• Scentbird

Scentbird

Overview

Scentbird has a rating of 2.56 stars from 972 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Scentbird most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and phone number problems. Scentbird ranks 104th among Subscription Shopping sites.

  • Service
    373
  • Value
    366
  • Shipping
    364
  • Returns
    221
  • Quality
    341

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 30.1%
Positive
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Neutral
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • Scent Bird offers such a huge variety of scents to test and purchase.

Critical highlights

  • I stand by my review that this company is not worth the headache until they put some effort into customer service.
How would you rate Scentbird?
Top Positive Review

“Quality Products and Customer Care”

Kristy C.
1/1/24

I've had nothing but amazing experiences with Scentbird. They are the first subscription company I can say that about. Even when I had a negative reaction to a product, they did their best to make sure I was happy; replacing the product with something else from my queue with no questions asked. Then reached out via email to check in. I just can't speak highly enough of this company.

Top Critical Review

“Expensive, and they sell your info when you cancel your subscription”

Bryan S.
3/29/24

I had my Scentbird account for almost a year, the service was okay, but very expensive. The reason I had my account for so long is because they make it so difficult to cancel. Additionally, I use anonymous emails for each subscription, and as soon as I cancelled my subscription, I started receiving very convincing scam emails to the address that was only ever used for Scentbird. So, that leads me to believe that once you cancel your subscription, they sell your information. Scummy company, I highly recommend you avoid them.

Reviews (972)

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Thumbnail of user bryans1248
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 29th, 2024

I had my Scentbird account for almost a year, the service was okay, but very expensive. The reason I had my account for so long is because they make it so difficult to cancel. Additionally, I use anonymous emails for each subscription, and as soon as I cancelled my subscription, I started receiving very convincing scam emails to the address that was only ever used for Scentbird. So, that leads me to believe that once you cancel your subscription, they sell your information. Scummy company, I highly recommend you avoid them.

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Thumbnail of user amgastelum89
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 28th, 2023

Love the business model, but this company needs to reconsider their shipping system. I probably won't buy from here again, I've been waiting over a week for my samples.

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Thumbnail of user jadinegarcia13
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 3rd, 2024

This is a nice perfume subscription at a good price. I like the selection of colognes and perfumes. I've only selected ones that are within the price range of the subscription for one scent per month. The scent below is not a favorite but there are plenty more to choose from.

Thumbnail of user alexiso522
1 review
2 helpful votes
February 7th, 2024

My subscription was supposed to be $7.99 a month or something like that, when I look at my bank statement they've been charging over $18 for months. And this last time I didn't even receive my order. The perfumes are nice but it's not worth it if you don't want to get scammed

Tip for consumers:
You won't be getting charged what you think you will, it'll tell you that you have giveaways for friends and when they go to get it it'll try to make them pay, no one will respond if you don't get your product and no one is accountable for charging you twice the amount you agreed to.

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Perfume

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Thumbnail of user janew1000
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 15th, 2024

I had a subscription to Scentbird for 4 months, but wanted to cancel. Trying to cancel through the app takes you to a page that asks you to give the reason for the cancellation, but the page never fully loads making it impossible to complete the cancellation. Using their "Contact Us" link just takes you around in circles. There is no customer service phone number to call. The only number I did find was answered with an automated message stating there is no customer service via phone. Eventually I had to go through my third-party payment program and have them cancel the recurring payments. Sure, it was a fun little package to get every month with perfumes I would probably never have tried, but absolutely not worth signing up for given the difficulty to connect with customer service or cancel the subscription.

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Thumbnail of user kristyc249
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 1st, 2024

I've had nothing but amazing experiences with Scentbird. They are the first subscription company I can say that about. Even when I had a negative reaction to a product, they did their best to make sure I was happy; replacing the product with something else from my queue with no questions asked. Then reached out via email to check in. I just can't speak highly enough of this company.

