As promised, comparison shots of Chanel Particuliere, OPI You Don't Know Jacques and OPI Over the Taupe (L-R in the picture below)!

This is probably the most accurate depiction of the 3 colours! From L-R: Over the Taupe, You Don't Know Jacques and Particuliere.

Indoors

With flash, so you can see all them in all sorts of lighting!



The following 2 shots were taken in sunlight.





Now, a lot of people are saying Over the Taupe is a dupe for Particuliere. Here are some pictures for you to decide for yourself!



With flash



In sunlight, Over the Taupe on the left and Particuliere on the right.



My take: Though Over the Taupe (OTT) is somewhat similar to Particuliere. They are however, different enough to own both, if you are an ardent taupe lover like I am! To the untrained eye, the 2 colours would probably look similar and OTT may be able to pass off as a Particuliere dupe but to me, Particuliere appeared a little warmer, with more yellow undertones as compared to OTT, which somehow had a little hint of purple to it! As mentioned above, the third picture from the top is the most accurate shot I had, in terms of colour! Somehow though, Particuliere managed to look cooler than OTT did in the sunlight shots but really, it is warmer!

Moving on to Over the Taupe vs You Don't Know Jacques, Jacques is definitely darker and appears more grey to Over the Taupe's brown. By themselves, I would still say that both of them are clearly browns though. Again, different enough to own both and I do love them both!

A lot of other sites have compared Particuliere to Essie Mink Muffs but sadly, I don't have it to do a comparison. Nevertheless, I hope the above shots were sufficient for you, in comparing the 3 polishes!

I'm going to order Essie Hot Coco, Smokin Hot and Merino Cool soon, which all fall into the same taupe category so perhaps I do another comparison post again when I receive the polishes!