Beauty ponders

Sidenote: we're getting close to 20 girls, I've already ordered/bought some items for the goodiebag, I bet you're all curious ;) Now on to serious stuff... Todays menu is a bit heavier!

Another new catagory (yes, I'm on a roll) in which I'll be talking about products that I don't consider worthy of their price tag, online shopping that went horribly wrong and stuff like that - I think you get the picture. Off course these are my personal experiences and thoughts, yours may be different.

This first one comes with a little story... My boyfriends birthday is on 17th June and he wanted some perfume. I said "we'll order it online, fast delivery and it less". He went to the store quickly after his work, tried some and came home with the scent he wanted - initially I couldn't find the product because he didn't remember the correct name, only the brand (darling isn't home in the world of perfume where brands have multiple, often similar names) but ok - eventually we found it. Normally I order from fragrancedirect in the UK but they didn't offer the perfume he wanted. Nothing to worry, plenty of dealers so I went to fragrancex, which I've already heard a lot of. I ordered his perfume and one summer scent for me as well - what did you expect?- This was more than a week before his birthday, I didn't have much hope it would arrive on time.

After 3weeks of waiting I mailed fragrancex, impatient me, but they advised me to be patient. I waited another 2weeks, mailed again, same advice and check customs -nothing there-. After 7-8weeks I was tired of their advice and filled in a complaint with paypal. A week ago I received a mail from customs saying they had a package for me -really? I'd forgotten-. I had to scent the payment details and some personal stuff.

Yesterday (more than 2 months after ordering it) I finally got a hold on the perfume, packaging was ok. But I had to pay almost 60euros on taxes and administration. For reference, I paid 80euros while ordering the perfume along with shipping. This is ridiciously high in comparison.

To sum it up: waited ages, very high fee, no helpfull service - I will never buy from them again. If you live in Europe, like me, don't do it!! I don't know how their shipping is in the USA, but as I stated above, I'm speaking from my experience.

Here's what I bought: