Lush The Bug, released in 2012, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
Lush The Bug: aromatic, balsamic and green, about 6h on skin, projection 8/10, sillage 5/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The three closest scent matches — the closest replacements for Lush The Bug we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity:
Evokes the sharp green herbal character of Lush The Bug, offering a similar mossy and woody profile at a fraction of the cost.
It shares its aromatic, green and woody accords with Lush The Bug, lasts about 7h against 6h and carries 4,630 community ratings.
Shares the eccentric balsamic and earthy intensity found in Lush The Bug, leaning into a similarly unconventional aromatic space.
It shares its warm spicy, woody and amber accords with Lush The Bug, lasts about 8h against 6h and carries 513 community ratings.
Features a blast of sharp galbanum and aromatic green notes that sit comfortably in the same family as Lush The Bug.
It shares its green, fresh spicy and woody accords with Lush The Bug, lasts about 7h against 6h and carries 2,392 community ratings.
Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel, at about $15 for 100 ml (estimate) — around 85% less than Lush The Bug.
Lush Tank Battle, at about 8h on skin, against about 6h for Lush The Bug.
Lush Tank Battle, at 81% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel saves you about $140 a year against Lush The Bug. Both priced at 100 ml; prices are estimates.
Across 2,358 originals, the median designer bottle is $120 and its closest match $30 — the Dupe Report 2026.
On an 8-hour day, none of the 3 last a full 8 hours. Lush Tank Battle comes closest at 7.7h, so it needs one re-spray to cover the day.
Lush The Bug notes, performance and price
AltScent is also free on the App Store and Google Play.
Updated 2026-11-09.