Hey Carmen! 💖 I know what you mean about the similarities between Oh Baby and Kayali. I too enjoy the originals more than the clones. I didn't realize they had upgraded the boxes from those original cheap cardboard ones. Dark Chocolate Rum & Vanilla is 💣 🎉
The dark chocolate rum one gives me such problems. I only ordered a travel but something in it doesn’t work with me. Do they have other chocolate scents you like from them?
@Kara I heard their original, A Chocolate Affair, is nice but I haven't tried it myself. I don't have any other chocolate-focused fragrances from Dua. How about you, Carmen?
@@kara8911 I really want the Yacht one now too! I don't think I have other chocolate ones. I'm sure it's just gourmand coquin that's Challenging because I heard the original one is too.
I have a huge Dua collection, and the best 10 that I would advise to try are - 1. Casino royale cotton candy nights 2. Hey sweetie ( perfect Oriana dupe) 3. Caramel Pomme delight 4. Caramel Brandy 5. Vanilliac dreams 6. Dua therapy ( and all the hybrids) 7. Cafe de Dua ( best realistic coffee scent ever) 8. Amberlisious cherry 9. Paris 1920 10. Princeless Princess
Your Dua list is a good one! I recently got Casino Royale Cotton Candy Night's and love it just giving it more time to marinade as I like to call it lol. Also, Hey sweetie really is a great dupe of Oriana🩷
Ive just discovered Dua and I'm obsessed. I only have 3 which are Butterbeer (def a winter scent), Caramel Delight which I love and The Conquerors Dungeon which is floral but good and a lovely surprise was mixing the last two together smells AMAZING!!! ❤
Yess!!!! I just recently discovered the original gourmand blends from DUA and OMG they are just amazing! Soooo addictive lol😂 Cotton Candy De Dua is my favorite ❤
Hey Carmen, I need to check out some of your favorites. I’ve been going crazy with my Dua purchases lately. I really like Oh Baby and Drowning in Vanilla, they are so good.
And now…. I need to buy a bottle of oh baby! It’s so good. The strawberry milkshake is what I expected oh baby to smell like. But, now I need both. Thank you so much for including those for me to try. Such a sweet package you made me! I love everything. That unicorn milkshake lasted all day on me. I got 2 compliments as well. I’m not on Instagram often but I’ll definitely get on to chat with you. Xo
I actually love it. Kind of powdery and sweet. Not too Gourmand but very lovely. I almost didn't give it enough of a chance because I didnt love the smell from sniffing the atomizer. The lemon smells like lemon cleaner when sniffed that way BUT that's not how it smells when you wear it! I didn't have the same issue that I have with other DUAs that have too much white musk or aromachemicals. I definitely think it was worth it and a good one to check out if you enjoy lemon gourmands. Of course don't forget to let it macerate too!
@@CarmenScentrix Hey girl! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly 💛 That's great to hear! HoS Hufflepuff is my signature scent but I've been on the hunt for cheaper alternatives that I can burn through. I'll definitely add this one to the list 🙌 Other than Dua Puffletuft, would you recommend any others with the same scent profile?
My very favorite is Angelic Choco Truffle. It's a mixture of Angel's Share and dark chocolate. Beyond fabulous! I come home and change clothes and I grab my shirt and bury my face in it. So good!
I was just on the site looking at oh baby 😊 sounds like one I would love! ( I would never tell you no! If you smell something similar or similar vibe I definitely believe you! It happens to me all the time with the strangest perfumes 🤣
Unicorn milkshake was such a fail for me too:( I had such high hopes. I do really love all their brandy scents. Blackberry truffle cake is probably my fave, so decadent, yet somehow fresh and slightly green!
Curious to see what Dua’s you have. I have only a few bottles and a few travel sizes. The one I dislike the most of a chocolate rum something and it’s pretty awful. Fortunately I got the travel size.
Vanilla Cake & Lemon will get better. I bought it a few months ago to layer with BBW Iced Lemon Poundcake. I didn’t like it at first but then I tried it last week & its really nice.
