Fragrance comparison

Bal à Versailles vs Gentlemanly

Notes, accords, longevity, sillage, seasons and community ratings, side by side.

Updated 30 Oct 2026 2,256 ratings analysed

1 wins

Bal à Versailles

Jean Desprez

4.152,256 votes

Rank #24,457 AmberPowdery

Full profile Similar & dupes

30%scent match

Clearly different

Gentlemanly

The Dua Brand

—0 votes

Rank #69,594 WoodyAromatic

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Bal à Versailles takes 1 of 1 categories.

Bal à Versailles
Choose it for a amber and powdery character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in winter.
Gentlemanly
Choose it for a woody and aromatic character.

Bal à Versailles1/1

Gentlemanly0/1

Ratings & consensus: Not scored
Community sentiment: Not scored
Longevity: Not scored
Sillage & projection: Not scored
Value for money: Not scored
Versatility: Not scored
Note pyramid (duration): Not scored
Fragranxe ranking: Bal à Versailles

Head-to-head breakdown

Every category side by side, with the winner called out.

Fragrance

Bal à VersaillesJean Desprez

GentlemanlyThe Dua Brand

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

4.15/ 5 · 2,256 votes

Have 73%Had 27%Want 0%

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 88%Had 0%Want 13%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

47%Love

36%Like

3%Ok

13%Dislike

1%Hate

2,256 votes

Not enough votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity76

〰 Sillage66

♥ Love / hate79

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value60

¤ Price valueN/A

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

amber100%

powdery92%

woody84%

animalic77%

musky69%

balsamic61%

woody100%

aromatic92%

warm spicy84%

citrus77%

musky69%

white floral61%

Scent match30%Clearly different · both woody and musky

Note pyramid (duration)

Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = shared

Top

RoseBulgarian RoseOrange BlossomJasmineRosemaryNeroliMandarin OrangeBergamot

Heart

LeatherYlang-YlangSandalwoodOrris RootPatchouliLilacVetiverLily-of-the-Valley

Base

CivetResinsTolu BalsamAmberBenzoinVanillaMuskCedar

Notes

Mandarin OrangeYlang-YlangPatchouliCorianderCastoreumBergamotCardamomCinnamonOlibanumJasmineVetiverNeroli

No top / heart / base split published

InformationalShared notesJasmine, Neroli, Mandarin Orange and Bergamot. Durations are only published for Gentlemanly, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring31

Summer0

Fall0

Winter100

Day–

Night–

No season votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men4

Unisex47

Women49

Not enough votes yet

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#24,457

PerfumerJean Desprez

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#69,594

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerBal à VersaillesHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Bal a Versailles opens with a dense puff of orange blossom and powdery rose before shifting into a heavy, lived-in leather. This vintage classic suits collectors who crave dramatic, animalic warmth rather than modern clean scents. Wear it on cold winter nights when you want a rich envelope of resins and civet to cling…

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Gentlemanly by The Dua Brand brings a classic oriental structure built around bright citrus, dense florals, and an animalic woody base. The scent begins with a crisp burst of bergamot, mandarin orange, and neroli. This luminous introduction quickly settles into a rich floral core of jasmine, rose, and ylang-ylang. The…

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InformationalRead bothTaste is personal

How we score: ratings blend public fragrance ratings with Fragranxe member votes; longevity, sillage, value and sentiment are community vote scores, and season bars are relative to each fragrance's strongest season. Categories with too little data are shown but not scored. The scent match weighs accord overlap (60%) and shared notes (40%). More in the FAQ.

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Common questions

Straight answers from the data above.

Do Bal à Versailles and Gentlemanly smell similar?

Clearly different: a 30% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share woody and musky accords. Common notes include Jasmine, Neroli, Mandarin Orange and Bergamot.

What are the notes in Bal à Versailles and Gentlemanly?

Bal à Versailles has top notes of Rose, Bulgarian Rose, Orange Blossom and Jasmine, heart notes of Leather, Ylang-Ylang, Sandalwood and Orris Root, a base of Civet, Resins, Tolu Balsam and Amber. Gentlemanly features Mandarin Orange, Ylang-Ylang, Patchouli, Coriander and Castoreum.