DO NOT BUY FROM Perfumania stores, the fragrance is fake and mixed with other products. I bought a…read morebottle of the classic Aqua Di Gio by the legendary Gorgio Armani from perfumanistore in Wellington, Florida a couple of weeks ago, and the smell is very different from the same bottle that I bought at Macys for comparison, the bottle from Perfumania barely lasts a couple of hours. The color of the fragrance is also different, you can tell it has been mixed. Spraying the bottle purchased from Macys will last all day, but the one from Perfumania even after 8-10 sprays is gone in 2 hours or less, because it is mixed. I repeat DO NOT BUY FROM PERFUMANIA, THEY SELL FAKES PERFUME. Stick with Macys or Amazon, it will cost you more but it's real. I am going to send a complaint to the better business bureau so they can look into it, Perfumania is doing an illegitimate business and rubbing the consumers. If you want great legitimate designer fragrances with exceptional quality then stick with Macys. Perfumania operates as a discount retailer, focusing on offering lower prices than traditional department stores, but most of their products are mixed and faked, and they are very slick at it, it's hard to catch them, you really need to know your products well to catch them.
They buy in bulk and intend to pass the savings on to customers but some of their products are mixed and fake. There were indeed articles in the Sun-Sentinel in the 1990s alleging that Perfumania was selling counterfeit perfume, and I believe so. It's a shame, because I really like the stores and their staff, but they can't be trusted, they are robbing the consumers. Back in the days, Perfumania, a Miami-based company, faced allegations that it had sold counterfeit perfume, specifically a $3.5 million shipment of counterfeit Drakkar Noir. While Perfumania initially believed the shipment was genuine, they ultimately chose to settle the case, stating they were "not in the litigation business.
They can't be trusted. My heart is broken because I've been a Perfumania customer for years, it was my favorite store, I don't think all of their products are fake, but some are definitely mixed, call me crazy but I would still give them a 4 stars rating out of 5, but they lost me as a customer, they don't care anyway, I am unable to get my money back because I sprayed the bottle so much trying to determine what was going on, now I am willing to spend more but do not want fake products again, corporate greed is a disease.