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WITH the Christmas party season in full swing, smelling sweet is a top priority. More than a third of us have popped perfume on our Christmas wish list, but with some designer brands costing upwards of £100, some fragrances are well out of reach for many of us. So could budget perfume dupes be the answer? With a huge range available on the high street for a fraction of the price of top brands, Fab put some of the most affordable alternatives to the test. But how did they fare when it came to long-lasting wear? And do they really smell just like the designer originals they are emulating? Emma Lazenby sniffs out the best dupes, revealing which ones are worth splashing out on and giving them all a mark out of five. IF there was ever a winter evening fragrance that’s as warm as it is luxurious, then I think M&S’s Midnight Blossom is up there. It’s perfect for the party season and smells remarkably like YSL’s Black Opium. With its musky, velvety notes and subtle floral undertones, it holds its weight against its designer rival. The simple purple packaging is cute, giving Parma violet vibes, but as it looks quite basic, I’d put it in the stocking-filler category, rather than the main gift. Having said that, Midnight Blossom is possibly the perfect perfume present to yourself. Granted, Black Opium was still bold after eight hours of wear. But M&S’s winter fragrance wasn’t far off. My wrist was still smelling lovely – if a little faint – well into the afternoon. 5/5 LIDL’S Suddenly Femelle fragrance bears a striking resemblance to the vanilla, iris and patchouli notes of Lancome’s La Vie Est Belle. It’s a warm scent and looks very expensive with its apothecary-style bottle and pretty pink packaging. One of the cheapest of the bunch, it packs a surprising punch. If you’re after a cosy, winter fragrance, Suddenly Femelle could be the perfect choice for you. It has a whiff of maturity about it, adding to its classic fragrance feel, but if long-lasting wear is one of your perfume priorities, sadly it falls short. There were still subtle hints after three hours, but it’s another dupe that’ll need regular respraying. That said, it’s a great fragrance that’d make a lovely gift for older friends and relatives. 3/5 ALDI’S Lacura perfume offerings are on fire this year, earning rave reviews for their designer dupes. Its Burberry Goddess copycat certainly looks expensive. Its pretty pink and gold packaging and sturdy glass bottle would look classy on any dressing table. It’s slightly sweeter than the Burberry original, with notes of vanilla, ginger, cacao and lavender, but this is the only notable difference when you spritz both scents. It smells unbelievably similar, with some TikTok fragrance fans even saying they prefer Radiant Majesty to the £135-a bottle real deal. But in our “length of wear” test, Aldi’s offering unfortunately falls short, with barely a whiff remaining after just three and a half hours. In contrast, Burberry Goddess was still smelling bold at 10pm after a 9am spritz. But with a £128 price difference, it’s cheaper to top up through the day with Aldi’s dupe. 3/5 THIS Aldi fragrance boasts a gorgeous, diamond-inspired bottle, which you’d be proud to pop in your handbag. It looks expensive and just as pretty as the designer original. Scent-wise it smells very similar to Viktor & Rolf’s Flowerbomb. I’d say Aldi’s Floral Love is a little heavier, so I had high hopes for its longevity. Sadly, the spritz on my wrist didn’t hold its fragrance weight for long and was fading fast after three hours. But with its bargain price tag, beautiful bottle and floral gorgeousness, I think we can forgive its lack of staying power . 4/5 WITH the smallest price difference between dupe and designer, let’s not do Next’s Cashmere a disservice. Its resemblance to Estee Lauder’s classic is pretty damn good. And if you like a softer, subtle fragrance that you can wear all year round, then Next’s Cashmere is the perfect perfume. It is floral, yet woody, and could be a great gift for someone who’s not a “perfume person”. And as for longevity, four hours later, it was holding on – just. Although Estee Lauder’s Sensuous was smelling strong after ten hours, weighing up the similarity of both, I’m not sure it’s worth the extra cost. 4/5 MOVING on to the slightly higher end high street perfumes, Zara’s Red Temptation is tricky to get hold of right now (more stock is arriving soon) and for good reason. It has a cult following on social media due to its remarkable similarity to Baccarat Rouge 540. Red Temptation is just as heady as its very pricey designer counterpart, with its spicy combination of saffron, bitter orange and coriander. It’s a classic scent that’s not for the faint-hearted, but if you like punchy “occasion” perfumes, this is the one for you. It’s also one of the strongest contenders when it comes to its length-of-wear. While the Baccarat Rouge 540 lasted a whole day, Red Temptation was still holding its own after five hours. And the price difference is staggering. 