Showing posts with label Lucky Scent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lucky Scent. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Very Disappointed with Luckyscent - Order Not Received & No answer to 4 emails :(

It is with extreme sadness that I write this post. :( I loved Luckyscent & recommended them to everyone I could. But now, well. Read on.

You may remember my excited post in regards to my 4th Luckyscent order. The order was an early bonus Christmas gift from my significant other (SO), who told me to get a few samples. He never says that!

So of course I jumped right onto the Luckyscent site before he changed his mind! :-) Excitedly, I ordered some scents that I had been very curious about, such as Etat Libre d’Orange's Secretions Magnifiques

Well, I still haven't received my November sample order, and have found that they are ignoring my emails.

I have checked my email like a demon - nothing is in the spam filter. I am also still receiving newsletters from them. I keep ALL my emails - I have emails from 1999 on my computer. They have not replied so what else would that mean?

Patience

As I ordered in late November, when I had not received my order before Christmas I figured that the Christmas post was delayed & decided to be patient & wait a bit longer.

I sent an email to them in early January once I had received everything else that I had ordered in November & December, as I figured that they had shown up, so my Luckyscent order should have as well.

Still Not Here

Well, a week went by & no reply from Luckyscent. Hmmm strange, oh well I will send another. Same thing - no reply.

4 emails in I still had not received an email in early February.

I decided to have a bit of a break but here we are on the 23rd of February & I have not received a reply from Luckyscent.

Paypal Dispute?

No, I did not file a dispute with Paypal within the dispute time. The reasons is, well I didn't even think of it. I have always received my Luckyscent orders within 2 weeks or ordering. As I said above I figured that it was stuck in the Christmas mail. It never crossed my mind that I should file a dispute before the 45 day deadline. I didn't even think about this until my 2nd or 3rd email had not been responded to. Even then, I was reluctant to do so. I'd receive it right? I always had before.

I have in the last week or so filed a report with Paypal but it will do no good. I feel that they should know however.

Was it lost in the mail?

I did not opt to pay for tracking because I have never not received any packages -- from Luckyscent or otherwise. They have always arrived. Also, I had the package posted to my SO's workplace which gets many packages each day.

His work has a very reliable mail system & he received every other order he made, as well as all the orders I made in November & December 2013 - from cheap eBay items for small things like phone covers, stickers, tablet protectors - most of which came from cheap shops in China, to other perfumes from different vendors, jewellery, makeup, sunglasses etc. These items were mainly posted from outside Australia, from the UK, US & China.

Did Customs Get It?

No, he would have received a letter if customs had seized the package.


Was It Really Shipped?


One thing that's making me wonder is although they have marked my order as being sent
Luckyscent Order Page: Shipping Fee is in Red?
on the 23rd November, 2013 - the shipping portion of the order is in red. Red usually indicates that something is unpaid in most cases.

Does this mean my order was not actually shipped? Did their system not send it because it thought it was not fully paid?

My other orders do not have the shipping portion of the order in red. I received both of those within 2 weeks.


Social Media

I have just posted on the Luckyscent Facebook, and also tweeted them.

What Now?

I hope they will get in touch with me & rectify this awful situation.

I am very unhappy with the company I was excited about just a few months before.

Why aren't they replying to me? Is someone actually ignoring my emails?
Is anyone else in the same boat??????
 
I will let you know of the outcome!!!!

Update 25/2: LuckyScent have contacted me & are looking into the situation. Apparently they have looked at their emails & have not seen any correspondence from me at all? Very strange!
I am happy that they are addressing my concerns.

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

4th Lucky Scent Sample Order

It's been over a year since I ordered from Lucky Scent - I can't believe it!

So, my SO (significant other) was feeling generous when I asked him if he would buy me some samples (woohoo) so I decided to order a few scents & include a couple of controversial perfumes that I have been wanting to try for a while.

