Smell like Coco Mademoiselle without paying Chanel

Eau NudeNextThe same citrus and rose for the price of lunch

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The Independent put it next to the original and said it straight: the mandarin opening and the rose heart line up so well that nobody passing you will catch it. The base is where it parts ways: instead of Chanel's earthy vetiver you get raspberry and vanilla, which puts Next closer to the new Crush Absolu than to the old Coco Mademoiselle. Half a day of wear, which for a bottle this cheap is a feat: buy it if you need the smell for a date, not for a whole working day.

Club De Nuit Woman ExtraitArmafThe Crush Absolu note list, almost word for word

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Grapefruit and lychee on top, rose in the middle, patchouli and vetiver underneath: this isn't a retelling of Crush Absolu, these are its own notes in a different order. Armaf turns all of it louder and sweeter, and the peach in the opening gives away the Middle Eastern accent. It runs into the evening, longer than Crush Absolu itself, so if it's the new Chanel you want and not the old one, start here.

MazaajiLattafa PerfumesThe Coco Mademoiselle they smell from the hallway

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Mandarin and orange blossom, the flower of the orange tree, on top; rose and jasmine in the middle; patchouli and vanilla in the base: this is the original's skeleton, bone for bone. Lattafa, as always, turns the volume to maximum, and where Chanel whispers, Mazaaji talks to the whole office. It stays on skin longer than anything else cheap on this list, but one spray, not three.

GardeniaZaraThe famous dupe that shares exactly two notes

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Zara Gardenia has been called a Coco Mademoiselle dupe for years, and the orange blossom and vanilla really do match. But the heart here is coffee and cream, not rose, so on skin it reads like a soft latte rather than a chypre, meaning a scent built on patchouli and oakmoss. It lasts far longer than it costs, and it works if what you love about the Chanel is the sweet trail and not the citrus.

Autograph BlushMarks & SpencerRose and raspberry instead of lychee, no patchouli

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Bergamot, rose, raspberry and a vanilla-musk base: Marks & Spencer built the fruity rose of Crush Absolu and simply picked a different fruit. There's no patchouli in it at all, so it never gets the earthy shadow that makes the Chanel grown-up. It's off your skin in a few hours, and that's the honest price of a bottle you grab on the way past the socks.

Eau RoseDiptyqueLychee and rose, no patchouli: Crush Absolu in daylight

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Lychee, blackcurrant and bergamot on top, a real rose with sharp geranium in the heart: this is the top half of Crush Absolu, painted in watercolor. Musk and honey in place of patchouli, so it never darkens toward evening, it just melts. Half a day of wear and it sits close to the skin, so it's the answer for people who find the Chanel too heavy, not for people who found it too quiet.

Lady VengeanceJuliette Has A GunRose on patchouli, by the nose behind Baccarat Rouge

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Francis Kurkdjian, who would go on to make Baccarat Rouge 540, put rose, patchouli and vanilla together back in 2006 into the same core Coco Mademoiselle is built on, minus the citrus opening. Instead of orange there's lavender and bergamot, and the ambroxan in the base, a synthetic amber, leaves a dry trail the Chanel never has. It runs into the evening; take it if what you like about Coco Mademoiselle is how it smells after lunch, not in the first minute.

Roses VanilleManceraRose in vanilla syrup that outlasts the Chanel

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Pierre Montale poured vanilla over the rose so thickly that it turned gourmand, meaning it smells like dessert. What it shares with Crush Absolu is the sweet vanilla-rose base; lychee, grapefruit and patchouli aren't anywhere near it. In exchange it sits on skin for a full day, longer than the original, so it's for anyone who smells the Chanel and thinks: sweeter, and all day.