Bleecker St vs Lafayette St.
Side by side. Scored honestly.
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Verdicts
Bleecker St
A fresh woody oriental fragrance built around bergamot, grapefruit, pink pepper, iris, cedarwood. Scent profile not yet written in our editorial pass — the listed notes are the most reliable summary of the wear character until that's filled in.
Lafayette St.
A fresh floral woody fragrance built around bergamot, grapefruit, violet leaf, iris, cedar. Scent profile not yet written in our editorial pass — the listed notes are the most reliable summary of the wear character until that's filled in.
How they overlap
Bleecker St and Lafayette St. share 4 notes (bergamot, grapefruit, iris, musk). The same note name doesn't always mean the same scent — different houses use different vanillas, different woods, different musks — but a multi-note shared spine usually does indicate genuinely-comparable wear character. The remaining notes (3 unique to Bleecker St, 3 unique to Lafayette St.) are where the divergence happens.
The buying decision
Original-bottle pricing is essentially identical ($275 vs $275), so the buying decision rarely comes down to upfront cost on the originals. Bleecker St has 2 scored dupes, with the top accuracy at 7/10 from La Ree Fragrances 177A ($25–$45). Lafayette St. has 1, top accuracy 7/10 from Jo Milano Wildcard ($35–$60). On the budget side, Bleecker St's top-3 dupes start at $25 versus $35 for the other — the cheaper entry point belongs to Bleecker St.
Recommendation
Both Bleecker St and Lafayette St. have credible top dupes (within one accuracy point of each other). The choice comes down to which scent direction you actually prefer — the descriptions above are the better guide than the scores.