The Seasonal Subscription Box from Margot Elena is a quarterly subscription box featuring full-size beauty and lifestyle items. (If you aren't familiar with this brand, it's carried in stores like Anthropologie.)
For $59.99 a quarter + $6.95 shipping (to the contiguous US only), you'll discover the world of All Things Beautiful—this box is filled with over $200 worth of full-sized products curated by the Margot Elena team.
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.)
Opening The Box
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It's Winter with the Margot Elena Subscription Box—hooray, hooray! This season's box isn't explicitly holiday-themed per se, but since it's arriving in time for holiday gifting planning, I have been looking forward to it with great anticipation and a sense of festiveness. The items are always wrapped with tissue paper so unpacking them is a sweet surprise.
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Here's a look at the folded info card for this quarter. Inside, they do set the tone for the season by nodding to joyful celebrations and finding your moments of peace throughout. Listed, you'll see there are products included from Lollia, TokyoMilk, Infinite She, and a category they just indicate as Margot Elena (but included is a Cottage Greenhouse item).
Here's What's Inside
Lollia In Love Eau de Parfum, 3.4 oz — Retail Value $68
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Prior to subscribing to this box I associated Margot Elena lines with their luscious hand cremes. Now that I've been part of the club for over a year, I look forward most to their quality perfumes. I've now received a good many that have entered my regular rotation, but this one is the most impressive of all. First of all, the bottle itself is wide and weighty, and with its tasteful floral design on top it seems meant to be displayed on a dresser or vanity. As always with this brand, the In Love scent defies any boxes, and is an ever-evolving blend of aromas that touch on floral and jasmine and so much more. I've received the In Love scent in the form of body wash and a candle before, but here in perfume form it is so dynamic, it's my favorite version of the scent yet.
Exclusive! Mini Lollia Wish Dusting Powder — Listed Value $22 (Buy the full-size for $46)
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Here's another one that would be beautiful to display—though, of course, the hallmark of Margot Elena items is how elegantly they're packaged, so really that could apply to anything in this box. This cardboard container is filled with shimmer-free and talc-free dusting powder in the Wish scent, and a small bow-topped powder puff to apply it with. My understanding is that this is simply another way to apply a scent, but the tactical experience and romantic concept of it is so sweet and exciting! My four-year-old daughter was drawn to it immediately, and while I don't have her wearing perfume at this age, the Wish scent is gentle enough—and subtle enough in this powder form—that I don't mind her keeping it on her dresser and using in her playful exploration. This size is exclusive to the box, but Margot Elena does sell larger dusting powders on their site.
Exclusive! TokyoMilk Eclipse Candle, 6 0z — Listed Value $20
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This box has been sprinkling scents from the TokyoMilk Dark line in for us, and they take on deeper aromas that some might call more unisex, or even more traditionally masculine. This Eclipse candle is rather musky and amber-y, though with faint floral hints of gardenia and other dimensions. The soy candle is poured into a black tin. These Dark scents fit nicely into the larger line—I didn't notice that scents of this nature were missing initially, and they don't impress me as much as the classic TokyoMilk line, but now that they're offered, I do see that they fill a hole. I'm not sure yet whether I'll keep this candle to enjoy or gift it!
Exclusive! TokyoMilk Pure Decadence Sea Salt, 7.5 oz — Listed Value $18
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Back to the classic TokyoMilk line I mentioned just above, we have these bath salts in the Golden Hour scent. They're poured in a paper bag and enclosed in a reusable tin—oh what things will I store in here in the future? The possibilities delight me! While for the most part I prefer my bath products to be more naturally botanical, I'm truly looking forward to submerging myself in the fresh, citrusy, complex goodness of this familiar one.
Infinite She Ultra Lush Hand Cream, Fearless, 2.3 fl oz — Retail Value $22
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Infinite She scents feel youthful to me, and this hand cream is no exception. The scent is fruity but in a tasteful way: there's mango in there, and as with most Margot Elena scents, there are hints of florals as well. The "I am fearless" text boldly printed on the side of the box is an awesome affirmation for a young person, and something I know I would've connected with in my teens and early twenties. I'm also pleased to report that the lid has a point in the center of it, so you can break the seal on the tube with ease!
Infinite She Holiday Greeting Cards: Sleigh All Day, HNY 2023, and Sparkle & Shine — Retail Value $5.50 each
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My wishes have come true! Last month I had stated that I hope this box takes a break from sending their vintage-inspired greeting cards and sends us something from the Infinite She card line, because they're just a little more exciting and more my card-giving style (which is to say, louder). All three of these greeting cards have a metallic element to their front, and they're blank inside. There's one Christmas-themed card, one New Year greeting card specific to 2023, and one that could be used for either or saved for another occasion. They're wonderful!
Exclusive! Beauty Within Tote Bag — Listed Value $22
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I have so many reusable tote bags collected, but this one is more exciting than any of them! It's fully color-printed with vibrant pinks, chartreuse, and red. Its floral pattern has an embroidered outline. And inside it has a small pocket. It would make a wonderful gift bag that could be reused regularly.
The Cottage Greenhouse Lemon & Aloe Hand Sanitizer, 8 oz — Retail Value $14
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Finally, we were sent this large bottle of hand sanitizer. Its bright lemon scent feels fitting for a hand sanitizer, and of course, it's not without a bit of an alcohol scent too, but that part dissipates as you rub your hands together. We were sent a large hand sanitizer in summer of 2021 (see here), which I plopped right on the credenza by my front door, and actually it's still about halfway full. I keep smaller bottles of hand sanitizer in my purse and car, and tend to wash my hands in the sink when I get home, so it doesn't get used super frequently, but if I were working in an office I think I would be going through it way more quickly. If that were the case, I think this refill bottle would be coming at the perfect time. The previous bottle had a pump dispenser, which could be reused in this bottle, but if you don't have one of those, you would just click this open and turn it over into your hand to dispense.
Value - Was This Box Worth It?
The Cost: $59.99 + $6.95 shipping to the contiguous United States.
Value Breakdown: This quarter's Margot Elena Box brought us a beautiful spread of products for gifting and keeping for self-care this season. It included 4 exclusive products, in either sizes or scents that you won't find on the site or in stores. There were a total of 8 products (considering the 3 cards as 1 item) in this quarter's box, which add up to a listed value of $202.50. Both that amount of items and that total are typical for this box, and they always feel like both the perfect amount and a wonderful deal. The value breaks down to $8.37 per item, which is especially astounding for the glorious $68 bottle of In Love perfume this month!
Key Takeaways
The Winter Margot Elena Subscription Box spread felt just-right for this season. They offered their usual broad selection of items across their lines and their site, including some really special things like the large In Love perfume and the Wish powder mini. I can see myself keeping some of these things for myself, and gifting others—I'm thinking I'll gift the Eclipse candle and the tote bag. I typically pass Infinite She items along, but I was pleasantly surprised by the scent of the Fearless cream this time around. The only thing I could potentially see as missing this quarter would be a giant tub of body butter for the dry season, but regular Margot Elena subscribers will likely have one already going from previous deliveries.
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Other Things You Should Know
When is this box available? This box is seasonal, shipping out 4 times a year.
Can I still get this box if I sign up today? No. As of the publication of this review, Winter 2022 has already sold out. Look forward to the Spring 2023 box, which is estimated to start shipping in early March 2023.
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