Wholesale perfumes – bargain prices

Okay, I LOVE Gap’s "Pink" scent and I usually buy it at the mall where it is $25. Well, yesterday I went to an outlet mall and found a Gap Outlet store there that sells "Pink" for $15, presumably cheaper because outlet stores are "discount" stores. Well the package looked exactly the same, even the bottle. But when I put it on, I swear it smells a little different- not as sharp and crisp, like it’s kinda watered down?? And the scent didn’t seem to last as long??? Am I trippin out or is it true that outlet stores sell knock offs of their own brands to make it cheaper?
The regular Gap stores still sell Pink, so I don’t think they are having trouble selling it full priced. That’s one thing that made me wonder about it…why would they offer the same thing cheaper at an outlet? Could it be a cheaper formula or something?

The outlet stores usually sell things that couldn’t be sold in the store that season. This means that the perfume there is older (because it sat in the store for months already…and now it’s sitting in the outlet…) and therefore smells different. I’m pretty sure the perfume is real.
*Edit* The ones in the regular stores are newer, so they smell nicer. All perfumes will go bad sooner or later, so they are just trying to get rid of their old ones.

Without question there are certain fragrances that you can try in your local perfume outlet that are unquestionably feminine. There are others of course that are more unisex. The CK range from Calvin Klein springs to mind. So what IS it that is characteristic about female vs male fragrances? If you were sitting in a dark room and all you could detect was the faint aroma of perfume – could you tell if the person sitting near you was a man or a woman?

It was not SO long ago that a man wouldn’t be seen dead in a perfume outlet! However that macho nonsense has largely disappeared now and guys are commonly seen at the perfume counter, trying out fragrances for themselves. Some men do have problems being quite so overt and so wholesale perfumes and discount stores may well still be their preferred route when purchasing cologne for themselves.

When it comes to ladies perfumes, men have fewer qualms; however perfumes are such a personal choice it can be quite tricky making a selection. Also men and women’s skin types differ and what might smell good on him – might smell quite different on her! Most men ask for perfume testers to be applied to those little cardboard strips, so they don’t end up smelling like they are preparing for a gay parade; however they are making a basic mistake here, because perfume oils need body heat to start the evaporation process that releases the aromas. They also frequently try too many fragrances, one after the other. Our sense of smell quickly gets overloaded if more than say 4 fragrances are sniffed at one session and telling the difference between each one becomes more difficult.

Brands like Elizabeth Arden perfumes and Coty perfumes are much more targeted at ladies perfumes, rather than men’s colognes. However a brand like Giorgio Armani covers both sexes with men’s fragrances like Acqua Di Gio, Armani Attitude and City Glam – while the ladies have Armani Code, Emporio Armani Diamonds and Emporio Remix to choose from.

A perfume outlet still generally offers better prices than department Stores. In fact wholesale beauty products of all kinds are now commonly found in such outlets. Did you know why the very FIRST thing you walk past as you enter any Department Store is ladies perfumes and men’s colognes? It’s because those products have the highest profit margin and so the store puts those where there is the greatest ‘footfall’ (i.e. all prospective customers must pass that spot). It just makes good commercial common sense doesn’t it?