La Perla, released in 1987, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
La Perla: warm spicy, floral and woody, about 7h on skin, projection 8/10, sillage 5/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for La Perla we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity, with the ones still in production first:
A heavy-hitting retro masterpiece that shares the same intense carnation, honey, and oakmoss depth found in La Perla.
It shares its woody, floral and earthy accords with La Perla, opens on Carnation and Bergamot too, lasts about 8h against 7h and carries 6,932 community ratings.
Evokes the vintage honeyed-rose and carnation complexity of La Perla, leaning into a similar warm, mossy chypre direction.
It shares its woody, floral and earthy accords with La Perla, opens on Bergamot and Mandarin Orange too, lasts about 8h against 7h and carries 2,820 community ratings.
Shares the herbal, green-spicy aromatic profile of La Perla, anchored by a deep earthy moss base.
It shares its aromatic, woody and earthy accords with La Perla, opens on Bergamot too, lasts about 6h against 7h and carries 3,297 community ratings.
A bold, vintage-leaning composition reminiscent of La Perla, driven by heavy florals and rich animalic patchouli.
It shares its floral, mossy and citrus accords with La Perla, lasts about 7h against 7h and carries 218 community ratings.
Recalls the heavy rose and patchouli backbone of La Perla, offering a dark and dramatic chypre feel.
It shares its woody, aromatic and earthy accords with La Perla, opens on Bergamot too, lasts about 7h against 7h and carries 768 community ratings. It is listed as discontinued, so availability varies.
Jean Couturier Coriandre, at about $25 for 100 ml (estimate) — around 30% less than La Perla.
Paloma Picasso, at about 8h on skin, against about 7h for La Perla.
Paloma Picasso, at 88% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Paloma Picasso Paloma Picasso actually costs about $90 a year MORE than La Perla. 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, none of the 5 last a full 8 hours. Paloma Picasso Paloma Picasso comes closest at 7.9h, so it needs one re-spray to cover the day.
La Perla notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-08-27.