Dupes & Smell-Alikes

A large share of Arabian perfumery works in the same territory as established designer fragrance - similar structures, similar materials, at a fraction of the price. Nineteen fragrances in our range are widely discussed as smell-alikes, and this is where they sit.

We will not tell you what any of them is meant to resemble. That is deliberate, and worth being straight about: naming another company's trademarked fragrance to sell our own is not something we are willing to do. It is also, under UK law, not something a retailer is entitled to do. Plenty of sites do it anyway. We would rather keep our copy honest than help you shop by comparison chart.

What we give you instead is everything that actually describes the fragrance - full note breakdown by top, heart and base, the scent family, how it wears, who tends to get on with it. If you know the fragrance you are chasing, that information will get you there. Our customers routinely name the match themselves in reviews, and we leave those up.

The honest position on dupes: some are remarkably close, some share a general direction and diverge within the hour, and the difference usually shows up in the base notes. A 2ml settles it in a way that no comparison list can.

All in 2ml, 5ml and 10ml, decanted in the UK from sealed bottles.