Consumers who are deceived and end up purchasing a fake perfume are harmed in several ways.
To begin with, investing in a fake product is the same as throwing your money away. Secondly and no less relevant, this type of product can cause health problems such as serious allergic reactions.
But is there any way for consumers to avoid purchasing a fake item?
Know that easy details to observe on the product packaging before taking it off the store shelf will help you know whether it is original or not.
As we will see in the list below, you have 11 ways to identify and avoid counterfeit products. Don’t invest your money in a product that could cause problems for your health and your pocket.
How to identify a counterfeit perfume?
1. Purchase location
Although even large chain stores can be fooled with fake products, it is more common to come across these ‘versions’ in dubious stores.
So before going out in search of that fashionable imported perfume, it is interesting to make a list of trustworthy stores.
The tips below should be taken into consideration even for those who only shop in large shopping stores.
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2. Packaging plastic closure
Before buying the perfume you are interested in, check that the plastic covering the box is closed.
Perfumes must always be packaged in this plastic and the closing seam cannot be greater than 5 mm or suffer from irregularities or marks.
Please note that original perfumes are always sealed carefully and with thin plastic.
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3. Smooth plastic
Still focusing on the plastic packaging, check whether it is very smooth around the box.
When a perfume is counterfeit, the plastic ends up being placed in an amateurish way and can then end up with bubbles and wrinkles. So you know, if the plastic isn’t perfectly smooth, don’t buy it.
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4. Graphic information on the perfume box
Another way to identify a counterfeit perfume, before even taking it out of the box, is to check how the graphic information is presented.
For example, the ecological packaging symbol that is present in most perfumes is formed by superimposing a black arrow on a gold one. If this position is inverted, you can be sure that there is something wrong with this perfume.
Check the perfume packaging with images of it online before purchasing.
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5. Barcode
Original perfumes have their barcode printed on the box and never glued.
Another point that must be checked concerns the product number, which must be printed on the box and be identical to the one printed on the perfume bottle.
Counterfeits often have an identification number stamped on the box and nothing on the glass.
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6. Cardboard support inside the perfume box
From this step onwards, we will observe internal items of the packaging, such as the cardboard used as a support to prevent the bottle from moving.
Manufacturers of expensive perfumes don’t skimp on this cardboard because it is essential to prevent the perfume from ‘dancing’ inside the box so as not to spoil it.
When opening, check that the cardboard in question is white and that the structure to support the perfume is well assembled.
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7. Lid symmetry
The perfume bottle cap is another item that can help you know if you have a counterfeit product on your hands. Generally, perfume caps are developed with a different design that is difficult to imitate.
Pay attention to the symmetry of the two halves of the lid, obviously this is not valid when the lid was created with an asymmetrical design.
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8. Design do frasco
Some bottles, especially those with a more sinuous design, are difficult to copy. In these cases, the fake version may present discrepancies that are very easy to detect in terms of appearance.
There are some bad faith people who develop inferior quality perfumes in packaging that is similar to the original to confuse the consumer under the pretext that it is not a copy. Stay tuned.
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9. Liquid color
Good perfume brands usually work with few dyes in order to have a lighter colored product, in general we can even see a certain transparency in the liquid.
Counterfeit perfumes tend to use stronger dyes, which makes their color more intense, in some cases even looking dirty. Pay attention to the color of the liquid inside the packaging.
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10. Packaging quality
Original perfume packaging is better made and has more perfect finishes without edges or thinner or thicker areas.
This type of differentiation in certain areas of the glass helps identify that the item is not original. The more sinuous and full of shapes a package is, the more difficult it is to reproduce the glass.
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11. Duration of the perfume on the skin
If, even with all the tips we gave above, you end up purchasing a counterfeit perfume, you can discover this through the aroma, which will differ from the original aroma, as well as how long it lasts on the skin.
Fake perfumes last less time on the skin, as they do not have the fixatives of the original versions.
With these tips you are ready to avoid counterfeit perfume.
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