Kayali built its name on plush, high-sweetness gourmands: Vanilla 28 and the Yum dessert line, most sitting around $138 a bottle. If you love the smell but not the price, a few affordable bottles share the key notes closely. Here are the best Kayali dupes in our data, ranked by note match, each grounded in the notes both fragrances actually share, from $28.
As always, a dupe shares key notes, it is not identical, and formulas drift over time. Where a maker names its own inspiration we say so, and we keep that separate from our own note-match score.
Kayali Vanilla 28: an 84% match with Dossier Woody Vanilla
The Kayali most people start with, a dense brown-sugar-and-vanilla amber. Dossier names Vanilla 28 as the inspiration for Woody Vanilla, and the two share vanilla, brown sugar and a warm ambery base, for $32 against $138. Vanilla 28 keeps a little more boozy tonka and patchouli depth, so Woody Vanilla reads as the same idea, cleaner and a touch lighter.
Kayali Yum Pistachio Gelato 33: an 80% match with Lattafa Affection
The creamy pistachio dessert that went viral. Lattafa Affection shares its pistachio, hazelnut and tonka, the nutty, whipped-cream sweetness, for $28 against $138. Affection leans a little fruitier, with a raspberry-cassis edge, where Kayali stays purely nutty and creamy, so it is a close cousin rather than a carbon copy.
Kayali Yum Boujee Marshmallow 81: a 77% match with Lattafa Yara Elixir
The toasted-marshmallow fruity gourmand. Lattafa Yara Elixir shares its strawberry, vanilla and musk, the sweet, pink, whipped-sugar feel, for $32 against $138. Kayali carries more of the actual marshmallow-and-coconut softness while Yara Elixir adds an amber warmth, so the two reach the same lane from slightly different angles.
Find the Kayali dupe for your bottle
Those are the closest Kayali matches in our data today. If you have a different Kayali in mind, search it in the dupe finder and we will show the note-matched alternative with the shared notes and the price gap. Dupejoy earns a small commission if you buy through our links, at no extra cost to you, and it never changes which dupe we match.