How to distinguish real perfume from a fake: 10 ways

Modern society is not distinguished by moral standards, for this reason, many manufacturing companies produce low-quality products. The so-called counterfeits can be found on the shelves with cosmetics and perfumes of famous brands. In this case, sellers in one voice say that you are holding in their hands the original products. Since the cost of such specimens is quite high, it is important to be on time alert. How to distinguish fake perfumes from the real? Let's try to figure it out together.

Step number 1. Perfume Information

Before you go shopping, look at the perfume you want to buy.To do this, you can read the information available on the manufacturer's website. As a rule, firms give clear data about their products (where is the bar code, batch number, etc.).

If you wish, you can read reviews on the Internet and watch a video review. The last one clearly captured the bottle, packaging, logo, hologram, protective tape, etc. Remember all that you see.

If possible, make a print screen on the phone or print. It is important that at the time of purchase you can verify the bottle in your hand with what you found on the Internet. At the same time, it is necessary to check not the probe, but the bottle that you are going to buy.

Step number 2. Polyethylene film

The original perfume has a smooth seam, which is located behind or on the side of the cardboard packaging.In order to make a bend, it is necessary to use the heating method similar to the way in which the packages are sealed in hypermarkets. For this reason, the seam is very thin and neat, not more than 0.5 cm wide. If you see that the ends of the cellophane are glued, you have a fake.

A round or square shaped paper stamp is usually glued to the seam. It is important to remember forever that some eminent manufacturers of perfumes, such as “Hugo Boss”, “Сlinique”, “Shiseido”, etc., do not seal the cardboard box with cellophane in principle.

Step number 3. Cardboard box

A typical sign of fake perfumes is a gray cardboard box. Pay attention, first of all, to shade. The original perfume is in the package of white-white, soft pink or soft blue cardboard. Branded boxes have no stickers, the logo is pressed into the cavity of the cardboard.

After a visual inspection, touch the package, it should be tight. To the touch, such products resemble delicate velvet, since manufacturers use elite cardboard. In the case of a fake, the packaging will have jagged edges, it will literally rustle under your fingers.

In cases where you often fly abroad, where you buy yourself a quality perfume, do not throw away the packaging from it. In the future, you will be able to identify a fake, if you decide to purchase goods in a Russian boutique. The same applies to products from Duty Free.

Step number 4. Packaging and lettering design

When you visited the site of the manufacturer of a particular perfume, you probably specified where the inscriptions should be located, which letters are in bold, etc. You also made a print screen with which you purchased the products. Do not be lazy to verify information from the site with information on the package, being directly in the store.

Information should affect the volume of the bottle, composition, place of preparation and packaging. In cases where the manufacturer's website assures that its products are available in only 30 ml. and 100 ml., and you are trying to "vtyuhat" product volume of 50 ml., the latter option is a fake.

Pay attention to the name of the perfume. Often on fake packages they make typos, insert an extra letter or change the meaning of a word. Such a move helps fraudsters to shirk responsibility for the fraud perfume. Allegedly, the name is different, despite the similar appearance.

The original packaging has clear labels, contours are well visible. A fake is often equipped with smudges, poorly readable words. In this case, the color rendition of the original from the copy is significantly different. In the first case, it is saturated, bright, in the second - faded with floating transitions.

On many copies there is a line with the names of the cities "Paris-Madrid-London". It is important to remember that the original inscription consists only of a line like “Made in France” or “Made in Italy”, and not the banal “France” or “Italy”.

The original packaging is engraved in smaller print than a fake. A round icon with an arrow on a copy is drawn opposite (arrow down), but should be arrow up.

If perfumes are delivered to the Russian Federation officially, they are thoroughly tested. The label has a certificate GOST, bar code, expiration date, address of the manufacturer. In this case, the bar code has different markings. For example, Italy is designated with numbers from 80 to 83, Spain - 84, France - 30—37.

