The Dupe Spot

The Dupe Spot: perfumes inspired by luxury fragrances, bottled in Melbourne

The Dupe Spot is an Australian store specialising in perfume dupes of luxury houses, as well as body care products and home fragrances. Its catalogue brings together more than 400 fragrance duplications, with prices starting at AUD 16.95. The company presents itself as a local benchmark in fragrances inspired by designer and niche perfumes.

French essences and artisanal bottling

According to the store's information, each fragrance starts with essences sourced in France, of the same type used by the most renowned perfume houses. Each perfume is then hand-bottled in a Melbourne studio, with a level of care typical of a boutique operation. The company describes its products as careful interpretations, not cheap imitations, and maintains that it seeks to offer an accessible alternative to luxury fragrances.

Product formats and categories

The catalogue is organised into several lines:

• EDP spray perfumes, including 30 ml limited edition formats.
• Concentrated perfume oils, alcohol-free, presented as longer-lasting and closer to the skin.
• 10 ml samples to try a fragrance before buying a larger format.
• Home fragrances: reed diffusers, electric diffusers, linen and room sprays, and soy candles.
• Body care: conditioning hair mists, hand and body lotions, luxury body oils and shower gels.
• 30 ml beard oil.
• Car diffusers.

The store also offers collections organised by fragrance house, such as Tom Ford, Creed, Dior, YSL, Byredo, Le Labo, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Parfums de Marly, among others, and by gender: female, male and unisex. It also has a line of its own exclusives under the The Dupe Spot brand.

Shipping and coverage

Orders are shipped across Australia at a flat rate, from Perth to Hobart. The company does not specify in the material analysed the amount of that rate or the delivery times.

Track record in the sector

The company states that its founders have two decades of experience in the perfume industry, experience that led them to create The Dupe Spot to bring luxury fragrances to a wider audience. The website runs on the Shopify platform and accepts payments with American Express, Apple Pay, Bancontact, Google Pay, iDEAL, Wero, Mastercard, PayPal, Shop Pay, Union Pay and Visa.