I just ordered my first Dua fragrance. It’s Desire Yacht. I’m hoping I get blueberries. Thanks for the video. I’m excited to get into this house but there’s so many that sound good. Too many choices. 😂
It's a beautiful one. One of my favorites. A perfect dupe of the original and identical to another extremely expensive perfume - One umbrella for two by Floraiku.
Thanks Mia, I’m so glad to hear that. I’ve been wanting to smell the original but it’s just so expensive and it’s not like you can test it in any stores lol. I’m so happy I finally ordered it. I know I’ll probably have to let it macerate but I’m still super excited. 🥳
Thanks for your thoughts on these. I’ve never tried anything from Dua because everyone says their bottles are leaky. Maybe I’ll take a risk and just try one.😊
I actually haven't had any leak! Out of more than 20 that I've purchased so far! BUT these are very polarizing scents!!! None are safe Blind buys. Read my description for a bit more details.
For some reason, I hadn't thought of you having any Duas. However, it makes total sense that you mostly have the originals. I'm just the opposite -- I get the designer Duas so that I don't have to spend designer prices. And Dua has more niche designers than any other dupe house. They also do recreations of original designer fragrances, like for the original Hypnotic and Midnight Poisons. But I most appreciate their treatment of Guerlains. They have just the right touch; and I am very picky about "my" Guerlains:) I had bought several perfumes during their last sale and was going to do a "no-buy" from them for a while. But then they came out with two Andy Tauer fragrances and I succumbed...
They are my guilty pleasure. Those gourmand notes get me every time. But they are soo hit and miss for me. So I'm going to refrain from purchasing from them for now too!!
Your description of Carnival De Dua cracks me up. I have it and you are 100% on point. I also pick up a little maple in it. The carnival notes are in the backseat, and Chad and his overspray are very much in the front seat and my nose kind of wants to smell them separately if that makes sense-it won't let the two worlds combine, although both worlds are very nice. My bottle has only been macerating a couple weeks so I'm going to give it a couple more. I hope that, in the meantime, Chad and the carnival switch seats, and it will be perfect.
Omgggg I'm soooo glad you get it!! You're so right, the smells don't mesh well for now. Maybe after some time that will change. Chad did not need to overspray his cologne 😒 I also got a sharp syrup but I think it's the caramel? I hope it blends in better after some time. Maybe I'll keep ir around since it doesn't have white musk.
i want to see someone compare the TOP duplicate brands, like Dua, vs Julianna vs ALT. I want to know who overally wins each round so i KNOW who to shop with...so stressful.
I'll tell you my opinion if that helps. I no longer buy from ALT. DUA has strong and projecting dupes but they use aromachemicals and also need to macerate before reaching their full potential. I don't mind the maceration time but I dislike the white musk and the IsoEsuper they use so I have to be very careful with them now. Juliana makes pretty nice dupes in my opinion. Their selection is smaller. They also smell better with time. Definitely a nice fragrance house! Oil Perfumery/ Oakcha is very accurate with their scent matching and the most affordable with the largest selection I think.
Yes I have bought about 60 or more & probably 8 have had that horrible chemical smell. I had to throw them away as maceration didn't help. You would think they would test their batches before sending out
@@derilyjoy I think they do that to make them super strong! A lot of middle eastern perfumes have that vibe or something like it. A lot of people are anosmic to that but not me, it ruins the whole thing for me. I'm starting to learn my lesson and I will only buy travel sizes now when I get really curious about a new one.
I need to find a dupe house I like more. I got a couple from Oakcha and they are good (got a Lyra dupe after I ordered the 30 mil of the real one). I have my first Alexandria on their way (Nishane ani which I got a travel of the real one and am in love and Oud Satin Mood). I almost got the Dua Ani dupe but wasn’t sure and wanted to try Alexandria. Yes Angelic Elixir is beautiful!!!
@@CarmenScentrix I do that too. I have maybe 8 of their fragrances and they are amazing. It was my cheaper way to try some too and they’ve all been amazing.
Curious what ya think of your Alexanderia one. I got one from them in the mail it’s a lira dupe which is nice but it does not project at all and is gone from my skin I’m a couple hours 😩
@@fitfatbrittrny so far my Ani dupe from them is super light compared to the original which is really long lasting. The other I got (oud satin) is longer lasting. Hoping Ani gets better with time.
