Frederic Malle Promise

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Frederic Malle Promise opens with Pink Pepper, Rosemary and Apple; a heart of Rose, Rose and Clove; drying down to Patchouli, Ambroxan, Labdanum, Cypriol and Castoreum, from notes Nordstrom (authorized retailer) publishes. Those notes read as floral, spicy, amber, aromatic, fruity, woody, the coarse families Nordstrom (authorized retailer) 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 Frederic Malle Promise runs $279.99 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 Promise by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Promise, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Frederic Malle Promise 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.

lattafa Al Noble Ameer (shares Rosemary, Clove, Labdanum); Nishane Unutamam (shares Castoreum, Rosemary, Labdanum); Roja Parfums Elysium Noir Pour Homme (shares Cypriol, Ambroxan, Pink Pepper). These share specific notes with Promise, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Promise'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 Promise, and has its own page.

Promise reads as floral, spicy, amber, aromatic, fruity, woody. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Armaf Club De Nuit Precieux 1, Xerjoff Louis Xv De Venoge and Fragrance Du Bois Milano nearby. We rank them by how many of Promise's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Promise, and each has its own page.