Shoppers claim Next's £14 perfume smells JUST like Yves Saint Laurent's £100 Black Opium - as excited fans rush to snap up a bottle
- Shoppers claim Next's £14 Aura perfume smells just like a designer scent
- One compared it to Yves Saint Laurent's Black Opium, which costs £100
- Other pointed out it smelt like Thierry Mugler's Alien, which retails at £95
Shoppers are going wild over a Next perfume that they claim smells just like a designer offering from Yves Saint Laurent.
The British high street retailer's own brand Aura scent comes in a £14 gift set that includes a 100ml bottle of eau de parfum and a 200ml shimmering body cream. A single 100ml bottle costs the same amount.
The online description promises notes of 'creamy vanilla', 'white amber' and a 'sensuous musk'.
Customers claim the aroma is strikingly similar to that of Yves Saint Laurent's signature Black Opium perfume, which can cost up to £100 for 100ml.
Shoppers are going wild over Next's Aura perfume, pictured, which they claim smells just like a designer offering from Yves Saint Laurent - except it is a fraction of the price
The original perfume by YSL (pictured) can costs up to £100 for 100ml depending on retailers, more than seven times more than the Next dupe
Members of Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK were delighted with the tip, with many saying they wouldn't be able to afford the original perfurmes
A Facebook user from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, started a discussion about the high street scent on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group - and was met with dozens of comments from women who were just as impressed.
'Omg I love that perfume but it's so expensive! Will have to try the Next one,' commented one.
Another posted: 'I've been wanting some black opium but yer it's very pricey so thanks. I'll treat myself to this one instead.'
'Think I need to purchase this, not forking out £70 again,' wrote another.
The high street retailer's own brand Aura scent comes in a £14 gift set that includes a 100ml bottle of eau de parfum and a 200ml shimmering body cream, pictured
Some of the members advised to get the Next gift set, which costs £14, to make even more of a bargain
However other users claimed it smelt more like Thierry Mugler's Alien, which can cost £95 for a bottle of 90ml.
One argued: 'It smells like alien, not black opium I have both of these perfumes and it deffo smells like Alien.'
Another agreed: 'It doesn't smell like Black Opium... It smells like Alien... I wear it all the time.'
However it is not only Next's Aura that has impressed. Other members of the Facebook group chimed in with their own picks.
Other users pointed out the perfume smells like Thierry Mugler's Alien (pictured), which can cost £95 for 100ml
The conflicting reports divided shoppers - but everyone agreed the perfume smells amazing
'I get the Next Just Pink, it's meant to be like Ralph Lauren Romance,' shared one.
'Next Define is also a dupe of Emporio Armani's She,' revealed another.
'They also do this one for anyone who likes Estee Lauder bronze goddess!! Absolute double,' another one wrote, sharing a picture of Next's Summer Sun.
Most of these perfumes retail at £14, when their original can reach six times more.
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