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Rachel Pugh

I swapped my £90 designer Boots fragrance for a £4 Superdrug perfume and got SO many compliments

Shoppers are raving about a £3.99 Superdrug perfume which could easily be mistaken for a high-end designer fragrance because it smells THAT good.

One of my favourite scents to wear is Paco Rabanne Olympéa For Women Eau De Parfum. The designer perfume usually costs £90 for an 80ml bottle, but is currently on sale for £68.40 on the Boots website.

I would never ditch the perfume completely because it smells absolutely incredible, and lasts for hours, but I did want to try and find a similar, more budget perfume I could wear to save money.

Then I discovered Superdrug's Layering Lab Paradise EDT 100ml. For a very limited time only, Superdrug has slashed the price of its 100ml Layering Lab perfumes to £3.99 for members, and to £7.99 for non members.

READ MORE: I ditched my £180 perfume for Boots' £15 'summer in a bottle' body spray and was FLOODED with compliments

Alternatively, shoppers can get two of Superdrug's 100ml Layering Lab bottles for £12. When I tried Superdrug's Layering Lab Paradise EDT, I couldn't believe how similar it smelled to my £90 designer Olympea perfume.

I'm not always the biggest fan of dupes, but this one really blew me away. It smells DELICIOUS, and for £3.99, it lingers a lot longer than you'd expect - and every time I wear it, I don't fail to get compliments.

If you like the smell of Paradise, Superdrug has a whole range of products scented like it; including a Layering Lab Paradise Body Lotion, which costs £4 (I put this on before my perfume to intensify the smell and make it last for hours longer), a £2.99 Paradise deodorant (also a something I use every day), and a £1.99 body mist.

There's also a selection of Paradise scented diffusers, wax melts and candles - all of which are currently reduced and can be found here. The £3.99 Paradise Superdrug perfume has seen glowing five-star reviews from shoppers aside from myself.

One five-star reviewer raved: "Lovely smell great value for money 5 stars for me. Smells so nice and it really does smell like Olympea and its worth the money i will be buying more thank you."

A second said: "If I could give it more stars I would, new favourite scent, stocking up!!" A third Superdrug shopper wrote: "Can’t recommend ENOUGH! Perfect dupe for one of my fave scents. I use it for everything! Myself, my clothes, my bedding even ! The fragrance lasts & lingers but is light & fresh."

"Smells like Olympea at a fraction of the cost! Definitely recommend," raved somebody else. Another five-star reviewer said: "I have Olympea by Paco Rabanne but just brought this as a every day perfume instead of using my orignal Olympea as its expensive to be using as a everyday."

Somebody else wrote: "Instead of forking out loads of money for Olympea, try this instead! It smells exactly the same and although the smell doesn't last as long as the real thing, it's still a good price considering!"

You can shop Layering Lab Paradise EDT 100ml for £3.99 for a limited time on the Superdrug website here. You can shop Superdrug's full range of £3.99 Layering Lab designer perfume dupes here.

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