Vivian

So Narciso white cube is one of my favourite ever scents, I'm heartbroken it got discontinued. This is a very good dupe for it. I would say that it's just a bit less refined than Narciso. Everything about the white cube is perfection, the gardenia and rose are very delicate but creamy and sharp. The musk is absolutely beautiful, very sensual, deep, sexy and skin like. The vetiver and cedar add a glorious depth and sharpness. The dry down is very lotiony and when I shower at night before bed, it is still there after 10+ hours, and the steam from the shower releases the most sensual lotiony, warm skin like musk ever, I LOVE it. Narciso Rodriguez said about Narciso "I wanted to create an extremely sexy fragrance that would turn a man’s head...The sensuality becomes a little bit more sexy, a little bit more intoxicating.” This is a very accurate description! It's one of those fragrances that makes my eyes roll into the back of my head when I smell it! With Vivian, I just feel like it's a 9/10 as a dupe. The florals just aren't quite as refined and delicate. They are beautiful yes, but just a bit more rough around the edges and they don't have the same cleanliness, clarity and delicate edges that the white cube does. I can smell the delicate white rose in Narciso and I only really get the heady gardenia in Vivian, but it's extremely close. The musk is again - ALMOST there, but it is a 9/10. It's just a bit rough around the edges. It's like the musk in Narciso does a very good job at being on the cusp of "dirty", it's just on the edge of that it is clean or is it dirty? Warm, sensual and sexy skin line. It's as though Vivian is just slightly the wrong side and it's a bit more dirty and less sensual and sexy than Narciso. You smell them side by side and I can tell that Narciso is just more expensive and well made. Every part of it is intentional. It's like hearing a really good cover band of your absolute favourite song - it's an amazing cover and it's almost perfect, but it's just not quite right, they're just missing that essential spark, the intention and the understanding about what Narciso EDP was meant to be. It's like Vivian copied the homework but you can tell she doesn't understand the brief, she just copied it and doesn't have the same understanding and complexity. Narciso has incredible longevity but does drop to a skin scent for me after a few hours. Longevity is excellent but definitely doesn't project on me. Vivian on the other hand, projects for 10+ hours and lasts forever too, and it's also cheap and very readily available online and at chemists in the UK. It's a very good copy, but it's just that. If you smell it side by side and up close, you can tell the difference if you know the fragrance well.

This is an amazing dupe for Narciso EDP. Creamy, powdery, sweet, lactonic goodness. Very good projection and lasting power. So much so that it has to be applied cautiously. I'm so happy I found it so I don't have to live without my beloved old signature scent. Update: I really don’t know how Verset does it that they deliver such great quality on that affordable price point. The other day for my last order, I have received a sample from them, a new mans fragrance called Due Monti. It is not yet in the database, but let me tell you, when I sprayed it, my eyes rolled back in my head.. it is a dupe for H24 H’ermes and its an outstanding fragrance. We love it with my husband, its on the wishlist.

What can I say? I am a sucker for musky perfumes. The drydown on this one, oh my g, soapy, flowery. And than, after a while, a lovely woody musk. Not to heavy, not to sharp, not offensive, really lovely. I have never smelled the white Narciso, but I love that perfume house. (Narciso for her (EDP) is my favourite perfume, Verset’s Andrea for her is the dupe from this house for that and it is also AMAZING and I am not surprised if this is also an amazing dupe of the original Narciso, white bottle) For now it’s my favourite scent and I ordered a 100 ml bottle after using a 15 ml in less than a week haha

This is soooooo nice. I have to recommend this to all the people that love pretty feminine rosey musky perfumes. This is an inspired by narcisso narcisso perfume (the one in the white cube now discontinued). The beauty of verset perfumes is if you want to blind buy but you unsure you can buy a 15ml for under £10. The sillage on this is a bit more than arms length and the longevity is amazing. 12 hours later I can still smell it on my clothes. Another 100ml bottle ordered and on the way

Just received a 15ml bottle, since Narciso (white cube) is sadly discontinued. That was MY SCENT! This is a very very good dupe. Super affordable and smells identical. I’m always skeptical when it comes to dupes, because something is also off or not quite right, but in this case, this is a 1 to 1 copy. Just don’t know how the longevity is, as I only just sprayed it, but so far so good. EDIT: The Projection and longevity is AMAZING! This is the best dupe, I’ve ever tried.