Step number 5. Inner cardboard box

The cavity of the box has a built-in white cardboard construction. Such a "construction" does not allow the bottle to fidget from side to side during transport and storage.The fake packages are made of cheap gray cardboard, because they are still not visible in the window and outside when viewed.

If it is not possible to evaluate the inside of the bottle, shake the sealed package. The bottle inside is not allowed to hang from side to side. The noise will be minimal, without a rumble.

Step number 6. Bottle

By packaging, you can only determine the very bottoms of fake perfume, which are most often produced in the UAE and China. If the cardboard box did not arouse suspicion, it makes sense to consider the bottle directly. To do this, contact your dealer consultant in order to unpack the cardboard box. Do not hesitate, the procedure can be carried out without disturbing the aesthetic appearance of the package.

The original bottle is made of fully transparent glass without smudges, irregularities, errors in casting, changes in shade, small bubbles in the cavity of the bottle. High-quality perfume is bottled in hand-made bottles. Often a metal plate is attached to the bottom of the tank with engraved information about the country of manufacture, batch number, expiration date, etc.

Look at the inscriptions, the letters on the copies are not on the same level, they can be semi-erased or indistinct. While the original has a clear inscription to which you will not stick. It is important to remember forever: if the shape of the bottle is unusual, it will be quite difficult to fake it. If you want to get a genuine product, compare the bottle of perfume with the image on the website or a tester in a perfume boutique.

Step number 7. Perfume color

After a visual inspection of the bottle, evaluate the color of the liquid. Perfume can usually be dark yellow and fawn. In some cases, manufacturers vary the shade of the liquid using dyes. The result is a pinkish, bluish, greenish or lilac shade. However, if you notice that the perfume has a rich color, it contains chemical impurities. Too bright colors are characteristic of fakes.

Step number 8. Bottle cap

You may not even pay attention to the cover, but it best describes a fake. Designers of perfume bottles usually patent the plastic from which the cap is made. For this reason, the accessory is perfectly smooth, without burrs and unnecessary bulges.Forgery, by contrast, has flaws. It can be creased, uneven, by weight the products are very light, looks cheap.

Step number 9. Spray

The original perfume spray tightly attached to the bottle, not scrolling, performed in compliance with the overall design. Pay attention to the metal rim, located under the spray. Make sure that the element does not scroll around its axis, does not "walk" from side to side. The perfectly executed element sits tightly enough on the bottle. It is known that the first 2-3 pressings do not disperse the composition. This is due to the fact that the fluid is swinging through the tube. After the release of air, which is collected in the cavity during assembly, the perfume is freely sprayed.

Step number 10. Series and batch number

If you doubt the authenticity of the products, request a quality certificate from the vendors. According to the law, shops are obliged to provide it without explanation.When the original certificate is in your hands, carefully inspect the seal. It should be wet, slightly smeared, and not copied or painted.

To distinguish the original seal from a fake, turn the certificate at an obtuse angle. If it is printed on a printer (“Photoshop”), it means that in the hands of a fake certificate. The original print stands out on paper, slightly bulging.

Practical recommendations

It is difficult to distinguish the original perfume from the copy, despite the above information. Here are some more tips to help you choose quality products.

1. Do not listen to sales assistants who claim that the perfume was spilled under license in Poland, India or China. French and Italian manufacturers never issue licenses, they create perfumes only in their own country. Production technology has not been disclosed.
2. Well-established manufacturers only rarely produce so-called probes of 10-15 ml. At the same time, perfume brands do not supply products in pen-spray bottles to store shelves, with the exception of Salvador Dali.
3. If we are talking about French perfume, world leaders pay due attention to the word "parfum". That is how they write, without the letter “e” at the end of the word (“parfume”). If you see a typo, do not purchase the product, it is fake.

It is difficult to distinguish the original perfume from a well-made copy. First, inspect the plastic film, box, internal structure. Pay due attention to the bottle, lid, spray. Study the labels and certificates, appreciate the shade of the liquid.

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