Caramel Overdose

This is a dupe for Love By Kilian. I would say it is 95-96% similar. It isn't caramel per se. It has that same cooked sugary sweetness, orange blossom, vanilla, creamy. Lasts long too. Love is better made, more refined, and I can smell the individual notes a bit better, they sort or float apart, and has more strength as in sillage. Caramel Overdose is more pressed together, doesn't project as much, but does last. Don't get me wrong -- they are VERY. VERY. SIMILAR. I do quite like this!! ps. If you buy Caramel Overdose - let it sit a few months and macerate. Best dupe of Love out there. Perfumer of BeLayered, Hanny, says it is not a dupe (I emailed him). Maybe he didn't intentionally create a dupe -- but he did. I have owned Love By Kilian since 2014 and have 3 bottles. (newer Love by Kilian is a bit lighter -- and also needs to sit a good 6 months to darken and macerate and smell more like the true original formula of Love by Kilian). Caramel Overdose is being made quickly and not given enough time to macerate. After it sits -- it smells WAY better, and quite similar to original Love By Kilian.

08/2021 Update: So I've had this for a few weeks now and its even better wow... Many of the people in the Be layered FB group said to let it sit and marinate .. and the longer it sits the better the fragrance becomes ! The grape candy note is more mellow, the orange, caramel and marshmallow smell even more amazing and amber like notes are now appearing in the dry down making this smell even sexier and lasting power is excellent.... I will let it sit till the fall and give a new update ! Some of these comments. Whew fragrantica... so extra 🙄🤣 Be layered made an excellent dupe for LDBS. On the first spray and first few minutes I was doubtful, way too much grape candy to my nose .....but I gave it a chance and it didn't disappoint! Its delicious For 33$ it is a bargain, if you're looking to save coins, its the next best thing! It is sold out often on the be layered website FYI.

I understand why some people don't think this smells like caramel...however it actually DOES smell like a very specific caramel candy. If you've ever tried those individually wrapped Brach's Milk Maid Caramels, this is a dead ringer. They are sweet and smell like they have just a touch of orange blossom water so they're slightly floral. This is the caramel candy we used to melt down and cover apples in around Halloween time when I was a kid. Caramel Overdose also really does smell 90% like Love Don't be Shy (I don't own a bottle, though I do have a sample), and since I already own Caramel Overdose, I'm thinking I can skip the price of the Kilian. Also, to be even more descriptive, this smells like hot caramel sauce drizzled over marshmallows and orange blossom. Add Estate Vanilla (Solstice Scents) + Coco a la Vaniglia (Kyse) and it is heaven!

I didn’t love this at first, I shelved it for months after buying, particularly because of all the hype I think. So much hype that this ~$30 US bottle sells out often (albeit briefly) so people resell it for an ungodly markup. Didn’t expect to grow to like it as the weather warmed, in spite of the hype. So much more complex than just one note of caramel, it’s notable fresh orange blossoms, vanilla and cotton candy or marshmallow maybe, something pillowy sweet.A very pretty and mood-boosting fragrance, and people compliment it any time I wear it. It’s nice for the price with excellent longevity on my skin, around 10 hours. When compared to Killian’s Love I personally couldn’t tell them apart.

I am obsessed with this right now! I bought it probably three years ago and had never smelled LDBS. I was in a collecting frenzy at the time so I didn't really get to this one. Now the juice is the most beautiful dark, orangey, even pinkish-reddish brown—it's a luscious color. And the smell! It's intoxicating! I don't smell caramel though, it's just sweet mixed with orange blossom but the orange blossom is abstracted. I LOVE this and I love a lot of difficult scents as well—al Khatt, Malesia, Le Lion, Raw Gold, DEv 2 by Olympic Orchids, Tropic of Capricorn, Mukhallat Shems, Oudmazing, Oud Palao, Fétiche la Rose and many more. But this one scratches the itch to just smell irresistible.