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By: Nico Reiter
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There are numerous designer perfumes that have a cheaper scent twin.
However, these “dupes” can also have disadvantages.
Kassel – When you buy a branded perfume you can quickly find yourself 100 euros poorer.
But bargain hunters know how to get similar products cheaper.
The trick is so-called scent twins, which are often referred to as “dupes” in the cosmetics industry.
These are perfumes that try to come as close as possible to a well-known scent - and at a significantly lower price.
But despite their bargain prices, can these perfumes represent a good alternative to the originals?
The differences between scent twins and the original perfume
Many beauty bloggers online present perfumes that are supposed to have exactly the same scent despite different prices.
When the popularity of a designer fragrance increases, the cheaper drugstore replacement doesn't take long to arrive.
While the composition of the fragrance notes contains the same or similar notes as the original, there are still some differences between the alternatives.
There are many cheap scent twins available online and in drugstores.
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For example, it is not permitted to sell entire copies of the fragrance.
No direct reference to the original may be made, be it through the name, the bottle or the packaging.
According to WDR,
these may not be taken over for legal reasons
.
Duplicates can easily result in a violation of trademark law or a violation of competition law, according to the
VKE cosmetics association.
Cheap alternatives to branded perfumes through “dupes”
Nevertheless, several shops have specialized in selling scented twins.
Some of them, such as Kazaar, Larisé and Éclat, are available online.
In Germany they are represented by d&p Perfumum and Loris.
At Loris, each number of a perfume corresponds to that of a known doppelganger.
A list can be found online.
However, this may not be displayed in the branches themselves.
Other stores such as Aldi or Lidl also offer cheap alternatives.
Certain scent twins are particularly popular on the Internet.
“Black Opium” by Yves Saint Laurent costs 75 euros, while the duplicate “Touch Of Woman” by La Rive is available for 10 euros.
“Alien” by Thierry Mugler costs 70 euros, while “Sacrifice” by Ajmal only costs 36 euros.
However, you have to miss the iconic bottle in the discount version.
The well-known men's fragrance “One Million” by Paco Rabanne also normally costs almost 50 euros.
“Cash Man” by La Rive is available online for the equivalent of 5 euros.
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Fragrance twin in the test – Coco Mademoiselle in four price categories
In the WDR
program Markt,
the same scent was tested in four different price categories.
Fragrance twins for “Coco Mademoiselle” by Chanel can be found at dm, Lidl and Action.
From the original price of 96 euros, the same content goes down to 96 cents for the cheap version.
A perfumer tests all price levels.
The duplicates are of significantly lower quality and the scent is slightly adulterated, but according to the expert, they have a right to exist, at least for their price.
He sees an exception with the cheapest version, which he would not recommend.
The duplicates do have a few small disadvantages.
According to
Stern,
the scent of the doppelgangers disappears much faster than the originals.
This is because cheaper synthetic materials are often used.
It is also possible that the scent initially appears identical, but develops differently than the branded product.
If you don't want to spend too much money and are happy with slightly lower quality, you can find a good replacement for classic perfumes online or in the drugstore.
If you want it even cheaper, you can also make your own scents.
Too much perfume isn't a good idea either - one woman even annoyed her neighbors because of it.
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