Sunrise on the Red Sand Dunes Zara 2023 Eau de Parfum

I haven't had the opportunity to test the original yet, but I do have a large bottle of Afternoon Swim. I have to say that the dupe has a very distinctive brand essence. I suspect that this is why it is so closely related to Imagination if secondary criteria are so clearly identifiable.
How do these look now?
To me, it smells figuratively like the UI design language of Apple, specifically like the characteristic round corners.
The bottles take up a very similar design, which is expressed at fragrance level in an ergonomic, non-scratchy round, airy DNA.
In my nose, this closed-off quality promotes a certain epi-propositionality.
and not
*Lemon*
It smells more like a managed user experience than an actual autonomous scent. Maybe it's just my knowledge that this is what LV is pushing in its stores. While Dior likes to make quasi-vulgar violations of designer expectations in clothes, which by the way is actually not uncommon in LV clothes either, here you smell more of the expected value.
A fragrance free of microaggressions, a fragrance that seeks to reassure you with every breath of air with its olfactory monogram repeated dozens of times over the average creative piece that the symbolic integrity is maintained above the absurd price and the obviousness of the price.
Ironic for a dupe. But also not completely unexpected, as there are various imitations, especially in the world of clothing. Anyone who sees a brown bag with an "LV" checkerboard pattern for 1/10 of the price may wonder afterwards whether the perception of the actual value proposition, the actual alleged selling point, was not just a figment of the socio-economic and cultural imagination.
I cannot evaluate this conclusively.
On the one hand, imitations are always somewhat lifeless. Like a completely blurred, identifiable but lifeless copy. Does the finer stitching turn the bag into something completely different? Does it need the crease on the forehead? Does it have to be CO2 extracted West Indian special ginger? Perhaps yes.
On the other hand, art doesn't have to come from can. Pop art such as Andy Warhol, but also various other abstract pieces, shine not only by reflecting the inherent work value, but also by effectively conveying a higher abstract logic.
One person sees color chaos, the next sees creativity. One sees an open custom mobile operating system, one sees bugs and potential work for customization. One sees a relatively simple scent that is dominated by its brand DNA and others see a well-known port that radiates security with symbols of conformity.