La Vie Est Belle--Eau de Parfum
~Perfume Review~
I'm
really into perfumes in all ways: the fragrances, packaging, bottles,
ads, everything. Something about it just really captivates me!! The
problem is I (as I'm sure most do) tend to fall in love with the more
expensive ones, the ones that give you heart palpitations when you see
the price.
So imagine my dismay when I found myself completely in love with the Lancôme
perfume, La Vie Est Belle (Life is Good) and saw that a good sized
bottle was $120!!! I smelled the Eau de Toilet version, but it just
didn't smell the same and was still quite a bit of money for a bottle :(
All I could do at the time was sadly walk away and wonder how to budget
to get a bottle (as well as ask myself if it was something worth
budgeting for).
Some
of my friends had gotten some perfume off ebay that were legit, and I
was so in love with the beautiful, floral perfume that I figured it was
worth a try. I went online to look, although if I'm being honest, I was
quite nervous!!! I suppose everyone has this imagine of buying some
"totally legit perfume!!1!" online only to get a bottle of coloured
water and be out of the money spent. I made sure to check the sellers'
ratings, reviews and how many of their past perfume orders turned out to
be legit, before finding a bottle for $35 :O!!! It was a 3.4 oz bottle
of Eau du Parfum too (or so it claimed :G), I looked at the sellers'
ratings, reviews and past orders and it all seemed to check out, so I
decided to take the risk and order a bottle.
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the bottle I received next to a normal 3.4 oz bottle for comparission |
Two
weeks later, the present to myself arrived in the post~ I was beyond
nervous and excited as I was opening the box, and was so happy and
relieved to find a giant bottle of perfume! It wasn't a normal perfume
bottle, but instead was a tester, like the kind you'd seen on a display
case at the store, it even had the word "Tester" along the bottom. But
when I looked at it, I noticed the colour of the perfume was the correct
shade for the EdP and I even saw a see through label on the bottom of
the bottle that stated "3.4oz Eau du Parfum". Since I'd already tested
the real stuff at the mall loads of times before, I knew what it should
smell like, so imagine my absolute delight when I sprayed a little on my
wrist and it smelled exactly like the expensive $120 bottle at the
stores!!!
I
would definitely say it's always important to be wary of ordering
perfumes online, and to always check the person who's selling it, but if
you check things out as much as possible and keep your eyes on the
lookout, it should be (hopefully) ok. Although, I don't think I'll be
buying too many perfumes off ebay in the future, as it was just way too
nerve-wracking!
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