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07/17/2026 - 11:47 PM
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Almost Eros Flame, but buy the original, anyway

A more potent Eros Flame. It is surprisingly close to the original, but missing the fruitier, non-liqueur top notes. Heart and base are pretty much the same.

While it has noticeably stronger projection, it fades a bit faster than the original (5ish hours), so having it come as a smaller 33 mL bottle would be a plus, as you may need to respray if you intend for it to last a full 8 hours.

At least, that's what I would say if the comparative cost was better. As of 2026, a pre-sale 33 mL bottle of Greatness Inferno retails for $33, and I was able to get a 100 mL bottle of Eros Flame for under $50 this year through a wholesaler. So unless you're shopping during one of Dua's sale events, it makes a lot more financial sense to just buy Eros Flame. Even if the original were slightly more expensive per mL, I still think it makes sense to buy the OG because it lasts longer, the bottle is way nicer, the top notes are more complex...and it's the original fragrance.

More than the fact that some of their dupes of the more affordable designer house frags are kind of overpriced, my biggest gripe with Dua is their obvious current reliance on AI-plagiarized graphics for their labels and marketing. It would be fair to make an argument that duping frags is tacky, but using AI images on that same product is downright meretricious and vulgar. The bottle and what's inside are often fine enough, but I would much rather have a plain monochrome label with the brand and fragrance name than any of the loud, high contrast, overexposed, graphic slop they put on their labels.

Anyway, it smells 90% like Eros Flame, but you can get the longer lasting Eros Flame for less than half the price per mL if you know where to look.
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