Excellent after care and delivery service from Blossoms perfumery with a three day turnaround. Their bottles were well packaged with a few discount vouchers enclosed.
After smelling our way through copious bottles we were under no illusion that a dupes just a dupe, and can never
exactly replicate an original, otherwise we would be entering the myriadal world of copyright infringement. A little in the way that consumers choose to shop at Aldi's and Lidll with copycats that on occation can hit all the right notes, whereas some can be dreadful. Anyway I'm rambling so I wont except to say a good number of the copycat perfumes remain par exemplary, and by aquiring samples we were in a position to make a better educated purchase. One mans
poison and all that.
Mens samples
Opium Pour Homme.
My absolute favourite and very close to the original. Oriental conntations and most certainly the precurser and father of the amazing La Nuit Pour Lhomme. La nuit pour lhomme has been my go to for many years, and so no suprise that this made me sit up and take note. Absolutely loved it with decent longivity. Well done blossoms for a well priced and well rounded dupe.
Score 10/10
Black Orchid. Mais Oui et bonne le douche! I enjoyed this sweet fragrence immensly. Longivity beng excellent and still carrying the pungent heart notes of lotus, orchid, gardenia and Jasmine several hours later
. This clone really has staying power and the aroma as mentioned is heavy, but accomplished with a melodic dark composition.
Score 9/10
Stronger with you: I have a small amount of the original remaining so was able to do a like for like in a home envirenment. The scents very close to the original, if not as intense and after a few hours the copy had faded, whereas the originals middle notes of Pineapple, Cinnamon, Melon, Sage and Lavender were clearly evident. As I can buy this retail for £66 per 150ml I think it would be more cost effective to not buy the copy owing to staying power.
Score 7/10
Alien Man: I never got the chance to compare it this morning with an original so have nothing to work on save for my own nose appeal. A pretty rounded generic smell and not offensive in any way, seemed to lose intensity after a few hours but at the price point nay mither. If it's all I had left in the top drawer I'd be very happy to use it.
No score as I could not compare
Eau de Nuit:
A nice average affair but not one of my favourite smells. I also did not match this to the copy so cannot comment on its smell alike capabilities
No score as I could not compare
Lady samples
Angel: Very nice indeed and if you like the original you'll probably be OK with this. Fairly close copy with the distint aroma thats ummistakingly Angel.
Score 7.95/10
Black Opium
Very nice copy of YSL's feminine scent. Reasonable longivity. We could not match this at the high street but the wife has used it before and says its a fairly close copy.
Score 8.9/10
Flower Bomb. Wife said this smells very close to the brand and so happy to buy. Tested this morning alongside the brand. From a male perspective J'adore love the smell of Flowerbomb on a woman and at this price it's a no brainer.
Score 9/10
Daisy: Wife has used this many times and you can tell it's ..
unmistakingly Daisy
Score 8.75/10
Guilty: Couldn't test this one so no idea if the clone is up to the mark. Smells pleasant enough