Sure you can buy clones and scae some money and get a decent hands free microphone.

Lol. That means designer and niche houses are stealing as well. Bond No.9, Mont Blanc, Creed, and others all have "borrowed" inspirations from each other and sold them as their own. That would make the designer and niche houses morally worse because they sell the copied ideas at a premium price, while the "clone" houses sell them affordably to everyone.

Recently it was discovered that dior pays 56$ for a bag and sells it 4000$, and remember even the guy who sold it at $56 to dior he also made a profit of like $20, so, the real cost maybe $15, this also applies to fragrances. The real cost of a frag can be $10 😂

But lots of niche/ high end house copy/inspired by other fragrances too no?

Totally understandable, however there’s some counters to this: 1. The price difference in not so little 2. The fragrance market is quite small. Introducing more users to cheap fragrances will introduce more repeat purchasers and hobbyists that will benefit the industry as a whole. 3. Like the piracy issue in music/movie industry, the creator/original brand gets more exposure; free word of mouth marketing at its best. 4. Your view points don’t hold weight to the third world countries where it’s a big hassle to buy the original. Users generally buy the copy.

“Saved up a little bit more” …: when it’s $30-$60 vs $400

I get where you're coming from, but there's a thing thats called real life, and not everyone can afford designer or niche fragrances. Clone fragrances are for the everyday man who doesnt have disposable income to shell out on a single bottle of cologne

Clones are a little out of hand. However, I suspect the large price increases from designer brands are pushing more people over in this direction.

So because dyson makes blade-less fans does that mean if another blade-less fan comes on the market for cheap they’re stealing?? Not how it works there, it’s purely the market sorting itself out

Al Haramain revenue is 34m$ per year, compared to , for example, Guerlain which has a revenue of 300m$ per year... so you can't say that Al Haramain is a little perfume house, knowing that Guerlain is one of the top sellers worldwide

Indie Companies might lose money but I could care less if LVMH or Estee Lauder lose money, that's the whole idea.

If a bottle of coke cost 15$ you'd best bet I'm buying the home brand one for $1. If pricing wasn't horrid in the fragrance industry clone brands would not need to exist.

I dont prefer clones too. I would rather save up and get the real thing. But I dont hate clones. I think they have a place in the fragrance world. Its good for normal people so they can smell good without spending a fortune on a bottle. But as a serious collector and fragrance enthusiast, I would rather save up and get the real thing as I can definitely tell the difference in quality and composition between clones and OGs.

yeah you're not "anti-establishment" it's very clear you have an elitist point of view when it comes to this hobby

You’re just giving into consumerism and brand worship buying name brand stuff. You’re purely buying it for the name not the juice because it’s so easy to find dupes. Stolen or not the average person shouldn’t be wasting 200-400 bucks on the real thing when you can just buy a clone for $20…

What is your take on Tom Ford Oud Wood, bring cloned by Thameen Carved Oud at higher price?

I hate every car brand other than Volvo because they all stole their safety belt. No-no.

A lot of these fragrances are not 1:1 dupes. If these companies were more reasonable with the prices and quality of their products - Clones wouldn't exist.

As a guy who overbought on clones, now I'd prefer if those monies went to original fragrances. *HOWEVER* - the outstanding clones, 95-99% to the OG for a 5th ( if not 1/6....) of the price taught me how much of a scam some of the "regular" fragrances are. You just gotta be smart about this.

A smell DNA can't be stolen, imagine if you could patent that, the whole industry would be a dead end. At one point a lot of designer fragrances WERE THE CLONES of existing brands at the time. How can you patent something you cannot reproduce 100%, it smells different on people, the music comparison is not well given. Watched the whole video i can see that you care, but that passion you try to find has long gone left the industry. If you are not familiar with the "Ghost perfumer", have a look into it, it's about Creed and how they shafted a lot of perfumers. No honor in this industry.

People who use the money argument for buying clones are hilarious. There are plenty of reasonably priced original fragrances on the market too.

