The Tom Ford Lost Cherry Dupe: Afnan Turathi Red, Checked Against the Notes

By Mahdi MST · Updated 2026-10-06 · 7 min read

The bottles come in different sizes, so every sum in this guide is per millilitre. What follows is who makes the claim, what each note list holds, why a 78% score and a cherry-less note list can both be true, and how to test the pair before spending either amount.

What is Afnan Turathi Red a dupe of?

Afnan Turathi Red is a dupe of Tom Ford Lost Cherry, according to PickMyClone's Afnan clone guide, which ranks it the top Afnan match for that bottle at 78% accuracy, and Accord Twin lists the same pairing. Turathi Red is an eau de parfum, and on 2026-09-30 FragranceX listed the 3 oz bottle, about 89 ml, at $33.99.

Lost Cherry is an eau de parfum as well, and Sephora sold the 50 ml bottle for $405 when Accord Twin checked it on 2026-09-18. The corpus gives Lost Cherry a 2018 release and holds no year for Turathi Red.

The claim comes from a clone review site, not from Afnan. No Afnan page read for this guide names Lost Cherry, so the pairing is a reviewer's judgement that Accord Twin repeats, with the evidence set out below so the reader can weigh it.

Do Turathi Red and Lost Cherry really share the same notes?

Turathi Red and Lost Cherry share two listed notes, rose and jasmine, and the note list for Turathi Red names no cherry at all. The corpus records 16 notes for Lost Cherry, led by liquor, bitter almond, sour cherry, Turkish rose, jasmine sambac and plum over a base of Peru balsam, tonka bean, sandalwood, cinnamon and vanilla.

The Turathi Red record is thinner: rose, floral notes, musk, jasmine, woody notes, apricot and peony, from a low-detail Parfumo entry, and FragranceX prints no notes for it at all.

Two common flowers are a thin link between the bottles. The note that gives the original its name is missing from the clone's record.

How rare is cherry as a perfume note?

Cherry is a rare note and rose and jasmine are two of the most common in perfumery: across the Accord Twin corpus of 107,044 perfumes, only 576 list a note named cherry, and 113 list sour cherry, while jasmine appears on 23,854 and rose on 19,242. Jasmine ranks 3rd of 4,506 distinct note names by mentions and rose 7th.

Bitter almond is rarer still, on 205 perfumes, and Peru balsam sits on 536. Those are the notes that set Lost Cherry apart on paper.

Cherry is usually described as dark and fruity, bitter almond as sweet and marzipan-like, and Peru balsam as warm and resinous. These are descriptions of the materials as brands list them, not measurements of either bottle. A clone that shares only the common flowers shares the least distinctive part of the list, which is why the two shared notes say little on their own. The guide to rose and amber perfumes covers the rose side in more depth.

Is there a wear time on record for Turathi Red?

The Accord Twin list gives Tom Ford Lost Cherry around 7 hours of wear and holds no figure for Turathi Red, so no measured comparison is possible. The corpus rates Lost Cherry's longevity as moderate from 168 votes, and its Turathi Red record carries no longevity votes at all.

PickMyClone, the site that names the clone, writes that the original has superior longevity and sillage. That is the reviewer's judgement rather than a figure, and no source read for this guide puts hours on Turathi Red.

Both bottles are eaux de parfum, and on the Accord Twin list the 24 eaux de parfum that carry a wear figure run from around 5 to 9 hours. That sets a loose expectation, not a promise. The guide to EDT, EDP and parfum explains what the label does and does not buy, and the testing section below shows how to compare the two on your own skin. Accord Twin ranks the bottles with a listed wear figure in its guide to the longest-lasting perfumes.

Why does PickMyClone rate a cherry-less note list at 78%?

PickMyClone's 78% can sit beside a cherry-less note list because the score judges the finished smell, while a note list only names some of the materials, and a low-detail record may simply leave cherry out. The Turathi Red entry Accord Twin holds comes from a thin Parfumo record with generic lines such as floral notes and woody notes, and FragranceX publishes no notes for it at all.

PickMyClone's own verdict points at the difference: Turathi Red is sweeter and more vanilla-centric in the base, while Lost Cherry keeps a more balanced amber-wood profile with darker spice.

A score is not a note list.

