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Dupe review · The Dua Brand

Restricted Café Of Intense

Built to smell like Montale Intense Cafe.

Montale Intense Cafe
OriginalIntense Cafe$180/100ml
The Dua Brand Restricted Café Of Intense
This dupeRestricted Café Of IntenseThe Dua Brand
Smells like
Montale Intense Cafe
Price
$33
Size
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Per 100ml
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Original per 100ml
$180
Made by
The Dua Brand
6.8/ 10

Strong contender

FragDNA score · on paper

The review

On paper, Restricted Café Of Intense is a strong bet if you want Intense Cafe for less.

The Dua Brand sells it on the name alone — no note list of its own — so the brief is Intense Cafe's pyramid, and the closeness votes below are the real test.

At $33 it costs 82% less than Intense Cafe.

Value9.1
Evidence7.0

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 coffee and rose, turns to rose and white flowers, and settles into vanilla, amber and white musk. That is the brief Restricted Café Of Intense is working from.

Top

  • coffee
  • rose

Heart

  • rose
  • white flowers

Base

  • vanilla
  • amber
  • white musk
For the one who wants a very sweet rose drizzled with vanilla and a whisper of coffee, cozy, creamy and unmistakably crowd-pleasing.

How it ranks against the other twins

Of the 11 twins of Montale Intense Cafe we can price, Restricted Café Of Intense is number 10 on price per 100ml.

  1. 01 Lattafa Ajwad $42/100ml
  2. 02 HK Perfumes Intense Coffee $64/100ml
  3. 03 AromaPassions Crave $69/100ml
  4. 04 Perfume Parlour Rich Roast $83/100ml
  5. 05 Zoha Aroma Intense Cafe $108/100ml
  6. 06 Perfume Parlour Extremely Strong $114/100ml
  7. 07 Oil Perfumery Intense Cafe $125/100ml
  8. 08 Oil Perfumery Intense Cafe $125/100ml
  9. 09 Palermo Perfumes Intense Cafe $22.75
  10. 10 The Dua Brand Restricted Café Of Intense $33
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The community

What people say about Restricted Café Of Intense

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    Questions

    What does The Dua Brand Restricted Café Of Intense smell like?

    It is built to smell like Montale Intense Cafe — coffee and rose up top, rose and white flowers in the heart, vanilla, amber and white musk in the base.

    Is The Dua Brand Restricted Café Of Intense a dupe of Montale Intense Cafe?

    Yes — The Dua Brand sells it as its version of Montale Intense Cafe.

    Where can I buy The Dua Brand Restricted Café Of Intense?

    It is in stock at $33 — the link on this page goes straight to the shop.

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