Affordable makeup and skincare brands are easy to find, and these days utilise the same ingredients and formulas as luxury brands, but when it comes to shopping for fragrance on a budget, it can be hard to know where to start. If you’re anything like me then the term ‘cheap perfume’ probably makes you think of overly-sweet, watered-down scents that don’t exactly scream luxury. However, finding great-smelling fragrances (without breaking the bank) is getting much easier, and there are actually some real gems to be found from high street brands such as Zara and & Other Stories.
So which affordable perfumes actually smell as good as their more expensive counterparts? One way to find out is to take a look at the perfumers behind your favourite luxury fragrances, because chances are they’ll also have created more affordable scents. That’s right, do some digging and you’ll find that it’s possible to discover perfumes that were formulated by the very same ‘noses’ behind leading luxury fragrance brands such as Byredo, Diptyque, and Penhaligon’s – but don’t have the hefty price tag.
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