Xerjoff Nio

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

Xerjoff Nio opens with Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Cardamom, Nutmeg and Rose; a heart of Green Notes and Jasmine; drying down to Amber, Cedar, Guaiac Wood and Vetiver, from notes Xerjoff (official) publishes. Those notes read as citrus, green, floral, spicy, amber, woody, the coarse families Xerjoff (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 Xerjoff Nio runs $172.19 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 Nio by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Nio, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Xerjoff Nio 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.

Creed Jardin d'Amalfi (shares Green Notes, Pink Pepper, Vetiver); Bond No. 9 Bond No.9 Dubai Garnet (shares Cardamom, Pink Pepper, Vetiver); Bond No. 9 Dubai Garnet (shares Cardamom, Pink Pepper, Vetiver). These share specific notes with Nio, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Nio'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 Nio, and has its own page.

Nio reads as citrus, green, floral, spicy, amber, woody. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Paco Rabanne 1 Million, Al Haramain Amber Oud Gold 999.9 and Rasasi Hawas Kobra nearby. We rank them by how many of Nio's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Nio, and each has its own page.