I think it's very sweet but would probably be okay on a man. I think it would be best layered with a more masculine one. I can see the combo being so sexy on a guy!
Oh man the one you adore the most of the dark chocolate rum one I cannot do. I think I get the vomit thing you mentioned quite a bit. I’ve been hanging on to it so we’ll see.
It's definitely vomit in the opening! That is not in my top 3 but I did say it's a good one! The real gourmand coquin one also has the same note from what I've heard. It's the chocolate. It's how white chocolate always smells specially concentrated. It can be challenging.
@@CarmenScentrix that makes sense. There are definitely perfumes that I maybe don’t want to wear much or the openings are challenging that are still beautiful.
Heard you say too much white musk in the DUA gourmands, I honestly don't mind the white musk. I actually like white musk a lot. Strawberry Milkshake is one of my favorites.
I have a dupe of Cry Baby from oakcha and so far it’s not a love. I agree it’s in the same family as the kayali. I get a bit of the love don’t be shy in it for sure too.
Ouuu I need to try carnival and that raspberry jam donut like one for sure! And now I’m definitely curious to try their dupe for Lira since I have Lira on my wish list!
Another thing I hate about Dua is that you can’t just take a shower and the scent is gone and you have to wash your clothes multiple times to get the scent out. I like Oakcha much better
@@AbbeyLane721 I just got my first one from Oakcha and I know I like their oil perfumery dupes so I think I will like it. I'm really trying to stop buying duas as well. I think the worse ones for me were the ones that have white musk. I did not realize how that scent won't get better with maceration.
When you were talking about the lemon one and how it smells a bit like cleaner, I remember one time that I smell med Libre it smelled like Fabuloso to me. To be more specific the purple one, the lavender Fabuloso and it makes sense I guess because Libre does have Lavender.🪻
Hey Carmen! 💖 I know what you mean about the similarities between Oh Baby and Kayali. I too enjoy the originals more than the clones. I didn't realize they had upgraded the boxes from those original cheap cardboard ones. Dark Chocolate Rum & Vanilla is 💣 🎉
The dark chocolate rum one gives me such problems. I only ordered a travel but something in it doesn’t work with me. Do they have other chocolate scents you like from them?
@Kara I heard their original, A Chocolate Affair, is nice but I haven't tried it myself. I don't have any other chocolate-focused fragrances from Dua. How about you, Carmen?
@@VeronicaSays I’ll check that one out. They are running a sale so I’m tempted to order one or two. That dupe for the ebk yacht sounds amazing too.
@@kara8911 I really want the Yacht one now too!
I don't think I have other chocolate ones. I'm sure it's just gourmand coquin that's Challenging because I heard the original one is too.
I have a huge Dua collection, and the best 10 that I would advise to try are -
1. Casino royale cotton candy nights
2. Hey sweetie ( perfect Oriana dupe)
3. Caramel Pomme delight
4. Caramel Brandy
5. Vanilliac dreams
6. Dua therapy ( and all the hybrids)
7. Cafe de Dua ( best realistic coffee scent ever)
8. Amberlisious cherry
9. Paris 1920
10. Princeless Princess
Will definitely look into some of those in the future thank you! 😊
Your Dua list is a good one! I recently got Casino Royale Cotton Candy Night's and love it just giving it more time to marinade as I like to call it lol. Also, Hey sweetie really is a great dupe of Oriana🩷
Ive just discovered Dua and I'm obsessed. I only have 3 which are Butterbeer (def a winter scent), Caramel Delight which I love and The Conquerors Dungeon which is floral but good and a lovely surprise was mixing the last two together smells AMAZING!!! ❤
I cannot resist when it comes to DUA, especially the original gourmand blends… i stopped buying since last summer coz they are so addicting 😂
I'm stopping too!
I keep saying that I do not need more... and then I do. 😅
It’s like going down a rabbit hole 🕳️ 😅
Yess!!!! I just recently discovered the original gourmand blends from DUA and OMG they are just amazing! Soooo addictive lol😂
Cotton Candy De Dua is my favorite ❤
Great job describing these! I really wanna try that cry baby now because I love the fresh herbal and sweet complex that yum pistachio has!
