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a good friend bought me a perfume set , eternity, for xmas and i dont like it? should i tell her i dont like it and ask if she can swap it, what would you do? its a shame as shes spent so much money and works hard for a miserly wage. i feel bad about saying anything, wondered if she still had the receipt etc. the perfume just isnt me. please dont say sell it on ebay as i hate that place.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think you should be honest.. otherwise she might get you something else like it next time round!
Perfume is always a bit iffy - as its hard to know whether it will be liked or not - unless they know you wear it already!
Tell her you really appreciate her thought and effort and dont want her to be offended - but could you change it for another fragrance?
Failing that - keep quiet and never come clean!!
Perfume is always a bit iffy - as its hard to know whether it will be liked or not - unless they know you wear it already!
Tell her you really appreciate her thought and effort and dont want her to be offended - but could you change it for another fragrance?
Failing that - keep quiet and never come clean!!
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I had two separate gifts of Anais Anais some years ago - after a whiff of the first, and comment made by OH (unprintable), I knew they had to go. after over a year I flogged both on ebay.
However, your good friend may expect you to smell of 'eternity' on occasions - at least my gifts came from distantly-placed relations.
However, your good friend may expect you to smell of 'eternity' on occasions - at least my gifts came from distantly-placed relations.
I put all unwanted presents into a drawer with a note on them saying who gave me them and when (don't want any silly mistakes) and then redistribute them as and when required. Incidentally years ago I asked a colleague what perfume she was wearing as it was such a lovely smell. She said Intimate, so I dashed out and bought a bottle. It smelled like cats wee on me. Apparently perfumes don't always smell the same on everybody. I gave the rest of the bottle to the colleague I had asked about it. So it is best not to buy other people things you like yourself, they dont always suit.
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a good one, i may save the gift to pass on to someone else, that doesnt know my friend of course. i suppose i could get a tester and use that when im around my friend who bought it. i do feel like admitting i dont like it though, i would prefer something much more modern. there was no cellophane on the gift box that had shower gel or cream in i think and of course i have sprayed it once. i just dont want her to buy it me again. she bought me ck in2 u last year, i must drop stronger hints next year!
If it's got no cellophane on the box and you have sprayed the perfume, nextqueen, then there is no way that you can take it back to the shop, they won't exchange it unless it is in mint unused condition at the best of times. You'll have to write it off. Before Christmas next year, tell your friend that you used to like Eternity but now you have started using another scent which you like better. That really is all you can do now the pack is not as new.