Knock it Off!

Who hasn't at one time or another been curious about fake (Knock off) purses, perfume, sunglasses, or what have you? It gives you a little boost to have "the real thing," but have you ever indulged in a little harmless "foolery" ?

Today, I was strolling around Cato's waiting on my interviewer to finish assisting a customer, and I stumbled upon a stand of "Inspired By" perfumes. Preferred Fragrance Inc. puts out several perfumes that are modeled after extremely popular designer brands. They attempt to package them in similar packaging and do it for an insane price. Read: $4.99 for a gigantic bottle.

Now, in most cases, you get what you pay for. I was, however, pleasantly surprised by some of the fragrances on display. Bamberry Weekend (Burberry Weekend) was a lovely scent as well as the mock DKNY's Be Delicious, whose name I forget. Since they were so affordably priced, I picked up La Vida Loca, the Viva La Juicy knock off.

I pick up a lot of berry notes in this and citrus (which are present in the designer fragrance), and I think I am smelling the floral in it as well. My husband loves it!

The staying power of these types of perfumes isn't that good, but for $5, I'm not really ticked about it. It did last longer than I thought it would, and since it is packaged so nicely, I won't mind a bit toting this around with me for a midday spritz. It's a bit of harmless fun, and I can save my special perfume (Burberry London) for special occasions!