I need to check their Angel’s Share dupe 😊
Hey Carmen, I need to check out some of your favorites. I’ve been going crazy with my Dua purchases lately. I really like Oh Baby and Drowning in Vanilla, they are so good.
You have the best ones already! In my opinion!
Hey message me on Instagram if you can.
Your Dua Collection is impressive. I like how the packaging makes them look like books in a Library.
Hi Carmen! I almost picked up oh baby when it released but I waited to see what people said. I’m still undecided. Thanks for sharing☺️
And now…. I need to buy a bottle of oh baby! It’s so good. The strawberry milkshake is what I expected oh baby to smell like. But, now I need both. Thank you so much for including those for me to try. Such a sweet package you made me! I love everything. That unicorn milkshake lasted all day on me. I got 2 compliments as well. I’m not on Instagram often but I’ll definitely get on to chat with you. Xo
Hey Carmen! I'm new to Dua and a lover of citrus gourmands. Since its been a few months since this video, how did your Vanilla Cake and Lemon develop?
I actually love it. Kind of powdery and sweet. Not too Gourmand but very lovely.
I almost didn't give it enough of a chance because I didnt love the smell from sniffing the atomizer.
The lemon smells like lemon cleaner when sniffed that way BUT that's not how it smells when you wear it!
I didn't have the same issue that I have with other DUAs that have too much white musk or aromachemicals. I definitely think it was worth it and a good one to check out if you enjoy lemon gourmands.
Of course don't forget to let it macerate too!
@@CarmenScentrix Hey girl! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly 💛 That's great to hear! HoS Hufflepuff is my signature scent but I've been on the hunt for cheaper alternatives that I can burn through. I'll definitely add this one to the list 🙌 Other than Dua Puffletuft, would you recommend any others with the same scent profile?
@@linrendurham I have a couple more lemon gourmands, I'll just make a video on them soon! Because I've narrowed it down to a handful of great ones.
Omg yes, thank you so much 🍋🧁 Have a great day in the meantime, @@CarmenScentrix !
Hey gorgeous! I really enjoyed seeing your DUA collection! I haven’t tried their fragrances yet. Some of these sound really good 😍❤️
Gosh i never realised that you had so many 😱
Too much!! Of everything! That's why I'm overwhelmed and trying to things go. 😪
I LOOOVE banana vanilla custar flan ❤ received tons of compliments with that 😊
My very favorite is Angelic Choco Truffle. It's a mixture of Angel's Share and dark chocolate. Beyond fabulous! I come home and change clothes and I grab my shirt and bury my face in it. So good!
That sounds amazing!!
I did not know Dua does original scents ❤️❤️
Hey Carmen having my coffee watching 😉 I struggle with Dua I think I have 2 and one is out the door 🚪 lol let’s see what I can add to give it a try 😊
The only ones that I would even consider recommending is my Top 3 but even then, I don't want the responsibility. Lol.
I was just on the site looking at oh baby 😊 sounds like one I would love! ( I would never tell you no! If you smell something similar or similar vibe I definitely believe you! It happens to me all the time with the strangest perfumes 🤣
Unicorn milkshake was such a fail for me too:( I had such high hopes. I do really love all their brandy scents. Blackberry truffle cake is probably my fave, so decadent, yet somehow fresh and slightly green!
Blackberry truffle cake sounds like a dream!!! I'll go check it out! After my no buy lol
@@CarmenScentrix it would be so yummy mixed with Blueberry brandy. The Blackberry brandy is so good too! 💜
Curious to see what Dua’s you have. I have only a few bottles and a few travel sizes. The one I dislike the most of a chocolate rum something and it’s pretty awful. Fortunately I got the travel size.
I can see how it can be gross. There is a vomit note that concentrated chocolate has. 🍫 It's not a friendly scent.
Yes! That’s what it is. It’s a bit vomit like. Yuck!
This video was soooo helpful ❤
Hey Carmen! Love your Dua library 😂❤. You have so many interesting yummy sounding ones! 😅
Dime cuales queires samples! But some of them still have to sit a bit before they smell really good!
Vanilla Cake & Lemon will get better. I bought it a few months ago to layer with BBW Iced Lemon Poundcake. I didn’t like it at first but then I tried it last week & its really nice.
