The Fragrance Shop Reviews

Name: The Fragrance Shop
Rating: 1.43

1.4 Rating 275 Reviews

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1.4

Based on 275 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 35%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 79%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Live Chat, Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.2 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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The Fragrance Shop 1 star review on 16th January 2025

Anonymous

Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Free bag did not get delivered with my aftershave. No explanation why they were sent separately? I have been waiting on it for several weeks now and they are saying Royal Mail is holding it up. Customer service lied to me and said they would send me a new one within 48 hours and did not. Takes 48 hours for them to give you the stuff... but several weeks for the company to return it? Not buying that to be honest. Just use someone else.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“They don't seem to be scams as I got a refund but the process and customer care were a disaster. I've purchased a membership that provided a discount and perfume. The membership transaction went well. Right after buying the perfume (to be delivered to the shop the next day), I got an email with a request to confirm my address. I didn't have a utility bill on my name but immediately sent a tenancy agreement with my name. They changed the request to status resolved. The next day I went to the shop to collect the purchase and was told to come back in 4 days. After 6 days I filed the ticket through the system. There is no way to contact via phone. There was a long and frustrating way of sending the messages back and forth. It resulted in canceling the order and membership. In responding to the messages agents never read the context (information of the order, inquiry details, etc.) of the inquiry but repeat the same instruction as the bot. They never replied why my tenancy agreement didn't work to prove an address. When I requested to cancel my membership they first said it was physically shipped, then that I need to go to the physical shop.. I truly believe it's a bot replying to the inquiries, not a human. Btw, it's more expensive than other shops so I recommend doing some research prior to buying and using alternatives.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“had a very bad experience this afternoon at the Fragrance Shop Wood Green Branch, London. I wrote about it on the Trustpilot and Trustpilot removed the review because they were bribed to remove customers reviews who complain about very bad experiences at the Fragrance shop. I went to buy this but the staff refused to give me a membership discount and not even £9.90 but she told me £22. Is this not stealing? French Connection UKSpecial Anniversary LadiesEau De Toilette 100ml Spray”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I had a very bad experience this afternoon at the Fragrance Shop Wood Green Branch, London. I wrote about it on the Trustpilot and Trustpilot removed the review because they were bribed to remove customer reviews who complain about very bad experiences at the Fragrance shop. I went to buy this but the staff refused to give me a membership discount and not even £9.90 but she told me £22. Is this not stealing? Look what I saw online for the wood Green branch but the staff did not take into account what I show her from my phone. French Connection UKSpecial Anniversary LadiesEau De Toilette 100ml SprayQty 1 £9.90 20% discount applied! You saved £1.98 You have 1 discount remaining Promotion Code SPRING30 Product total £9.90 Discount code My TFS Membership 20% Off- £1.98 Order total (excluding delivery): £7.92”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Don’t do it, I tried to cancel multiple times with emails that get ignored. They also don’t answer the phone. Looks like I will be paying £12.99 every month for the rest of my life… surely this is illegal??”

