Very impressed with this item, though until yesterday I have never tried the "real thing". John Lewis had a tester out for a 30ml bottle at £108, so I had a squirt of it on one arm, then went home and applied my PP version to the other arm. Very similar smell, though my wife said she prefers the PP one, as it dries down to a nicer smell she says. And after a few hours the "real" one was very faint, whereas the PP was still pleasantly noticable.