I hate wearing cheap purses. I’m so embarrassed to wear a cheap purse and I feel like I can spot them everywhere. This is not a dupe for anything at least I don’t think it is. The only thing that gives cheap is, it’s very shiny, but I think that that may get better overtime. I’m also going to try to wipe it down with a water washcloth to see if that helps. It does smell, but also that will go away overtime for sure. I am very pleasantly surprised at how elevated this purse looks.