Is Duppe Scents Island Luxe a dupe of Creed Virgin Island Water?
Virgin Island Water EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | U |
| 2025 | Year | - |
| ££££ | Price Tier | £ |
Island Luxe EDP
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Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Virgin Island Water
- Island Luxe
- in both
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Which Should You Buy?
The ultimate coconut-lime summer cocktail in a bottle, Virgin Island Water is pure vacation with a creamy twist. Performance is disappointing but the scent delivers unbeatable tropical freshness and easygoing, crowd-pleasing charm.
Island Luxe recreates the lime-coconut-rum sketch of Creed Virgin Island Water closely, and given the original's well-documented weak longevity, this dupe holding its own for a few hours is a genuine point in its favour.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Top Notes
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Heart Notes
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Base Notes
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
Virgin Island Water is built for heat and humidity, with a photorealistic lime and creamy coconut that shines in spring and especially summer. Its ultra-fresh, tropical profile feels out of place in cold weather or autumnal moods.
Occasions
This scent is carefree, uplifting, and unintrusive, making it ideal for casual wear, vacations, and summer outings. Its low projection suits close encounters and dates, but it lacks the gravitas for formal settings and may be too playful for the office.
Seasons
A coconut-lime-rum profile is unmistakably built for warm weather and reads out of place once summer ends.
Occasions
Light and breezy rather than statement-making, it fits relaxed daytime and holiday settings best.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Shares 5 of its 8 notes, including Bergamot, Musk, Lime
Adds ginger and rum, drops mango and patchouli
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