Dupe review · The Dua Brand
Balsamic Tabacum
Built to smell like Serge Lutens Chergui.
- Smells like
- Serge Lutens Chergui
- Price
- $60
- Size
- —
- Per 100ml
- —
- Original per 100ml
- $442
- Made by
- The Dua Brand
Strong contender
FragDNA score · on paper
The review
On paper, Balsamic Tabacum is a strong bet if you want Chergui for less.
The Dua Brand sells it on the name alone — no note list of its own — so the brief is Chergui's pyramid, and the closeness votes below are the real test.
At $60 it costs 73% less than Chergui.
Reviewed on paper: from the notes and strength The Dua Brand publishes, the price per 100ml, and how firmly the match is claimed. How it really smells on skin is what the votes below are for.
What it's built to smell like
The original opens on tobacco leaf and hay, turns to honey, iris and rose, and settles into amber, incense and sandalwood. That is the brief Balsamic Tabacum is working from.
Top
- tobacco leaf
- hay
Heart
- honey
- iris
- rose
Base
- amber
- incense
- sandalwood
For the one who craves a warm desert wind of honeyed tobacco and hay, smoothed by iris, amber and soft sandalwood.
How it ranks against the other twins
Of the 5 twins of Serge Lutens Chergui we can price, Balsamic Tabacum is number 5 on price per 100ml.
- 01 Perfume Parlour Easterner $83/100ml
- 02 Zoha Aroma Chergui $108/100ml
- 03 Palermo Perfumes Chergui $22.75
- 04 Al Haramain Amber Oud Tobacco Edition $59.39
- 05 The Dua Brand Balsamic Tabacum $60
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Citron Woodsmells like Mancera Cedrat Boisé $33 -
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Gracefulsmells like Giorgio Armani Si $33 -
Red Moon Oceansmells like Prada Luna Rossa Ocean $33 -
Midnight Rendezvoussmells like Yves Saint Laurent La Nuit de L'Homme $33 -
Her Parissmells like Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris $33
The community
What people say about Balsamic Tabacum
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What does The Dua Brand Balsamic Tabacum smell like?
It is built to smell like Serge Lutens Chergui — tobacco leaf and hay up top, honey, iris and rose in the heart, amber, incense and sandalwood in the base.
Is The Dua Brand Balsamic Tabacum a dupe of Serge Lutens Chergui?
Yes — The Dua Brand sells it as its version of Serge Lutens Chergui.
Where can I buy The Dua Brand Balsamic Tabacum?
It is in stock at $60 — the link on this page goes straight to the shop.