The short version of this post: I was looking for Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Cherry Blossoms Perfume last month but it was not available at Safeer Mall. I found it at V Brand Gallery of Dubai Outlet Mall. Scroll down for photos if you want to see what I am talking about. But this is not a review as I'm not yet using the perfume ☺
Elizabeth Arden Green Tea
Cherry Blossoms Perfume
Part of their Green Tea Perfume Series
Price: 59.00AED
Purchased At: V Brand Gallery
Dubai Outlet Mall
The paper bag where the name of their shop is stated as well as their website. But honestly I couldn't care less. What matters to me is to get the item at the lowest price. Now here's the back story. I am not a collector of perfumes. In fact out of my 10 years here in UAE I only have 3 or 4 bottles can't even remember my reason for purchasing but one of them was just a gift. My decision to buy perfumes just happened last month. I had been thinking of ways to combat the smell the cooking emits at our tiny and closed space flat not until I tried using Bath and Body Works body mists which turned out to be effective and safer than scented candles and air spray. Then upon reading reviews/blogs/write ups people says that perfume is long lasting and better than body mists. And you only need to use a few spray. So I said why not? Buying one perfume a month would not hurt my pocket so deeply right? Not only the room/flat would smell great but as well as our clothes.
What I think about the V Brand Gallery shop: looks like they have a vast selection of perfumes. Even the ones you will not normally find outside. Those that are already phased out. Or hard to find brands. BUT their prices are not really a discounted price which in the first place should be their selling point. Dubai Outlet Mall is supposed to be a mall/place where you'll find items at a discounted amount. That is why people travel hours just to be there. This mall is in almost a middle of nowhere to be honest. So methinks this is the last purchase I will have over there. Elizabeth Arden Green Tea perfume series retails at the same price at the good old Safeer Mall.
Whoah bad photos eh? Taken them for a few seconds during my lunch break. I have chose the Green Tea Cherry Blossom perfume as the other Cherry Blossom products I own are love and smells good. So I have high hopes for this one. Hope it will deliver.
The two variants of Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Series Perfume I own right now. First was Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Honeysuckle and second is Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Cherry Blossom.
But as I write this I have a strong feeling that it will be the last. Not because they are bad products. But because the guilt creeps in. The goal is to be able to get out of this place and be somewhere cold. And every dirham I spend is taking me away from that goal hence the guilt feeling. But when I was in a shop browsing items for a moment I forget all my problems that seems to be just getting bigger every time. Oh, the life of an OFW.
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