Some of you have already seen the play on words in the title of this article, so I apologize. The reality is that sometimes, buy cheap perfume either online or elsewhere, may have some unexpected and sometimes painful, and not just financially. While savvy shoppers can find great online offerings, we apply the old adage "if it sounds too good to be true usually is," and that can be applied to the purchase of perfume too.

Do yourself a favor and online search for phrases like "fake perfume" or "fake fragrances and you will be surprised what you find. And if you think counterfeit perfume rare, think again. In fact last year (October 2008), the United Kingdom (Birmingham) Trading Standards seized more than 40 000 bottles of perfume suspected counterfeit top designer brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel and Versace. Not only are the scents themselves, also found throughout the paraphernalia needed to produce counterfeit branded perfume on an industrial scale, including bottle label and packaging equipment.

Some of this perfume is sold in flea markets or car boot sales and some of them end up online, including eBay. Do not get me wrong, eBay is a great place to buy almost anything, but always buyer beware – and be sure to check the seller's feedback before buying. That said, eBay has cracked down on the sale of counterfeit products recently, but then had to after a series of successful court cases against them (by brands like Givenchy, Christian Dior and Hugo Boss) to allow the sale of counterfeit goods.

And I do not see an image of the perfume in its packaging is a sure way to detect counterfeits online. These days are so hard to fake fragrances to detect that even experts can have difficulty telling the difference. That is, of course, until you actually apply the perfume but by then it is usually too evening. And it is something more than risk losing money. There have been some horror stories of counterfeit perfumes containing all sorts of nasty ingredients? even urine in a case report. The fact is that legitimate perfume manufacturers spend an enormous amount of time testing to ensure that their products contain ingredients from excellent quality and are safe for the average person to use. Fake fragrances were not tested and, as some unsuspecting buyers have discovered, its use could cause a terrible rash or allergic reaction.

Certainly it is easy to buy perfume online these days, and no shortage of online perfume stores, some of offers to save as much as 80% off normal selling prices. We must ask where they get their product if they can afford big discounts. Not now I'm saying that all prices are selling counterfeit perfume perfume. I'm just saying be aware and do some checks before you part with their hard-earned cash. Does the store guarantees that perfumes for sale are authentic? Can you return your purchase for a full refund? Does the website to provide clear contact details as the name of social and physical address? If not, you might be having an opportunity to purchase from that store. The fact is sometimes worth paying that little extra for piece of mind. Happy perfume purchases.

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DM Fragrances is an online perfume shop selling a wide range of designer perfumes and aftershave.

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