That's what I thought might happen! I hope it gets better for me too!
I just ordered my first Dua fragrance. It’s Desire Yacht. I’m hoping I get blueberries. Thanks for the video. I’m excited to get into this house but there’s so many that sound good. Too many choices. 😂
Just be careful because they are very polarizing! Best of luck to you! I hope they work out and you love them.
It's a beautiful one. One of my favorites. A perfect dupe of the original and identical to another extremely expensive perfume - One umbrella for two by Floraiku.
I really want that Yacht Desire one now!! That's my next purchase!
Thanks Mia, I’m so glad to hear that. I’ve been wanting to smell the original but it’s just so expensive and it’s not like you can test it in any stores lol. I’m so happy I finally ordered it. I know I’ll probably have to let it macerate but I’m still super excited. 🥳
Thanks for your thoughts on these. I’ve never tried anything from Dua because everyone says their bottles are leaky. Maybe I’ll take a risk and just try one.😊
I actually haven't had any leak! Out of more than 20 that I've purchased so far!
BUT these are very polarizing scents!!! None are safe Blind buys. Read my description for a bit more details.
I have never had them leak.
no leaks here
You have all the scents on my wishlist!! 😂 i just discovered Dua and am obsessed!! Thx for this video!❤ Just subbed too!
Hi Angela, good to have you here!
For some reason, I hadn't thought of you having any Duas. However, it makes total sense that you mostly have the originals. I'm just the opposite -- I get the designer Duas so that I don't have to spend designer prices. And Dua has more niche designers than any other dupe house. They also do recreations of original designer fragrances, like for the original Hypnotic and Midnight Poisons. But I most appreciate their treatment of Guerlains. They have just the right touch; and I am very picky about "my" Guerlains:)
I had bought several perfumes during their last sale and was going to do a "no-buy" from them for a while. But then they came out with two Andy Tauer fragrances and I succumbed...
They are my guilty pleasure. Those gourmand notes get me every time. But they are soo hit and miss for me. So I'm going to refrain from purchasing from them for now too!!
Your description of Carnival De Dua cracks me up. I have it and you are 100% on point. I also pick up a little maple in it. The carnival notes are in the backseat, and Chad and his overspray are very much in the front seat and my nose kind of wants to smell them separately if that makes sense-it won't let the two worlds combine, although both worlds are very nice. My bottle has only been macerating a couple weeks so I'm going to give it a couple more. I hope that, in the meantime, Chad and the carnival switch seats, and it will be perfect.
Omgggg I'm soooo glad you get it!! You're so right, the smells don't mesh well for now. Maybe after some time that will change.
Chad did not need to overspray his cologne 😒
I also got a sharp syrup but I think it's the caramel? I hope it blends in better after some time. Maybe I'll keep ir around since it doesn't have white musk.
What do you mean by the DUA DNA? What does it smell like?
Carmen can you please give me the link to order please ❤❤❤
Sure I'll add it to my description now.
Thanks
i want to see someone compare the TOP duplicate brands, like Dua, vs Julianna vs ALT. I want to know who overally wins each round so i KNOW who to shop with...so stressful.
I'll tell you my opinion if that helps. I no longer buy from ALT. DUA has strong and projecting dupes but they use aromachemicals and also need to macerate before reaching their full potential. I don't mind the maceration time but I dislike the white musk and the IsoEsuper they use so I have to be very careful with them now.
Juliana makes pretty nice dupes in my opinion. Their selection is smaller. They also smell better with time. Definitely a nice fragrance house!
Oil Perfumery/ Oakcha is very accurate with their scent matching and the most affordable with the largest selection I think.
@@CarmenScentrix yes that helped so so much! thank you!
Some of the Duas I’ve tried have a weird note - like ammonia- to my nose. Even after macerating for a year that ammonia is still there 😢
Yes! Alot of them have that! I forgot to mention that I think 🤔
I added it in my description but they are definitely not for everyone!
