WITH the cost-of-living crisis soaring, affording the finer things in life is becoming increasingly challenging for many cash-strapped Brits.
Whether it’s your top make-up product or , stretching pounds has become a struggle for millions.


However, one savvy woman has discovered an to help you enjoy your favourite designer perfume without emptying your .
The mum, known as Snack Queen on , shared her ingenious hack to getwithout the hefty price tag.
She recently told fellow beauty buffs on the platform: ”This has to be favourite hack. Did you know that you that you can buy a perfume pod at Superdrug and get it filled up for free?”
These pods, available in a range of summery colours, such as light blue, pink and green, cost just £7.99 ”and hold about 5ml of perfume”.
This, according to Superdrug website, ”gives you approximately 65 sprays”.
The handy size makes them perfect for – or chucking into your purse before you head out on a or a with your friends.
Once you've purchased the pod, you can then choose any perfume of your liking – even the most expensive option, the customer emphasised in the video.
This hack is great, as it also gives the chance to test out any viral perfume they've had their eyes on before committing to forking out the full sum.
The savvy mum decided to treat her hubby to a posh Valentino perfume, which usually retails for ”over £100”.
Thanks to this little-known trick, she was able to get it for more than whopping ten times less.
”I repeat – this is completely free to fill up. It's such a perfect thing to keep in your , or you're travelling on the , or you go to gym.”
She went on in the caption: ”How did I only find out about this great hack?
”So good for !”
Since being shared online, the informative clip has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it's won the mum over 340k views in less than 24 hours.
It also has close to 22k likes, over 6,700 shares, as well as 274 comments.
One shopper said: ”Didn’t know this, thanks! I always thought why they are so expensive empty.”
Another wrote: ”Guys this isn’t about ‘oh you might as well buy the full size’. It’s about getting to try a perfume without paying full price.”
”Perfume shop do this too!” a third chimed in.
”I have that Valentino perfume and I’m obsessed with it. Thanks for the tip!”a beauty lover said.