Impulse Hint of Musk, released in 1990, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
Impulse Hint of Musk: musky, woody and citrus, about 5h on skin, projection 2/10, sillage 3/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for Impulse Hint of Musk we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity, with the ones still in production first:
Captures the soft, intimate musky character of Impulse Hint of Musk with a clean, powdery finish that feels very similar on the skin.
It shares its musky, powdery and woody accords with Impulse Hint of Musk, lasts about 6h against 5h and carries 463 community ratings.
A gentle, powdery musk that evokes the same nostalgic, clean-skin feeling found in the original Impulse scent.
It shares its musky, powdery and white floral accords with Impulse Hint of Musk, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 746 community ratings.
Offers a classic, clean white musk profile that leans into the same powdery and floral territory as the reference.
It shares its musky, powdery and white floral accords with Impulse Hint of Musk, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 3,919 community ratings.
Provides a familiar, clean, and slightly floral musk experience that sits in the same family as the original.
It shares its musky, white floral and powdery accords with Impulse Hint of Musk, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 1,662 community ratings.
A straightforward, light musk fragrance that provides a similar airy and clean impression to the original.
It shares its powdery, musky and woody accords with Impulse Hint of Musk, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 27 community ratings. It is listed as discontinued, so availability varies.
Parfums de Coeur Skin Musk, at about $10 for 100 ml (estimate) — still above Impulse Hint of Musk's own estimate.
Parfums de Coeur Skin Musk, at about 6h on skin, against about 5h for Impulse Hint of Musk.
Parfums de Coeur Skin Musk, at 85% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Parfums de Coeur Skin Musk actually costs about $5 a year MORE than Impulse Hint of Musk. Both priced at 100 ml; 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, none of the 5 last a full 8 hours. Parfums de Coeur Skin Musk comes closest at 5.8h, so it needs one re-spray to cover the day.
Impulse Hint of Musk notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-08-21.