The $36 Sol de Janeiro body mist dupe we're adding to cart
Sol de Janeiro's viral body products have launched entire copy cat 'dupe' product lines by the likes of Aldi and MCoBeauty. But few brands have managed to offer customers a product that's not just more affordable than Sol de Janeiro's catalogue, but has the potential to go toe-to-toe with one of it's best-sellers.
Enter: Smooch Body Fine Fragrance Mists.
With a bottle of Smooch Body sold every six minutes around the world, this $36 body mist is a bonafide best-seller in it's own right.
The Aussie founded and made business was started by a Melbourne mum who wanted to create an affordable body mist for her daughter and her friends. However, unlike her own high school experience, the teens of today tended to gravitate towards more expensive options like Sol de Janeiro's body mist.
Smooch Body fills the giant affordable, but elevated body mist gap in the market, plus, the entire range of fragrances is inspired by real Australian women.
Each of the five Smooch Body fragrances are wonderful in their own right: Ria, Nikki, Ellie, Janey and Pip. But if you're after a guaranteed dupe for a Sol de Janeiro scent then we've got you covered too.
The best Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist dupe
While a bottle of Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist will set you back $63 the next time you shop at MECCA, opting for Smooch Body Janey instead will only cost you $36 by comparison.
The fragrance profiles aren't exactly the same, but the end result (AKA the scent that'll linger on your skin all day) really does smell very similar.
Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist opens with top notes of pistachio and almond to a heart of heliotrope and jasmine petals, while the dry down reveals a blend of vanilla, salted caramel and sandalwood.
Smooch Body's Janey, on the other hand, will initially smell like roasted almond and toffee, then there'll be hints of white florals, and then the base of the fragrance — creamy vanilla and coconut — will reveal itself.
Word to the wise, Sol de Janeiro might be viral but Janey is the brand's best-seller, in fact a bottle of the stuff sells every minute, which is why we'd recommend getting your hands on a bottle when you can. In fact, snap up two, while you're at it.
Main image credit: @barbieferreira
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Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).
