Cheap Smell-alikes - Cheaper alternatives to Expensive Perfumes

GothicPrincess87

placed an order a few days ago for some perfume oils from a seller i found on ebay as i was looking for a decent smell alike for poison since the pp one is now rubbish i received them today i also ordered hypnotic poison and happy heart they are all spot on smell exactly like the real thing if anyone is interested in ordering from him his username is djdave2005 i ordered 3 oils for £5 think they are 3.5ml bottles and postage was 75p.

Lekha2611

Hey guys,

Has anyone managed to find a cheap alternative to DKNY's Be Delicious (the green apple shaped bottle), or even Hugo Boss's Deep Red?
Thanks!

scentedellie

Lekha2611 wrote: »

Hey guys,

Has anyone managed to find a cheap alternative to DKNY's Be Delicious (the green apple shaped bottle), or even Hugo Boss's Deep Red?
Thanks!

[FONT=Courier New, monospace]Delirious by La Femme = DKNY Be Delicious [/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New, monospace]Dashing Red by La Femme = Deep Red[/FONT]

sparklysquiz

I placed an order on perfume parlour over a week ago I never got an email confirmation or anything seems like it never went through anyone else have this problem??

sofababe

sparklysquiz wrote: »

I placed an order on perfume parlour over a week ago I never got an email confirmation or anything seems like it never went through anyone else have this problem??

Log into your account and check the order status. Amir is so helpful and friendly, give him a call if there's a problem.

Daniel_Wade

I just want to add my thumbs up for Perfume Parlour. I bought some of the oils and thought I'd share my opinions...

Koko's Rico (Gaultier - Kokorico) - It smells a bit overpowering at first and I didn't recognise the scent, but after a few minutes on the skin it smells amazing! I still have some of the original Kokorico EDT here and sprayed some on my other wrist to compare. The PP substitute smells identical!

Verily Irresistable (Givenchy - Very Irresistable) - The weakest of the 3. Has a vague similarity to the original and doesn't give much projection. That said, the original is quite a weak fragrance anyway. I'd avoid this one.

Malt Men (Thierry Mugler - Pure Malt) - Absolutely gorgeous, strong without being overpowering and very much like the original (very expensive) scent. My personal favourite!

The problem with fragrance oils is that, although they have a lot of lasting power on the skin, they don't give much projection. In the coming days I'm going to try infusing these with alcohol to see what results I get. I've also ordered 3 more oils and will give you my opinion on those soon.

scentedellie

Daniel_Wade wrote: »

I just want to add my thumbs up for Perfume Parlour. I bought some of the oils and thought I'd share my opinions...

Koko's Rico (Gaultier - Kokorico) - It smells a bit overpowering at first and I didn't recognise the scent, but after a few minutes on the skin it smells amazing! I still have some of the original Kokorico EDT here and sprayed some on my other wrist to compare. The PP substitute smells identical!

Verily Irresistable (Givenchy - Very Irresistable) - The weakest of the 3. Has a vague similarity to the original and doesn't give much projection. That said, the original is quite a weak fragrance anyway. I'd avoid this one.

Malt Men (Thierry Mugler - Pure Malt) - Absolutely gorgeous, strong without being overpowering and very much like the original (very expensive) scent. My personal favourite!

The problem with fragrance oils is that, although they have a lot of lasting power on the skin, they don't give much projection. In the coming days I'm going to try infusing these with alcohol to see what results I get. I've also ordered 3 more oils and will give you my opinion on those soon.

I agree about perfume oils lacking projection, so will be very interested in your infusion with alcohol results.

scentedellie

danielwade wrote: »

I tried infusing my Perfume Parlour oil with vodka. It definitely made a difference and gave it more projection, so I'd say it works. That said, it's only 37% proof, so the result was quite weak. I'm going to buy some perfumers alcohol soon and give that a try.

On a side note, I also bough Milton Lloyd's Bondage (JPG Le Male) and I give it a solid recommendation! I've been wearing Le Male for 10 years and this smells identical, lasts several hours and projects very well. Very pleased with this!

Let me know how the perfumer's alcohol works, please.

Also, will you put the end result in a glass bottle with stopper, or a spray bottle (presumably plastic)?

Thanks.

scentedellie

scentedellie

That's really interesting, Daniel. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to let us know your results.

The trouble with perfume oils is that they stay close to the skin, and therefore lack projection. Mixing with alcohol seems to overcome this, so I may give it a whirl.

Thanks again.

scentedellie

PinkTiger

Please does anyone know if there is a smell a like of Estee Lauders Sensuous Noir (the one in the bluey/purple bottle)?

I have Cashmere from Next which is similar to Sensuous Nude which i like for daytime but the Noir is my real fave & at the moment only wear it on special occasions as i cannot afford to replace it when it runs out.

thank you to anyone who can help & apologies if it has already been mentioned & i missed it xx