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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chemist Warehouse manager reveals the $30 'dupe' of popular $445 luxury item: 'It's identical'
A Chemist Warehouse employee has discovered what she believes is a $29.99 'dupe' of a popular $445 luxury item. Jess, a retail manager from Melbourne, has claimed the Made in Lab No. 115 Eau de Parfum (100mL) 'smells identical' to the Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540, which retails for an eye-popping $445 for 70mL or $881 for 200mL. 'We've got a new Baccarat Rouge dupe for you,' the worker claimed in her video. 'And it's up there with one of the best. Why? It's $30, it lasts so long on the skin and it just smells identical.' The employee was amazed that the two fragrances, despite their vastly different price points, contained nearly the same scent elements. 'The Made in Lab No. 115 has almost the exact same notes (as Baccarat Rouge) except it's missing the ambroxan and oak moss notes,' Jess pointed out. 'But I still think it smells exactly the same and it has great longevity... it's not as overpowering like some of the other dupes out there, but the longevity is still insane. 'It smells so good.' She added: 'Highly recommend giving this one a go if you love Baccarat Rouge. You know the saying... Run.' Many were excited to hear about the new 'dupe', with one saying: 'OMG I need it.' 'Sooo good,' another shared. What shoppers love most about the formula is that it's designed to be unisex so anyone can use the scent. The manager's recommendation comes just weeks after she claimed the Made In Lab. 18 Eau de Parfum was almost identical to Giorgio Armani's Si fragrance. 'I just found the closest dupe to Giorgio Armani Si I have ever smelt,' she said. 'Like when I mean 'the closest', I mean Giorgio Armani has six notes... Made In Lab has six notes. 'To say I was shocked at how good this fragrance smelt is an understatement.' The employee was amazed that the two fragrances, despite their vastly different price points, contained the same scent elements (left: Made in lab $30 scent; right: Giorgio Armani's $299 Si fragrance) Jess said both fragrances have 'exactly the same notes'. 'This fragrance (Giorgio Armani Si) is one of the top sellers, and for a reason. It's a beautiful, vanilla, woody scent,' she explained. 'Made In Lab 18 is a brand new scent to - only available at Chemist Warehouse might I add... If you're not already convinced, it's only $30. 'Now I know what you're saying... a $30 fragrance? I bet it doesn't last. Well, let me tell you... The longevity is so good. It lasted on my skin for hours.' The store manager predicted the new fragrance is set to sell out. 'Run to Chemist Warehouse… We all know these will fly off the shelf,' she said.
National Post
03-06-2025
- General
- National Post
Peter Shawn Taylor: Standing up for urinals amid the gender-neutral washroom craze
The famous genderless washroom in the 1990s TV show Ally McBeal was a plot device meant for comedic purpose. These days it is no laughing matter. Across Canada, separate men's and women's restrooms are rapidly being replaced with unisex facilities. Article content Article content In Kitchener, Ont., recent renovations have left the 2,000 seat Centre in the Square, the city's premier music auditorium, with five multi-stall gender-neutral washrooms. These require men and women to line up together to access a series of individual stalls that each contain a toilet, paper dispenser and garbage can. Such an arrangement, which upends centuries of sex-separated bathrooms, brings with it plenty of double-takes, puzzled looks and awkward moments. (Including when I took my 89-year-old mother to the Nutcracker.) But it is by no means unique. Article content In Montreal, a new washroom at the Université de Montreal's student services building features a unique circular design with study rooms and couches meant to encourage users to linger all day. It also includes 12 individually-ventilated stalls with floor-to-ceiling doors, and a common area for washing up. Numerous public schools across B.C. have similarly done away with separate boys' and girls' washrooms. And the same is planned for the current renovation of Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the seat of Canada's democracy. Article content Article content While these bathroom changes have all been presented as bold steps forward for 'inclusivity,' there's one thing genderless washrooms lack. Amid current efforts to rid restrooms of any vestige of traditional male and female differences, the urinal — a uniquely male waste management device — is at risk of disappearing forever. It's time someone stood up for this unloved, overlooked and occasionally smelly necessity. Article content The current campaign against urinals finds its roots in efforts to solve the eternal dilemma of why the line at the ladies' room is always longer. Kathryn Anthony is a professor of architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a well-known advocate for 'potty parity.' As Anthony explained in an interview, 'Potty parity means equal speed of access to public toilets for men and women. Women simply take longer to go due to our anatomy and the need to disrobe.' To this end, she has spent decades campaigning for larger women's washrooms to compensate for the extra time requirement. Article content More recently, however, the potty parity movement has made common cause with trans-gender activists who seek to eliminate any evidence of biological sex by promoting the concept of universal washrooms, which entail one bathroom line for all. And no urinals. 'As we see more and more unisex restrooms,' Anthony said, 'we will see fewer and fewer urinals. And not too many people are going to be sorry about that.' That remains to be seen.
Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Effects of court ruling will trickle down at the loos
P ause, gentlemen readers, before you cheer that Supreme Court ruling on biological sex. It emerged last week that this will mean a switch from 'ladies' and 'gents' loos to unisex conveniences. Theatres, restaurants, bars and public lavatories can thus duck controversy and legal challenge. But wait! Surely this spells the end for that miracle of plumbing, the urinal. Unzip, 30 seconds, zip up, wash hands and you're on your way. Hurrying on to the bar, we boys can cast a sympathetic glance at those endless loo queues of women during the interval at Covent Garden. God forbid that we may soon be forced to join them. Reports emerge that housebuilders may be required by planning regulations to equip new homes with roof solar panels: an
Times
06-05-2025
- General
- Times
Effects of court ruling will trickle down at loos
P ause, gentlemen readers, before you cheer that Supreme Court ruling on biological sex. It emerged last week that this will mean a switch from 'ladies' and 'gents' loos to unisex conveniences. Theatres, restaurants, bars and public lavatories can thus duck controversy and legal challenge. But wait! Surely this spells the end for that miracle of plumbing, the urinal. Unzip, 30 seconds, zip up, wash hands and you're on your way. Hurrying on to the bar, we boys can cast a sympathetic glance at those endless loo queues of women during the interval at Covent Garden. God forbid that we may soon be forced to join them. Reports emerge that housebuilders may be required by planning regulations to equip new homes with roof solar panels: an overdue and obvious move but, of course, a significant cost. So let me tell you about swift bricks. Swifts — those amazing, sky-darting little wonders of aero-engineering that arrive from the south every spring — are in serious long-term decline across Britain, and one reason is that modern housing is depriving them of the nooks and crannies in masonry where they site their tiny nests.
