There is a kind of fragrance that never tries to impress, yet gets asked about more than any other. Another 13 is the perfect example. If you are looking for a perfume like Another 13, you are after the hardest thing in perfumery: something nearly invisible that still has a personality. Here is the decoding, and a full comparison with ALÉRIA by ARLY.
What does Another 13 smell like?
Clean. Slightly saline. Faintly sweet, like a ripe pear. And above all, warm in a skin-like way.
The strange part is how hard it is to describe by its materials. People usually land on the same sentence: "it smells like me, but better." That is exactly the effect the formula is built for.
Ambroxan: the molecule behind the skin-scent effect
Ambroxan is a synthetic aroma molecule that recreates the character of ambergris — the rare material once collected from the sea. It has no floral facet and no fruit; it produces a warm, dry, faintly mineral impression, and it lasts for a very long time.
Its real strength is that it amplifies your own skin rather than covering it. That is why the same bottle can smell like two different fragrances on two different people.
The Another 13 composition
The formula is built around a very tight axis:
- Top: ambrette seed, pear
- Heart: ambroxan, jasmine
- Base: white musk, cedarwood
Nothing is superfluous. The whole effect comes from proportion, not from the number of ingredients.
Side by side: ALÉRIA and Another 13
ALÉRIA was composed in the same minimalist spirit:
Why some people say "I can't smell anything"
This is a real phenomenon, not a faulty bottle. A significant share of people are anosmic to ambergris-type molecules such as ambroxan — like colour blindness, but for smell. They spray it on and get near-silence, while everyone around them picks it up clearly.
If that is you, ask someone else before concluding. And if ambroxan does not register for you at all, woody or white-floral families will give you far more pleasure.
What ALÉRIA does differently
The ambroxan–pear–ambrette–musk frame is kept almost intact, because that frame is the skin-scent effect. What ARLY changes is a breath of warmer jasmine in the heart and a damp mossy edge underneath: enough to give the scent a face of its own, not enough to break the minimalism.
The result: still something you can wear to work every day without a single complaint, but when someone stands close enough, they notice there is a flower somewhere in there.
If you love Another 13, you may also love
- [ROSÉLIA — in the spirit of Chance Eau Tendre](/en/blog/nuoc-hoa-giong-chance-eau-tendre): the same cleanliness with fruit and flowers added.
- [OUDRÉA — in the spirit of Oud Wood](/en/blog/nuoc-hoa-giong-tom-ford-oud-wood): when you want to keep the discretion but add woody, smoky depth.
- [AURÉLIA — in the spirit of Baccarat Rouge 540](/en/blog/nuoc-hoa-giong-baccarat-rouge-540): the exact opposite — radiant, projecting, made for occasions.
The full six-scent comparison table.
Inspired, not copied
ALÉRIA is ARLY's own formula. ARLY is not affiliated with Le Labo and never uses the house's name or trademarks on its products. On where inspiration ends and counterfeiting begins: what an inspiration perfume actually is.
How to wear it
- Skin scents need to be sprayed close to skin: wrists, nape, the chest of a shirt — not misted into the air to walk through.
- Three or four sprays is not excessive here; projection is low by design.
- Moisturising first makes a bigger difference in this family than in any other. See how to make a fragrance last.
- This is one of the rare bottles that works all year, day and night.
In closing
Not every fragrance needs to be seen from across the room. ALÉRIA keeps the ambroxan frame that gave Another 13 its quiet pull, adds a breath of jasmine and a mossy edge for a character of its own, and becomes the bottle you reach for every morning without thinking.