Colognes & Clones lines up designer fragrances with the cheaper clones that smell like them
Designer and niche colognes sit beside the clones that come closest, each scored out of 100, with the price gap where prices are in.
By Robert Harrison ·
Why it matters: Shoppers can see which clones come close to a designer scent and how much they would save.
For information only, not investment advice.
Every clone on the site gets a score out of 100 for how closely it smells like the original, with labels such as “nearly identical” and “very close” beside the number.1 The pairs sit side by side, with designer and niche colognes on a dark left column, the clones on a light right one and the match score between them.1 The site covers more than 150 colognes from over 50 fragrance houses, including Creed, Tom Ford and Parfums de Marly, each lined up against the clones and dupes that come closest.1
Designer cologne is expensive, and the clones are spread across many brands, which is the gap the site fills. Where prices are in, it shows how much less the clone costs per ounce or per bottle, and it puts the average saving at more than 80%.1 There are collections for winter and summer, and shopping by brand, by clone house or by scent family such as woody, spicy, vanilla or fresh.1
A scent finder handles the guesswork: say where you are going and the impression you want to make, and it picks a cologne and the clone that smells like it.1 The site suits anyone who likes designer fragrance but not the price, and shoppers new to clone houses such as Lattafa, Armaf and Maison Alhambra who want to know which are worth trying. Links go to Amazon, and the site discloses that it earns from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate.1 Sainteur's founder built it.
Sources
- The Best Cologne Clones and Dupes, Colognes & Clones
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