The Story of Perfume Subscription Box Review – Feb 2016

This subscription has been the worst one that I have ever dealt with, and I have subscribed to almost everything throughout the years.

I signed up for a six month subscription with a promo code, and the first month they sent one small rollerball instead of the entire box. I was worried that it was because I had used a promo code, but I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. I contacted them and asked for the entire box. Michael sent it, but both small rollerballs were leaking.

The following month, one of the small rollerballs was leaking and I contacted them and the replacement leaked as well. The third month this occurred again. They use small, cheap, defective rollerballs for this subscription, and if you tilt them over they leak everywhere. I carry my perfume in my purse and I do not have unlimited counter space in the bathroom to store a bunch of defective rollerballs.

Last week I received my fourth box from them. Again, one of the bottles had leaked all over the box. I finally asked for a refund of the box that I had received and the two remaining boxes. They told me they would send a purse spray, but could not refund me for my two remaining boxes. Michael was completely unapologetic and unhelpful, and it took a week for anyone to even respond to my emails. Even with my 40% off promo code, I literally have thrown $79.20 into my garbage can with the added bonus of a headache every month from the strong scent.

Please, do not waste your money on this subscription. They do not care about their customers, and I don’t want other women to waste their money as well.

I got an Harvey Prince sample when I made an order on Petit Vour (along with a lot of other extra samples)… but I haven’t gotten around to using it yet (but the smell I get from the packaging seems lovely). And I’m the kind of girls who has hung around her three 2mL/0.6fl roller bottles from Lush for YEARS, probably because apart from not wearing perfumes very often I tend to use essential oils also when switching up.

The box looks amazing though and I do like perfumes and nice smelling things… maybe I should start using perfumes to make my room smell amazing. That might help me…

I really hate seeing the negativity towards HP. I like their perfumes and products and love that they are cruelty-free. But I too have felt spammed by Birchbox. I think this box is a great value, but a lot of perfume for me to use. I am going to keep watch on the new scents and pick up the ones I want to try when they have coupons for the website.

I have received a few of HP sample vials and haven’t had a chance to try any of them yet. So I cannot say that I like their scent or not yet. I like that this company is vegan, cruelty-free and ingredient conscious. My only issue with this subscription is that I receive too much perfume in one month. I get Scentbird which they send 1 x 8 ml sprayer a month. If you spray 4 spritz a day, it will last about a month per their estimate. I only use it during work days and only 2 spritz a day, so my Scentbird supply lasts about 2 months. Scentbird offer an option to skip a month(only one month or cancel), so it works for me. One HP box will last me about 4 months, lol. But now I want to try my samples at home!

Why is their so much negativity towards HP? Is it overexposure or quality of the products?

I was thinking the same thing. It would be nice if Birchbox would stop sending HP products. I also received two of the HP, Jor’el Parker, roller ball perfumes in less than six months thanks to ipsy. Every HP product smells the same to me. I wish sometimes we could just opt out of perfume samples all together, since it’s so subjective.

However, I do think the packaging is adorable. Thank you, Nancy, for the review!

Yeah, the concept sounds wonderful except that its attached to HP. Maybe this means they will STOP sending it in Birchbox. ?

I’m pretty sure there’s already a Harvey Prince sub. We call it Birchbox.

Oh my, I can’t believe Harvey Prince made a sub box. We already get a ton of it in other sub boxes. I did like it; but now I’m drowning in all kinds of samples of it, I don’t need more. Why couldn’t Atelier cologne do a sub box?? That Cédrat Enivrant perfume I think I got in a LE birchbox was the greatest discovery ever!! It’s so delicious and unfortunately is $70/bottle.

They lost me at Harvey Prince.

This sub is like my worst nightmare come true. There are some fragrance companies I’d love to see a box from, but HP is definitely not one of them…

But, clearly there is a market for HP stuff so I’m glad you enjoyed the box, and thanks for the review!

Welcome, Nancy! Thanks for the detailed review! 🙂