Kayali Lychee vs Vanilla 28
Side by side. Scored honestly.
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Verdicts
Kayali Lychee
A floral gourmand fragrance built around lychee, jasmine, musk, vanilla. 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.
Vanilla 28
Opens with a dense, almost edible hit of caramel-laced vanilla that leans more dessert than perfume in the first hour — genuinely sweet without tipping into synthetic. The heart softens as sandalwood and benzoin pull the caramel back into something warmer and more resinous, giving the sweetness structural weight. By dry-down it's a skin-close amber-vanilla with a musky undertow — intimate, slightly smoky, long-lasting. Projection is moderate; sillage is soft but persistent for hours. — Best worn in cold weather, evening-leaning, for anyone who wants unapologetic sweetness grounded in warmth.
How they overlap
Kayali Lychee and Vanilla 28 share 2 notes (vanilla, 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 (2 unique to Kayali Lychee, 4 unique to Vanilla 28) are where the divergence happens.
The buying decision
Kayali Lychee is the cheaper original at $68 compared to $136 for Vanilla 28 — about 50% less. Vanilla 28 has 2 scored dupes; the best is Lattafa Eclaire at 8/10 accuracy. Kayali Lychee has no community-scored dupes yet.
Recommendation
If you want the most-accurate dupe in this comparison at the lowest price, Lattafa Eclaire for Vanilla 28 is the clear pick — accuracy 8/10, $20–$35.