Shoppers rush to buy BEST cheap designer scents that rival Chanel, Dior and other expensive brands
A YOUTUBER who specialises in fragrances has shared his extensive list of 10 designer scents that are affordable and rival expensive brands.
Dallas Dudra has been hosting his own YouTube channel, called Chaos Fragrances, for the last five years, giving his keen insights in all the best colognes available out there.
In his latest video, he shared his top 10 favourite designer scents that “hold up” to pricey brands like Chanel and Dior.
“Often times when you want more quality, you do have to sacrifice price point and you gotta bump it up a bit,” he said at the start of his clip. “But that isn’t always the case. There are some exceptions to that rule and these are 10 of them here.”
Dallas explained that he tried to keep the price between $50 [£40.78] and below. And although he confessed this is still slightly on the expensive side, he pointed out that most big brands sell their products for £80 or more, even with a discount.
The first fragrance he pulled out was the Azarro Chrome Extreme, which he revealed smells “like Aqua Di Gio Profondo,” by Armani.
“That’s a big designer brand and with that normally comes a pretty big price tag. Even with a discount, Profondo’s usually come at $100, depending on the bottle size. This one is between $40-$45 [£36].”
The second scent he revealed was the Versace Man Eau Fraiche, which he said also retails at around the £35 mark.
“It’s got lemon, bergamot, there is some musk, some starfruit in here. It’s very relaxing and refreshing. It’s perfect for summer time,” he said.
He went on: “Next up, my tiny bottle of Burberry Brit For Men,” before explaining that he got this at the start of his career in fragrances and kept it.
“Yes, it is Burberry. Yes, it is on the cheaper side of things. However, it is great. And kind of similar to YSL L’homme Ultime, which also has rose and ginger scents. Discontinued, very expensive, hard to find.”
Dallas added that it’s also around £30, before sharing that not many people will be wearing it.
“Similar to this, right around the $40 [£32] range, the Missoni Parfum,” he continued. “This one often gets compared to Blue de Chanel and kind of in a similar ballpark – it’s got grapefruit, ginger, lemon, there’s a lot of burch in here as well. So very woody and citrusy.”
Explaining that the next scent has been hard to find over the years but is suddenly back in stock, Dallas presented viewers with the £32-range scent Mercedes Benz Infinite Spicy.
“This is by Olivier Cresp,” he revealed. “Very spicy, that should come as no surprise. It’s one of the fresh, spicier scents I have in my collection, one of the strongest ones in terms of just how powerful and spicy it really is.
Dallas said there’s nothing else out there that smells like this scent, adding that this includes everything he has in his own collection.
“It also adds to just how much it adds to your collection. There’s something about this one that’s really refreshing in more ways than one… It’s really good stuff.”
He then decided to cut right back on the price range as he introduced a $20 [£16] perfume called Lalique Encre Noir.
Dallas said there are three in the line: Encre, L’extreme and Sport. He added that they’re all incredible for the price.
“I just wanted to feature this because it’s one of the more wearable ones. Sport is, too… It’s earthy, very dark, very aromatic, it’s just a tonne of wood. It’s very much a dry scent.”
He then moved onto Bentley For Men Absolute, which contains cedar wood, pink pepper, “boozy, whisky, rum accord, and papyrus.
“It kind of smells like Gucci Pour Homme one, which is also a dry cedar wood style scent,” he shared. “Right around $30 dollars for this one, $35 [£28], 100ml, great performance out of it.”
The eighth scent he revealed on his list is the John Varvatos XX Artisan [£35], which is a vetiver-based fragrance that he described as the complete opposite of Encre Noir.
“This is a soapy, clean vetiver. You’re getting some bitter orange… Much easier to pull off, a little bit more modernised overall,” he said.
He then returned his attention to a summer time scent, which retails for around £24.
“Pepe Jeans Cocktail, it’s got grapefruit, there’s some yuzu going on in here, some ginger as well, with a little bit of a spicy kick on the top,” he shared.
The final scent in this list is the £32 Dunhill Icon as Dallas said the original one is the “most unique by far”.
Containing bergamot and pepper, Dallas said it smells like grape soda.
“It’s bizarre… But I promise you, the first time you get it and smell it, it smells like fizzy grape soda.”
Despite this, Dallas insisted it doesn’t smell like a teenager. Instead, he said he smells like a gentleman who has got his career together.
People in the comments were in agreement with him on many of the scents as one person wrote: “I’m wearing Chrome Extreme already! Saw the pop and had to leave a comment. Banger!”
Another shared: “Dunhill Icon is massively underrated.”
While a third added: “Bentley, Azzaro, Mont Blanc, and Mercedes to name a few proved that you don’t have to charge obscene prices to have an amazing great performing mostly original fragrance.”