its own page.