Sweven

I am obsessed with this! It's exactly on point as a dupe and the price is sooo worth it. I love it!!

I have not tried the real BR540, so this review is purely based on Sweven by Oakcha. On the opening, I get the saffron scent (like a sweet herbal scent), and as it dries down, I start to get the sweet floral-type scent. I can kind of tell it's jasmine, but it's more of a general sweet white floral scent. The ambroxan scent is detectable from the very beginning - I think this is what some people identify as a medicinal/anesthesia-type smell because I can definitely see what it would come across that way. To me, it more smells like a warm amber scent, and when I sniff it deeply, it kind of tingles/burns my nose (which I kind of like 😆). There is also a woodiness in the background, although I couldn't specifically identify it as cedarwood. This lasts a fairly long time (~6-7 hours), and I get decent sillage. I guess there are a lot of remakes of this scent profile, but I think this is a good option if you're a fan of the BR540 profile. I am not a huge fan of perfume oils (like all the Oakchas are), so I probably will look for another dupe.

My fiance initially sprayed it in the box since they were testing about 5 other frags- and they texted me "it smells like brand new tires" I got home and smelled the box- yup. So I sprayed it on my skin and there it was, what I was looking for- the burnt sugar smell. TBF, I've never smelled BR540 but what every dupe seems to have in common is that. I'm not an experienced fragrance reviewer yet, but what I can say is that the saffron comes out very strong. The opening bears a strong similarity to Qaed Al Fursan (Black bottle) without the pineapple. I'm not getting very much floral here, because after the saffron all I can smell is sweet and woody. The scent bubble doesn't seem to be all that strong, which isn't what I'm used to from Oakcha. But the longevity on clothing is pretty good. On skin, it lasted about 4 hours. I'll probably update this review after I get my hands on a decant of BR540, when I have a better point of reference.

Really like the smell. I haven’t smelled 540 before, so I’m not sure how close it is to that. Although it’s an Amber-woody scent, something about it reminds me of fresh, open air. Possibly more of a forest air scent, which I guess would make sense with the woodiness. Regardless, while the scent itself lasts a decent amount of time, the projection is just not there. I tried applying it right after I showered and I could hardly smell it on myself without bringing my wrist up to my nose. I honestly enjoy scents that don’t fill the room, but this is just too weak in terms of projection. So yeah, TL;DR is its very nice, unisex scent, but doesn’t project hardly at all for me.

This scent profile has been done to death now. This is weaker than the original BR540, softer and more balanced than Ana Abiyedh Rouge, much nicer/less sweet than Cloud, quieter than the Fragrance World rip-off Barakkat Rouge, and isn’t as bombastic as Club de Nuit Untold. These dupes all miss the magnetic magic of the original. A faint imitation. It’s almost faded on me after 30 mins. It’s nice but it’s not worth buying for me personally.