Opens with a luminous neroli — bright, slightly bitter citrus-floral — that softens quickly as muguet pulls it toward a clean, dewy heart. The skin musk and ambrette do the heavy lifting through the dry-down, creating that barely-there warmth that reads as a better version of your own skin rather than a recognizable perfume. Sandalwood and white cedar ground everything without announcing themselves; projection stays intimate, sillage is a ghost trail at best. Transparent and addictive in its restraint — best worn close to the skin in warm weather or whenever you want to smell like yourself, only better.
Budget clean-musk sketch with cedar dry-down; thinner than Phlur but in the same family.
No dupe here clears accuracy 7 — the best is Zara Nuit at accuracy 6. This is a hard scent to clone, so the original still holds a real edge over the budget field. Worth it if the exact accord is what you're after.
The top dupe of Phlur's Missing Person is Nuit by Zara, scoring 6/10 for accuracy and 5/10 for longevity. At $15, it's a 60% match to the $88 original — saving roughly $73 per bottle. It's the only scored dupe of Missing Person so far, with more on the way as community evidence accumulates.
Based on community consensus, the highest-accuracy dupe for Missing Person is Nuit by Zara — a Close, with tells match (6/10 accuracy, longevity 5/10). If you prioritize longevity over accuracy, sort the grid above by longevity to see the top performer on that axis.
Every dupe is rated on two independent dimensions: scent accuracy (how closely it matches the original) and longevity (how long it lasts on skin). Scores are aggregated from community consensus on Reddit r/fragrance, r/fragranceclones, and Fragrantica. They are never averaged into a single number — accuracy and longevity are separate decisions.
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