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Posted 2 years ago

“DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE! All other reviews seem identical to my experience. They are rude, inept and completely unhelpful when you reach out to cancel. The worst customer service department I have ever dealt with in my LIFE.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I had bad experience with The Fragrance Shop recently. I ordered 2 items of perfume on 16/02/2023 (order number FWUK57190062). I ordered 2 by mistake. In order to cancel 1 so that postage cost would be saved, I read on their website that I had to call customer service and ask to cancel order. I did that on same day, as well sent email to customer service. I was informed on phone call that only 1 item of 2 could not be cancelled and that whole order needed to be cancelled. I agreed for customer service staff to cancel order and I was reassured that order was cancelled and I would receive email confirmation of that. I did not receive that email. Order was delivered on 18/02/2023. On 20/02/2023 I emailed customer service to send me post label to return items. I indicated that I had asked previously on phone before items were posted to cancel order and was reassured that it was yet I still received parcel and had to deal with its return now due to failure on customer service part. Victoria M emailed me return label as attachment. I posted item back on 22/02/2023 and I have receipt of that. According to tracking, parcel was received by The Fragrance Shop on 28/02/2023. I also have screenshot of that. I did not receive any email confirmation from their customer service of that. After waiting, I emailed customer service on 12/03/2023 and informed that I returned item and want refund. I attached photos of postage receipt and delivery receipt. In email reply from customer service (Carolina E) I was told she would check with warehouse. After waiting a while and no feed back from customer service, I again emailed on 21/03/2023 and asked for refund as I sent proof of postage and delivery at their warehouse. I repeated on 22/03/2023 but no reply from customer service. Again after waiting a while and no feed back from customer service, I emailed customer service on 29/03/2023. I received email reply from Carolina E stating that reply with courier update was awaited. I was confused. I email replied to her with attached photo proof of postage & delivery at their warehouse, yet again, and asked for refund. On 30/03/2023 Carolina E replied to my email and stared order number did not match. I attached screenshot of postage label that was emailed to me by customer service (as mentioned above by Victoria M on 20/02/2023) and I used that label trusting it was correct. Upon checking it, I also noticed order number on postage label was wrong, not my order number sent to me in order email. I emailed customer service stating that wrong order number on postage label is not my fault. I did my responsibility to send item back to The Fragrance Shop. It did not occur to me to double check order number on return postage label. It is customer service responsibility. Regardless, I sent photos proof of me posting it back and The Fragrance Shop having received it (yet again). I sent email to customer service and asked for refund. I received email reply from both Carolina E and Aisha A on 30/03/2023 stating that refund was issued and advising to wait 3-5 working days for it to appear in my bank account. I waited a few days and I did not receive refund. I sent numerous, more around dozen emails on 05/04/2023 and 06/04/2023 asking strongly to refund my money. On 05/04/2023 both Liv H and Matthew A replied that refund was issued. On 06/04/2023 both Carolina E and Holly A emailed that refund was issued. I was receiving standard copy & paste email replies. In my emails to customer service on that day I kept requesting more details. 1. To send me refund. 2. To send me contact details of management. 3. When it was stated that refund was issued I requested screenshot proof that it was issued. On 06/03/2023 all of a sudden in one of emails, Carolina E stated there is “issue” with refund. Meanwhile, Holly A stared refund was issued. I was not given anything I requested. I kept receiving emails from Carolina E and Holly A with conflicting information. I accused that they were lying to me on purpose, and they were doing delay tactics on purpose. On 07/04/2023 Carolina E replied in email quote “I am doing everything I can to ensure that if I am reimbursed it will be solved as soon as possible.” I did not understand this sentence. And I replied requesting the following, quote “1. Timescale of sending my refund. “As soon as possible” is not acceptable. 2. Contacts of supervisor. 3. Proof screenshot refund was requested, allegedly according to you and your colleague yesterday. I’d like to see that date on request document. 4. As i advised, please send refund to my paypal. Since you’re having so called issues.” I did not receive any reply since then. I informed customer service that I want to inform outside authorities, my bank to recover my money, if not, then small claims court, and online portals that The Fragrance Shop were breaching my consumer rights: 1. They did not send me refund. 2. They state (lie) that refund was sent but do not give any proof of that. 3. They do not give me timescale when refund will be sent to me. 4. They do not give me contact details of management. I informed customer service that I want to inform outside authorities, my bank to recover my money, if not, then small claims court, and online portals that The Fragrance Shop were breaching my consumer rights: 1. They did not send me refund. 2. They state (lie) that refund was sent but do not give any proof of that. 3. They do not give me timescale when refund will be sent to me. 4. They do not give me contact details of management. In their email replies all my questions and requests were ignored. Moreover, customer service staff email me conflicting information. One moment they stated refund was sent. Another moment they stated there is “issue” with refund. Then all of a sudden also stated there is “dispute” with refund. In their email replies all my questions and requests were ignored. Moreover, customer service staff email me conflicting information. One stated refund was sent. Another stated there is “issue” with refund. Then all of a sudden also stated there is “dispute” with refund. I equal that to denial me of my consumer right, blatant lie, delay tactics, and the Fragrance Shop beaching regulations. In the meantime, I posted negative review on Trustpilot. I read many other multiple negative reviews of similar nature. No refund was given to customers. And customers were complaining about customer service sending them standard copy & paste replies like to me. To my review post I received same standard copy & paste impersonal reply, which also stated that order number does not match. I read in reviews many other customers received same reply. What a disgrace. Meanwhile, I did quick research and learnt that The Fragrance Shop received platinum trusted service award from Feefo. I contacted Feefo (Feefo Email Support. support@feefo.com) with this feed-back of my experience and I wonder how The Fragrance Shop received that award based on all those negative reviews. I also contacted Retail Times that published article about receiving this award. Here is link to this article: https://retailtimes.co.uk/the-fragrance-shop-wins-feefo-platinum-trusted-service-award-for-fourth-consecutive-year/ The article was written by Fiona Briggs, editor of that publication. I also contacted and sent my negative review to the following: The Institute of Customer Service (https://www.instituteofcustomerservice.com/contact/) Resolver