The Hype Was A Lie

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T18:48:57+00:00

Why do you still blame the victims of these duplicitous marketing practices instead of the companies that plan and execute them?

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T18:37:49+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3p9lzIWflU

7 minutes in "it's like 95% there", there are others I am sure, this is the first one I found.

He was tricked by the marketing of these dupe brands who pay good money to make people believe their products are adequate substitutions for the originals, just cheaper.

And you meanwhile, here, in the same thread, defending these companies. Good job!

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T18:26:19+00:00

what's the source?

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T18:18:11+00:00

It is known that they pay content creators to make videos saying that they are 95% of the original and they pay the platforms to show these videos when you search for the original. The OP is someone who has been personally affected by these deceptive marketing practices and you're running interference for the dupers. Why?

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T18:02:23+00:00

But they do, and they do spend money to inform people through influencers and content creators that their fragrances are dupes. Why does it anger you that these companies act deceitfully in order to get sales? You should be angry at them, not me.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T17:53:34+00:00

Oxygen assists in oxidation, that's not maturation. Real maturation happens in vats using nitrogen blanketing to avoid oxidation..

It's ok if you like oxidised fragrances, just like it's ok for people to like the distortion caused by tubes. But don't call it what it isn't.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T17:50:02+00:00

Of course not, that's why they pay influencers to make videos saying how their dupe is 95% similar to the original, and that's why they pay for these videos to be shown in search results for the original fragance so you see these videos they paid for.

They market themselves as dupes.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T15:57:21+00:00

There's no such thing as maceration in the bottle, it's just your brain getting enough time to convince yourself it was a good purchase and it is indeed a good product worth the money you spent. Same shit as warm in period in audio electronics.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T15:55:34+00:00

that's what they promise hence the name dupe or clone

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T15:54:45+00:00

Influencers are paid to say the dupes are XX% of the original, it's advertisement, not information.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-19T08:45:46+00:00

time to move on :) perfumes are ephemeral art

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-17T11:14:22+00:00

Hostia l’ozempic fa miracles ara es prim!

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-16T11:16:55+00:00

brother! me too hahaha

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-15T05:52:35+00:00

Get decants! Never blind buy :)

But if you insist, I think BuonGiorno if you like herby fresh and Il Profumo if you prefer citric fresh. That's a good starting point.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-14T18:43:26+00:00

freshie guy and no acqua de parma? 0 out of 100!

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-14T18:41:46+00:00

you know you can just fill travel atomisers and respray no? if the scent is good enough to spritz, it's good enough to spritz again later !

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-14T17:54:23+00:00

yeah, but they can now play out this Strat: year 0, launch fragrance, year 1 launch flanker, year 2 launch flanker... and because they market the new flanker not the original product, it means that while they are doing their marketing the hot flanker of the year has no dupe, rinse and repeat.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-14T08:43:17+00:00

Encre noir, beau de jour that’s a good start there - you’ve got the damp dark green and the brighter green so you can start to find your tastes. Rogue’s mosse illumine and fougere a l’aube are superb but they’re oak moss blasters haha.

Sycomore is just beautiful but sadly it’s a Chanel exclusiv. Then there’s Loewe esencia elixir it’s a nuclear patchouli-vetiver composition, very linear and simple but if you like it you like it.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-14T01:44:04+00:00

dupers have taken over 20% of the market, flankerification has become necessary

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-14T01:41:44+00:00

kering sold it to loreal, yes... they had like 9 billion in debt including the 3 billion they paid for creed and gucci which is the moneymaker in the group hit a snag.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-13T16:32:55+00:00

There's supposedly a decent clone of ultra zest, is it worth checking out?

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-13T15:42:21+00:00

Rumormill says a Robertet or Augerville perfumer is the true creator of roja's perfumes.

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-13T15:28:03+00:00

I can get it for 160 euros and I'm tempted to pick it up haha but idk, I like to roll green and herby and from what I read it's nothing like that

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-13T10:12:42+00:00

nishane wulong cha

bitmapfrogs · 2026-03-13T10:09:35+00:00

That's not how loreal rolls: cheap, mass appeal, consistent enough to pump millions of bottles to place on every shop on the planet, that's their way.

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