Hi! Would it be possible to get an updated guide with rules and such? There have been a lot of perfumes added that look almost exactly like high end ones, which I always understood as a no no. It would be really helpful so we can better understand what is and isn’t allowing as I believe the guidelines have changed and therefore be able to check each other’s proposals and revisions more accurately.
@ssydlo I'd asked this question too a few months ago, here were the updated guidelines given - hope this helps!
There there a completely Guidelines Overhaul, you can now simply look that up
https://www.parfumo.com/fdb_kn...
Under genreal "Can dupes, inspired-by fragrances and hybrids be suggested?"
Amazing, thank you both! I’m looking through it now and WOW you all did an amazing job with the overhaul. Thank you for your hard work!
@Aspasia0 are the highlighted guidelines no longer relevant? Or what’s an example of something that would be denied for being too similar to the original? I thought the Elysia fragrances definitely wouldn’t have been accepted so I was surprised to see one.
It's not about recognising the reference perfume, but about the basic question: can the perfumes be confused?
In other words, can it happen that you go to the shop, don't look at the name and think you've bought the original.
The Elysia bottles are much taller, have a completely different lid with the flower, both visually and haptically, and the fw logo is also very present.
There's actually no real danger of buying FW and thinking it's a real Kayali, so it's ok.
The old Tom Ford dupes from Maison alhambra are an example where the similarity and risk of confusion is too great, or the Roja dupes from French Avenue
It also depends somewhat on the original. The more sophisticated and recognisable the original, the less similarity we allow.
In the case of very minimalist bottle designs, the similarity can be somewhat greater. After all, Dior and Co. do not have exclusive rights to simple rectangular or cylindrical bottles.
