What Is DUA Hades' Elixir a Dupe Of?

If you are wondering what DUA Hades' Elixir is a dupe of, the answer is Nasomatto Black Afgano. This is a clone pairing built around the idea of incense, tobacco, smoky notes and oud. Here are the notes worth comparing before you choose a bottle.

The idea behind the comparison

Hades’ Elixir takes Black Afgano as its reference. DUA’s list focuses on olibanum, incense, tobacco, smoke and oud. The original catalog also names green notes, cannabis, resins and coffee, so the written profiles leave some clear differences to explore.

How do their notes compare?

DUA gives this scent a single note list. Its listed notes include Olibanum, Incense, Tobacco, Smoke and Oud. That gives you a few specific notes to look for in a sample.

Nasomatto Black Afgano lists cannabis, green notes, resins, woodsy notes, tobacco, coffee and agarwood (oud) among its notes. You can see the complete profiles above, with each scent’s own labels and structure. A note list describes the idea; it does not tell you the proportions or guarantee that two fragrances develop the same way.

What would we compare on skin?

We’d compare the incense and tobacco with the woody base. Those note labels describe a fragrance idea; they do not tell us the ingredients or sourcing of the formula.

Which one should you choose?

If incense, tobacco, smoky notes and oud is the idea you want to explore, this pairing is a useful place to start. We’d choose between them after checking the actual bottle size, current offer and return terms, rather than assuming one is automatically the better deal. Try the same number of sprays on separate wrists if you can, and compare them again after the opening has settled.