Here's what I ordered;

BLOOD Concept - O
Montale - Intense Cafe
Montale - Dark Purple
Etat Libre d’Orange - Tilda Swinton Like This
Etat Libre d’Orange - Secretions Magnifiques
Etat Libre d’Orange - Putain des Palaces
Etat Libre d’Orange - Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don't Swallow
Etat Libre d’Orange - Jasmin et Cigarette
L’Artisan Parfumeur - Al Oudh

Cost:

The cost of the above order comes to $31US + $8US shipping. All in all, about $40AU.

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Can't wait to try them. I've been collecting some L'Artisan Pafumeur scents lately but have never tried Al Oudh.

Blood Concept O sounds quite interesting - a perfume that smells like blood? On a similar theme the notorious Secretions Magnifiques (blood sweat & semen?) & Putain des Palaces (Hotel Whore) are scents that have intrigued me with their controversial descriptions. I have to try them for the novelty factor.

Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don't Swallow seems to be controversial in name only & the rest seem relatively tame compared.

Should I film my first impressions????? :D

10/1: Still haven't received my order.... gave it a few more weeks than I would have because of Christmas (I thought it might be caught up in Xmas mail) but I think I really should have received this by now. :(

18/1: Still nothing, no reply to my email sent last week... Sending another one....

24/1: I still haven't received my Luckyscent order. I just sent my 3rd email to them (ive sent 1 per week since 10/1) - not one reply.
1/2: Still no reply..... 4th email sent. Getting very very annoyed..

Saturday, 6 October 2012

My 2nd Lucky Scent Sample Order

I know I haven't even received my first order, but I got the sample fever again & started clicking! :-) I decided to give myself a mission to make it a bit easier - try some vanilla & chocolate fragrances that I've read reviews of.

Here's my order;


Montale - Chypre Vanille
Montale - Jasmin Full
Montale - Chocolate Greedy
Montale - Boise Vanille
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Vanille Abricot
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Amour de Cacao
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Vanille Extreme
IL PROFUMO - Vanille Bourbon
IL PROFUMO - Chocolat Frais
IL PROFUMO - Chocolat Amere

I threw in Montale's Jasmin Full at random, I guess as the list seemed very Winter oriented I wanted to get at least 1 Summery sounding fragrance!

Cost:

All of the above samples ended up at $34 total. The Montale fragrances were $4 each, the Il Profumo & Comptoir fragrances were $3 each.

Postage to Australia ended up being $8 which okay. Though I can't imagine that samples would take up much room - they'd probably fit in a padded envelope.

Can't wait to try these out! :)

Update; Tuesday 9th October, 2012 - the order has been marked as posted. Pretty good despatch time considering I ordered over the weekend. Can you imagine how many other people worldwide were mouse shopping too? It was posted on the Monday afternoon.

Update: Monday 22nd October 2012 - I got the samples today!!!! Packed in a small padded envelope & wrapped together with a little bubble wrap.

The Il Profumo is packed in 1ml vials. The Montale Chocolate Greedy sample was a manufacturer made 2ml sample, the rest of the Montales were in 1ml sample vials. All of the Comptour Sub Pacifique vials were manufacturer made spray vials.

I'm very happy with my Lucky Scent purchase.

The only problem now is what to try first???????????

Friday, 28 September 2012

My first Lucky Scent Order!

So I've been hearing a lot about Lucky Scent perfume samples & decided to take the plunge & order a few!

I have to say, at $4/$3 per sample, cost per ml is quite high (the average is $2 or $3/ml) however I've been eyeing a few niche fragrances lately. I've been quite lucky with my blind buys over the years however I realised that I really need to be sampling niche perfumes first otherwise it could be a costly experience!

The ordering process with Lucky Scent was very easy - the only hard part was choosing what to get! I decided to start small, so here's what I got.

Montale - Sweet Oriental Dream
Montale - Velvet Flowers
Montale - Vanilla Extasy
IL PROFUMO - Chocolat

Looking forward to trying these samples.

Update: 2nd October -
My order has been despatched.

Update: 16th October -
I've received my samples! Woohoo! I couldn't help but try one of them - it was hard to choose however I now have Vanilla Extasy on my wrists right now. Woohoo! I really like the vials - they're easy to open & marked well with a printed sticker.