Cheaper alternatives

Cheaper alternatives to Initio Side Effect

Side Effect by Initio is an unisex eau de parfum from 2015 in the luxury price tier. These 12 fragrances cost less and smell close to it.

What to wear instead

• Mancera Red Tobacco premium · 81% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share cinnamon, tobacco, vanilla, amber and musk.
• Zara Tobacco Rich Warm Addictive budget · 60% note match, 4 tiers cheaper. They share cinnamon, tobacco, vanilla and amber.
• Azzaro The Most Wanted Intense designer · 57% note match, 3 tiers cheaper. They share cinnamon, tobacco, vanilla and amber.
• Laboratorio Olfattivo Alambar niche · 57% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share cinnamon, vanilla and amber.
• Perris Monte Carlo Vanille de Tahiti niche · 56% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share vanilla, sandalwood, amber and musk.
• Afnan Arjowaan budget · 55% note match, 4 tiers cheaper. They share amber and musk.
• Lattafa Asad Zanzibar budget · 54% note match, 4 tiers cheaper. They share tobacco, vanilla and amber.
• Penhaligon's Much Ado About The Duke niche · 54% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share tobacco, vanilla and amber.
• Kajal Fiddah niche · 53% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share cinnamon, tobacco, vanilla, amber and musk.
• Kerosene Promises, Promises niche · 52% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share vanilla, amber and musk.
• Commodity Gold premium · 52% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share vanilla, sandalwood, amber and musk.
• Al Haramain Amber Oud Gold Edition budget · 52% note match, 4 tiers cheaper. They share vanilla, sandalwood, amber and 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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