Copycat Fragrances The Honest Truth
So you are looking for bargain fragrances and have
stumbled across copycat fragrances and you are hearing that you can
practically get a fragrance that smells pretty much like a high end niche
perfume but which costs a lot less. Well you have heard correct and my aim is
to help you make an informed choice before spending any money of copy cat
fragrances.
The term copycat until recently was mostly used by kids in
the playground, when one kid sees another copying them, they would call them a
copycat, and now it has started to be extensively used for perfumes and
fragrances. More specifically for those fragrances that are actually inspired
by another fragrance and the copycat fragrance tries to mimic the said perfume
in all aspects, like the top notes, middle notes and base notes.
Let me tell you the honest truth about smell alikes, and
thats regardless of which clone house has released them, the truth is that they
will not be a 100% match, you will always notice subtle differences between
your favourite perfume and the copycat perfume you are interested in. Another
point to note is that the level of difference you are able to pick up varies
from person to person, so on one hand, Joe for example may feel that a dupe fragrance
is a complete match; whereas Michael on the other hand, when shown the exact
same fragrance will differ with Joe's opinion and will say there is a
difference and the cloned fragrance is way off. So be prepared for this, and
first try a sample of the copycat perfume you are thinking of buying before
committing to a full sized bottle.
Another factor to consider when purchasing copycat fragrances
is that the packaging is very minimal, most often than not you will only
receive a bottle, without any fancy boxing or packaging, some people really
enjoy the full presentation, so if you are a presentation person, and really want
to enjoy the full experience then maybe replica fragrances are not your thing,
but if you are not bothered about the box and presentation and you only want
the "juice" to be on point then inspired perfumes will be your thing.
When buying copycat fragrances always due your due diligence
with regards to the company you are thinking of buying from and also about the
particular perfume you are thinking of purchasing because certain perfume clone
houses may have a good product but their after sales/customer services really
sucks, so if you have a problem after your purchase you will struggle to get it
resolved, and with perfumery products, there is always a chance that the
product might not arrive, or may get stolen in transit or it may arrive broken,
so if you know a company has a good track record with regards to after sales
service then you can be rest assured that any issues will be dealt with
swiftly. Some companies have a good customer services record but the particular
fragrance you want a copycat for is no good, so that is also something to
consider, that you check online reviews and also youtube reviews, take reviews
on a vendors website with a pinch of salt because there is no way to verify if
they are genuine or not.