Cigar Shop
Cigar Shop is oud, sandalwood and tobacco leaf with a thread of vanilla so the wood never turns harsh. Dry, smoky and refined, a cool weather scent that sits close.
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The best inspired perfumes for four different tastes
Four ways into the designer inspired range, each chosen to show a different corner of what the collection covers.
Avari
Avari is bright citrus over a clean, soapy freshness. Light and easy, it reads as showered and put together rather than as a statement, ideal for daylight.
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Red Or Black
Red Or Black is warm, dry spice front and centre with just enough sweetness to round it. Simple, effective and unmistakably an after-dark scent that reads bold without being heavy.
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Velour
Velour pairs oud and vanilla, roughened by leather and softened by florals. Animalic and creamy at once, it is the range's most divisive and interesting blend.
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Every designer inspired perfume compared
The strength column rates the lead note from one to five, showing which inspired blends stay close and which fill a room. Every scent is the same $55, so read across for character and occasion.
| Fragrance | Sits alongside | Best occasion | Leans |
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| Addictive | Vanilla | Everyday | Masculine |
| Avari | Citrus, Fresh | Everyday | Masculine |
| Cigar Shop | Oud, Woody, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Vanilla | Cool weather | Masculine |
| Eternal Bond | Vanilla, Amber, Fresh, Cardamom | Date night | Masculine |
| Gentlemen | Vanilla, Amber, Citrus, Floral | Formal | Masculine |
| Jeremy's Favourite | Vanilla, Fresh, Spicy | Going out | Masculine |
| Montreux | Vanilla, Citrus, Fresh, Spicy, Cardamom | Warm weather | Unisex |
| Noosa Blue | Woody, Citrus, Fresh | Warm weather | Unisex |
| Orion | Woody, Vanilla, Spicy, Tonka | Cool weather | Unisex |
| Saint Tropez | Citrus, Fresh, Fruity | Warm weather | Unisex |
| Untamed | Vanilla, Citrus, Fresh, Spicy | Everyday | Masculine |
| Winter in Switzerland | Amber, Fresh | Cool weather | Masculine |
| Citron Blanc | Citrus, Fresh | Warm weather | Unisex |
| Crimson Veil | Woody, Amber | Statement | Unisex |
| Dark-Knight | Woody, Spicy | Evening | Masculine |
| Desert Storm | Oud, Woody, Amber, Spicy, Leather | Statement | Masculine |
| Godfather | Woody, Aquatic | Everyday | Masculine |
| Golden Ember | Woody, Tobacco, Vanilla, Amber, Citrus | Evening | Unisex |
| Oil Money | Woody, Amber, Leather | Statement | Masculine |
| Red Or Black | Spicy | Evening | Masculine |
| Santal Drift | Woody, Sandalwood, Amber, Spicy, Leather | Everyday | Unisex |
| Sinister | Woody, Tobacco, Vanilla, Spicy, Tonka | Evening | Masculine |
| Sunset Aquafina | Citrus, Fresh | Warm weather | Unisex |
| Uncensored | Woody, Amber, Leather, Tonka | Statement | Unisex |
| Velour | Oud, Vanilla, Leather, Floral | Statement | Unisex |
In Detail
Every designer inspired perfume in the range, in detail
The full range, one blend at a time, with the notes each is built on.
Addictive
A near-linear vanilla. Very little happens between the first spray and the last hour, and that is deliberate: smooth, creamy, unshowy. The one for people who do not want a project.
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Avari
Bright citrus over a clean, soapy freshness. Light and easy, the kind of scent that reads as showered and put together rather than as a statement. Works best in daylight and warm weather.
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Cigar Shop
Oud, sandalwood and tobacco leaf with a thread of vanilla rounding the edges so the wood never turns harsh. Dry, smoky and refined. A cold-weather scent that sits close and lasts.
