Cheaper alternatives

Cheaper alternatives to Ex Nihilo Spiky Muse

Spiky Muse by Ex Nihilo is an unisex eau de parfum in the luxury price tier. These 7 fragrances cost less and smell close to it.

What to wear instead

• Escentric Molecules Molecule 02 premium · 57% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share ambroxan.
• Liquides Imaginaires Âme du Coeur niche · 57% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share pink pepper, rose, cedarwood, akigalawood and tonka bean.
• Etat Libre d'Orange I Am Trash niche · 55% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share strawberry, rose, cedarwood and akigalawood.
• Liquides Imaginaires Roasted Tangerine niche · 54% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share bergamot, cedarwood, akigalawood, ambroxan and tonka bean.
• The Different Company Red Burning Night niche · 52% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share bergamot, pink pepper, cedarwood, akigalawood and tonka bean.
• Acqua di Parma Cedro Virtuoso premium · 51% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, cedarwood, ambroxan and tonka bean.
• Ormonde Jayne Patchouli d'Atlas niche · 51% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share pink pepper, cedarwood, akigalawood and ambroxan.

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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