Cheaper alternatives

Cheaper alternatives to Chanel N°5 L'Eau

N°5 L'Eau by Chanel is a feminine-leaning eau de toilette from 2016 in the premium price tier. These 12 fragrances cost less and smell close to it.

What to wear instead

• Lanvin Arpege designer · 75% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share aldehydes, ylang-ylang, jasmine, rose, vetiver and white musk.
• Estée Lauder Beautiful designer · 66% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share mandarin, aldehydes, jasmine, rose, vetiver and white musk.
• Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche designer · 64% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share aldehydes, ylang-ylang, jasmine, rose, vetiver and white musk.
• Giorgio Armani My Way designer · 61% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share sweet orange, jasmine, cedarwood and white musk.
• Chloé Love Story designer · 57% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share sweet orange, jasmine, cedarwood and white musk.
• Giorgio Armani My Way Intense designer · 56% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share sweet orange, jasmine, cedarwood and white musk.
• Davidoff Adventure designer · 54% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share lemon, mandarin, cedarwood, vetiver and white musk.
• The Body Shop White Musk budget · 54% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share aldehydes, jasmine, rose and white musk.
• Valentino Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream designer · 54% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share lemon, rose, cedarwood and white musk.
• Coty Emeraude budget · 53% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share lemon, sweet orange, ylang-ylang, jasmine and rose.
• Lattafa Andaleeb budget · 52% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share sweet orange, mandarin, jasmine, rose and vetiver.
• Narciso Rodriguez Narciso designer · 51% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share rose, cedarwood, vetiver and white musk.

How these were picked

Ranked by shared notes, counting rare notes for more than the vanilla and musk nearly everything has, and base notes for more than the opening. A price tier is a band (budget, designer, premium, niche, luxury), not an exact price. “Sold as a dupe” means the catalogue records it as an imitation; the rest only match on paper.

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