February Special Edition “Love & Spoil” Luxor Box FULL SPOILERS

FYI… The Brandon Blackwood card that was included says that the code is good for 40% off, but it only takes off 20%.

Update:

LB did agree to take the box back, but a friend wanted the necklace so it won’t be returned. After decades of selling and designing jewelry, I’ve tried to educate women on buying better pieces, but she wants what she wants. The book and wine coaster went in the donate box, the stopper was trashed, the chocolates will be eaten, and the bag’s fate is TBD. It’s too small for a tall woman like me to use as intended so it will probably sit in my closet once it airs out since I don’t sell on eBay.

I’ve decided that with the exception of the pretty awful wine stopper and plate set (which has a random “cheap item I picked up at the Marshall’s checkout” look to it), I like this box. I love the Meredith Hahn necklace (I chose silver) and feel it is a gorgeous quality item (and I’m wearing it right now). The Blackwood purse is airing out in the garage now and I’m going to find places to use it! I’m on the older tail of the demographic here (just about to turn 62) but I’m using selected sub boxes to stretch my style a bit. I enjoyed (most of) this box!

Hi,

I posted this in another thread but thought I would leave it here as well. Brandon Blackwood Here. The bag was designed exclusively for Luxor Box subscribers. My factory has minimums to uphold and I was ultimately left with a couple left over.
I offered those to my friends and family via social media because a lot of them can not afford things within the standard lines price points. Again this was on my personal Instagram completely separate from the business page.
I charged a low price (wayyy wayyy way below cost) because this was meant for friends and family. This was NOT a part of my business Instagram. I thought it would be a special way to have the people I am close to and care about deeply own something from the line (if you see my Instagram you’ll notice that it only consists of my favorite magazines I follow and friends). Trust and believe me I was not
Making any sort of cash return on those low prices.
I am a new designer and have so many supportive people in my corner. I just simply wanted my friends and family to have a piece.
There is no way possible anyone I did not personally know to have a piece.
This was never a public sale, available to people I did not know. I can guarantee that anyone who says they have received one from me or purchased one is not being truthful.
This is pretty saddening because what I did as a way to say thank you to the people I care about turned so quickly into something negative.
I am open to having emails sent to me with further questions but me and my staff will not tolerate rude, racist, or aggressive emails like the ones I have been receiving. (Let be kind to one another guys)
Anyway, I love working with Luxor, the subscription box world and hope to one day make some
More pieces for you all to enjoy!

PS.

The smell is from edge painting on the straps. Factory workers hand paint those thin edges on your bag so that the edge matches the color of leather. If you take a look at any leather bag you own you will see the edges of the leather (especially handles and straps) are painted. Because they have not been sitting in a warehouse for days to air out the smell is pretty strong. It will air out. This process happens to every bag. You guys just got you’re “hot off the press”. Enjoy them and glad you all now have the truth of the matter.

I don’t know. This was my very first Luxor box & I’m not sure what to think. Do I like the box? Yes, very much so! I just cringe that I paid $200 for it, that’s all.

At 5’10” & plus size, that’s not a purse. It’s a over-sized wallet. LOL I think I’ll use it in my Kate Spade tote I purchased just for chemo. The necklace is very pretty. I ate the chocolates for breakfast (the things you do when you find out you have Stage 3 Triple Negative breast cancer that’s in 5-6 of your lymph nodes LOL) & they were DIVINE! The book is adorable (threw into my chemo tote right away). The win stopper is very cute & I will find another use for the “wine plate,” but I find that combo to be quite inflated too. $54 really??? Oh well. I still have quite a few more subscription boxes to look forward to so it wasn’t a huge disappointment – just a cringe over spending $200 on it, that’s all.

I just opened my box and I will agree with those who say that the purse has a distinct “chemical” smell. It’s airing out now, so we’ll see. The quality is definitely there, but it’s just a tad stiff. I’m sure it will loosen up with wear. I may poke a few holes in strap to make it smaller and wear it as a belt bag. It actually looks super cute when worn that way around the waist. I will say that around Christmas I bought the fish coin purse from Brandon Blackwood (because come on, it’s ridiculous) and the quality on that is impeccable.

My wine stopper came loose in the box during shipping and the heart on top is BEAT. UP. I wasn’t going to gift it, so it’s no biggie, but I am still a bit bummed.

I picked the gold necklace and it’s really pretty. I guess for the price though, I expected it to be solid (or at least a matching a front and back if that makes sense) and not have a hollow/cut out back.

I knew by dropping $200 on a mystery box, there would be a risk. But overall, I really enjoyed the box and will definitely purchase future mystery boxes from Luxor. Their normal boxes, not to mention their superb customer service, knock it out of the park every time (for me anyways). It’s been a fun way to be introduced to new things that I wouldn’t normally pick for myself.