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Makeup, fragrances, and fragrance cases

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Thumbnail of user sheilar626
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 10th, 2024

My first order was $28 with the conversion from USD to CAD. I thought ok, a little pricey but not too bad. My second order was $47! Their excuse was BS! If you are Canadian, it is so not worth the price! A total waste of money! I rate this App 0 Stars but you have to give it at least a 1 star to post your review. 2 thumbs down 👎🏾

Thumbnail of user linev7
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
March 8th, 2024

I have literally been trying for almost 6 months to cancel this freaking account I canceled it because I don't like their products they give me a headache the following month they still charged me the only thing that I can do was pause it and I've been going back and forth with email with them and apparently I didn't say cancel the subscription enough times that they reenacted the subscription and charged me again stay away do not mess with them

Tip for consumers:
It should not be this hard you should not have to go through these many hoops and this many emails and these many months to cancel a subscription I feel like this is illegal

Products used:
I got a couple different perfumes I don't really care for the caring oil that they use in their perfumes they all have that scent and it gives me a headache

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Thumbnail of user ehrenv1
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 5th, 2023

I love the concept of a monthly subscription and they have a good algorithm to help select fragrances. My issue is that the shipping takes a fair amount of time and my November fragrance was delivered on the 4th of December. I also wish they had more designer brands to chose from. Overall it's good and "almost there" to be awesome.

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Thumbnail of user tonyhag
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 5th, 2021

This is my favorite membership! I get to choose what I want, then if I love it i can reorder it! That is awesome. I love to smell good perfume is a must for me and I'm very very picky. So with that said out of 9 scents I have only had 1 that I was not crazy about. Can't beat that.

Tip for consumers:
Got to try it if you love to smell amazing

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Perfumes

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Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Hi Tonyha G., we really appreciate your 5-star review! We work hard to meet expectations like yours, and we’re happy to hear we hit the mark for you ❤️

Thumbnail of user arethaa1
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 27th, 2020

Love mine so far
Cute containers. Will be buying bottles next. My Versace is the best, lots of cmpliments

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Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Hi Aretha, thank you for your review. We’re really glad you enjoyed Versace, we’ve found it’s a definite customer favorite!

Thumbnail of user davidb11831
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 31st, 2024

I started using Scentbird in November and they stopped sending product out in February reached customer service twice telling it was fixed and didn't get anything in March either but credit card been charged ….
Trying to cancel and get message error at the end

Tip for consumers:
Like the concep, liked the product
Hate the service and the shipping

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Cologne
Car scent

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Thumbnail of user valenciam50
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 18th, 2024

Just like the tin says. They deliver what they say. Products are nice, though your mileage may vary. They are scents, after all, so it's a process of refining what you like and do not like. One minor complaint is that they sometimes forget to include the little info card telling you about the scent. Rest is pretty positive, though.

Tip for consumers:
Jetson let the smurfs out again and got fired. Stupid Jetson!

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All of them. Perfume.

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Thumbnail of user jataunv
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 27th, 2020

Very amazing service! I love the fragrances. There selections are never off. They're right on. I'm so glad I signed up.

Thumbnail of user jessical541
Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Thank you so much for your positive review, JaTaun. We really appreciate you being a customer! ❤️

Thumbnail of user melissab2486
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 6th, 2022

I love getting these generous samples of perfumes to try. Even when I get perfumes I don't like, someone I know will love it. Everybody likes things that smell nice. It's a little monthly gift for myself.

Tip for consumers:
Just choose and forget! Surprise every month!

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Perfumes!

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Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Thank you so much for your 5-star review, Melissa! We really appreciate you ❤️

Thumbnail of user shaylynn.mitchell.35
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 7th, 2024
Verified purchase

I never got what I ordered. Like when the package came... It's empty. Empty!😡. I have ordered before and got what I ordered. What happened. I'm very upset.

Tip for consumers:
No😡

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The container is empty

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Thumbnail of user angels296
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2024

I subscribed to the monthly perfume membership and also purchased a sample of a fragrance at the same time. During checkout the shipping said free. I checked out completely and received an email receipt. Then 5 mins later I get another email receipt saying they added $6 for shipping of the tiny perfume vial sample I got. This is ILLEGAL. I completely checked out and doing so, agreed to the price that showed during checkout. They can't just add money to the already agreed upon price afterwards. I'm filing a fraud complaint on them with my bank.

