Bath & Body Works is now easy to shop in the UK: 10 shockingly good perfume dupes for luxury scents
Bath and Body Works' affordable scents have always been a great entry point into fragrance for burgeoning beauty lovers, as I was many moons ago. But in 2025, the current lineup of Bath & Body Works scents has been elevated to match the tastes of the modern consumer and their growing fragrance knowledge. Now, Bath & Body Works is still captivating the attention of tweens, teens, and, even more impressively, adults due to its booming presence on TikTok. Recently they expanded their present in the UK, opening a flagship store on London's Oxford Street for all your sniffing and smelling preferences.
The brand's Everyday Luxuries collection dupes the most popular and best perfumes of the moment pretty blatantly (and pretty well, might I add). These new additions to the Bath & Body Works line have set the internet on fire, offering a great approximation of the viral luxury perfumes at a teeny fraction of the prices. Plus, with each scent priced at under £20 (and so often on a deal), has there ever been an easier way to play with fragrance?
From sugary sweet to fruity and fresh, I tried and tested 30 Bath & Body Works scents, from heritage scents to the chicest new body mist dupes, all to find the top 10 you should try from the massive collection. Read on to find out which are the best of the best.
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