How to Check If a Perfume Is Original or Fake?

Does it matter if you’re using original Emirates Pride perfumes? Yes, it does. In perfumes, just like in all things, choose the original over the counterfeit. Of course, the next challenge is how to tell if perfume is original or fake.

In this blog post, we discuss two things: why you should use only original perfumes and how to tell if perfume is original or not.

Why Use Only Original Perfumes?

There are two primary reasons why you should use only original perfumes.

Safety

Authentic, branded perfumes are manufactured under strictly controlled conditions. For instance, our ingredients and processes have all been carefully scrutinized by the authorities and regulators to ensure we are complying with established standards.

In other words, original perfumes are created by regulated manufacturers. The system keeps manufacturers like us responsible and accountable.

This is not the case with fake perfumes. They are created by unregistered, unregulated and, thus, unaccountable entities that don’t need to toe any lines. They can make their perfumes from anything and combine ingredients as they wish without any regard for their end users’ safety.

Fake perfumes can contain hazardous ingredients like beryllium and arsenic, or they may have dangerously high levels of some chemicals (e.g., lead). They may be formulated with probable human carcinogens. For instance, Di(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate or DEHP, found in some counterfeit fragrances, can cause cancer and birth defects.

Counterfeit fragrance manufacturers can get away with such nefarious practices, too. Fake perfumes don’t go through testing and auditing, so no one keeps them accountable.

Quality

Fake perfume is low-quality perfume. How can it not be when it doesn’t need to fulfill any brand promise or provide value? Counterfeit perfume is not good because it doesn’t need to be. Its manufacturer also doesn’t need your patronage or approval. They can easily say, “What do you expect? It’s fake anyway.”

It’s different for authentic perfumes. Our perfumes, for instance, have been made with the choicest ingredients according to formulations that have been repeatedly tested and refined to ensure our fragrances have an excellent scent and staying power.

Our perfumes carry our label, so we’re committed to ensuring our perfumes can deliver our brand promise and enhance our brand name.

How to Know If Perfume Is Original?

It can get a little tricky telling which perfumes are original and which are fake. However, if you follow these tips, it can be done.

Note: Make sure to use these tips together. Aside from laboratory testing, there’s no single foolproof way of telling which perfumes are original and fake. Therefore, a multi-faceted analysis is often required when trying to tell authentic and fake fragrances apart.

1. Price

It starts with the price. Counterfeit fragrances are typically sold at a lower price than original perfumes. The thought of getting Emirates Pride oud perfumes at a much lower price can be enticing. Who wouldn’t want More of Oud, White Oud or Golden Chance at half the price?

Remember this rule: If it is too good to be true, it probably is. As such, if the price is incredibly low, it’s likely fake.

2. Product Packaging

Since counterfeit fragrances sell at a much lower price, they usually come in low-quality packaging. It doesn’t make economic sense for fake perfume manufacturers to spend so much on product packaging.

Additionally, counterfeit fragrances don’t care about how their products look. After all, they’re not impacting their brand but the brand value of the product they’re imitating. Thus, they don’t focus as much on product packaging.

Check the following packaging components.

• Box
  Check the box quality. Original perfumes come in high-quality boxes. Original fragrances have an image to uphold and protect, so they don’t come in cheap boxes.
• Bottle
  Original perfumes usually come in seamless, smooth, obviously high-quality glass bottles. Fake fragrances typically come in rough, generic-looking, obviously poor-quality (may even be plastic) bottles. Even if a perfume bottle looks identical to what you’ve seen of the original product, you should inspect it closely. Does the bottle cap fit perfectly? Does it have a seam which the original perfume bottle doesn’t have?
• Label
  Look at the labels on the box and bottle. Is the name of the perfume spelled correctly? There can be no typos and mistakes on original perfume labels. Inspect the text on the box and bottle line-by-line and compare it with the original.

Do not only look at the accuracy of the text. Compare typefaces, too.

3. Size and Volume

Check if the perfume comes in one of the manufacturer’s sizes. A 25-milliliter bottle for a fragrance that sells only in 50 and 100-mL variants is likely fake.

4. Source

Which shop is selling the fragrance? Obviously, the best way to ensure you’re getting original perfume is to buy it from the brand website, its official store on e-commerce platforms, and its physical boutiques. For instance, if you buy Thekrayat or Mysterious Rose from our website or Emirates Pride boutiques across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman, you can be certain you’re getting the original perfume.

If you plan to buy perfume from any other shop, make sure you’re buying only from an authorized reseller. You can confirm approved reseller status with the manufacturer.

A retailer that sells various brands of perfumes at deep discounts is most likely to be a counterfeit perfume seller.

5. Scent

Finally, the best way to tell originality is a sniff test. Fake perfumes typically smell off, flat or unbalanced. They also usually do not last long.

In contrast, our original perfumes are made of high-quality ingredients and crafted precisely by our in-house perfume designers. One sniff, and you can tell our commitment to quality.

Choose Original Perfume

Original perfumes do not only smell better. They are much safer than fake perfumes. Therefore, it’s crucial to know how to tell if perfume is original or fake.

When purchasing perfumes, check the packaging, price, size, and scent against a known original. It’s also good practice to buy perfumes only from the brand’s official stores and channels.

Emirates Pride is a perfume company specializing in masterfully crafting outstanding and highly original scents representative of Arab culture. Experience our unique fragrances when you shop online or visit our boutiques across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman.