Are Match Fragrances Any Good? And are they really a cheaper option to the real deal?
So, when we set out to
rank or review a clone fragrance website, it’s important to look at objective
criteria.
First of all, is the
brand value for money? How much do you get for your cash? How effective are the
fragrances on offer? How much do they resemble the original product that they
are copying?
Match Fragrances does
okay in this regard. The value of money isn’t bad. You wind up paying about £35
for a large bottle.
That’s not so bad, but when you consider the massive price
jump that happens each time you change sizes, it does stack up.
Regarding
authenticity, it’s important to remember what we’re dealing with here. A proper
clone fragrance brand can’t fully replicate the exact ingredients and smell of
a leading perfume. There are copyright laws which prevent that.
With that being said,
some fragrances are lacking. It’s clear that creating something 99% accurate
doesn’t always work, and this is a good example. There are quite a few options
in the range which are very pale limitations of the existing fragrances they
try to replicate.
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All in all Match Fragrances generally comes in distant third when it comes to its men’s offering, trailing a mile behind Copycat Fragrances offering and also behind The Essence Vault. We rate Match Fragrances 3/5 for their mens offering.
Best Mens DupesWe've said it once and we'll say it again, don't use matchfragrances, unless you're buying their Lost Cherry dupe. Everything else is pretty poor. That said if you're looking for a Lost Cherry Dupe then Match Fragrances offering is actually pretty good. Overall they get a 2/5.
Best Womens DupesWe have unfortunately for Match Fragrances, picked up some of their worst offerings, but with the exclusion of their black cherry dupe, we can't think of a single product from their line where they would not be beaten out by either CopyCat Fragrances or The Essence Vault. Which are two examples of good dupe perfume makers.
There really is no contest here. Copycat is actually pretty good at dupes. The overall quality is better and much more authentic. The reproductions smell a lot like the actual products they are mimicking. Plus, there’s a pretty good selection of big-name tributes out there. Particularly their mens offering. We recommend you use copycat for Aventus, Dior Sauvage, Tobacco Vanille and Baccarat 540.
Again it's a loss for Match Fragrances, it's not quite so much of an embaressing defeat. But, the essence vault is better for all of the womens options with the exception of Lost Cherry and Black Orchid. And as for the mens, they do beat them there too, just not by as much as copycat.