What Is DUA Ultimate Rendezvous a Dupe Of?

The original behind DUA Ultimate Rendezvous is Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Ultime. It is DUA’s clone of that scent, with ginger, grapefruit, rose and aromatic woods as the useful starting point for a comparison. Here is what connects the two and what we would pay attention to when choosing between them.

What connects the two

Ultimate Rendezvous follows L’Homme Ultime through ginger, grapefruit, cardamom and rose. Sage, geranium, apple and woods add more detail. We’d pay attention to the rose alongside the fresher notes rather than treating this as the original L’Homme.

The reference is Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Ultime, separate from L’Homme and La Nuit de L’Homme.

How do their notes compare?

DUA gives this scent a single note list. Its listed notes include Cashmere Wood, Rose, Cardamom, Apple, Grapefruit, Bergamot and Ginger. That gives you a few specific notes to look for in a sample.

Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Ultime lists Ginger, Grapefruit, Cardamom, Bergamot, Rose, Sage and Geranium 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?

We’d compare the ginger and grapefruit with the rose and sage, then return to the woods. Both profiles also name cashmere wood.

Which one should you choose?

For a purchase, think about what you want from this pairing: DUA’s take on ginger, grapefruit, rose and aromatic woods, or the original fragrance itself. Then compare the actual bottle sizes and current retailer terms. We’d give a sample time to develop before committing to a larger bottle, especially if the balance between the fresher and sweeter notes is what matters to you.