Civet vs Chameleon Tropical Blooms Edition
Side by side. Scored honestly.
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No shared notes — these two land in very different territory.
Side by side
Comparing the originals — price, breadth, listed-note depth.
🏅 The Art & Olfaction Awards 2017, Independent Category Finalist As the sun sinks over the dense tropical forest, civets emerge warily from the thickets. Under a carpet of narcotic flower blossoms, a smattering of coffee berries peppers the ground.
Remnants of a tropical storm set the forest pulsing with colour, raindrops glistening on trembling fronds. Dreamy blossoms of ylang-ylang unfurl, surrendering their heady aroma to the heavy jungle air.
How they overlap
Civet and Chameleon Tropical Blooms Edition share no notes in common — these two fragrances target very different olfactory territory, and the comparison is a question of which direction you want to go rather than which version of the same accord.
The buying decision
Chameleon Tropical Blooms Edition is the cheaper original at $200 compared to $240 for Civet — about 17% less.
Recommendation
These two land in genuinely different scent territory — there's no "better" answer, just which direction you want to go. Read the scent descriptions above and pick the one that sounds like you'd want to smell.