Harper's Bazaar "The Fight Against Faux Fragrances"
This article was written by Maria Ricapito and it came a little weird to me as you always see the fragrances on table tops, downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn and Canal St. but you never really stop to think where they come from. As on the other hand if you see a fake bag you're quick to go OH No, ewl I don't wear knockoffs. If the Burberry perfume is wrapped in the signature Burberry Nova Check pattern and it has plastic on it, do you really think about what's in that bottle?
My first experience with a fake perfume came as I had spent $70 of my hard earned Loehmanns money to buy a Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue which is now my top 3. Only to find that this family member of mine, was using my $70 bottle of perfume with EASE, like it was FREE. Spraying before she left the house, after a shower, HELLO that's 70 PLUS TAX! She only fixes herself to buy a knockoff and invite me to use because it "smells" the same. The thing did not smell the same. Within 20 minutes I didn't smell it anymore, it was more like dark blue than light blue and I hid my light blue after that but moving on.
This article cites health issues that have arisen from folks who used the faux fragrances, (a term coined by the article) including one person who bought Red Door and discovered a welt on her neck. There have been reports of "contaminated alcohol", "antifreeze", pee, and "harmful bacteria". SHAMELESS PLUG (I hope the author doesn't smoke because all of these"(besides the urine I hope) is in her body he he). The article makes the claim that these counterfeits are not a nameless or harmless business as the funds are used to support and monetize other illegal activities.
Not to play Devils Advocate but I will definitely have to on this one. One of the cited people in the article is Paul Mitchell who is quoted saying that "it hurts our brand if someone does get the product from a drugstore or supermarket, it's old or counterfeit".
If Paul Mitchell thinks every time a woman in NYC runs out of shampoo, she's not going to go to a Loehmanns, or a CVS or Duane Read but instead run to his shop and pay $15 more he's out of his damn mind. I thought this article was about illegal vendors not legal vendors. A supermarket is a legal vendor and if there is a quality issue, e.g. expiration of products, he should do what LVMH did and hire a task force to get them off the streets.
I can not understand how Paul Mitchell can be mad for consumers who shop around, when I'm certainly 100% sure he's not using the most expensive production and distribution for his product, because he wouldn't make any money. GET REAL!
This is capitalism, there are going to be people who make quality stuff, people who knock off the quality stuff and those who can't afford it to buy the knockoffs. I don't agree with what's going on but it's really not up to us, it's up to the government.
Isn't mockery the highest form of flattery??
thank you to ChemicallyAware.com for the image
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