The big problem with all this is that the original houses themselves reformulate their fragrances a few months after putting them on sale. They basically tell you "hey, here, the original bottle, the original logo, the original price, but the liquid inside is not the original formula. Enjoy!" It really is not very different from a clone, not to mention that it is a clone disguised as an original perfume. Reformulations result in fragrances that smell different and perform differently than the original. You buy a Montblanc and what is in the bottle is not very different from a Lataffa. At least the latter sell it to you cheap.

Its like that with all facets of creation there is imitation furniture, cookware, clothes, shoes, tech, shoot even cars. Brands determine the prices consumers spend money on the investment. At some point you make purchase decisions on your personal preferences. You ether want orignal authenticity or replica copy cat styles. The key thing in any purchase of consumerism is the ability to distinguish key qualities that resonate with you the consumer. It's not like large brands dont manufacture cheap quality products and over price them ridiculously to gain unfair high margins of profitability.

If you can’t afford the price go buy the clone guys, If you are really obsessed with the orginal fragrance, you are going to buy it eventually, either you buy it’s clone first or not But when it comes to people’s knowledge about perfumers, your argument is quite surreal. Majority of people wants just to smell good. We have to remember that those people have different things to do everyday and fragrance is just a hobby for them and expecting them to follow a certain perfumer or to know a fragrance’s perfumer is not an appropriate reason to not buying clones. Those two things are not related strongly. Worth noting: nobody needs to know who Alberto Morillas, Quentin Bisch, Kurkdjian, Demachy are. They don’t do it for ordinary people to know their names, they do it for the art and for the money, and for the money you have to be a good perfumer, for sure. If your fragrances have lots of clones, that’s mostly a good thing considering that your frag performs well enough. I agree about a thing with you though, I am sick of top 10 clones lists, those clones do not even smell close, for most of the time and by most of the time I mean %95. Clones are just clones…

I absolutely agree with you about quality of clones. I mean, maybe all basic ingredients are bought from the same "big 6" providers. But I guess some unic ingredients like orris, mahogany wood or ebony wood cannot be bought and replicated so easy (well, even cdnim trys to replicate pineapple with sweet lemon). But still) I live in Russia and we have absolutely enormous prices on fragrances right now. Like price for Amouage, TF of LV fragrance is literally about your salary per month (again - literally). And a lot of frags we can't even buy already: like Dior, Channel, Nichanne etc. So clones actually help us to try some fragrance, original of which we just can't buy or it has absolutely crazy price. And Montale/Mancera help us with it also very well (they have quite a good prices yet). For example: I really wanted to try Dior Fahrenheit but I just can't try it somewhere offline, buy a sample or just a full bottle (we already doesn't have Fahrenheit here). In this case I bought the one from FW and it smells well. Another point about clones is that at least Lattafa tries already to make unic smells. And if you like not only the smell but also the bottles of fragrances then, well, c'mon, you just have to have Ajwaa. I bought it only because of its bottle, and I don't care if it's clone or not (now I know that it's not which is good) but THIS tree-bottle is magnificent... C'mon, name at least one western fragrance with such great bottle - if we have it here I will go and buy it. And another example: Here we have prices for fragrances from FW Abraaj line (clones of Amouage frags) around $12-15. For real Amouages it's about $500-600 (and it's not a joke or smth - these are literally real prices right now here *). Well, you know, in this case - NO, just NO, thanks... * And yes, it's a regular salary per montg here.

i like how much effort u put it gang

saying this while using a neumann clone is quite funny

I learned a lot from this video. I understand your view point but I don’t have the money to spend $100+ on multiple bottles of cologne. But I can do 4 clones for under $200. I actually agree with what you’re saying but it comes down to the value at the end of the day

I don't know why all the hate you get but your opinion is reasonable.

Do u think black panther is the best clone of tygar?

