Why Aussies are flocking to this 'hidden gem' at the back of a convenience store in Sydney A perfume prodigy is wowing fans with his handmade dupes of popular scents READ MORE: The hidden Japanese convenience store in Sydney By Amanda Bechara For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:24, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 07:24, 5 August 2024 e-mail View comments A humble grocery store in Sydney is the home of a master perfumer with a reputation for making on-the-spot dupes of any fragrance. A world of scent lies at the end of the Rockdale convenience store's grocery aisle, where Ali Jalloul of Jalu Fragrances promises 'A-grade inspiration' dupes, made to order. With bottles filled with every kind of exotic perfume, the colourful counter looks like the home of a mad scientist with a fancy for fragrance - and it has been pulling in droves of fans from all over Sydney since it opened three years ago.
Safa Abouradi's visit to the scent shop famed for 'amazing perfume dupes' was viewed 1.1 million times after being posted on TikTok . Safa, who has worn Yves Saint Laurent's best-selling Black Opium fragrance for five years, requested a dupe of her favourite scent.
Ali had only to smell the luxury women's fragrance beloved for its notes of intense coffee and seductive florals for a few moments before telling Safa: 'I know I can make it.' After twenty minutes of mixing and tweaking different scents, Mr Jalloul had perfected his clone of the YSL designer perfume which retails at $282 for 90 ml. '.