Great 'cheap smell-a-like perfumes' Hunt

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Great 'cheap smell-a-like perfumes hunt' Hunt

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I am doing my sister a hamper for Xmas and was going to add a small bottle of her fav perfume, D&G Light Blue. I stopped off in M&S for the sale and sniffed out the perfume. I was shocked to come across Azure Breeze which smells exactly the same as Light Blue and is Ј12 for 100ml! I also brought myself Next Diamonds which smells like Miss Dior Cherie.

So far, I have sniffed out the following:

Next Just Pink - Ralph Lauren Romance
Next Diamonds - Miss Dior Cherie
Next Define - Armani She
M&S True Red - Hugo Boss Deep Red
M&S Azure Breeze - D&G Light Blue
M&S Isis - L'eau de Issey
Zara Collection - Chanel Chance

Anyone have any others they can add? x

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Best answers:

• Mmm very interesting! I'll have to try some of those out! I love how similar some of those names are...
• theres a thread somewhere here too about other cheap smell alikes....
  https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...p+smell+alikes
• OMG, really thats amazing to know, what Zara perfume smells like Chanel Chance? Thats my fav perfume of all time but its so pricey. Thanks again for the info.
• In addition to those above, here are some of the dupes I have found in these stores:
  M&S Sensuale = Chanel Allure
  M&S Butterfly = Marc Jacobs Daisy
  M&S Per Una Limited Edition = Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
  Next Signature = Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
  Next Flowers = Marc Jacobs Daisy
  Next Just Pink = Ralph Lauren Romance
• M&S also do one that is the same as ralph lauren Romance. It's one of the autograph perfumes. I've got both the m&s one and the RL one and they're practically identical!
• Do you find the cheaper ones don't last as long? I love armani elle and have been searching for a deal for about a week.
• I found another today!
  Next Rock Couture = Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb
• Thank you SO much,have been out today and bought m&s Isis - put it on and when I got back to work,a friend said "when did you start wearing Issey?" What a result!!!!!!
• Thanks for these, am going in town next week, am going for a good old sniff for my favourite ones!
• Thanks for the tip.
  Bought M&S Butterfly today Ј6 for 25ml (Ј12 for 100ml but the small one I bought is holiday handbag size!) It is reminiscent of Marc Jacobs Daisy, but reminds me more of Armani Acqua di Gio, which I loved and haven't worn for about 10 years!
  EDT, I sprayed it on at 3.30pm before work and can still smell it on my wrist now.
  Result!
• I wear Channel Coco Mademoiselle and it is expensive. The cheapest I have bought it is at the airport but it was only a few pounds cheaper.
  I bought Suddenly for Ј3.99 in Lidl after reading the article in the paper about it being blind tested with the real thing. I know some people will disagree but I think it does smell like the real thing and it is nice to be able to use it liberally!
• any help with mens please..
• Anyone know a good likeness for Tom Fords - Oud Wood Eau De Perfume? It's a Unisex Fragrance from his Private Blend collection.
  It's very hard to come by the original let alone anything like it. The original is (To my knowledge) only sold in Harrods, Harvey Nichols and maybe Selfrages?
  It's not the kind of sent that works well on all skin, but when it does, it's magic! To pre-empt some replies, I know Tom Ford had before already done an oud sent with M7, created under his direction for Yves Saint Laurent. In fact this is like a toned down version of M7. M7 was introduced in around 2002, but... (and what a ba*tard) he apparently took it back before leaving so it's no longer in production by YSL.
  Anyway, to give you an idea as to what it's like, it’s a dark-ish, earthy wood scent, as was M7, and the latter’s bitter, almost medicinal undertone is still there (the notes for Oud Wood: rosewood, cardamom, Chinese pepper, oud, sandalwood, vetiver, tonka bean, vanilla and amber). It’s lighter in Oud Wood though, and it doesn’t last as long; overall, Oud Wood is a quieter fragrance, with the oud itself softened by the vanilla and other wood notes. It does have a nice bite to it, but it isn’t nearly as heavily spiced as M7. God, can't believe I just typed that.. Maybe I should start reviewing wines or something?
  Anyway, any recommendations gladly received.
• Bella by Primark - smells just like Lola by Marc Jacobs.
• Anybody found a smell-a-like for Armani Acqua Di Gio Woman please?
• I find Noa, rather reminiscent of SJP Lovley (not quite as sickly) i am a bit funny with smells, and some smell quite sickly to me..my O/H bought me SJP and i couldnt wear it as often as i wanted due to the smell, so I went to Boots to the perfume dept (i know the girl there - she actually sold hubby SJP) and asked her for a close as poss likeness without the sicklyness...it worked !!
  recap
  Noa (about Ј13) for SJP Lovley (Ј30ish)