Cracking up over all the needless hate this vid is getting. I love the info and the way it’s being delivered. Someone mentioned the mic(?) he is using; how ludicrous is that? I mean, come on…really? And I’ll go ahead & bite the bullet & mention the elephant in the room: most clones suck!! They’re often heavy-handed, or have a clearly noticeable factor of cheapness in their scent. Who knows wtf is really in them as well. Sorry not sorry, but I trust a legendary designer house like Dior a HELLUVA lot more than any clone or mass producer UAE manufacturer when it comes to putting something on my skin. The most noticeable physical reaction I ever had to a fragrance was from a Lattafa (Sheik Shuyuke Final Edition) - which did smell good btw! And yes I have a couple of Afnans I love from their Supremacy line. So I am not against clones, I just think most of them are crap!

I love the way you edit your videos! Keep up the good work! You have a bright future ahead! Love from Belgium

I see it as buying fake shoes, you payed a fraction of the price that can be perceived by many to be the real thing, but you will always know it isn't. If I can't afford something, I don't buy a copy of it to fulfill a need that I didn't deserve. Everybody can have a different perspective, and I get the ones that buy clones, but it just doesn't feel good to wear for me

I am with you 100% man!!! -Clones... been there, done that. I have 130+ bottles, ALL original ones, I got rid of the several clones I tried. -I would never wear a Tom Ford or Prada fake jacket, or a fake Movado watch. That would be distasteful, pretentious, and just lame and embarrassing to me. No clones for me, thank you! I am far from rich, but I like the real thing, I deserve the real thing. If I can't afford it, I move on. Imagine meeting someone for the first time who ask you about what you are wearing and you are wearing a clone. uuuuh... no good. The creative artistic work done by the original creators also deserves respect. And it is just better quality too. Never mind the haters. You are right.

I mean it makes sense to a certain degree. Companies make an investment to hire a perfumer, research and develop something new, but at this point a clone is not going to hurt something like Dior, or Chanel. Now if there was a arab clone for something that is from a small company, originally like $20 I would be mad

People spend their money as they like!

also some of the houses mentioned do use givaudan ingredients, especially montagne

The only thing I dislike about this video is your Harry Potter glasses. Otherwise, you're a wizard Declan.

I get your point. But perfumes are one of the products with the highest gross margins of all consumable items. Just look at the price of fragrances from brands like Tom Ford. They are not only expensive but they keep bumping up the already high prices again and again up to ridiculous amounts. Besides that I think many people couldn't care less if some High Fashion Brands like Tom Ford or YSL "loose out" on some money because people just buy the clones instead. The consumer doesn't owe these brands anything.

Is that microphone new lattafa clone tom ford leather oud?

What I do respect about the clones is that they can get so close to the real thing, but cost like 10 times less, and that can justify your purchase. However, if the clone is cloning a designer scent, at let's say half the price, and being 80-90% accurate, with the performance being a bit weaker, then you could argue that you should invest into a real thing. Also, in some instances, clone fragrance can outperform the actual fragrance, so of course people are going to support clone houses.

I like them because I don’t have the money for the real deal ones lol

You make a lot of good points. And I can tell you've put a lot of effort. I also respect the truly original frag community content. But I disagree on most of these points. However I have subscribed.

I started off with clones because i didn't have the budget or i didn't allow myself, financially, to spend on more expensive perfumes. I said this just so you know where im coming from. I will say this, if all i cared about is purely scent, i'd be more then satisfied with the clones. Infact, the LATTAFA fragrances i have (not all of them are obvious clones) are in the top of my prefered fragrances out of my collection and i display this fact on fragrantica without shame. I have 15 dollar LATTAFA's that i prefer to 200 dollar niche, and they perform better! Having said that, i moved away from clones simply because i want to own the originals. It is not out of boasting or flexing, infact, if someone asks me what fragrance im wearing i usually lie about it because in today's economy and in the country i live in i'd be embarrased to admit in owning fragrances that cost as much as a month's rent. I don't have that kind of money anyway so i'd be trying to paint a picture that is simply not true. No man should pretend to have money he doesn't or to live a lifestyle that is a farce. Still, i chose to gravitate towards the originals because i respect and appreciate the product even more. Thats not to say i don't appreciate my clones, see my first point. I take care of the bottles and cherish them with the same attention as my more expensive stuff. As a person who wasn't spoiled and didn't have money for hobbies or money to throw away, you learn to appreciate and cherish everything.

