BORNTOSTANDOUT · Hamid Merati-Kashani

Drunk Lovers

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
BORNTOSTANDOUT asks $320 for 100 ml
50 ml$230
100 ml$320

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty citrus and juniper over brandy, pepper and ginger, drying down to sandalwood, cedar, vanilla, benzoin and cinnamon.

BORNTOSTANDOUT says

You’ll smell citronella, bergamot, lemon, cedarwood (juniperus mexicana), grapefruit, Red Berries, brandy, pepper, ginger, Clary Sage, cypress, amber, Virginian Cedarwood, West Indian Sandalwood, Vanilla Planifolia, Sumatra Benzoin Gum Resin, patchouli, vetiver, cardamom, Cinnamon Bark and musk.

More from BORNTOSTANDOUT’s description

It also mentions Juniper, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Benzoin resin and Cinnamon.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Drunk Lovers’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lemon, grapefruit, red berries, cognac, black pepper drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Drunk Lovers, when you spray it: Citronella, Bergamot, Lemon, Juniperus mexicana, Grapefruit, Red berries, Juniper

As it settlesheart notes

Drunk Lovers, as it settles: Cognac, Black pepper, Ginger, Clary sage, Cypress, Citronellol (rose)

What staysdry-down notes

Drunk Lovers, what stays: Amber, Cedar, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Benzoin, Patchouli, Vetiver, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What BORNTOSTANDOUT names

CitronellaBergamotLemonCedarwood (juniperus mexicana)GrapefruitBrandyPepperGingerClary SageCypressVirginian CedarwoodWest Indian SandalwoodVanilla PlanifoliaSumatra Benzoin Gum ResinPatchouliVetiverCardamomCinnamon BarkMuskJuniperSandalwoodBenzoin resin

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

Citronellol (rose)Geraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Cinnamal
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For less

Stronger With You IntenselyArmani · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Drunk Lovers$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Drunk Lovers’s $320

“For something similar to the SWYI try out Drunk Lovers by BORNTOSTANDOUT.”

Reddit comment, r/Colognes, 2026

Shoppers call a cheaper stand-in a dupe.

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

AniNishane · shares bergamot, ginger, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 5 more$375 for 100 ml · about the same as Drunk Lovers’s $320
Spectre GhostFrench Avenue · shares bergamot, ginger, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 5 moreabout $41 for 80 ml · about a fifth of Drunk Lovers’s $320
Millésime 1849Creed · shares bergamot, lemon, grapefruit, cypress and 5 more$510 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.