Is Mercedes Benz Club Black Eau de Toilette a dupe of Parfums de Marly Althair?

Close match Widely recommended as a substitute, and most people who compared them agree.

Mercedes Benz Club Black Eau de Toilette is a close match to Parfums de Marly Althair. Of 19 independent sources that compared them, 12 say it is near-identical or close, 4 say it is similar or inspired by it and 3 disagree. Club Black Eau de Toilette costs CA$205.00 for 100 ml at Fragrance365 (CA$2.05/ml); Althair costs US$400.00 for 125 ml at Luckyscent (US$3.20/ml), so the alternative costs 54% less per ml. Prices are checked every 20 minutes. These figures last changed on Oct 27, 2026.

Accords
	Parfums de Marly Althair	Mercedes Benz Club Black Eau de Toilette
Price	$340.81 75 ml	$74.33 100 ml
Per ml	$4.54	$0.74
Verdict		Close match of Althair
Sweet
Gourmand
Woody
Musky
Fresh spicy
Vanilla
Citrus
Warm spicy
Notes shared notes are marked
Top notes	Cinnamon Cardamom Orange blossom Bergamot	Cinnamon Orange blossom Cardamom Bergamot
Heart notes	Bourbon vanilla Elemi resin	Bourbon vanilla Elemi
Base notes	Praline Musk Ambroxan Guaiac wood Tonka Candied almond	Praline Ambroxan Guaiac wood Musk
Buy	See prices	See prices

The evidence

19 independent sources: 18 on Reddit, 1 shops

Say close 12
Say similar or inspired by 4
Disagree 3

When people said it: 10 in the last two years

Confidence: 68%. It combines how many independent sources agree, how strongly they word it, how recent they are and how many disagree. How confidence works

In their words 10

people say Althair smells similar to Merc Benz Club Black

A Reddit comment, May 2024, 3 points
Fragrance world liquid Brun is a direct clone, people also say pdm was inspired by Mercedes Benz club black when making althair

A Reddit comment, Aug 2024, 3 points
Well, considering Althair is itself a dupe of Mercedes Club Black, and vanilla is one of the easiest notes to execute well, this really isn’t telling me much.

A Reddit comment, Mar 2026, 3 points
Fragrance World - Liquid Brun it’s a clone of PDM Althair or Mercedes Club Black

A Reddit comment, Sep 2024, 1 point
I'd say Club Black is the daily driver version of Liquid Brun/Althair.

A Reddit comment, Oct 2025, 1 point
Some people consider PDM a niche clone house and say Althair is the niche clone of Club Black.

A Reddit comment, Apr 2026, 1 point
Even better than Mercedes Benz Club Black which Althtäir is a dupe of...

A Reddit comment, Jan 2026, 0 points
Althair itself smells like Mercedes Club Black.

A Reddit comment, Jun 2025, 0 points
Idk about Liquid Brun but for me Mercedes Club Black is not super similar to Althair.

A Reddit comment, Mar 2025, 3 points, disagrees
I tried Benz Club Black and it dont really share the same quality to my nose.

A Reddit comment, Jun 2024, 1 point, disagrees

Shops

Inspired by Parfums de Marly Althair. Mercedes-Benz Club

A shop's product page

How the verdict is worked out is on the how it works page.

Among the alternatives to Althair

Althair and its 15 alternatives: dupes and close matches on the inner ring, inspired by it in the middle, similar outside. Thicker lines mean more agreement., strongest first.