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Smell delicious! Without the guilty consequence from spending your rent bill🔥✨️
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items Affordable perfumes that take inspiration from luxury/designer fragrances — but still smell delicious on their own, rather than giving you “cheap imitation” vibes. *Side note for readers, some of the "Dossier" links give the impression that American ...
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Da Da Da Dupes💨💖
Unisex/masculine smells on a budget 😩🤤
Da Da Da Dupes💨💖
a good dupe should make you want the dupe, not merely make you wish you owned the original.
If you want “I smell expensive and everyone keeps asking what I'm wearing"
Designer Inspired Perfume: Ambery Saffron
dark, juicy, almondy cherry thing rather than generic fruity perfume. The original Tom Ford is basically cherry liqueur wearing expensive lingerie; the Dossier version keeps that basic fantasy without demanding a small fortune 🤔
Tom Ford Lost Cherry Dupe Perfume: Ambery Cherry
despite the name, it isn't literally “I sprayed a bag of marshmallows on myself".cotton candy, Fruity Pebbles, conversation-heart candy, orange marshmallows, and a warm floral cloud
Kilian Love, Don't Be Shy Dupe Perfume: Floral Marshmallow
If you want romantic pink fairy-princess-but-grown-up
ALT. FRAGRANCES Duchess - Inspired by De.lina ...
If you want coffee + vanilla + sweetness, this is the easy choice. It opens with pear/licorice, develops into jasmine/orange blossom, and settles into vanilla and coffee. listings are around $29
Ambery Vanilla - YSL Black Opium Dupe Perfume
If you want “expensive woman in a dark velvet room”
Sinful - Inspired by Lost Cherry
Inspired by: Kilian Angels' Share
Vibe: cinnamon, dates, praline, vanilla, warm woods, It's rich, sweet, boozy and ridiculously cozy.
Khamrah
Inspired by: Xerjoff Erba Pura
Vibe: citrus, juicy fruit, amber, vanilla, musk
Now THIS is the “smells expensive”
It's fruity, bright, sweet, powerful and unapologetically luxurious.
HARAMAIN AMBER OUD GOLD EDITION SPRAY 60ML
Inspired by: Kayali Vanilla 28
Vibe: brown sugar, vanilla, amber
If what you want is sexy brown-sugar vanilla, this is the one I'd investigate.
Eshal Vanilla PARIS CORNER for women
Inspired by: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540
Vibe: saffron, almond, jasmine, amberwood, musk
Vibe: walking through an expensive hotel where everyone somehow smells incredible
Ana Abiyedh Rouge
Lavender + orange blossom + vanilla territory.
YSL Libre Dupe Perfume: Floral Lavender
Inspired by: Burberry Goddess
Vibe: creamy vanilla, lavender, tonka, citrus
This one is particularly appealing if you like soft, feminine, creamy vanilla rather than bakery vanilla.
Lattafa Maison Alhambra Athena Women Eau De
Unisex/masculine smells on a budget 😩🤤
For the times you'd rather smell like tobacco and leather! Or you could definitely steal the rec for gifting your special person, its the gift that keeps giving, for you and your wallet 😋
If you want smoky-library-boyfriend energy:
Santal 33 Dupe Perfume Inspired by Le Labo: Woody ...
Inspired by: Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Vibe: leather, smoke, spice, dark woods
This is for when you want to smell like you own a leather-bound journal containing several dangerous secrets.
ALHAMBRA TOSCANO LEATHER 2.7 EAU DE PARFUM ...
🍍 The legendary budget-Aventus route. Fruity smoky woods,smoky-fruity chaos
CLUB DE NUIT INTENSE MAN
Inspired by: YSL Y Eau de Parfum
Vibe: fresh citrus, apple, aromatic herbs, woods. it's a very solid example of a designer-inspired fragrance that doesn't require designer money
Fakhar Black Lattafa Perfumes for men
Inspired by: Parfums de Marly Delina
Vibe: fruity, rosy, sweet, elegant
Original: around $400
Dupe: roughly $25–30
Thouq is one of the better choices if you want pretty, feminine, romantic perfume without smelling like a generic fruity body spray
Lattafa Thouq Unisex Eau de Parfum Spray
Inspired by: Dior Sauvage Elixir
Vibe: spicy, amber, cinnamon, woods, vanilla
This one is warmer and darker than standard Sauvage. Current comparisons consistently identify it as the budget alternative to Sauvage Elixir
Asad Lattafa Perfumes cologne - a fragrance for men 2021
Inspired by: Kilian Angels' Share
Vibe: cognac, cinnamon, praline, tonka, vanilla, oak, sandalwood
Kismet Magic by Maison Alhambra for Men