SCENTED SWAP SHOP

Here are six of the best high-street alternatives we've found, fragrance floozies, unite

MARKS & SPENCER AUTOGRAPH AZURE BREEZE, £16 (100ML) A BIT LIKE Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, £69 (100ml) TESTED BY Victoria Horn, art director

“I started wearing Light Blue after smelling it on a stranger – I’ve never found another perfume that makes me smell as fresh. People always comment on it. Azure Breeze smells similar enough for my husband to think it’s the real thing.”

NEW LOOK DUSK, £8.99 (50ML) A BIT LIKE Lancôme La Vie Est Belle, £54 (50ml) TESTED BY Ashleigh Kybert, beauty intern

“I’ve worn La Vie Est Belle for as long as I can remember, and was so happy when I first smelt Dusk. It’s almost identical, but it didn’t even last 30 minutes and doesn’t give me the same confidence boost.”

LIDL SUDDENLY MADAME GLAMOUR, £3.99 (50ML) A BIT LIKE Chanel Coco Mademoiselle, £74 (50ml) TESTED BY Cathy Levy, workflow director

“Spraying Chanel makes me feel instantly ready to face the day, and although Suddenly Madame Glamour doesn’t last, for £4, it’s a great fresher-upper.”

H&M CASHMERE HAZE, £6.99 (55ML) A BIT LIKE Chanel No5, £67.50 (50ml) TESTED BY Babette Savin, Cosmopolitan nan

“Chanel No5 has been my perfume since the ’60s and it makes me feel glamorous. Cashmere Haze smells quite similar, and when I wore a scarf I’d had on the day before, I could still smell it, which was surprising. I can’t justify the cost of No5 now, so this is a great budget alternative.”

ZARA APPLEJUICE, £9.99 (100ML) A BIT LIKE Marc Jacobs Daisy, £78 (100ml) TESTED BY Cat Harvey-Jenner, senior digital writer

“I didn’t think Daisy could be emulated, but Applejuice’s floral notes are there loud and proud, and didn’t get up in my grill the way cheap scents can. My boyfriend couldn’t tell it apart, but my mum could.”

RIVER ISLAND IBIZA, £12 (75ML) A BIT LIKE DKNY Be Delicious, £50 (50ml) TESTED BY Dusty Baxter-Wright, digital writer

“I’ve worn Be Delicious on and off since I was 14. I was pleasantly surprised by the smell of Ibiza, but it’s far heavier. For just over a tenner, it’s good for a handbag, lastminute spray-to-cover-the-sweat spritz.”