I have Aphrodisiac and Francesco.
They do look very very similar with arm swatches and paper swatches. But Francesco has a tad more red while Aphrodisiac more warm magenta. Although on my lips it's the reverse (Aphrodisiac is slightly redder). Not sure if you can really see the difference from the photo. The difference is really unnoticeable. I think you need just one.
Thanks for bringing this up, I didn't even think of the similarity between these 2! I guess I really didn't use Aphrodisiac enough to remember it. It's funny how I didn't think Aphrodisiac was that impressive when I got it but I really love Francesco (probably my top 5 or even top 3 from this collection), and now I realize how similar they are, I think I will put Aphrodisiac more in use.
On a side note, I noticed that Aphrodisiac is much harder to remove compare to Francesco. Maybe it means it's longer-lasting?
Aphrodisiac always on the right and Francesco on the left in the following photos.
Thank you thank you thank you! I always regretted missing out on Aphrodisiac. I ordered Francesco yesterday before I saw your swatches and now I'm just really glad I picked it up. I think cooper is more pink so maybe it's even closer to Aphrodisiac. It may be brighter though and I definitely prefer a muted color.
I'm not sure if the formula are exactly the same. Some of the mini lipsticks are supposed to be repromotes of older colors but bloggers have been commenting that the colors are different. Maybe there's a slight formula change in general.