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 March 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 and past experiences with the brand, this one seemed promising.
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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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I Am Juicy Couture by Juicy Couture - Estimated Value $7.68 (Buy 100 mL for $96)
Base notes include cashmere wood, amber, and musk, which is usually a good combination for me, and all three are fairly strong and distinguishable after a few minutes of wear.
Mid notes include gardenia, heliotrope, sweet pea, and rose, but I don't find this overly floral, even after a short time. Yes, there are floral notes there, and this is even described as a "fruity floral" fragrance, but the individual flowers kind of blend together and sink into the base notes and I think it works. There's something about the combination that's very sweet, which is actually a feature I like a lot.
Top notes include raspberry, pomelo, and passionfruit. I'm not sure that I'd recognize passionfruit on its own, but what I *think* is passionfruit is reasonably prominent. This is not a citrus scent on me. At all.
Anyway, one other thing I wanted to mention is that even though this is not an expensive fragrance, it is a current one -- you can buy it at Ulta and Sephora. It also happens to be one that I like. Longevity is about average (you'd want to reapply halfway through the day) and sillage is a little strong but not overwhelming.
Verdict: The estimated value of my fragrance this month is $7.68. That is only about half the cost of the subscription, but you can maximize your value (if that's the goal) by doing a little math and looking up retail values. I'm honestly just happy that I think it smells good, but of course everyone's body chemistry and taste in fragrances are different so your mileage may vary. I don't recognize the picture of the bottle on the information card so I don't think this is one I've tried before (I do have a full-sized bottle of another Juicy Couture fragrance that I also like so maybe it is just a good brand for me). At any rate, you do also get the holder and free exchanges if a scent doesn't work for you, and I think those things can add value as well. The different fragrance subscriptions have some differences (pricing tiers, number of fragrances available, opportunity to substitute other items, exchanges, holders, and so forth) and you kind of have to just do some investigating to see which one is right for you.
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 $7.68 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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