Scent Box is a perfume subscription where you choose one fragrance per month (or you can elect to receive their fragrance of the month). They offer a variety of authentic designer scents (over 850) and they even offer free exchanges if a fragrance doesn’t work out for you.
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About Scent Box
The Subscription Box: Scent Box
The Cost: $14.95/month
ACTIVE DEAL: Get 35% off your first month! No coupon needed - just use this link.
The Product: One 8 mL vial of a designer fragrance of your choice (or allow Scent Box to pick for you)
Ships to: The US for free
Scent Box January 2020 Review
This month, I received Scent Box’s “Scent of the Month.”
The information card usually has a little information about the men’s scent of the month on one side and the women’s on the other side. Based on the information card, I suspected this one might be too floral for me, but I gave it a try anyway. I do like Versace Crystal Noir a lot and Bright Crystal a little as well.
In case I have not mentioned it in the past, you get a new holder every month and the fragrance is printed on a sticker on the bottom, and the holders tend to be different colors each month, so you can still keep them sorted out.
On to the fragrance:
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Versace Signature (Pour Femme) - Estimated Value $11.04 (Buy 50 mL for $69, found here for $30.79)
As best I can tell, this has been discontinued, as I could only find it for sale at discount retailers (it was first introduced in 2007). The base notes looked promising: vetiver, musk, cedar, and cashmere wood. A lot of times, when the base notes predominate, I will like a fragrance even if the top notes are not for me. However, with my body chemistry, this was a flower bomb in which the base notes were undetectable.
Mid notes include orchid, lotus, jasmine, and rhododendron. Mid notes include guava, blackcurrant, lilac, wisteria, and dew drop. This is not fruity at all on me, the floral notes definitely predominate, but it is difficult to pick out any one of them from the overall blend. There are a ton of rave reviews on Fragrantica so I know a lot of people like it, but I think it is just not my personal cup of tea.
Sillage was average for me. Longevity was above average -- I could still smell this for quite a long time after I applied it.
Verdict: The estimated value of my fragrance this month is $11.04. This is somewhat below the month-to-month cost of the subscription. Of course you can do the math and fill your queue with fragrances that maximize the return on your subscription price investment. You also do get the free holders every month, and you get free returns/exchanges as well, if something doesn't work out for you, so there is a bit of added value here that you don't necessarily get with the other fragrance subscriptions.
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? Yes, all you have to do is choose this fragrance.
ACTIVE DEAL: Get 35% off your first month! No coupon needed - just use this link.
Value Breakdown: This subscription is $14.95/monthly and this month, I received $11.04 worth of fragrance (but again, this is highly variable based on what scent or product you choose).
Check out my past reviews of Scent Box and see other great fragrance boxes in the Perfume Subscription Box list.
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