We list it as a match for one original, Parfums de Marly Pegasus EDP. It is provisionally scored 7 for accuracy and 8 for longevity, from $18: we don't yet have a source for those scores that you can check. The Scent File Pick for Pegasus EDP is Al Haramain Portfolio Royale Stallion.
Provisional scores: no source for them that you can check yet.
Against Parfums de Marly Pegasus EDP, Lattafa Fakhar Gold has a provisional accuracy 7 — a score we can't yet back with a source you can check. At $18–$30 versus $400, it's a low-risk way to sample the style, not a verified match.
Every pairing shows where it comes from and how far we trust it.
Almond-vanilla backbone with a golden warmth; heavier and less airy than Pegasus but excellent longevity.
What is missing: a source for these scores that you can open and check. Until we have one, the scores are drawn hatched, not solid.
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The first 3 of the other 5 matches we list for Parfums de Marly Pegasus EDP, in our ranking.
Eighteen reviewers who know Pegasus compare the two, several owning both: nearly all find it very close, one to one in the dry-down, after a harsher opening. Wear time is long, eight hours and more.
Lavender-tobacco-tonka composition in the Naxos family; drier dry-down.
FragranticaWhat it clones
Twenty-three reviewers who know Pegasus compare the two. Seventeen find it one to one or nearly so, three of them with one on each arm; two smell Pegasus in a thinner form; four say it is not close or too synthetic. Several say it needs weeks to settle after opening. Wear time is mostly six to eight hours, with one report of two or three.
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