Voluspa Gardenia Colonia, released in 2010, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
Voluspa Gardenia Colonia: white floral, lactonic and animalic, about 5h on skin, projection 5/10, sillage 3/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for Voluspa Gardenia Colonia we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity:
Captures the lush, creamy white floral essence of Voluspa Gardenia Colonia with a simple, authentic gardenia focus that feels remarkably similar on the skin.
It shares its white floral, lactonic and animalic accords with Voluspa Gardenia Colonia, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 456 community ratings.
A bright and tropical take on the gardenia note that shares the same floral, slightly green spirit as the Voluspa classic.
It shares its white floral, lactonic and green accords with Voluspa Gardenia Colonia, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 735 community ratings.
Offers a straightforward, soliflore interpretation of gardenia that mirrors the clean, green-floral character found in the Voluspa original.
It lasts about 4h against 5h and carries 56 community ratings.
Provides a sophisticated, green-leaning gardenia profile that sits in the same olfactory family as the Voluspa release.
It shares its white floral, green and animalic accords with Voluspa Gardenia Colonia, lasts about 5h against 5h and carries 39 community ratings.
This oil-based fragrance provides a dense, creamy gardenia profile that evokes the same lush, white floral atmosphere as the reference scent.
It shares its white floral, animalic and lactonic accords with Voluspa Gardenia Colonia, lasts about 8h against 5h and carries 6 community ratings.
Jovan Island Gardenia, at about $10 for 100 ml (estimate).
Kuumba Made Gardenia Musk, at about 8h on skin, against about 5h for Voluspa Gardenia Colonia.
Jovan Island Gardenia, at 88% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
On an 8-hour day, these cover it: Kuumba Made Gardenia Musk (8.0h) — 1 of 5.
Voluspa Gardenia Colonia notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-11-10.