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Afnan · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2020
≈ $48 · approx. retail
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Afnan's best-known scent, a sweet gourmand cinnamon-apple opening over lavender that dries down into a rich, ambery vanilla-tonka base — widely worn as an affordable take on Dior Sauvage-style gourmand-woody colognes.
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