I see it like this: McDonalds doesnt own HAMBURGERS or the components that make them (lettuce, cheese, etc) thats why we choose where to buy that combination of ingredients called "burgers"... As FLAVORS, how can someone own a SMELL? or the combination of lavender, bergamot, vanilla for example?? give me a break... thats why I find morally correct that we choose where to buy that combination of ingredients called "perfume" Let the chef cook, and buy what you like. Let the best brand win your money according what youre willing to spend, thats fair in my book. (LOL I just imagine germans saying "we own beer"... WW3 💀)

Should've stuck with the "choose indie" narrative and kept it at that as these controversial videos aren't the way to go if you want to grow your channel. If you focused on that then the video would've been much better. Fragrance industry is stupidly corrupt and the clones are nowhere near being some of the worst things in the industry. They don't take credit for creating the fragrance as everyone knows that it's a clone. Often they're titled as "inspired by x". If the clone can smell almost just the same, have just as good and sometimes even better performance, then there's no reason the OG's should cost 10x as much. Anyways, good luck on this channel and your perfuming journey. Take this advice and focus on the actual problems in the industry and your channel will grow too. I left a like on your video as support and hope to see this channel grow.

I don’t like clones either but I see the space for them in the market and these higher end clones available now are actually made by hired perfumers as well not just decided and mixed by a machine.

To be 100% honest, I do not love the fact that I own some clones. But let me be 1000% clear it’s not because in any way shape or form I feel bad that I’m taking money out of one of these billion dollar or at least hundreds of million dollars Fragrant houses. How many times have you purchased a cologne really liked it then once you’re done with that bottle you purchased another of the same bottle only to find it’s not the same quality? So we’re OK with them doing that but we should have a problem with cloning it? The way I see there’s two ways to solve the problem number one sell your product cheaper, if you sell it for the same price as a clone would cost you’re not gonna have to worry about cloning it, and number two your clones. What if Creed had their own clone of Creed Aventus? you let it be known that you are using lesser quality but at a significant savings

you are so original and exceptionnal.......................................

Idk what made you do a video like this, but it seems a bit misguided...perhaps even with the intent of rage-baiting. The idea that the cloning houses, which are mostly UAE based, are the only ones who clone is a bit silly. Both Mancera Cedrat Boise and Montblanc Explorer smell like Aventus, but those houses get a free pass and are branded "Aventus-inspired" when compared to Armaf's stuff. Green Irish Tweed and Cool Water smell similar, but you won't hear people cry about the morality of copying someone else's work there, unless it's the arabic houses who do it at a more competitive pricing, while also creating decent products. Depending on where you live, and a whole lot of people don't live in developed western countries, spending 100, 200 or more $$ on a perfume might not be that viable, so getting something that has a decent scent and performance for relatively cheap is the only option.

Your own channel name is a clone of an OG fragrance reviewer Katie Puckrik Smells.

Yea I agree especially with the first point. I had one clone fragrance. I sold it after a few days even tho I liked it and it was around 1/5 of the price of the original. I just felt bad with myself knowing that I use the clone

