What Is DUA Nirvana a Dupe Of?

If you are wondering what DUA Nirvana is a dupe of, the answer is Kilian Straight to Heaven. This is a clone pairing built around the idea of rum, dried fruit, patchouli and cedar. Here are the notes worth comparing before you choose a bottle.

The idea behind the comparison

Nirvana points to Straight to Heaven through rum, dried fruits, patchouli and cedar. Nutmeg, jasmine and a sweeter base are also part of the pairing. We’d compare the woods with the rum, rather than treating this as a purely dessert-like fragrance.

The reference is Kilian Straight to Heaven, separate from special blends and other flankers.

How do their notes compare?

DUA gives this scent a single note list. Its listed notes include Patchouli, Brazilian Rosewood, Virginia Cedar, Dried Fruits, White Musk, Ambergris and Vanilla. That gives you a few specific notes to look for in a sample.

Kilian Straight to Heaven lists Rum, Dried Fruits, Patchouli, Nutmeg, Jasmine, Virginia Cedar and Musk 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 dried fruit and rum against the patchouli and cedar later. DUA also lists Brazilian rosewood and ambergris in its saved profile.

Which one should you choose?

If rum, dried fruit, patchouli and cedar 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.