https://www.resolver.co.uk/companies/the-fragrance-shop-complaints I posted my negative review on the following: https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/www-thefragranceshop-co-uk https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/thefragranceshop.co.uk/amp https://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews243246.html This retailer The Fragrance Shop is doing everything on purpose to inconvenience me without any fault on my part, and they caused me much grievance, stress & upset, and I wasted so much time and energy emailing them and sourcing outside support to get my money back. The only feeling that comes to mind after all that experience is that this is fraudulent & scamming behaviour. And the way customer service staff reply I can only conclude The Fragrance Shop is run like gang group - they take customers’ money and it’s nearly impossible for customers to get anything back because customer service staff are like impenetrable wall and sing same tune, they repeat same script in each email and do not care customer is upset and that the organisation is breaching legislation. And the CEO the “proud” founder of that gang Mr Sanjay Vadera - is it HIS style he trained customer service staff to steal customers’ money and cause them grief? God forbid they give in and refund any lawful penny to customer. They are unlawfully withholding customers’ money. And they are protecting him and every supervisor so much, they built such a wall - they refuse to give any contact details of anyone. The Fragrance Shop is doing everything on purpose to inconvenience me without any fault on my part, and they caused me much grievance, stress & upset, and I wasted so much time and energy emailing them and sourcing outside support to get my money back. The only thought that comes to mind is that this is fraudulent & scamming behaviour. And the way customer service reply I can only conclude The Fragrance Shop is run like gang group - they take customers’ money and it’s nearly impossible for customers to get anything back because customer service staff are like impenetrable wall and sing same tune, they repeat same script in each email and do not care customer is upset and that the organisation is breaching legislation. And the CEO the “proud” founder of that gang Mr Sanjay Vadera - is it HIS style he trained customer service staff to steal customers’ money and cause them grief? God forbid they give in and refund any lawful penny to customer. They are unlawfully withholding customers’ money. And they are protecting him and every supervisor so much, they built such a wall - they refuse to give any contact details of anyone. Please read negative reviews of other deceived and upset customers, and will anyone ever pay attention to breaking law behaviour.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Awful customer service. They make it difficult to cancel intentionally. I emailed several times to cancel, and they never ever got back to me. When I got through on the phone they told me they wouldn’t refund the product as I hadn’t spoke to them on the phone even though they can see my emails? Don’t bother unless you’re desperate for minis for travel or something. And then ensure you ring and keep a copy of contact you had with them”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Yes, fake tracking number and no packge. Please don't waste your time and money, if I would have known better. Scam and thieves.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Scentaddict subscription been great for the last year until this month, when they totally ignored my 'wish list' and just sent me the same fragrance as last month. Refused to accept fault, called me a liar, refused to refund and now want me to return unopened and at my own cost! Appalling customer service. Won't accept subscription cancellation by email, asking me to call to do this. DON'T TOUCH THIS COMPANY!!!!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Good evening guys, I am very upset. I placed and order on January 13th 2023 for a Mancera Velvet Vanilla Perfum with fragranceshop.com, on January 16, received a fake email saying the perfume has been shipped with a fake tracking number. that package never shipped. I email them January 20, 2023 asking why the tracking is not moving? no response, then I got another email on january 22nd saying another tracking number provided. at this point i knew they are playing a stupid joke, why send another tracking number when you said you ship the perfume since January 16th? I emailed them asking for my money, then on January 23rd, I received a fake email saying sorry your package is lost in the mail, please fill out a lost claim, we will investigate then make a decision. that package was never shipped, that person took my money. everybody has problem with them. this website created a fake pictures of expensive perfumes, saying you'll get a discount, when place an order they take your money, sending you empty bottles, broken glasses, on empty box with nothing in it, then saying sorry i can't give you a refund because you used the product. Those people need to be put in jail for fraud.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“They make it almost impossible to cancel. I emailed and tried cancel but was told i need to call, which I've tried but just sat in a long queue on the phone and no answer.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“This is an appalling company clearly ripping off customers left, right and centre given the reviews. Ordered goods 2.5 months ago and still not received goods or a refund. I have reported them to Trading Standards. Their customer service just sends out standard responses with no solutions or willingness to help. Waiting times on the phone are 1.5 - 2 hours so there are clearly a lot of unhappy customers. DO NOT ORDER FROM THESE COWBOYS AND GO ELSEWHERE!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I bought a 6 month subscrtiption for my wife's birthday. When she entered the voucher code, we didn't get an error but it didn't add any credits to her account. We have been trying to get them to fix the issue but so far there has been no resolution. I phoned up to cancel the subscription but I was told that as it was a voucher it couldn't be refunded. Every time we call we are in a queue for between 1 and 2 hours depending on the time of day and the person at the other end isn't a specialist about scentaddict, they are general agents who deal with everything from sales and orders from "The fragrence Shop" to online subscriptions. I asked to speak to a manager but have been told it would take up to 72 hours! No product for £66, no sign of a refund and no sign of a resolution. Buyer beware!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“DO NOT SIGN UP FOR SCENT ADDICT! TF shop has awful customer service. They activley make it difficult to cancel your subscription. You can only call them which is ridiculous and does not cover those who are unable to communicate verbally. It is horrendous service. Be prepared to dedicate time and effort for something that should be an incredibly simple cancellation process but its anything but. They continued to take payments from my account after 7 emails asking in different ways to cancel my subscription. Only once was i asked via email for my details and the reason for cancellation which i wrongly assumed meant my request would be upheld but NO! Instead the reply was a copy and paste job from the website asking me to call even though i have been very clear in my reasons as to why i could not call. The level of stupidty and greed displayed by TFS and its customer service team is unreal. **DO NOT SIGN UP FOR SCENT ADDICT.** **DO NOT USE THE FRAGRANCE SHOP. ** **USE ALTERNATIVE RETAILERS WHO RESPECT, SUPPORT AND RESOLVE THEIR CUSTOMER QUERIES.**”

