[Review] Armani 100 ml EDT Spray (Tester) – Scented Monkey via Direct Shipping

The Armani 100 ml EDT Spray (Tester) was acquired in Scented Monkey and redirected to Brazil by Direct Shipments. This was the tenth time that I used the services of Direct Shipments, and all packets have been received without problems.

Motivation

Buy perfumes outside, mainly in the US, it is almost always much cheaper than buying in Brazil. But, most American stores have stopped shipping to Brazil, mainly due to problems with huge delays at the post office that occurred between 2016 and 2017, or abusive taxes.

some stores, as Scented Monkey, they even send it to Brazil, but only with courier. In that case you pay almost 100% on the value of the product and freight in taxes, not compensating. Other stores charge taxes in advance, also bringing the 100%.

The solution is to use the services of Direct Shipments, which offers an address in the USA where we can send our packages, and from there redirects them to Brazil using the services of the USPS, reducing the chances of taxation. No case of perfumes, that are light, the ePacket ends up being the best option.

Perfumes Tester

Perfumes tester are those that are sent to the perfumeries to be sampled, for people to experience. They are exactly the same perfumes as those that are marketed, but external packaging is sometimes different from commercial packaging, or with stickers indicating they are testers. The perfume bottle may also have an impression or sticker indicating that it is a tester.

The testers theoretically should not be marketed. Some even come with stickers indicating this. But online perfumeries often sell them for less, probably because they don't have much use for a tester in a store that only works online. Não dá para experimentar perfumes pela Internet. 🙂

Foi a primeira vez que adquiri um perfume tester. The price of US $ 48,30 é pelo menos 30% menor que o preço que normalmente se cobra na versão retail do mesmo perfume. Você confere minhas impressões mais adiante.

Compra do Armani 100 ml EDT Spray (Tester)

The Armani 100 ml EDT Spray (Tester) was acquired in Scented Monkey in 26/02/2020. Foi enviado via USPS Priority em New York e atravessou o país para chegar na sede da Direct Shipments in California only in 2 days.

Redirect to Direct Shipments

A Direct Shipments He sent me two photos, da caixa mostrando o peso na balança, e do produto. Check out:

A caixa pesa apenas 15 oz, de modo que o frete via ePacket ficou com o valor mínimo: US$ 17,65, including the services of Direct Shipments.

Pedi o envio para o Brasil no dia 11/03 e o pacote chegou no dia 02/04, no taxes.

Unboxing

The Armani 100 ml EDT Spray (Tester) chegou bem embalado em pacote branco e discreto. Dentro dele a Direct Shipments protegeu a caixa do perfume com almofadas de ar, de modo que ele chegou intacto. Gostei dessa mudança de embalagem, pois a caixinha que a Scented Monkey usou certamente chamaria mais a atenção.

A embalagem do perfume não estava lacrada com plástico como acontece com a embalagem comercial. Isto é aceitável por se tratar de um tester. É a mesma caixinha do produto comercial, apenas com um adesivo sobre o código de barras, que modifica o código de barras original, e a indicação de que trata-se de um tester, com textos de que não é destinado à venda, em inglês e em francês.

O frasco do perfume também é idêntico ao produto comercial, com o único diferencial sendo um selinho colado na parte inferior, indicando tratar-se de um tester.

Na caixa de papelão há um código impresso que é o mesmo que está gravado no vidro do frasco, portanto essa caixa pertence realmente a este frasco.

Check out the photos and the video of the unboxing:

Tracing

These are the trace information package Scented Monkey até a sede da Direct Shipments:

February 29, 2020, 10:02 am
Delivered, To Agent
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, SUCH AS 92688 
Your item has been delivered to an agent at 10:02 am on February 29, 2020 in RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, SUCH AS 92688.
February 29, 2020, 7:27 am
Out for Delivery
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, SUCH AS 92688 
February 29, 2020, 7:16 am
Arrived at Post Office
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, SUCH AS 92688 
February 29, 2020, 5:49 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, SUCH AS 92688 
February 29, 2020, 5:01 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
ANAHEIM CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
February 29, 2020, 3:36 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
ANAHEIM CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
February 29, 2020, 2:31 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAN BERNARDINO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
February 29, 2020, 2:00 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SAN BERNARDINO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
February 28, 2020
In Transit to Next Facility
February 27, 2020, 7:26 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
METRO NY DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
February 27, 2020, 6:11 pm
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility
RONKONKOMA, NY 11779 
February 27, 2020, 9:35 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
RONKONKOMA, NY 11779

The Direct Shipments to Brazil, these are the tracking information package according to the USPS:

April 2, 2020, 4:07 pm
Delivered
BRAZIL
Your item was delivered in BRAZIL at 4:07 pm on April 2, 2020.
March 24, 2020, 10:49 am
Processed Through Facility
BRAZIL
March 19, 2020, 9:59 am
Departed
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
March 18, 2020, 11:28 pm
Departed
NEWARK, UNITED STATES
March 17, 2020, 4:23 pm
Departed
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
March 17, 2020, 12:35 pm
Arrived
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
March 14, 2020, 7:09 pm
Processed Through Regional Facility
LOS ANGELES CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
March 14, 2020, 7:09 pm
Arrived at Regional Facility
LOS ANGELES CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
March 13, 2020, 5:14 pm
Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
BELL GARDENS, SUCH AS 90201 
Shipping Partner:  ASENDIA USA
March 13, 2020, 1:21 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
BELL GARDENS, SUCH AS 90201 
March 11, 2020, 9:03 pm
Arrived Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
BELL GARDENS, SUCH AS 90201 
Shipping Partner:  ASENDIA USES

These are the trace information obtained from the Post system:

02/04/2020
16:06
[REMOVED] / SP Object delivered to the recipient
02/04/2020
10:14
[REMOVED] / SP object out for delivery to the recipient
01/04/2020
08:01
INDAIATUBA / SP
Objeto encaminhado
de Unidade de Tratamento em INDAIATUBA / SP for distribution Unit in [REMOVED] / SP
30/03/2020
12:26
CURITIBA / PR
Objeto encaminhado
de Unidade de Distribuição em CURITIBA / PR for Treatment Unit in INDAIATUBA / SP
30/03/2020
12:24
CURITIBA / PR finalized Customs supervision
24/03/2020
10:52
CURITIBA / PR	Objeto recebido pelos Correios do Brasil

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14/03/2020
19:09
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA /
Objeto encaminhado
de País em ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMÉRICA / countries in International treatment unit / BR

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13/03/2020
16:25
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 	Objeto postado

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Table-Summary

Por fim, This is the table-summary of purchase:

Final Considerations

A experiência com perfume tester It is approved. Tem exatamente a mesma fragrância do original, por um preço menor. A compra nos EUA saiu muito mais barata que comprar o mesmo perfume no Brasil, onde ele is costing £ 814,19 at the time of writing this article. O tempo em trânsito foi relativamente rápido: 3 weeks.

O serviço da Direct Shipments continua excelente. Produto bem embalado, embalagem discreta, e nada de custos ocultos ou adicionais. E assim o produto não foi tributado.

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