Is Essential Parfums on Amazon real or fake?
Yes: Amazon.com sells it itself. Amazon.com is the seller on the one Essential Parfums products we track, not a marketplace seller, so the order comes out of Amazon's own stock.
Who sells each Essential Parfums product on Amazon
- Bois Impérial Eau de Parfum
Sold by Amazon.com
$118.81 $125.99Buy on Amazon
Why Essential Parfums can cost less on Amazon
Amazon has 1 of these marked down right now: the Bois Impérial Eau de Parfum is $118.81 instead of its list price of $125.99. The markdown is Amazon's own, on an offer from Amazon.com, not a reseller undercutting it.
Fake Essential Parfums vs real: what to check
- On Amazon the real thing comes from Amazon.com. The seller is the line under Add to Cart, not the name on the listing.
- From Amazon.com, the one Essential Parfums product we track costs $118.81 today, 6% off. The FTC warns that ads with big discounts on brand names can lead to a cheap fake or nothing at all: its alert.
How to check who sells Essential Parfums on Amazon
- Browsing from outside the US, set a US delivery address first; any ZIP will do, 10001 works. Without one Amazon fills the buy box with import and reseller offers. That is how Charlotte Tilbury, Dyson and Clinique once looked unstocked to us, when Amazon.com sold all three.
- Read the two lines beside Add to Cart, “Ships from” and “Sold by”. For Essential Parfums you want Amazon.com.
- If another name is there, open “Other sellers on Amazon”. Amazon.com or the brand sometimes sells the same listing one row down, at the same price or close to it.
Cheaper matches for Essential Parfums, sold by Amazon.com or their brand
TWINS Impression of Bois Imperial No. 11163 Eau de Parfum
for Essential Parfums Bois Impérial Eau de Parfum
$24.99vs $118.81 $125.99−79% per oz
TWINS names Bois Impérial in its listing title and follows Essential Parfums' notes: basil and grapefruit with Sichuan pepper, a relative of the Timut pepper Essential Parfums uses, then Akigalawood, Haitian vetiver and Petalia over patchouli.
What it does worse: Georgywood, Essential Parfums' cedar-toned molecule, isn't on the TWINS list, and TWINS gives amber where Essential Parfums names Ambrofix.
Questions
Is Essential Parfums on Amazon real?
Yes: Amazon.com sells it itself. Amazon.com is the seller on the one Essential Parfums products we track, not a marketplace seller, so the order comes out of Amazon's own stock.
How can you tell if Essential Parfums is fake?
Check the seller first: on Amazon the real thing comes from Amazon.com. From Amazon.com, the one Essential Parfums product we track costs $118.81 today, 6% off. A far lower price from anyone else is the warning sign the FTC names: ads with big discounts on brand names can lead to a cheap fake or nothing at all.
Does Essential Parfums have an official store on Amazon?
None of the 1 Essential Parfums listings we track is sold under the brand's own name: Amazon.com sells all of them itself.
Why is Essential Parfums cheaper on Amazon?
Amazon marks some of it down. 1 of the Essential Parfums products it or the brand sells is reduced today; the biggest cut is 6% on the Bois Impérial Eau de Parfum, $118.81 against a list price of $125.99.