5/5 WE can all channel our inner Rihanna with Zara’s Wonder Rose, which smells very similar to the superstar-fronted Dior classic, albeit not as weighty. It’s a huge hit with the teens and rightly so. It’s wonderfully floral, but manages to be quite light, too – meaning we’re not venturing into headache territory. Wonder Rose combines fruitiness with flowers, coconut and vanilla. It’s lovely. And it definitely works for the festive period. With its mid-level price tag and cool packaging, it would make a great gift. Yes, we see a pattern emerging when it comes to length-of-wear, with Dior’s J’Adore lasting in excess of nine hours. But, Zara’s offering is pretty strong and I could still smell it after more than four hours. With the saving against its designer equivalent, it is pretty impressive. 4.5/5 WE can all channel our inner Rihanna with Zara’s Wonder Rose, which smells very similar to the superstar-fronted Dior classic, albeit not as weighty. It’s a huge hit with the teens and rightly so. It’s wonderfully floral, but manages to be quite light, too – meaning we’re not venturing into headache territory. Wonder Rose combines fruitiness with flowers, coconut and vanilla. It’s lovely. And it definitely works for the festive period. With its mid-level price tag and cool packaging, it would make a great gift. Yes, we see a pattern emerging when it comes to length-of-wear, with Dior’s J’Adore lasting in excess of nine hours. But, Zara’s offering is pretty strong and I could still smell it after more than four hours. With the saving against its designer equivalent, it is pretty impressive.Jannik Sinner clinched Italy’s second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of tennis by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Sunday for a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the final of the team competition. Matteo Berrettini put Italy ahead with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Botic van de Zandschulp in the opening singles match on an indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in southern Spain. The Italians, backed by a loud contingent of singing fans playing drums and armed with megaphones in the crowd of 9,200, became the first country to win the Davis Cup twice in a row since the Czech Republic in 2012 and 2013. Italy’s women won the Billie Jean King Cup by defeating Slovakia on Wednesday. Much of the credit for Italy's Davis Cup success goes to the No. 1-ranked Sinner, who went 4-0 in Malaga, including a victory in doubles with Berrettini against Argentina in the quarterfinals. Sinner hit 15 aces against Griekspoor and stretched his unbeaten streak in tour-level singles competition to 14 matches and 26 sets, including a title at the ATP Finals a week ago. His ascension is one of the year’s biggest stories in tennis. Sinner went 73-8 with eight singles titles in 2024, with his first two Grand Slam trophies arriving at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in September. The latter came shortly after he was cleared of wrongdoing in a doping case connected to two positive tests for steroids in March; the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal of that ruling is still pending. The Netherlands, which eliminated Rafael Nadal and Spain in the quarterfinals, reached the Davis Cup final for the first time. Once ranked as high as No. 21, and currently No. 40, Griekspoor never has been past the third round at a major tournament. But he is equipped with a dangerous serve — to the tune of 25 aces in a semifinal victory against Germany on Friday — that helped him hold his own deep into the first set Sunday. Griekspoor, who began the day 0-5 against Sinner, actually earned the first break chances, holding two at 1-all after three straight groundstroke misses by the Italian. But Sinner took the next four points to hold. When they got to the tiebreaker — which was preceded by dueling chants of “Italia! Italia!” and “Let’s go, Tallon! Let’s go!” — it was Sinner who was steadier, more ready for the moment, and he built a substantial lead before closing with an ace. Sinner went up a break at 2-1 in the second, before Griekspoor made one last stand. He broke right back, then led 30-love on his serve in the following game, drawing roars from the orange-wearing Dutch fans. But Sinner remained steadfast, and broke for 3-2 when Griekspoor double-faulted, then walked to the sideline and cracked his racket against the Dutch bench. Sinner wouldn't drop another game the rest of the way. Earlier, 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Berrettini needed some time to find his groove against the 80th-ranked van de Zandschulp, the man who beat Nadal in the last match of the 22-time Grand Slam title winner’s career and upset four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz at the U.S. Open. But Berrettini took control by grabbing the opening set’s last three games, and Sinner left his front-row seat behind Italy’s bench to head to the locker room and prepare to close the deal.slot game zeus 。

