Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential, released in 2013, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential: green, yellow floral and mossy, about 5h on skin, projection 8/10, sillage 4/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity:
Shares a similar mossy and green aromatic presence reminiscent of the Yohji Yamamoto fragrance.
It shares its mossy and earthy accords with Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 406 community ratings.
Leans into a comparable floral and green structure that touches upon similar thematic elements.
It shares its floral, green and woody accords with Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 200 community ratings.
Captures a similarly earthy, green, and woody aura akin to the Yohji Essential experience.
It lasts about 7h against 5h and carries 2,593 community ratings.
Offers an aromatic floral and warm profile that sits in a roughly parallel fragrance space.
It lasts about 9h against 5h and carries 5,411 community ratings.
Brings a vibrant floral composition with similar feminine-skewed depth.
It shares its woody and earthy accords with Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential, opens on Grapefruit too, lasts about 7h against 5h and carries 219 community ratings.
Rasasi Hawas for Her, at about $25 for 100 ml (estimate) — around 80% less than Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential.
Al Haramain Perfumes Amber Oud Gold Edition, at about 9h on skin, against about 5h for Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential.
Banana Republic 06 Black Platinum, at 77% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Banana Republic 06 Black Platinum saves you about $140 a year against Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential. 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: Al Haramain Perfumes Amber Oud Gold Edition (8.5h) — 1 of 5.
Yohji Yamamoto Yohji Essential notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-09-18.