“If I could leave no stars for this review I would. I ordered a bouquet for a friend in Spain and specified a time and date for delivery. They did not arrive. I queried it on their website and they assured me the flowers were on their way. They arrived two days later, stone dead and in a container with no water in it - this in the middle of a hot summer in Andalucia. They promised a second bouquet - which also arrived late, and dead as a dodo. The third bouquet was not delivered until FIVE days after it should have. Quite rightly, the recipient refused to take delivery because - guess what? - they were stone dead. No amount of talking to them on their chatbot will persuade them to refund me my money, and my friend is Spain has been caused unnecessary distress and disappointment. Aquarelle say they cannot refund me because the "recipient refused the delivery". REALLY? Do they think people are delighted to receive bouquets of dead flowers five days late? Please DON'T use this company. They are liars and scam artists. I will only stop posting terrible reviews on any forum I can find until they have refunded me and sent an apology to my frien. What was meant to be a delightful surprise turned into a long nightmare. Thanks for nothing, Aquarelle.”
“Late and damaged deliveries
It is the second time that Aquarelle fails me in a shipment. Last February 14, flowers for my wife, the shipment did not arrive until February 15. On this last occasion, a gift for my granddaughter, the flowers arrived in a deplorable state. In both cases I wrote to the company and so far I have not received any answer or clarification and, of course, no refund of the amount paid. No more Aquarelle.
Entregas tarde y en mal estado
Es la segunda vez que Aquarelle me falla en un envio. El pasado 14 de febrero, flores para mi esposa, el envio no llego hasta el dia 15 de febrero. En esta ultima ocasion, un regalo para mi nieta, las flores llegaron en un estado deplorable. En ambos casos escribi a la empresa y hasta ahora no he recibido contestacion ni aclaracion alguna y, por supuesto, ninguna devolucion del importe abonado. No mas Aquarelle.”
“Avoid at all costs!!!
I chose my bouquet of flowers online, which looked beautiful in the picture, and purchased the desired bouquet for my friends birthday, to arrive on a specific date. I was sent a photo when the flowers were being despatched, only to see that the bouquet was nothing like I had ordered. I ordered a bouquet with many, many different kinds of flowers, but what I saw, was a bouquet with 3 kinds of flowers, mainly consisting of chrysanthemums, which are really cheap flowers. I emailed Aquarelle immediately telling them I wasn’t happy, but got I didn’t receive a reply.
The flowers were despatched the day before the specified arrival date, but arrived 2 days late, therefore they had been in a box, in hot weather for 3 days! When the flowers did eventually arrive, there was no water left in the container and the flowers were in an extremely bad condition. Most of them were dead, there were petals everywhere and the smell of stagnant water and rotting flowers was horrendous. The only place for the flowers were in the bin.
I emailed Aquarelle again and explained both situations and was told, they chose the flowers on the day and the pictures are only for illustration. They stressed they guarantee freshness and quality, which wasn’t met. I sent the photos to them and requested a full refund. I was told they would send another bouquet, but I insisted on a refund as I wasn’t happy with the first choice of flowers. Aquarelle issued a refund minus the postage. When I asked why they hadn’t refunded the postage, they replied it’s because they had been delivered. They then proceeded to ignoring my emails and are refusing to refund the postage. I emailed them again today, stating I would seek legal advice, and they replied, again stating the flowers were delivered and I am not entitled to a refund of the postage, so it has cost me €4.90 for a bunch of dead flowers that went straight in the bin.
This company failed to honour their agreements and their guarantees. The customer service is extremely disappointing. I will not be buying anything from this company again.”
“The product was exactly what I ordered. I got worried because it was a little late and then I read some bad reviews. I am only marking a 4 star because it wasn’t delivered on the day I asked it to be. Otherwise fully satisfied!”
“I bought a Big Orchid Plant total of €70 for my Mum's Birthday. Delivery was for wed 13/11 but she never received it.
It very hard to get any infos but my money : 120 australian dollars were taken on the 12/11. No delay to retrieve the paiement. But no delivery! !!!! I never had this issue in the past EVER !! ! I am so angry because it was So important & I felt totally ripped off & betray by this company. That's what's went wrong !”
“they delivered the wrong day, promised to send a photo of the bouquet before shipping, did : but the picture was blur and not centered (i could only distinguish the top). Really ridiculous service.”
