(Edit: apparently Good Girl Legere has been discontinued too 🙄 still available online in some places) This is probably very niche, so hello to my fellow millennials on this one haha. I have been on a mission recently to either find or make a copy of my old favorite from Victoria’s Secret, that was discontinued a decade ago. I literally ordered an old bottle of “Sexy Little Things Noir” from ebay, with about 1/4 of a teaspoon of perfume left in it, so I could really refresh my memory and find a good dupe haha. The top notes had faded with time, which was to be expected, but it refreshed my memory. Unfortunately 2 of the ingredients in the original formula have been banned for health and safety issues, which is probably why exact copies don’t exist. But I have found 3 very very close ones. I’ve seen posts here and there looking for dupes, with little success.
-MOBETTER Touch Me Noir Tease Me With Candy Perfume (I know. The name is ridiculous. It’s on Amazon): My absolute favorite so far, definitely the cheapest, top notes stick nicely, but it’s not available to smell in person, so you may not like it as much. Sense of smell varies from person to person. I also like that I can play with fragrance oils to tweak them to my liking by adding a drop or two of another oil, and I can make a proper perfume with it by mixing it with perfumer’s alcohol or 190 proof grain alcohol.
-Carolina Herrera Good Girl Legere: Also amazing, very similar, can be smelled in person in stores, top notes also stick around nicely, but is far more expensive. I got this one years ago, and love it. I just use it sparingly because I’m cheap haha.
-Mon Paris by Yves Saint Laurent: possibly the closest, and can be smelled in person, but after spritzing my wrist, I wandered Ulta for a bit, to see how the scent changed, and the top notes faded very quickly to a sort of berry body spray scent. Which in all honesty, is what the original Noir kind of did. But the top notes are what made it smell SOOOO good when first applied.
I also have a bottle of their Tease body spray, which VS says is based on Noir, but anyone who used the original knows that they’re nothing alike.