Hennessy Advisors, Inc. Reports 46% Increase in Annual Earnings Per ShareNoneGoogle on Monday announced that it will invest an additional $930 million across its three data center campuses in Nebraska, including the one under construction in Lincoln. Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector, said the additional investment will bring Google's total investment in Nebraska to more than $4.4 billion. She was joined for the announcement at Innovation Campus in Lincoln by Sen. Pete Ricketts, Rep. Don Bacon, University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold and Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. Dahut also announced that the company will donate $250,000 to the University of Nebraska system to support research into artificial intelligence on its various campuses. Gaylor Baird also announced that Google will donate $100,000 to the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools to help fund the Spark Summer Learning program, which is a hands-on summer camp focusing on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) for Lincoln-area elementary students. People are also reading... Google has previously said the data center under construction on about 600 acres of land northwest of the 56th Street exit on Interstate 80, will employ at least 30 people. The company has applied for $600 million in state tax incentives for the project and plans it submitted to the city indicate it could eventually grow to 2 million square feet of space if fully built out. Google's other Nebraska data centers are both in the Omaha area. It also has a data center across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This is a developing story. Stay with JournalStar.com for updates. Top Journal Star photos for November 2024 Lincoln firefighter Andrew Brenner sprays water from the top of a ladder truck on to the roof of a former Village Inn at 29th and O streets Wednesday morning. Luca Gustafson, 6, rides to school Tuesday with the bike bus at Riley Elementary School. Each Tuesday, students can bike to school with adult chaperones along a specific route. Wahoo's Braylon Iversen celebrates with Warrior players after they defeated Auburn in a Class C-1 state semifinal game Friday in Wahoo. Lincoln Fire Fighters Association member Andy Evans works to assemble a headboard during a bed-building day hosted by Sleep in Heavenly Peace on Saturday at Hampton Enterprises. Volunteers helped build 20 beds for children in need. Second-time mother giraffe Allie nuzzles her new calf in the giraffe experience enclosure on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. 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Jannik Sinner clinched Italy’s second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of tennis by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Sunday for a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the final of the team competition. Matteo Berrettini put Italy ahead with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Botic van de Zandschulp in the opening singles match on an indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in southern Spain. The Italians, backed by a loud contingent of singing fans playing drums and armed with megaphones in the crowd of 9,200, became the first country to win the Davis Cup twice in a row since the Czech Republic in 2012 and 2013. Italy’s women won the Billie Jean King Cup by defeating Slovakia on Wednesday. Much of the credit for Italy's Davis Cup success goes to the No. 1-ranked Sinner, who went 4-0 in Malaga, including a victory in doubles with Berrettini against Argentina in the quarterfinals. Sinner hit 15 aces against Griekspoor and stretched his unbeaten streak in tour-level singles competition to 14 matches and 26 sets, including a title at the ATP Finals a week ago. His ascension is one of the year’s biggest stories in tennis. Sinner went 73-8 with eight singles titles in 2024, with his first two Grand Slam trophies arriving at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in September. The latter came shortly after he was cleared of wrongdoing in a doping case connected to two positive tests for steroids in March; the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal of that ruling is still pending. The Netherlands, which eliminated Rafael Nadal and Spain in the quarterfinals, reached the Davis Cup final for the first time. Once ranked as high as No. 21, and currently No. 40, Griekspoor never has been past the third round at a major tournament. But he is equipped with a dangerous serve — to the tune of 25 aces in a semifinal victory against Germany on Friday — that helped him hold his own deep into the first set Sunday. Griekspoor, who began the day 0-5 against Sinner, actually earned the first break chances, holding two at 1-all after three straight groundstroke misses by the Italian. But Sinner took the next four points to hold. When they got to the tiebreaker — which was preceded by dueling chants of “Italia! Italia!” and “Let’s go, Tallon! Let’s go!” — it was Sinner who was steadier, more ready for the moment, and he built a substantial lead before closing with an ace. Sinner went up a break at 2-1 in the second, before Griekspoor made one last stand. He broke right back, then led 30-love on his serve in the following game, drawing roars from the orange-wearing Dutch fans. But Sinner remained steadfast, and broke for 3-2 when Griekspoor double-faulted, then walked to the sideline and cracked his racket against the Dutch bench. Sinner wouldn't drop another game the rest of the way. Earlier, 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Berrettini needed some time to find his groove against the 80th-ranked van de Zandschulp, the man who beat Nadal in the last match of the 22-time Grand Slam title winner’s career and upset four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz at the U.S. Open. But Berrettini took control by grabbing the opening set’s last three games, and Sinner left his front-row seat behind Italy’s bench to head to the locker room and prepare to close the deal.