I am pleased with this box. I don’t have a red bag and think it will be super cute for going to A Valentine’s Day tea with my two little girls. I don’t normally wear heart jewelry but really love this designer so I will absolutely be keeping the necklace! I usually have something that will go up for swap–but not sure if anything from this box will go up this time. The bag being available somewhere for $80 does give me pause. I hope that Luxor sees our comments here and reaches out to subscribers. The customer service is actually phenomenal — maybe they will make it up to use with something extra.

The bag is really nice. The necklace is really nice. The book is super cute. The wine items are useful (maybe a little “meh” but it’s a great thought). The chocolates look delicious and very luxe.

hm. so the designer (on his personal ig account ‘blkwd’ ) offered the bag for $80 a few weeks ago. for a sense of inflation….

Nice box but I will never use the purse or wine set. Willing to sell the purse. Likely will swap or gift the wine set

I will definitely be trying to swap for that bag. It’s perfect for me. That being said, I’m glad I held off on ordering this box because that’s all I would probably use. Well, I’d eat the chocolates too of course. That is if they were ok by the time they got to me here in hot FL. Hmm, now I want some chocolate… It’s not even 8 AM yet.

I’m curious regarding this and other boxes sending out chocolate at this time of the year – October. I live in a hot climate, in the 80s today, and I always worry about sub boxes that could have chocolate because that would be a disaster. Do they do anything special for those that live in the hot states? Like ship with dry ice?

I decided that mine is going back, and I’ve notified them to expect it shortly.

Mixed feelings about this box…..

* Purse is gorgeous color – definitely large enough to hold my cell phone plus lipstick, etc for an evening out. Does it “smell” of chemicals – yes…. But, I’m assuming that with this being a special only for Luxor that there was a rush to get this out – and that the smell will dissipate shortly.

* Necklace – pretty… but very lightweight – hard to see the value as being very realistic for this piece:(

* Chocolates are nice, very rich chocolate….

* Book is “cocktail table” material – my daughter has already taken home with her.

* Wine stopper / coaster – just “meh”. This feels like a cheap gift that you’d give with little thought (although my daughter did like the heart wine stopper – she is 20 years old for reference) …. and something you could find at a discount shop.

All told…. Not really sure that there is $200 of total value in this box. The RV are definitely inflated. Was really surprised that there weren’t a couple more items included – the over inflated prices for purse and necklace really skewed the supposed value. Not disappointed – but not thrilled either.

The bag probably just has to air out, I for one love this box, wish I ordered it!

This seems like a very well curated box – especially for Valentine’s Day, but not for me. The $200 price tag gave me second thoughts and I’m glad it did. The necklace is not my taste at all, the bag is seriously gorgeous but way too small to actually use, and the wine set would be wasted on me. The $10 book looks nice and chocolate is always welcome, but that’s it for me.

My observation that the regular sub boxes are better, at least for me, than the LE boxes continues.

I hope I didn’t just jinx the March box, though!! Now where’s that March spoiler??? I’m dyyyyyyyying for one!!!

My purse smells awful! It also looks and feels cheap. So disappointed.

Oops, seems like a total miss for me… Bag’s way too small, I don’t think I can squeeze my phablet in, and I can’t imagine me carrying a bright red bag. Wine plate and stopper are useless to me. Oh well, I’ll wait until I actually receive the box and see it myself then decide if I wanna sell/swap the entire box.

I would be interested in buying the purse if someone wants to part with theirs. Please email me with desired price. maya [dot] thevenot [at] gmail. thanks!

Got mine, and it’s AWFUL!

The bag has a horrible smell, like burning chemicals, and the bottle stopper came loose and banged against the wine coaster. The necklace is the worst of the bunch. Given the retail price, and the low cost of silver, you’d think this would be a solid piece, but it’s cut it on the back and badly cast. Very lightweight. I’m tempted to send it back because of the stench, damage and deceptive values.

Seems like an excellent curation for Vday. That said, I’m happy not to be getting this one. The bag and necklace are not my style at all, regardless of their RV.

Gorgeous bag!

I’m in love with that purse. I Don’t think I’ll have a chance to swap for it though, retail is crazy! If anyone is looking to swap it though, let me know!!!

Great theme and great execution! I didn’t get this box but the value is solid.

Does anybody pay full price for the items in that box? I agree that it is very well curated and would be totally delighted to receive one as a gift, but the RV of the items seem so inflated to me, maybe because I can’t imagine paying over $300 for a tiny purse, no matter whose name is on it.