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UK supermarket giant whose Skin Saints range (launched Feb 2025) brings designer-inspired eau de parfum dupes to the grocery aisle at 8 GBP standard or 7 GBP with a Clubcard, 12 SKUs in uniform white-box packaging.

Retailer Homegrown Makes dupes Official Website Also known as: Tesco

About Tesco

Tesco is the UK's largest supermarket chain, founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen. Its house-brand fragrance lines (notably Tesco Finest and Tesco F&F) sit alongside designer fragrances in the health and beauty aisle, offering accessible scents at supermarket pricing.

At a Glance

The Brand

Founded 1919
Founder Jack Cohen
Country United Kingdom
Category Retailer
Makes dupes Yes

Scent Personality

Sweetness
High
Freshness
Moderate
Boldness
Moderate
Uniqueness
Low

Worth It?

Price £
Value
Very High
Accessibility
Very High

Scent DNA

Sweet Woody Amber
  • Supermarket-shelf dupe range packaged in uniform white boxes differentiated by colour
  • 12 SKUs only, all 100ml EDP, all 8 GBP (7 GBP with Clubcard)
  • Descriptor naming (Rouge, Wild, Cerise) sidesteps the originals while community attribution does the inspired-by work on TikTok
  • National Tesco grocery distribution

Top Notes

Citrus Bergamot

Heart Notes

Jasmine Lily Of The Valley Rose

Base Notes

Musk Cedar Sandalwood

Typical Performance

Longevity
Moderate
Projection
Moderate

Positioning

A retailer, budget house known for sweet compositions.

How It Compares

  • → Less experimental than Zara
  • → Simpler compositions than Chanel

Who It's For

Best For

  • supermarket shoppers grabbing fragrance with the weekly food shop
  • Clubcard holders chasing the 7 GBP price point
  • dupe-curious wearers testing under 10 GBP entry points
  • compliment-fishing rotations on the tightest budget

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • national Tesco distribution and Clubcard pricing layer
  • uniform white-box packaging reads as deliberate rather than cheap
  • 12 SKUs cover the big community-recognised dupe targets
  • Tesco product copy stays sober on notes and avoids inspired-by claims
  • online ordering through tesco.com groceries alongside food shop

Weaknesses

  • catalogue is narrow at 12 SKUs and unlikely to widen
  • zero perfumery originality - every release is a dupe interpretation
  • dupe accuracy is community-claimed not house-confirmed
  • longevity and projection sit at the supermarket-budget tier not designer-tier

Brand Evolution

Tesco PLC has been the UK's dominant grocery retailer since the post-war decades and has carried mainstream designer fragrance through its in-store beauty aisles for years. The Skin Saints fragrance own-brand is the genuinely new development: launched February 2025 with 12 designer-inspired EDP SKUs at 8 GBP (7 GBP Clubcard), the range went viral on TikTok and Instagram within weeks. The sub-line is what ScentVerdict catalogues.

Quick Verdict

Supermarket dupe-house done at national-distribution scale: 12 community-claimed designer interpretations at 8 GBP (or 7 GBP with a Clubcard), uniformly packaged and stocked alongside the food shop. Best when you want the lowest possible entry price for a recognisable inspiration.

Designer dupes from Tesco

Tesco perfumes mapped to the designer fragrances they replicate. How we score similarity →

Tesco perfume Inspired by Similarity
Wild Eau de Toilette Sauvage Parfum by Dior
61%
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Santal Eau de Toilette Santal 33 Eau de Parfum by Le Labo
57%
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Principle Eau de Toilette Aventus Eau de Parfum by Creed
55%
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Passion by Tesco Eau de Parfum Good Girl Eau de Parfum by Carolina Herrera
52%
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Cerise Eau de Toilette Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum by Tom Ford
16%
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Rouge Eau de Parfum Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
10%
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Principle Eau de Toilette Aventus Cologne Eau de Parfum by Creed
3%
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