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Thumbnail of user tracys556
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 4th, 2020

Love the fragrances, would like to purchase YSL and perry Ellis. Thank you
Also more random gifts would be amazing

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Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Hi Tracy, thank you so much for your feedback. I'll definitely pass it on to the rest of the team. While we don't carry the brands at this time but it may be a part of our inventory in the future as our team keeps extending our scent selection. You can request the fragrances that you love (which we don't have) here: https://www.scentbird.com/request

Thumbnail of user beejmanx
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 26th, 2023

This business is an alternative to potentially pricey fragrance buys, they have a variety of fragrances for a monthly fee. (Scent of the month club) The packaging and scent deployment system is great, most scents come with paperwork regarding the scent notes in that fragrance. I say most because I have not always received them with my scent of the month.
The variety of fragrances could be better, I can't speak of the feminine side of things, but it seems that the men's scents that I want to try out are the more expensive sort. This is where you are charged $10 to $15 more per month.
On the positive side, I love trying new colognes, and rolling the dice to try a new scent for me is worth the $20 monthly cost. I have actually purchased one of the colognes I have tried on here through another site. They have a system that efficiently tracks which scent you want to receive & a user has the freedom to move your choices around so you can strategically pick a spring or winter scent in the proper season. Overall, their site is very easy to navigate, very professional.
To be critical, some of the colognes have turned out to be duds. I can't blame scentbird for this, in fact I am grateful to not be stuck with what would become a hundred dollar bathroom spray. Objectively speaking, some of these scents were ones that scentbird tacked on the extra $10, so that sucks. Another negative is the variety. There are some fragrances that I would like to try from major brands that scentbird does not have as options yet.
So, I like the idea, I love my colognes, but if scentbird doesn't provide me with more variety, I will be moving on. I also think that some of the niche scents should be offered for a discounted price, & I would be more willing continue as a subscriber. For the expensive 'dud' scents, why not comp me with a cheaper, lesser known fragrance?

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Men's cologne.

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Thumbnail of user davids4806
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 28th, 2020

Love the smell of all the ones that I chose definitely a good price for high-end Cologne definitely recommend other people don't miss out on your shot to get better deals

Thumbnail of user jessical541
Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Thank you so much for your kind words, David. ❤️ We really appreciate you taking the time out to share your experience with us!

Thumbnail of user hieveryone441
1 review
6 helpful votes
October 8th, 2023
Verified purchase

The colognes used to have okay selection now it's just colognes they've gotten for cheap and are marking up. It's also almost impossible to cancel I tried cancelling before my renewal but I was still charged because their customer support couldn't check messages until it was in the "one day" processing step. This is bs as I contacted before and abided by their rules. Borderline illegal activities from their deceptive practices.

Tip for consumers:
BE CAREFUL SIGNING UP HARD TO CANCEL

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Cologne

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Thumbnail of user sandrab3904
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 27th, 2024

I never received my order. I tried to contact company but only bots available and cannot answer my questions. They do not have live agents. Money lost, Product lost. Very unhappy 😡 Of I could give 0 stars I would. Please be aware.

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Need live agents. How many people lost their money and never received product.

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Thumbnail of user tinah554
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 3rd, 2021

This company has the most named brand fragrances at a reasonable price. Add an extra scent or two every month for even more savings.

Tip for consumers:
That if you add more items, you will get a better deal.

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I have tried several different scents now.

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Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Thank you so much for sharing your positive experience with us, Tina! We're so happy to hear that you're enjoying your subscription :) If you would like our assistance now or in the future, please email us at socialsupport@scentbird.com and our team will respond to you shortly.

Thumbnail of user anas271
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 30th, 2020

The company was hacked and got my personal information. I recently ordered from ScentBird and I still haven't gotten my package even though it was supposed to be delivered over a week ago. Total scam. Requesting a refund. I will try ordering from a better website. This website sucks! Don't do it unless you want your personal information stolen!

Thumbnail of user jessical541
Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Hi Ana, I apologize for the experience you had with us. If you still have any issues that need to be addressed, kindly send us an email at socialsupport@scentbird.com and we'll get things straightened out. Thank you!

Thumbnail of user carriet151
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 10th, 2021

Scentbird offers larger samples than any other subscription fragrance box I've seen, with quality, designer brands. I also recently needed help from customer service. They were prompt and quickly resolved my issue. Highly recommend.

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Jessica L. – Scentbird Rep

Thank you for your love and support, Carrie! We're so grateful for customers like you! ❤️

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Discover the latest perfumes and colognes at Scentbird. Date perfumes before marrying them. Explore over 500 designer fragrances. Get new designer scent every month for just $14.95. Free shipping.

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