The original: Louis Vuitton Imagination EDP
Citron and Calabrian bergamot over Chinese black tea, with Nigerian ginger and Ceylon cinnamon warming a neroli heart and guaiac wood and olibanum underneath. Bright and spiced rather than sweet, and the most restrained of the Louis Vuitton masculines — close to the skin, and the reason it gets called the intellectual one.
| Dupe | Match | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dua Fragrances #Imagine | 91% | $55 |
| Jo Milano Paris Game of Spades Full House | 91% | $60 |
| Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Fantasme EDP | 90% | $28 |
| Mykonos Inception Extrait de Parfum | 89% | $30 |
| Arabiyat Prestige Marwa EDP | 88% | $35 |
Imagination EDP retails around $295.
How we score. Every percentage comes from cross-referencing note pyramids against Fragrantica and brand-official sources, then weighting what people who own both fragrances actually report. We don't publish anything below 85%, and we say when something barely clears.
#1Dua Fragrances #Imagine
Shares with the original: Citron, Chinese Black Tea
Most accurate Imagination clone -- rare tea-mineral-oakmoss accord faithfully reproduced.
Sources: Reddit r/fragrance, Dua community
#2Jo Milano Paris Game of Spades Full House
Shares with the original: Citron, Calabrian Bergamot, Sicilian Orange, Nigerian Ginger, Tunisian Neroli, Ceylon Cinnamon, Chinese Black Tea, Ambroxan, Guaiac Wood, Olibanum
Its published pyramid is Imagination's, note for note — all ten, down to the Nigerian ginger, the Ceylon cinnamon and the Chinese black tea. On paper nothing on this page is closer. Owners disagree about how close it smells while agreeing exactly on how it differs: one bought it after hearing it was a ninety-five per cent clone and put it at eighty-five to ninety himself, another says seventy to eighty, but all of them describe the same gap — more citrus, less soapy, and missing the deeper tea and musk underneath. Several prefer it for that very reason. Imagination's soapiness is its most divisive quality, and Full House tones it down; if the soap is what you like, this is not your bottle, and if it is what puts you off, this may suit you better than the original. One ranking worth setting against our score: an owner who has worked through several Imagination alternatives places this below Arabiyat Marwa for closeness, and above Bujairami Hectic and Al Haramain Aqua Dubai. We score it above Marwa on the note match, so here the pyramid and an experienced nose disagree. He also names a dupe we have not assessed — Alexandria Fragrances Visionary — as the closest he has tried. Verified eBay buyers add two useful data points. One writes that it smells just like LV Imagination and that sprayed at five it was still going strong at eleven — six hours plus. Another calls it his favourite Imagination clone of all time while being careful to say it is not a one-to-one, just a compliment magnet. Against them, a third buyer got only three to four hours and thought it dear for that. Longevity reports on this one range from three hours to six, which is wide enough to sample before committing.
Sources: Fragrantica pyramid · owner reviews comparing directly to Imagination · owner ranking against other Imagination dupes
#3Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Fantasme EDP
Shares with the original: Citron, Chinese Black Tea
Fragrantica community expert review confirms Jean Lowe Fantasme as 'most accurate Imagination clone -- slightly punchier than AP Marwa, very well-balanced tea-iris DNA.' Launched 2026.
Sources: Fragrantica community expert review 2026
#4Mykonos Inception Extrait de Parfum
Shares with the original: Nigerian Ginger, Calabrian Bergamot, Sicilian Orange, Chinese Black Tea, Tunisian Neroli, Ceylon Cinnamon, Guaiac Wood
The best evidence we have on this page comes from a Fragrantica reviewer who wrote about Inception first and then bought the Louis Vuitton, and came back to update the review: they now call it the closest dupe on the market, say the citrus opens stronger and more vibrant, and describe the drydown as identical to their nose. They also name what is missing, which is why this is not scored higher — the original keeps a refined, airy, blended quality that their bottle of Inception does not have. A decant seller who stocks both puts it above Arabiyat Marwa. Read the criticism before buying, because it is specific and it comes from owners: one reports that something in it smells off until it fully dries down, and does not settle even after a month of maceration, and several say longevity needs a generous application and a re-spray across a hot day. Seven of the original's ten notes are here, including the Chinese black tea and Ceylon cinnamon that give Imagination its character.
Sources: Fragrantica owner-of-both review (updated after acquiring the original) · Parfumo · decant-seller comparison
#5Arabiyat Prestige Marwa EDP
Shares with the original: Calabrian Bergamot, Sicilian Orange, Tunisian Neroli, Nigerian Ginger, Ceylon Cinnamon, Chinese Black Tea, Ambroxan, Guaiac Wood, Olibanum
finn.no community calls Marwa 'the most popular dupe/clone of Louis Vuitton Imagination.' Slickdeals confirms 'good clone of LV Imagination.' Walmart verified buyer: 'High quality clone of LV Imagination.' Bergamot-tea-ambroxan-guaiac wood DNA is very close.
Sources: finn.no fragrance community, Slickdeals, Walmart verified buyers
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