The best fragrance dupes under $40

You don't need a hundred dollars to smell expensive. The dupe world runs on a handful of houses — Lattafa, Armaf, Maison Alhambra, Dossier, Zara — that build fragrances around the same notes as the designer and niche icons, and price them like an impulse buy.

Everything on this list is under forty dollars and shares the key notes of a much pricier original. It's the cheapest way to test-drive a signature before you commit to the real thing — or to just wear it and pocket the difference.