Beauty & The Dupe
- Diana Bustani
- Oct 2, 2016
- 2 min read
I'm usually one of the many women who fall into the culprit of overspending on fragrances even though I try my best not to... but sometimes it's difficult because all I could think about is that particular product and it even haunted me in my dreams (ok I'm joking but you get what I mean ;) ) .In this case I'm talking about the amazing perfume by Estee Lauder called Modern Muse. If you don't know what I'm talking about, where have you been?!
I was at a bridal dress shop because one of my besties is getting married (woohoo) and as soon as I entered the shop I could smell a flower bouquet with a touch of sweetness; I was immediately in love with the scent. As we entered into the dressing room there was an old but classy vanity and over it stood one of the most beautiful bottles of perfume I have ever seen. There it was, Modern Muse by Estee Lauder (€98 for 100ml edp) .From that moment I knew that I had to add this perfume to my fragrance collection ASAP even though it costs a fortune where I live which at that moment I was on a budget...But you know everything happens for a reason...
A week after, I was in Zara browsing in the perfume section and a Rose gold bottle caught my eye, so I sprayed it on my wrist and continued my way to other shops nearby.
I swear I could smell Modern Muse even though I hadn't sprayed it; then I realized that the Zara perfume I had sprayed is a dupe for Modern Muse so I immediately purchased it.
Rose Gold by Zara (RRP €12,95) which costs less than a quarter of Modern Muse smells identical to me and lasted for more than 4 hours on my skin! Even at 5 hours I could still smell the scent lingering on my skin! I was surprised!
On fragrantica.com both Modern Muse by Estee Lauder and Rose Gold by Zara Woman are described as white floral, animalic,tuberose and musky fragrances appropriate for day time more than night time and as spring-ish/fall-ish kind of scents. Personally, I would wear both even for night time but hey do whatever you like!
I am so happy I found this amazing dupe and I normally find it really challenging to find a high quality dupe for something of such a great quality as Estee Lauder. Of course this doesn't mean that I don't want the Modern Muse perfume which is still on my Wishlist; it just means that it'll have to wait.
I hope you enjoyed my blog post and I will see you soon.
xoxo ,
Diana.
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