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.
This box was sent to us at no cost for review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
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 August 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.
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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Agua del Sol by Escada - Estimated Value $6.94 (Buy 3.3 fl oz for $85)
Apparently every year, Escada introduces a limited edition summer fragrance, and this is the one for 2016. I did still find this at full price from some standard (non-discount) retailers, like Belk (listed above, and hey, Belk is where I bought the dress I wore to my courthouse wedding, though it wasn't an actual wedding dress), although it was sold out at others.
Moving on. This is fruity and sweet. It may be one of my favorite Scent Box scents of the month ever. Base notes include tonka bean, sandalwood, and white musk, all of which I think are great. Mid notes include rose, apricot, and fruity notes, but this was not floral on me at all. Top notes include mandarin, sorbet, raspberry, citruses, ice cream, pear, and pink pepper.
Although they're not my top choices, I do really like a lot of sweet, sugary kinds of scents, and this one manages to convey that impression without also being heavy on the flowers. The citrus notes were strongest at the beginning and this came more generically fruity as time went on. The base notes really worked to enhance the sweetness and fruitiness. It was fairly long-lasting but the sillage wasn't super strong. This one is kind of controversial on Fragrantica (but then most fragrances are, people who write reviews on that site are picky).
I rarely care about summer colors, scents, and the like, and wear whatever I want at any old time, but this one kind of screams "summer" to me and I will most likely get more wear out of it next year as it's almost September as I write this. For what it's worth, I kind of like the orange holder, that's a color I don't think we've seen for the holder before.
Verdict: The estimated value of my fragrance this month is $6.94. That's on the low side for a value for this box, but last month's came in at over the month-to-month cost, so it can vary and averages out over time. You can load up your queue with expensive fragrances if you are trying to get more value. For me, it's more about finding a fragrance I like and will wear. This one is a little off-season for me, so late in the summer, but I am enjoying it a lot. Although this was limited edition from a few years ago, I never tried it at the time, and since I do like it, I'm happy to get a chance to experience it now. If you are looking to try this one I have heard people say they found it at TJ Maxx and Marshalls. I would still like to see a bit more value as $6.94 is less than half the monthly cost of the subscription, but I'm happy to have discovered this scent and may try a few more Escada summer limited edition scents in the next few years.
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 $6.94 worth of fragrance (but again, this is highly variable based on what scent or product you choose).
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