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Eternal Bond
Amber and vanilla, the warmest pairing in perfumery, cut with cardamom so it never turns syrupy. Sits close to the skin and reads as expensive rather than loud. A date-night default.
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Gentlemen
A floral-citrus opening keeps the vanilla polite, and amber gives it weight in the base. The most formal blend in the range: structured rather than comforting, and dressed for an occasion.
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Jeremy's Favourite
Vanilla with a fresh, mentholated bite over the top and pepper underneath. The contrast is the point: it smells cold and warm at once, and it carries further than most of the range.
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Montreux
Cardamom is the trick here. It keeps the vanilla dry and slightly green rather than letting it collapse into sugar, and the citrus opening buys another twenty minutes of lift. The blend that survives an Australian summer.
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Noosa Blue
Juicy citrus over a clean, slightly woody base. Sunny and uncomplicated, the scent equivalent of a bright morning. Best in the heat and easy to wear for anyone.
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Orion
Tonka pushes the vanilla toward almond and marzipan, and a woody-spicy frame stops it becoming dessert. Softer and cosier than it sounds on paper. A comfort scent for cooler days.
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Saint Tropez
Sparkling citrus and cut fruit over a cool, clean base. Zesty and a little sweet without tipping into candy. A holiday-in-a-bottle scent made for hot afternoons.
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Untamed
Opens sharp with bergamot and pepper, then loses the edge fast. What is left is a clean, faintly sweet base with a peppery dryness running through it. The most borrowable scent in the range: nobody has ever been annoyed by it.
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Winter in Switzerland
A cool, aromatic freshness over warm amber, so it feels crisp on top and cosy underneath. An unusual contrast that works especially well in cold, dry weather. Clean but never boring.
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Citron Blanc
Almost entirely citrus: sharp, sparkling and clean, with a fresh backdrop that keeps it crisp rather than sweet. The most straightforwardly refreshing scent in the range, built for heat.
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Crimson Veil
Warm amber over dry cedar, with a faint burnt-sugar sweetness that makes it instantly recognisable. Projects hard and lingers. A signature-scent choice rather than an everyday one.
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Dark-Knight
Dark spice over resinous wood, a little leathery in the base. Bold and slightly old-school in the best way. An evening and cool-weather scent with real presence.
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Desert Storm
Heavy oud with amber, spice and a leathery edge. Rich, dark and unapologetically loud. The most intense scent in the range and the one built for cold nights and big rooms.
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Godfather
Clean marine freshness over light wood. The blue, just-out-of-the-sea scent everyone recognises. Inoffensive in the best sense, and made for warm weather and daily wear.
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Golden Ember
Tobacco leaf, honeyed vanilla and dry wood, with a citrus flash at the top that vanishes fast. Autumnal and faintly boozy, the closest thing in the range to a fireplace.
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Oil Money
Rich, suede-like leather over dry wood and amber. Expensive-smelling and assertive, with a raw edge in the opening that settles into something smooth. A confident, cool-weather statement.
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Red Or Black
Warm, dry spice front and centre, with just enough sweetness underneath to round it. Simple and effective, and unmistakably an after-dark scent. Reads as bold without being heavy.
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Santal Drift
Creamy sandalwood with a dry, slightly smoky leather edge. The much-copied modern woody signature: unisex, wearable daily, and recognisable from across a room without shouting.
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Sinister
The deepest, sweetest smoke in the range. Tobacco and tonka turn vanilla into dried fruit and pipe smoke, and it stays rich the whole way down. An evening and winter scent, and nothing else.
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Sunset Aquafina
Bright neroli and citrus over a clean, soapy base. Elegant and unisex, more polished than a plain cologne. The refined option for warm weather and daytime.
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Uncensored
Soft leather and amber over a creamy tonka base, with a suede smoothness that reads as luxurious rather than rugged. A polished statement scent that works on anyone.
