Black Panther

Black Panther is the one for me. The holy grail. The king of all fresh fragrances. I’ve already left a review on this before, but I honestly don’t care. I just reordered three bottles and I’m back to praising it like it deserves. It’s fresh, long-lasting, sparkly, insanely uplifting and it gets compliments without end. This literally smells like heaven in a bottle... it’s just wow. In terms of the Tygar DNA: this is the only one that truly captures that luxurious, expensive aura Tygar has. It gets really close to Tygar, both on skin and in the air, and it’s the only clone where I actually feel that same “rich, polished, high-end” vibe. The grapefruit is photorealistic, bright and juicy, with that sparkling effect that made Tygar famous in the first place. I absolutely do NOT understand anyone saying this doesn’t perform. Yes, it needs some maceration time... give it a bit of air and a few weeks to settle. But after that, this thing is straight up beast mode. Huge projection, long life on skin and clothes, and people notice it. Compliments come effortlessly with this one. And if I catch any more people complaining about the price... come on. This is genuinely luxury-level quality. You’re getting a high-end scent profile, photorealistic citrus, long-lasting, and strong performance. For what it is, a beast mode freshie that smells this amazing and this high quality, the price is totally fair. Forget about Afnan Turathi Blue. It smells cheap next to this. I’ve tried it, and there is no way it belongs in the same conversation as Tygar. People keep praising it like it’s some serious alternative to Tygar. And no. It isn’t. THIS is. Black Panther is the one that actually deserves to be mentioned next to Tygar. And they've upgraded the atomizer to a pressurized one since I last ordered from them, so, shoutout to Alexandria Fragrances For me, this isn’t just “a good clone” anymore. This is holy grail, signature-scent, king-of-freshies territory.

THE most accurate dupe of Tygar full stop. This juice is long-lasting, a compliment-getter and just great for the warm weather. But I do have a minor complaint about it. Tygar in my opinion is very focused on the opening, with beautiful sparkly Grapefruit being the star of the show. Black Panther does also have that same Grapefruit note and I must say it's quite realistic, as is with Tygar. But with Tygar it feels like you're biting right into the flesh of the fruit, sweet yet just enough bitterness. Black Panther is more like a bite into the Grapefruit but you're biting right into the peel. There's this off-putting weird sour-ish, more bitter opening to the Grapefruit note which, I mean it's alright, definitely not bad since other dupes just smack in some synthetic grapefruit that disappears after 10 minutes but there still is some room for improvement on that. If Alexandria Fragrances reformulates to give it a bit less of a peel-ish Grapefruit note, something leaning more fruity, sparkly, then I wouldn't buy Tygar, but right now that extra smoothness in Tygar is just enough for me to buy Tygar over Black Panther Summarized: If Tygar isn't worth dropping 400 USD for, get this. Really good. But for me, That smooth Grapefruit & Ginger opening is what amazed me with Tygar in the first place, so this doesn't cut it for me when put up against Tygar. Solid 9/10

This has quickly become one of my favorite fragrances. It's definitely strong grapefruit with great projection and longevity, but it doesn't really burnout my senses like some other stronger notes will (though I suspect those sensitive to ambroxan will likely steer clear). The ginger comes in right behind the grapefruit, and those notes are present for the rest of the scent's life (probably alongside vetiver, which is in the OG). When I really let myself think about it deeper, I can notice the woodsy notes listed, which would be more patchouli I suppose. I've compared head to head with OG Tygar, and its definitely close, but with that grapefruit juiciness and ginger brightness punched up way higher. The downside is it loses some of the nuance and complexities that are in the original's balance. With that said, however, I still preferred this. Maybe because I'd worn a sample of it first, but I found that I missed the more intense brightness immediately despite that complexity of scent. I ended up getting a bottle of this instead, and am enjoying it without regard for the much cheaper price (though it doesn't hurt). It also layers well with deeper skin-scents for me, like a Tuxedo dupe I own that's a great patchouli, giving it better depth with all the presence. Win win.

This is pretty damn good. If you take a look at the notes you can already tell it's a straight forward fragrance. But simple is good sometimes, not everything needs to be complex or develop over time. It smells the same from opening, mid and drydown. I can easily get 8 hours out of this. It's a projection beast so be mindful of sprays. No more than 3 for me. That's pretty good, since this bottle isn't that big (55ml). This can be worn year round because even though it's fresh, it's performance is through the roof like I said earlier. But since I already have my designated winter scents, this is in my spring and summer rotations. If you care about compliments at all, this will get you quite a few. This is pretty versatile as well, you can wear this out, or at the work place. There's honestly no real downside to this fragrance. 5/5. Edit: I now have tygar. I can confirm this is a top tier dupe. Get this if you want to smell like tygar. The differences are minimal and I wanted to find out for myself. Sure the quality of ingredients are in tygar's favor. But that mainly matters in the opening. Drydown is where they get scarily similar. You won't be disappointed with this one. Just get the 100ml

This one is definitely one of my favorites. As in any Alexandria fragrance, let it macerate for 1-2 months. Even after 2-3 weeks you'll notice a huge difference. They start feeling more vibrant, higher quality. For this one... holly crap. It smells like you have gone to therapy, have your shit in order, know what you want and are a sexy gentleman. It's linear but a date night scent if you go to the beach or daytime if you are in hot/warm weather. It also works for spring breakfasts or even to go to the church if that's your thing. It's clean, fresh and masculine. I had the chance to sample Tygar after getting this as I really loved Black Panther and wanted to check if OG was worth the purchase. Yeah... Tygar is much better, I'd say magical on the opening. Afterwards (30 mins) you have to be really picky or delusional to find differences. That didn't justify the extra 250 bucks for me. I'd say this is a safe blind buy. You'll love it, however... be aware that maceration does a huge difference.