Neither source proves the other wrong. But the site's own check of 274 published dupe claims found 83 that shared almost no notes, which is why a claim is shown here with its evidence rather than as settled. Accord Twin has not smelled either bottle.

Where does the $7.72 a millilitre go?

The $7.72 a millilitre is the gap between Lost Cherry at $8.10 per millilitre and Turathi Red at 38 cents, and no source read for this guide says what it pays for. The sticker prices cannot be subtracted directly, because Lost Cherry is sold here in 50 ml and Turathi Red in 3 oz, so the fair comparison is per millilitre: Lost Cherry costs about 21 times as much for the same volume.

What is known is short. Lost Cherry is a Tom Ford private-blend bottle sold at Sephora, while the Turathi Red figure is a discounter's listing. Lost Cherry's list names bitter almond, cherry and Peru balsam, which the Turathi Red record does not.

What is not known is longer: the cost of either formula, the grade of any material, and how much of each price is bottle, brand and distribution. The guide to niche versus designer fragrance sets out what a price gap can and cannot be shown to buy.

Is Turathi Red worth buying if you want the cherry?

Buy Turathi Red if you want a sweet rose-and-jasmine bottle at $33.99 and accept that its note list does not promise cherry; buy Lost Cherry if the cherry, bitter almond and Peru balsam are what draw you to it. The split follows the lists and one reviewer's verdict, and those are all Accord Twin has.

PickMyClone describes Turathi Red as sweeter and more vanilla-centric than the original, so anyone who likes Lost Cherry for its darker, spicier side should weigh that before buying. Anyone drawn to sweet, dessert-leaning perfumes in general may find the guide to gourmand fragrances a wider place to start.

And anyone who has never smelled Lost Cherry should not buy either bottle blind. A $405 bottle is a large bet on a scent you have only read about, and even the $33.99 clone is money wasted if the missing cherry turns out to matter to you. The next section is the cheap way to find out.

How can you test Lost Cherry before committing to a full bottle?

Start with a sample or decant of Lost Cherry, not a full bottle, and wear it for a full day before deciding whether Turathi Red is worth trying against it. A small decant costs a fraction of $405 and tells you whether you like the original at all, which is the first thing worth knowing.

Then test Turathi Red on the other wrist, on the same day, so the two meet the same skin, weather and hours. Note what each smells like at the start and again several hours in, because a note list says nothing about how a scent develops. If the cherry you want is missing on your skin, the lower price no longer matters.

The guide to perfume decants explains how to buy small amounts safely and what to watch for. It also covers when a cheap full bottle is the better test than a decant.

What is the best Tom Ford Lost Cherry dupe?

Afnan Turathi Red is the best-documented Tom Ford Lost Cherry dupe Accord Twin can price, as PickMyClone's top Afnan match at 78% and the only claimed clone with a checked US price on this page. Maison Alhambra Lovely Chérie is the other claimed clone, on Melissa Jane Lee's list of Maison Alhambra dupes, which prints "Lovely Chérie = Tom Ford Lost Cherry".

Accord Twin holds no checked price or note list for Lovely Chérie yet, so it cannot be ranked against Turathi Red here. Calling either one the best would need a comparison nobody has published with numbers.

Readers who want a wider set of cherry perfumes can describe the smell they want to Accord Twin, which names three bottles at three prices, marks which pairings a source actually claims, and says plainly when none does. The Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille guide covers another Tom Ford private blend and its claimed clone.

What can this comparison not tell you?

Accord Twin cannot tell you whether Turathi Red smells like Lost Cherry on your skin, because it has not smelled either bottle and the two note lists share only two common flowers. Everything on this page comes from named sources read on stated dates: PickMyClone and Melissa Jane Lee for the claims, Sephora and FragranceX for the prices, the corpus for the notes.

Prices move. The Sephora figure was read on 2026-09-18 and the FragranceX one on 2026-09-30. If a shop shows something different today, trust the shop.

The page also cannot give a wear time for Turathi Red, since no source publishes one, and the 78% score is a reviewer's judgement rather than a measurement. What it can do is show the claim, the evidence and the gap in plain numbers, so the sample you buy is an informed test.

Prices here are the figures Accord Twin lists, last checked September 2026. They are a reference for comparing bottles, not one shop's till: the same bottle moves with size and retailer, so check the shop before buying.