Bangkok
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Noted Aromas
Inspired by Black Opium EDP Yves Saint Laurent
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Noted Aromas
UK-blended dupe house reinterpreting designer and niche fragrances - city-named, plain-packaged, and priced at a fraction of the originals.
About Noted Aromas
Noted Aromas is a Durham-based, direct-to-consumer dupe house founded in 2020 by brothers Thomas and James Gibson, built on a simple proposition: take the world's most loved designer and niche fragrances and reinterpret them in UK-blended formats sold at a fraction of the original price. After more than a year of development the brand launched to market and scaled fast, reaching multi-million-pound turnover within its first trading years and, in 2025, completing a 31 million GBP management buy-out backed by eComplete, NVM Private Equity and Metro Bank - a striking growth curve for a young independent.
Production is the differentiator. Unlike most price-led dupe houses that source from Middle Eastern or Indian blenders, Noted Aromas formulates and bottles in the United Kingdom, with a small in-house team and full cosmetic-safety compliance. The catalogue is organised around city names: Berlin, Monte Carlo, Riyadh, Rome, Manhattan and dozens more, each a recognisable reinterpretation of a designer or niche original, priced from around 4.99 GBP for a 5 ml sample to roughly 33 GBP for the 100 ml flagship.
Olfactorily the line skews toward the modern dupe-house staples that drove the brand's social-media reach: ambroxan-heavy blue scents, vanilla-tobacco gourmands, woody-amber ouds, and saffron-amber readings of cult niche releases such as Baccarat Rouge 540. Performance is the pitch - long-wearing, projection-forward interpretations aimed at wearers who recognise the inspirations but won't pay designer-tier prices for them.
Positioning sits in the UK-blended budget dupe tier, alongside The Essence Vault and Match Fragrances on the British dupe shelf, but with a tighter naming concept (cities, not numbered codes) and a notably stronger consumer-marketing footprint than its peers.
Certifications
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At a Glance
The Brand
Scent Personality
Worth It?
The Range
Full span (10th-90th)
Typical (median)
Scent DNA
Sweet
Amber
Woody
- Reinterprets famous designer and niche fragrances rather than composing originals
- UK-blended and bottled, unlike most Middle-East-sourced dupe houses
- City-named range with plain, low-cost packaging
- Skews toward crowd-pleasing ambroxan blues, vanilla-tobacco gourmands and saffron-amber readings of cult releases like Baccarat Rouge 540
Top Notes
Base Notes
Typical Performance
Longevity
Long
Projection
Strong
Positioning
A budget dupe house known for sweet compositions.
How It Compares
- → More consumer-marketed than The Essence Vault
- → Larger-scale than Match Fragrances
- → More UK-focused than Dossier
Who It's For
Best For
- Designer-scent lovers on a budget
- Sampling expensive fragrances before committing to a full bottle
- Everyday wear without the designer price tag
- Building a wardrobe of recognisable scents cheaply
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- Recognisable interpretations of cult designer and niche scents
- UK-blended and bottled with cosmetic-safety compliance
- Strong value - 100ml flagship around 33 GBP
- Wide, fast-growing catalogue with clear city-name navigation
Weaknesses
- Interpretations, not the originals - nuance and drydown can differ
- Not a creative house - no original compositions
- Quality consistency can vary across such a broad range
Brand Evolution
Founded in 2020 as a small Durham operation, Noted Aromas scaled rapidly on direct-to-consumer sales and social-media reach, culminating in a 2025 management buy-out backed by eComplete and NVM Private Equity. The range has widened steadily around its city-naming system, leaning into the dupe-house staples - ambroxan blues, amber-saffron and gourmand interpretations - that drive repeat sales.
Quick Verdict
A UK-blended dupe house that reinterprets famous designer and niche fragrances at budget prices. Strong value and recognisable scents, but interpretations rather than originals - and not a house for originality seekers.
Perfumers
Noted Aromas's designer-inspired fragrances
Noted Aromas perfumes mapped to the designer fragrances they replicate. How we score similarity →
Match scores are our estimate of how alike two perfumes smell, calculated from their published notes, not a measurement. How we score similarity
Noted Aromas Perfumes
Favourite - easy to wear anywhere · Statement - bold & distinctive · Acquired - bold, for fewer occasions
Chamonix
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Noted Aromas
Inspired by By the Fireplace EDT Maison Margiela
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Havana
EDP
Noted Aromas
Inspired by Tobacco Vanille EDP Tom Ford
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Lens
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Noted Aromas
Inspired by Rose of No Man's Land EDP Byredo
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Livorno
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Noted Aromas
Inspired by Tuscan Leather EDP Tom Ford
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London
EDP
Noted Aromas
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Marseille
EDP
Noted Aromas
Inspired by Coco Mademoiselle EDP Chanel
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New Orleans
EDP
Noted Aromas
Inspired by Jazz Club EDT Maison Margiela
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Shanghai
EDP
Noted Aromas
Inspired by L’Immensité EDP Louis Vuitton
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Zanzibar
EDP
Noted Aromas
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