your looking in the wrong place I just saw Vibrato for 180 in stock 😂

Clones are “inspired” and “copied” versions of the originals but in my opinion clones never have to be carbon copied exact the same. They can be, many consumers would love them but not a must criteria. At least for me, I never go out each time and make sure meticulously the clones I’m buying or have bought are and must be exactly the same. 90% of the time, I do not care but I do care the way as they smell off of my skin, the performance and this is something you never mentioned about, “feelings” the emotions when you wear them. That goes to the whole world of fragrances. So when I wear the colones and make me feel so good then I don’t care the rest. Sure it’s a good reference to have sometimes what they are cloning to or inspired by. And also many of them smell as equally as good or better than the originals as many honest reviewers have been testifying. If you still want to spend $200 and more for the originals just so you feel the just is served knowing they are the “original” creators then no one would scream at your face. And remind you, some of those original fragrances might have been also getting at least “inspired” by other original brands and competitors especially when it comes to those “greedy” cosmetic and fragrance corporations. Those noses, the artists are just getting paid huge bucks by those multi-billion dollar companies what to creat and they are not necessarily creating by their own creative imaginations. They do have that “menu” and “instructions” written by those corporations to follow. Once those noses become very popular and earn huge recognitions from the world, they will sometime create their own labels like Francis Kurkdijan and he puts his own price tag on them which are not 2 digits but 3. At the end of the day, whether you are tired of clones or those flankers after flankers, they are in the same existence to make more money off of all of us fragrance enthusiasts or addicts one way or the other and you are also sort of justifying to buy some of clones of certain ones then we all are in the at least similar perimeter and neighbourhood of getting some scented water or “toilet water” to make ourselves smell and feel good regardless of where they are from and who made them. I like both the originals and clones but what I do deteste is the price tags they putting on particularly with designers fragrances and not only so high considered the production costs are so low, but they still keep raising the prices every year for the same or some cases worse because they reformulate them and dilute them for more profits!! And those people who are involved to create a fragrance you were talking about in the beginning of the video, most of them are also employees of those greedy companies and they just do what they were told to do just like most of us here. So for me, betraying or cheating on the originals, I don’t feel bad one bit. If it’s an independent artist and going through a lot of work and effort then that’s a complete different story. Of course most people in the fragrance community would understand his/her hard work and unique artistry.

I hate Bond No9, Amouage, perfumers who recreate their fragrance for another fragrance house, "reverse engineering" and those who create with a twist, mancera, montale, but the compliments and price tags that goes along with those clones is great for most. Fact maybe yes no???: Firmenich - One of the largest fragrance and flavor companies in the world, Firmenich has extensive capabilities in fragrance creation and may analyze popular scents for inspiration in their formulations. International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) - A global leader in the fragrance and flavor industry, IFF is involved in the creation of new fragrances, which can involve reverse engineering as part of their process. Symrise - Another significant player in the fragrance industry, Symrise may reverse engineer popular fragrances as part of their innovation and development processes. Anyway, hope your delivery is recieved in its entirety and not subjected to subjectivity.

Good job :) very likable channel

Great op-ed. Even if I dont fully agree with some of your arguments ;-) Looking forward to your next video.

Well said, couldn’t agree more.

You forgot to tell all the truth. Many of designer fragrances are inspired by another fragrances, that's some kind of clone...

Tell the people working in sweatshops for the big brands about morality, and you're getting 'sick of it'????

You like Jolene by the White Stripes??? Come on...

Fragrance is expensive so "clones" are a good market, you can go into zara and get some really good inspired by fragrances but there are differences and trade offs in quality and the dry down dosent lie when it comes to these clones because that dry down is disgusting in my experience For me the original is always better blended, smelling, preforming, and the dry down superior, alot of these clones can smell too sharp and too fake smelling, with inferior dry down

Sorry but I have to go on a bit of a rant: With regard to your morality argument yes it's morally/ethically dubious to copy and then receive credit for someone else's work but there's some nuance that you haven't factored into your argument. 1) Hypothetically speaking If I will never be able to afford a $500 scent and some clone house duplicates that scent DNA and sells it for $50 and I buy that product is the clone house REALLY robbing the original creator of revenue when the chances of me ever buying the original are precisely zero? 2) Real example this time... I tested Dior Sauvage elixir and didn't personally like it then I tested Lattafa Asad and loved it. Am I not allowed to purchase the fragrance that I actually prefer? Same goes for YSL's Y EDP I ACTUALLY prefer Lattafa's final edition. Also have you seen the bottle presentation of the new releases from Lattafa? I can't speak for all clone fragrances but I have become a lattafa fan because they simply produce quality fragrances... period. The price is just a happy coincidence. I haven't bought a PDM layton clone as yet but I dislike the original scent and would be happy to find a "reimagined" version that I can enjoy of that DNA as well. I actually layer Layton with Burberry hero when I wear it because of how much I dislike the layton original DNA. This is why clone houses have gotten popular. It's not because they are stealing intellectual property. It's because they are producing products that fill a genuine gap that exists in the market with regard to scent DNA diversity as well as excellent note selection and CRITICALLY the performance in the drydown. A little known fact about many (if not most) overhyped designer fragrances (except versace dylan blue) is that they $h!t the bed in the drydown and I absolutely hate that. Versace eros, Stronger with you absolutely, Ultramale, Bleu de Chanel, and several other popular designer scent's can't hold a candle to most of the Lattafa scents I own in terms of performance. Montale fragrances are the only original perfumes that are consistently worth your money in terms of performance IMHO.

