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Cheap Smell-alikes - Cheaper alternatives to Expensive Perfumes

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  • Thanks scentedellie!

    Browsing again and thinking about another order - eeek! Does anyone have any recommendations for a warm vanilla, caramel, sweet kind of perfume, please?
  • My partner purchased some smell a like perfumes and aftershaves from mixmatchmakeup.com they are also doing a deal for any 3 for £10 !! some great smells there think they operate that deal on a promo code..
    think its promo949
  • KKDiss
    KKDiss Posts: 2 Newbie
    I'm always on the hunt for Vivienne Westwood's Libertine which was discontinued a few years back. Any ideas for a smell a like much appreciated.

    Also I love Fendi Palazzo, also discontinued so any suggestions please?

    Many thanks x
  • Secret1234
    Secret1234 Posts: 203 Forumite
    I've just ordered stealth (stella) from perfume parlour. Has anyone got any smell alikes for stella in two (which has been discontinued, waaaaaah) or stella McCartney lily? I cannot afford the ridiculous prices! Thanks
    :p Love being a mummy
  • sofababe
    sofababe Posts: 1,394 Forumite
    jenkellyxx wrote: »
    I've just ordered stealth (stella) from perfume parlour. Has anyone got any smell alikes for stella in two (which has been discontinued, waaaaaah) or stella McCartney lily? I cannot afford the ridiculous prices! Thanks


    I'm going assume you mean the Peony half of In Two? Kate Moss original is supposed to be pretty similar, much cheaper too. It also has peony and pepper as its two main notes. Worth a sniff.
  • Saturnalia
    Saturnalia Posts: 2,051 Forumite
    Woo hoo, I've just ordered from Perfume Parlour! Got the 10x 3ml offer, it's like having a tester pallette. I'm going to have a try-out of all the perfumes I've sniffed in shops and never been able to afford.:j

    My haul:

    Alienate (Alien)
    About Eve (Joop All About Eve)
    Sense (Burberry Touch)
    Cine (Cinnabar)
    Obsessed (Obsession)
    Intrude (Paloma Picasso)
    Salute (Midnight Poison)
    Sunset (Samsara)
    Hint of Water (Tender Poison)
    Tribes (Tribe)

    The last two were my signature scents in the early & mid 90s and have long since been discontinued, so pleased to find them again!:j

    All About Eve, I fell in love with in a perfume shop in Menorca circa 1995 but didn't buy a bottle and have never seen it since!
    Public appearances now involve clothing. Sorry, it's part of my bail conditions.
  • LouLou
    LouLou Posts: 2,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 16 June 2013 at 7:38PM
    A bit late to contribute this Weekend Deal to the thread but I'm just back from Lidl. This was being talked about on HUKD and is apparently a great dupe of Hugo Boss aftershave.

    X-Bolt Eau De Toilette £1.99. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lidl-x-bolt-aftershave-edt-only-1-99-weekend-1579432

    http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG9579127/Lidls-3.99-designer-aftershave-put-to-the-test.html
  • Saturnalia
    Saturnalia Posts: 2,051 Forumite
    They came this morning! I only ordered them on Saturday afternoon. That's excellent service.

    I have a tiny dab of Tender Poison on one hand and Tribe on the other and they both smell exactly as I remember them. The other oils smell nice in the bottles too but of course you can't really tell until they're on your skin, can you.

    I'll be recommending Perfume Parlour to everyone, my first impressions are excellent.
    Public appearances now involve clothing. Sorry, it's part of my bail conditions.
  • Saturnalia
    Saturnalia Posts: 2,051 Forumite
    "Like" Perfume Parlour on Facebook and they give you a discount, I think it is 15%. :j

    Unfortunately I also got a message in my FB news feed that Youth Dew is back in stock, why did they have to tell me that? I might be using that discount before too long. :D
    Public appearances now involve clothing. Sorry, it's part of my bail conditions.
  • Robie
    Robie Posts: 150 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Anyone has any experience of 'La Femme' EDTs? Are they any good or should I stick to Milton Lloyd?

    Thanks.
    Robie
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