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Posted 2 years ago

“WARNING stay away and save your money! The customer service is awful and I spent over 1 hour to cancel my subscription! The Fragrance Shop staff said the customer service is awful and they absolutely hate contacting them! That sums it up! Had enough of getting generic emails on wrong orders over the last 3 months and still has not been resolved!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Refused a refund even tho the courier company accepted full responsibility this has been going on since 3/12/22 and they ignore emails and make it very difficult to get refunded or the items replaced the customer services are shocking”

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Posted 2 years ago

“First order received fine 2 subsequent deliveries never appeared Customer service say they delivered Always someone home and they definitely haven’t been Waste of 24 pounds Trying to cancel subscription now Don’t waste your money”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I have sent copius amounts of emails to this company regarding the wrong item being sent to my address. No reply from an actual person just automated messages. Iv read all the complaints about The Fragrance Shop and i wish i had read these comments before ordering. As i wouldnt have ordered. I will also be giving people advice not to order from this company. Absolutely disgusting customer service. And there is no point replying to my comment on here, anyone from The Fragrance Shop as you did this last time, i followed your guidance and yet again no reply from anyone!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Terrible have to constantly chase missing orders and they also send the wrong ones. Emailing to complain is also very unhelpful. When the orders are missing you have to wait 10 working days for them to issue a new one and by that point you are nearly on your next month its a shame the service isn’t better as I actually like receiving a new scent every month ( when they actually arrive )”

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Posted 2 years ago

The Fragrance Shop is rated 1.4 based on 275 reviews