Bergamot opens bright and brief before iris takes over — powdery but not stiff, carrying a faint green violet edge that keeps it from reading purely feminine. The heart is where it earns its reputation: a soft, slightly cool floral with real presence without shouting. The dry-down leans into sandalwood and tonka, warm and lightly sweet, with amber deepening the base into something almost edible. Musk holds it close to skin, making sillage intimate but persistent — this wears longer than it projects. — Best for cooler months, office or evening, anyone drawn to understated powdery-warm florals.
Alexandria's well-regarded take on LV City of Stars — the citrus-aromatic profile lands close, in an extrait that outperforms the original on longevity.
Marketed as an LV City of Stars match and reported ~90% there by buyers; limited independent corroboration so scored provisionally.
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The top-scored match we list, Alexandria Fragrances City of Angels, has a provisional accuracy 7 for $46.99–$119.99 — a score we can't yet back with a source you can check. Treat it as a lead worth sampling rather than a verified stand-in; the original stays the reference.
The top dupe of Louis Vuitton's City of Stars is City of Angels by Alexandria Fragrances, provisionally scored at 7/10 for accuracy and 7/10 for longevity. At $47 against the $280 original, it saves roughly $233 per bottle. Below: 1 more dupe, each marked with how well its score is backed.
The highest-scored dupe we list for City of Stars is City of Angels by Alexandria Fragrances. Its scores are provisional (7/10 accuracy, longevity 7/10): we do not yet have a source for them that you can open and check.
City of Stars by Louis Vuitton is a floral/fresh/woody/gourmand scent built on bergamot, iris, violet, musk, sandalwood, amber, and more. Those notes define its character — browse any of them above to find fragrances that share the same profile.
The closest scents to City of Stars by shared notes are Clive Christian Blonde Amber, Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Le Parfum, Roja Parfums Diaghilev. See the full "similar fragrances" list below — each is ranked by how many notes it shares with City of Stars.
Dupes are rated on two independent dimensions: scent accuracy (how closely it matches the original) and longevity (how long it lasts on skin). Scores come from owner reports on Reddit r/fragrance, r/fragranceclones and Fragrantica, and each is marked community-scored, provisional or not scored. They are never averaged into a single number — accuracy and longevity are separate decisions.
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