Straight answers, including the awkward ones.

Yes. We buy sealed, in-date overstock in volume from established wholesale distributors, through our wholesale partner’s relationships, which go back decades in the fragrance trade, and we ship direct rather than through a store. No mall lease, no counter staff, no buying office taking a margin. That is the whole of the discount. There is a longer explanation on how we know it is real.

Authenticity is controlled by sourcing, not by inspection. We buy sealed cases from established distributors we know, not from brokers or marketplace pallets. On receipt, cases are inspected for seal integrity, cellophane, coding and packaging condition, and anything that fails does not go on the shelf. Every bottle ships with its original manufacturer batch code, untouched, and you are welcome to check it when it arrives.

No, and we would be sceptical of anyone claiming to at our volume. Decoding and logging every code across a catalogue of more than 1,500 fragrances would be theatre. The distributor relationship is what establishes authenticity. We would rather tell you that plainly than make a promise we could not keep.

Usually not. Stock moves quickly enough that we cannot promise the specific bottle we looked at will still be the one picked for your order twenty minutes later. If you have a particular reason to need it, call us and we will tell you what we can.

From established wholesale fragrance distributors we have long-standing relationships with. Much of it is overstock: genuine product that entered legitimate distribution, did not sell through, and was released back into the wholesale market. We never buy from anonymous brokers, marketplace pallets or any source we cannot trace. Reselling genuine goods that were lawfully purchased is entirely legal, and it is the same basis every outlet and off-price retailer in the country operates on. Fragrance Boulevard is an independent retailer, not an authorized retailer of the brands we carry.

Yes. If you find the identical product, size and concentration cheaper at a US retail website, send us the link before you order or within 14 days after, and we will match it or refund the difference. Excludes auction listings, third-party marketplace sellers, membership-only pricing, bundle offers and anything we cannot verify. Email or call us and we will sort it out without a form.

Orders are processed within one to two business days and ship from Southern California. You will receive tracking by email as soon as it leaves us. Delivery estimates appear at checkout based on your address.

Shipping is calculated from your location and the contents of your order, and is always shown in full before you pay. Orders of $99 or more ship free.

Not yet. We currently ship within the United States only. International shipping is on our list, and fragrance carries transport restrictions that make it more involved than most categories, so we would rather do it properly than badly.

Fragrance is alcohol-based and classified as a hazardous material for transport, which limits the shipping methods available to every retailer in this category, not just us. If you need something by a particular date, call us before ordering and we will tell you honestly whether it is achievable.

Contact us with photographs of the parcel and the bottle and we will replace it or refund it. We carry that cost, not you. Do not throw the packaging away until we have spoken, because the carrier claim sometimes needs it.

If it has not shipped, yes. Call us rather than emailing, because orders move quickly and the phone is faster. Once it is with the carrier we cannot recall it, and it becomes a return.

Thirty days from delivery, for a full refund of the product price. The bottle must be unopened and in its original packaging, including the outer plastic wrap. Return shipping is paid by you, and original shipping is not refunded.

No, and this is the answer we like least. An opened bottle cannot be resold and cannot be recovered. Our margins are thin enough that an open-box return policy is one we could not honour for long, and a policy we cannot afford is one we would eventually break. This is the standard across the discount fragrance category. We would rather state it here than have you discover it after ordering.

Call or email us first. We will talk you through a scent honestly, including telling you not to buy it. Read the base notes rather than the marketing copy, since those govern how it will smell an hour in. And where a fragrance exists in more than one concentration, check which one you actually want before committing, because they are frequently different compositions rather than the same scent at different strengths.

We carry sealed minis, travel sizes and manufacturer vials in our Samples / Minis / Vials collection. We do not decant: every bottle ships exactly as the manufacturer sealed it. A tester or a smaller size is the other low-risk way to try something before committing to a full bottle.

Full refund including shipping in both directions, and you do not need to return it before we process it. Send us photographs of the box, the seal and the batch code and we will trace the lot back through our receiving records to the distributor it came from, then tell you what we find even if the answer is inconvenient for us.

Stock the manufacturer produced for retail counters rather than for the shelf. Identical fragrance, same line, same formula, same bottle. What differs is the box: plain white or brown instead of the printed retail carton, often marked as a tester, sometimes without a decorative cap. If you were going to throw the box away anyway, a tester is the smarter purchase. If it is a gift, buy the retail bottle. We never list a tester as a retail bottle.

No. That wording binds the retail counter the unit was originally sent to. It has no bearing on the fragrance itself and does not affect your right to buy it or ours to sell it.

Usually, but not always. Overstock is by definition stock that has been sitting, and brands revise their artwork over time, so a bottle produced in a different year may look slightly different from the current press image. The fragrance is unaffected. If exact current packaging matters, email us before ordering and we will tell you what is actually on the shelf.

They describe how much perfume oil is dissolved in the alcohol, which affects longevity, projection and price. Roughly: EDT is 5 to 15 percent, EDP is 15 to 20, and extrait or parfum is 20 to 40. None of these terms are legally defined, so treat them as a signal rather than a specification. There is a full breakdown on the concentrations page.

Often not, or not at the same price. We buy specific lots rather than open-ended supply, so when a lot is gone we are dependent on another one appearing. Email us and we will tell you honestly whether it is likely.

Somewhere cool, dark and stable. Heat and light degrade fragrance faster than anything else, which is why a bottle kept on a sunny windowsill or in a steamy bathroom turns within a year or two. A drawer or a closed cupboard away from a radiator is ideal. Keep it in the box if you have space.

Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Diners Club, plus PayPal, Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Amazon Pay. If you would feel better using a method with its own buyer protection on a first order, PayPal and Shop Pay both provide it and we would rather you used one than hesitated.

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Fragrance Boulevard is operated by Karia Trading Co LLC, a registered California company, and works with a wholesale partner whose fragrance relationships go back to 1998. Our founder, Sam Karia, is named on the site and answers the phone himself more often than he probably should. If something goes wrong you are dealing with a named company and a real person, not an anonymous storefront. You can read more about us here.