We list it as a match for one original, Parfums de Marly Pegasus EDP. Owners score it 8 for accuracy and 7 for longevity, from $22. The Scent File Pick for Pegasus EDP is Al Haramain Portfolio Royale Stallion.
Two separate scores, never averaged: how close it smells, and how long it lasts.
Against Parfums de Marly Pegasus EDP, Maison Alhambra Perseus scores accuracy 8 — a close match. For most buyers it captures the scent at a fraction of the price; what you give up is mainly the bottle, the brand, and the last-phase nuance a budget formula tends to simplify.
Every pairing shows where it comes from and how far we trust it.
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.
“I wore Pegasus on my left wrist and Perseus on my right, and to my nose, the difference was almost non-existent”
Wear Perseus or Pegasus EDP? Tell us how they compare. Reports like yours are what move a match up a level.
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
Heliotrope-almond accord is recognizable but the sandalwood-vanilla base is lighter than the PDM original.
FragranticaWhat it clones
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