Discounters such as Aldi, Lidl and Co. sell fragrance twins, so-called dupes, in their drugstore departments, which are very similar to brand perfumes from Chanel, Hugo Boss and Jil Sander. The scents of the perfumes are so similar that they can hardly be distinguished from normal consumers and offer a good alternative to expensive branded products.
What is the difference?
The discounters mainly save on the production costs of the dupes. These are mostly made with synthetic fragrances. As a result, the scent stays on the skin for a shorter time and dissipates faster than the scent of the original.
In addition, the manufacturers of the fragrance twins rely on a simpler flacon design and thus also keep the production price significantly lower.
Since the fragrance combinations already exist, the discounters also save the cost of a perfumer who has to create the fragrances separately.
However, consumers do not have to worry about health aspects, because the dermatological quality standards that apply to the production and sale of branded fragrances must also be met by the discounter fragrances.
In general, fragrance twins, or dupes, are not exact copies of the brand fragrances, but only closely resemble them. Therefore, the dupes can differ in nuances from the scents of the originals.