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Velour
Oud and vanilla is an unusual pairing and this is not a quiet scent. Leather roughens it, florals soften it, and the result is animalic and creamy in the same breath. People either love it immediately or not at all.
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The Craft
Composed in France, finished in Sydney
Designer inspired does not have to mean cut price and careless. Millian's oils are composed in France, in the same perfumery tradition as the scents they take after, then shipped to Sydney to be decanted, bottled and finished. Doing that last step locally is the whole trick: it strips out the imported luxury markup and lets a 25% concentration eau de parfum sell for $55 rather than the near two hundred the same strength usually commands here. The structure and the oils are where the money would normally go, and those stay. A share of every bottle supports men's mental health charities.
Concentration
Why 25% matters more than the bottle
Every Millian fragrance is blended at a minimum 25% concentration, the fragrance-oil load that separates an eau de parfum from a lighter eau de toilette. It is the single number that most affects how a scent performs on skin, and we publish it because most brands do not.
Made
Blended in France, finished in Sydney
The oils are composed in Grasse, then shipped, decanted, bottled and finished here in Sydney. Doing the final step locally is what lets us sell an eau de parfum at $55 instead of the $180 the same concentration usually costs in an Australian department store, and a share of every bottle goes to men's mental-health charities.
Buying Guide
How to choose inspired perfumes
The designer inspired category lives or dies on the blend, so judge these on notes and structure rather than the idea behind them. Then let occasion and strength do the narrowing.
Every bottle is $55 for a 50ml eau de parfum, so the choice is purely about which character suits you.
Shop the rangePick the family, then the blend
Inspired scents cover every direction, citrus, woody, amber, oud and vanilla. Decide which family you actually wear, then use the table to jump to the blends built around it.
Judge the composition, not the concept
The inspiration is only a starting point. What matters is how the blend is built, so read the note breakdown and the description before you decide a scent is for you.
Weigh strength against setting
A four sits closer and suits the office and daytime, a five projects and belongs to evenings and events. The strength score keeps you from over or under doing it.
Let the season guide the shortlist
Fresh and citrus blends suit the heat, while oud, leather and tobacco come into their own in the cold. Choosing for the weather is the quickest way to narrow twenty five options.
Our Method
How we chose the fragrances on this page
Composition, not marketing
A fragrance appears here only if it genuinely fits the category, taken from its blend sheet rather than from how it is described.
Ordered by versatility
The lighter, more wearable blends lead; the heavier, more specific ones follow. That ordering is a judgement about range, not about quality.
Described, not rated
We describe how each fragrance is built and who it tends to suit. We do not score them against each other, and we do not run independent wear trials.
Accuracy
Scent is subjective and skin chemistry changes how a fragrance develops. Notes, sizes and prices on this page are taken from our own formulations and are accurate at time of publication. Descriptions of how a fragrance wears are our opinion, not the result of independent testing.
Questions
Your questions about inspired perfumes in Australia, answered
What are designer inspired perfumes?
They are scents composed in the same note families and structures as well known designer fragrances, built independently rather than copied. Millian's are composed in France and finished in Sydney, so the quality of the blend holds up.
How much do inspired perfumes cost?
Every fragrance is $55 for a 50ml eau de parfum. There is no higher tier, so the entire designer inspired range sits at one price.
Where are these inspired perfumes made?
The oils are composed in France, then decanted, bottled and finished in Sydney. That local final step is what removes the luxury markup and keeps a 25% concentration scent at $55.
Do inspired perfumes smell exactly like the designer originals?
No scent smells identical to another on skin, and we make no claim of a match. What you get is the same note family and overall character, interpreted in Millian's own composition.
Are these eau de parfum strength?
Yes. Every blend is an eau de parfum at a minimum 25% fragrance oil, a higher concentration than a typical eau de toilette.
Which inspired perfume should I choose first?
Start with the note family you already enjoy and pick a versatile blend from it. If you like to explore, the range runs from clean citrus all the way to deep oud, all at the same price.
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