Kudos, for voicing an opinion that goes against the mob 🍻

Very gopd video. Informative.

Why’d you trigger so many TikTok fragrance kids with this video? 😅

Amazing high qaulity video! Cannot believe this does not have more views. I could not agree more, keep up the good work.

Thank you bro. Many people who also hate copycats who undercut originals (ie clones) are afraid to speak up about it. You see why in your comments lol! Clone lovers are like a mob lol. But I agree with you whole heartedly man.

I'd rather wear cdnim than that weak sauce rip off creed aventus. I'd spend money on a pdm fragrance, but stuff like creed and roja elysium are so weak. Can't justify wasting the money

A hot take. Good video

I don’t like most clones either out of the 20 or so I own I like about 4.

Aww poor luxury brands :C don't clone fragrance you guys! T.T

I disagree with u but i understand ur point of view. Original is great,if we talk about respecting the creator.parfume industry itself is problem.each new reformulation fragrance getting weaker and weaker but the company still put their price high and even higher.that's definitely rip off to customer and not fair. Yes,some clone are better in performance doesn't mean they have better ingredient like the real one.and,even in the real one they still wore syntetic ingredient.buyer value different aspect.u perhaps more appreciate the orignality regardless the peformance,price and etc. Most buyer,normie like me just want smell good with good price.

Commenting to boost your stats - really good content, keep it up brother

I can’t see myself buying a clone it’s no point just get the real thing and be happy. These clone junkies will buy million clones and it’s still won’t smell better than the real thing. Like buying a fake Rolex being delusional thinking it’s better than the real thing. Just pathetic if you feel the original is to expensive don’t complain just save up. You will be even more happy. But buying a collection of clones is cringe

When you're shooting a KZfaq video with a jank mic, sitting on a twin bed with your grandma's hand-me-down sheets, designer and niche fragrances are the last thing you should be thinking about spending your money on... Lvl up your life before you blow your paycheck on perfumes my man.

thank you for making this video, encapsulated how i feel perfectly

people just want to smell good

Clone fragrances are extremely tacky

love the poorfrogs coping in the comments

Hidden gem of a channel. Watched almost of your videos by now and will keep watching, great and entertaining content! Thank you.

Imagine being soo high up big brands posterior’s that all you can smell is the aroma of their excrements

lf you real know a lot about perfumery as you claim here , then you will know that a lots of designers fragrances are clones or copy of each other too . lt is neither wrong if say ; ZARA creates an inhouse clone of a designer fragrance. A lot of you just dislike them because they come from UAE and are too affordable.

Awesome video 👌🏻

Go to the grocery store and you will see a Generic version of many items. Cinnamon Toast Crunch vs Cinnamon Toast Brunch. The generic brand is a replica of the OG. Not an inspiration. Nobody is forcing you to buy the clone. Food, clothes, shoes, materials. Damn near everything has a cheaper alternative. And somehow, the companies are still thriving. And when they are not, I'm not sure the that it is due to the existing of those replicas. I've spent a good amount of money on the real deals. And a lot of money on the clones. Many of the clones I've purchased influenced me to buy the real deal.

