DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black, released in 2013, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black: smoky, rose and woody, about 8h on skin, projection 8/10, sillage 6/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity:
Shares a similar leathery and woody profile that evokes the dark, resinous character found in Dsquared2 Potion Royal Black.
It shares its leather, warm spicy and smoky accords with DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black, lasts about 8h against 8h and carries 1,879 community ratings.
Provides a robust, leathery, and woody profile that sits in the same family as the smoky, resinous Potion Royal Black.
It shares its leather, amber and woody accords with DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black, lasts about 8h against 8h and carries 3,916 community ratings.
Leans into the same warm, spicy, and woody territory, offering a dense incense-like quality that mirrors the reference.
It shares its amber, woody and warm spicy accords with DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black, opens on Pimento too, lasts about 8h against 8h and carries 2,133 community ratings.
Offers a warm, spicy, and woody experience that aligns with the balsamic and incense-heavy atmosphere of the original.
It shares its woody, warm spicy and rose accords with DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black, opens on Bergamot too, lasts about 5h against 8h and carries 68 community ratings.
Captures the deep, smoky leather and wood notes reminiscent of the reference, providing a similar masculine intensity.
It shares its leather, woody and smoky accords with DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black, lasts about 6h against 8h and carries 29 community ratings.
Lattafa Perfumes Oud Mood, at about $20 for 100 ml (estimate) — around 50% less than DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black.
Montale Aoud Leather, at about 8h on skin, against about 8h for DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black.
Montale Aoud Leather, at 85% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Montale Aoud Leather actually costs about $10 a year MORE than DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black. Assumes 100 ml bottles on both sides; prices are estimates.
Across 2,358 originals, the median designer bottle is $120 and its closest match $30 — the Dupe Report 2026.
On an 8-hour day, these cover it: Montale Aoud Leather (8.3h) and Rasasi La Yuqawam Homme (8.1h) — 2 of 5.
DSQUARED² Potion Royal Black notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-08-28.