Louis Vuitton City of Stars

Louis Vuitton City of Stars is the real designer fragrance, sold at most major retailers. When one of our partners carries it, a direct buy link shows up here. The "smells-like" alternatives below are for anyone who wants the profile for less.

Louis Vuitton City of Stars reads as citrus, floral, powdery, woody, the coarse families Louis Vuitton (official; 'Key notes' flat list — no tiers published) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

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

Xerjoff 1861 Renaissance (shares Orange, Lemon); Al Haramain Amber Oud Gold 999.9 (shares Orange, Lemon); Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic (shares Orange, Lemon). These share specific notes with City of Stars, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of City of Stars'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 City of Stars, and has its own page.

City of Stars reads as citrus, floral, powdery, woody. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Maison Francis Kurkdjian 724, Tiziana Terenzi Afrodite and Rasasi Aiyara Pour Femme nearby. We rank them by how many of City of Stars's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of City of Stars, and each has its own page.