Yes I have bought about 60 or more & probably 8 have had that horrible chemical smell. I had to throw them away as maceration didn't help. You would think they would test their batches before sending out
@@derilyjoy I think they do that to make them super strong! A lot of middle eastern perfumes have that vibe or something like it. A lot of people are anosmic to that but not me, it ruins the whole thing for me. I'm starting to learn my lesson and I will only buy travel sizes now when I get really curious about a new one.
I need to find a dupe house I like more. I got a couple from Oakcha and they are good (got a Lyra dupe after I ordered the 30 mil of the real one). I have my first Alexandria on their way (Nishane ani which I got a travel of the real one and am in love and Oud Satin Mood). I almost got the Dua Ani dupe but wasn’t sure and wanted to try Alexandria. Yes Angelic Elixir is beautiful!!!
My favorite dupe house would be oil perfumery I think. But it's just oils. I use them to test before I buy perfumes. Then I layer them.
@@CarmenScentrix I do that too. I have maybe 8 of their fragrances and they are amazing. It was my cheaper way to try some too and they’ve all been amazing.
Curious what ya think of your Alexanderia one. I got one from them in the mail it’s a lira dupe which is nice but it does not project at all and is gone from my skin I’m a couple hours 😩
I’ve not tried too many dupe houses but I do like Oakcha. And I love Andromedas Moon. They have a good variety of sizes at good prices.
@@fitfatbrittrny so far my Ani dupe from them is super light compared to the original which is really long lasting. The other I got (oud satin) is longer lasting. Hoping Ani gets better with time.
Any chance anyone has tried the CHESTNUT CREAM by Dua??
You need to try Lemon Tart from Theodoros Kalotinis 😊
I'm so excited for that one!!
Can Blueberry Brandy be worn by a man or does it lean too feminine ? 🤔
I think it's very sweet but would probably be okay on a man. I think it would be best layered with a more masculine one. I can see the combo being so sexy on a guy!
Oh man the one you adore the most of the dark chocolate rum one I cannot do. I think I get the vomit thing you mentioned quite a bit. I’ve been hanging on to it so we’ll see.
It's definitely vomit in the opening! That is not in my top 3 but I did say it's a good one!
The real gourmand coquin one also has the same note from what I've heard. It's the chocolate. It's how white chocolate always smells specially concentrated.
It can be challenging.
@@CarmenScentrix that makes sense. There are definitely perfumes that I maybe don’t want to wear much or the openings are challenging that are still beautiful.
Heard you say too much white musk in the DUA gourmands, I honestly don't mind the white musk. I actually like white musk a lot. Strawberry Milkshake is one of my favorites.
You would like a lot of their gourmands! Most of them have white musk! Anything Lactonic and sweet and they include white musk.
I haven’t smelled anything in this line but they sound good.
The vanilla Mexico and Thai iced tea have been on my wishlist. Will wait to see what you think. Haha!
So far not impressed 😕
@@CarmenScentrix bummer!!
Delectable temptation is one of my all time faves!!!
I have a dupe of Cry Baby from oakcha and so far it’s not a love. I agree it’s in the same family as the kayali. I get a bit of the love don’t be shy in it for sure too.
Ouuu I need to try carnival and that raspberry jam donut like one for sure! And now I’m definitely curious to try their dupe for Lira since I have Lira on my wish list!
I unfortunately spent a lot of money on DUA fragrances. I don’t like most of them. Not buying anymore from them.
I definitely struggle with some of them too. I plan on decluttering some of them soon. They sell pretty well on Mercari!
@@CarmenScentrix the worst is Carnival De Dua
Another thing I hate about Dua is that you can’t just take a shower and the scent is gone and you have to wash your clothes multiple times to get the scent out. I like Oakcha much better
@@AbbeyLane721 I just got my first one from Oakcha and I know I like their oil perfumery dupes so I think I will like it. I'm really trying to stop buying duas as well.
I think the worse ones for me were the ones that have white musk. I did not realize how that scent won't get better with maceration.
@@CarmenScentrix I just got Lost In Ink from Oakcha I’m obsessed!and I have sweet addict and Secret Dutchess
When you were talking about the lemon one and how it smells a bit like cleaner, I remember one time that I smell med Libre it smelled like Fabuloso to me. To be more specific the purple one, the lavender Fabuloso and it makes sense I guess because Libre does have Lavender.🪻