By Colton Pouncy, James Boyd and Jelani Scott The Detroit Lions (10-1) added another dominant win to their magical season on Sunday as the club cruised to a 24-6 victory over the Indianapolis Colts (5-7) after turning in another smash-mouth performance to remain perfect on the road. Week 12 marked the ninth time this campaign that the Lions topped 20 points and the third time their defense held an opponent to less than 10 points. Detroit’s latest standout showing of complementary football saw running back Jahmyr Gibbs lead the way on a day where the second-year star made team history. With 99 scrimmage yards, including 90 on the ground, and two touchdowns, Gibbs became the third Lion (Billy Sims, Barry Sanders) to record 1000-plus scrimmage yards and 10-plus TDs in his first two seasons. Advertisement Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn’s unit again proved why they’re one of the NFL ’s best red zone defenses after limiting Indy to two first-half field goals on their only two trips, the first of which came after what could’ve been a pivotal dropped Colts TD. A slew of penalties on both sides and miscues throughout the game coupled with Detroit forcing four punts and a turnover on downs in the second half stamped an all-around difficult day for the Colts and QB Anthony Richardson , who played admirably in his second game back under center. Lions grind out win despite lukewarm offensive effort This was a strange game. The Lions’ offense struggled more than we’re used to seeing. They were well below their points average of 33.6, settling for just 24. They had to grind for everything, and it often wasn’t pretty. But they got the job done again. The defense held the Colts to just six points — three after the opening drive of the game — but avoided some big plays that were dropped or called back because of penalties. You take that eight days a week if you’re the Lions, but there’s plenty to clean up from a game like this one. With the win, the Lions improve to 10-1 on the season. They’ve won nine in a row. Next up: the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving. — Colton Pouncy, Lions beat writer Lions win possibly came at a cost Several Lions players suffered injuries in this one. Kalif Raymond was ruled out with a foot injury. Taylor Decker suffered knee and ankle injuries. CB Carlton Davis III suffered a knee injury. RB David Montgomery suffered a shoulder injury. Decker was able to return to action, while Montgomery and Davis remained on the sideline, perhaps ready to go back in if needed. But still, this feels like a weekly occurrence. Injuries are certainly piling up for this team. It feels like injuries are the only thing that can slow the Lions down right now. It’s worth monitoring the status of several players heading into back-to-back Thursday games. — Pouncy Advertisement No help for Anthony Richardson Richardson picked up where he left off last week and looked like a player who was in control of the offense, though he didn’t get much help from his counterparts in Indianapolis’ 24-6 loss to Detroit. The second-year pro still had his share of errant throws, but he was also playing behind an offensive line that featured three rookies and was constantly under siege. Richardson wasn’t sacked but was hit six times and pressured even more. Richardson finished 11-of-28 passing for 172 yards. His best throw came on a 39-yard deep shot to Alec Pierce in the second quarter that put Indianapolis in the red zone with a chance to take an early lead. However, tight end Drew Ogletree dropped a walk-in touchdown two plays later, and Indianapolis settled for a field goal. Indy’s offense never recovered and finished with a season-low six points. Richardson is now 4-4 as a starter this season as Indianapolis suffered its fourth loss in five games. — James Boyd, Colts beat writer Penalties, penalties and more penalties The Colts committed 10 penalties for a total of 75 yards, with several penalties negating their big plays. Indianapolis had gains of 30, 21 and 19 yards called back after being flagged. Despite starting three rookie offensive linemen, it was star left guard Quenton Nelson who violated the rules the most. He was flagged for being an ineligible man downfield, illegal use of hands and a false start. Richardson was also penalized for intentional grounding in the fourth quarter. Indianapolis’ 10 penalties are a season-high and the second-most it has had in a single game over the last five years. Richardson led the Colts with 10 carries for 61 yards as the Lions swallowed up running back Jonathan Taylor . The 2021 league rushing champ totaled just 11 carries for a season-low 35 yards and had just one carry for 14 yards in the second half. — Boyd Required reading (Photo: Grace Hollars / IndyStar / USA Today Network)

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