What Is DUA Forbidden 4 a Dupe Of?

If you are wondering what DUA Forbidden 4 is a dupe of, the answer is Roja Parfums Parfum Royale #4. This is a clone pairing built around the idea of florals, warm spices and resinous woods. Here are the notes worth comparing before you choose a bottle.

The idea behind the comparison

This is the Parfum Royale number four pairing. Flowers, spice, balsamic materials and woods all feature in the profiles, so we would pick a few things to follow instead of trying to identify everything. Tuberose against saffron and the warmer wood notes is one useful comparison to make.

How do their notes compare?

DUA gives this scent a single note list. Its listed notes include Jasmine, Tuberose, Agarwood, Benzoin, Vanilla, Resin and Sandalwood. That gives you a few specific notes to look for in a sample.

Roja Parfums Parfum Royale #4 lists Mandarin Orange, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, May Rose, Tuberose, Heliotrope and Violet among its notes. You can see the complete profiles above, with each scent’s own labels and structure. A note list describes the idea; it does not tell you the proportions or guarantee that two fragrances develop the same way.

What would we compare on skin?

Check whether the flowers, spices or balsamic woods feel most prominent to you. We would compare that overall arrangement at more than one point during a sample wear.

Which one should you choose?

If florals, warm spices and resinous woods is the idea you want to explore, this pairing is a useful place to start. We’d choose between them after checking the actual bottle size, current offer and return terms, rather than assuming one is automatically the better deal. Try the same number of sprays on separate wrists if you can, and compare them again after the opening has settled.