What Is DUA Black Cherry Opening a Dupe Of?

DUA Black Cherry Opening is a clone of Mind Games Ruy Lopez. The notes point toward black tea, cherry and dark woods. Here’s what connects them and what we’d check before buying.

What connects the two?

Ruy Lopez is the reference. Black tea, pepper and cherry make this more than a straightforward cherry scent, with rum and leather adding useful details to follow in a sample.

How do their notes compare?

DUA Black Cherry Opening lists Black Tea, Black Pepper, Cherry, Rose, Dark Rum and Davana among its notes. Mind Games Ruy Lopez lists Black Pepper, Cherry, Black Tea, Rum, Davana and Rose among its own notes.

A shared note is a starting point, rather than a promise that both scents will develop the same way. The amount of sweetness, the texture of the woods and the way the notes blend can matter as much as the names on the list.

What would we look for in a sample?

We’d compare the tea’s dryness with the cherry and rum sweetness.

Try the same number of sprays on separate wrists if you can. Compare them again after the opening settles, and check how noticeable each one feels at a normal wearing distance. Let your own skin and usual setting have a say.

Which bottle makes more sense?

We’d start with DUA Black Cherry Opening if you want to try this scent idea in DUA’s interpretation. Choose Mind Games Ruy Lopez if that exact original is what you want. Before ordering, compare bottle sizes, the delivered price and the retailer’s return terms. A smaller bottle or sample can be the better first step when one particular note is the reason you are interested.