Few misses, but also an important message about buying stuff you dont need. Clones of fragrances you have never smelled just because u got a good deal

Noticed you're only tslking about middle-eastern. Why not seem unbiased and include western designers that clone or creste inspired by Eg. Davidoff Cool Water Mont Blanc Explorer Ferrari Bright Neroli... the list goes on. Or how about Niche that clearly take the example from designer or evem other Niche. Eg. Creed Original Santal vs Mont Blanc Individuel or Oud for Greatness vs PdM Haltane. Or evem blatant clone companies that do the same and just add a twist, Eg. Dua, Parfums Vintage or Alexandria. No negative comments on this, bit the middle eastern get all the attack right? Riiiiiiiigggggghhhhttttt. . . . By the way, I am not speaking about the clones that copy the bottle design and similar names. That is overdoing it. I'm talking about clones like, Raghba Wood Intense smelling like By The Fireplace, CDNIM smelling like Aventus, or Ferrari Bright Neroli smelling like Neroli Portofino

Huge L. Most of my collection is made up of real niche and designer fragrances. I focused on the hobby because I wasn't focused on a lot of other things. Most normal people can't afford these fragrances. They are outlandishly expensive. They live in a society that is classist and the middle class has been destroyed by greed. The price of housing and food is extortionate. Everyone is miserable and unwell and the message is "figure it out". People should feel perfectly fine buying clones of obscenely overpriced fragrances or any other product. Life is short. You start off talking about morality. You know what's immoral? 8 men have the same wealth as 3.6 billion people combined. There is absolutely zero reason anyone should feel bad buying a clone. Not one iota of guilt. Niche companies are extremely profitable. Clones don't have the same quality of ingredients and they aren't exactly the same. I come from the world of fine single malt whisky so I like to get the best product, but I don't lecture people about morality because they buy clones when they can't afford to live. It's such an out of touch, corporate ass-kissing snob move. Keep an eye on the dislike counter. It's going to grow. You've already been ratio'd.

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this video is 100% opinion with not many legit facts behind it. Also bruh get an adult bedroom, grow up.

buy all the clive christian fragrances and smile and say ,im not like the mass who buy cheap clones...go and visit justin copeland , another puffed ego......

The entire argument of "stealing" falls apart when you consider perfumers don't own their creations nor do they make royalties from it. I'm all about crediting your perfumers and paying them more, but the fact of the matter is that these recipes and formulations are owned by mega corporations. I couldn't possibly feel poorly about displaying forged Basqiat reprints, and I think that is analogous to perfumery. By your logic I should be condemning Damber Wabsolute despite the perfumer sharing the ingredients and no longer being a part of Tom Ford as well as anti-establishment himself. These scent profiles becoming more accessible only helps the perfumer get more credit, if that's who we really care about here. People aren't buying dupes because they want dupes. They want the OG but can't afford it. Someone's first dip into fragrance is a lataffa dupe of a xerjoff instead of sauvage. They hate "cologne" but this one actually smells nice. Guess who just got a new eventual fan? The perfumer. That's not to say they live off love and adoration, they need money just like us, but more OG bottles being sold doesn't necessarily mean more money in their pocket and more encompassingly, who's to say more OG bottles aren't sold BECAUSE of dupes making scent profiles more accessible? I know I bought Tuxedo because I loved The Tux so much. I never smelled that scent profile before. It's only natural that anyone with a dupe would eventually want to graduate to the real thing. I should probably actually watch past 6 minutes though so let me continue.

High quality video

I hate the smell of clones

Youre 100% correct

no dude, the real scam is fragances to those prices! I even have the budget and not willing to pay for that crap. Stop your non sense. And whatever, people still going to buy dupes haha

Most people can’t afford niches and designers. Most “clones” are inspired by’s smell wise. Even some niches and designers are “clones”. Also I like when clones show that you can get something similar for way less. Showing how a lot of fragrances are way overpriced. When I go to walmart I only buy equate mouthwash, toothpaste, shampoo etc. I spend less than $100 a year on all this stuff. But back when I used to buy the original name brand stuff, I was spending almost $80 to buy all my hygiene essentials. And over $300 a year. Is walmart evil for making equate cheaper and more accessible with similar quality. I don’t think so, I think they’re showing us how overpriced these other companies are.

In the air they all smell the same. No one will come and sniff your skin and tell you you're wearing a clone.

Your like a fragrance Anthony fantano and I mean that negatively

Aventus. Nobody could tell if you're wearing anything. 300€ CDNI. Everybody can appreciate your scent. 30€ Of course I'm into clones. Companies should get into not scamming us