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Ririk
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Very rude disrespectful staff
Very rude disrespectful staff No freedom to tell an honest opinion
Samuel
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Horrible website filled with evil human beings
This website used to be really good at one time well before 2010 Over the years though up until now in 2023 it has failed miserably in more than one way and has become a hostile website if you attempt to speak up about not liking the way a fragrance smells In a sense it has become evil The moderators are completely biased in holding up an image of positive feelings always Everyone wins all of the time Everyone receives an award but if you misbehave shame No negativity here No no no The website is a joke Navigating it is even worse and may I add hideous to look at The database is decent that s about it Here s some great pointers 1 Biased moderators who do not believe in the Constitution of the United States of America 2 Overly sensitive snowflakes everywhere who think they own the website They ll have you banned just give it time 3 God forbid you post a negative review about somebody s special perfume or even your own special perfume Deleted to begin and then eventually banned if you keep posting about how much you still dislike the scent 4 Apparently in the perfume world the word old lady is as bad as dropping the N bomb in front of a black person In fact if you privately message another Fragrantica user and type the word old lady anywhere in your message in the sent message on the receiver s side it will be censored and read as Bank of London 5 The website is chocked with territorial loony people who will have you banned at the drop of a hat if their views do not coincide with yours by posting a negative review 6 Absolutely useless reviews and note voting system that tells you nothing 7 Way too many ads 8 Zero freedom of speech 9 A really strange thumbs up thumbs down voting system that eventually leads to your honest unbiased and straight forward review being deleted 10 Trolls and sock puppets who have multiple accounts to manipulate note voting and reviews including cyber bullying 11 If anything related to China is posted anywhere positive neutral or the most hateful speech ever including the forum you re instantly banned for life via IP address 12 Posting anything anywhere concerning suspicions of the validity of Fragrantica and how they handle confrontational posts equates to an instant ban They gotta keep up that image remember 13 Voting for notes is incredibly inaccurate DO NOT believe anything you see or read Just don t even use this website 14 Rainbows and unicorns Fragrantica loves to keep their squeaky clean image or else 15 It s the feel good website No negative anything allowed ever Everything must be happy happy happy all of the time or else BANNED 16 Ran by Russian Communists As the reviewer has stated below which I will agree with whole heartedly Fragrantica as a whole including their staff are 100 far left anti-Americans who DO NOT believe in the freedom of speech The website is heavily censored and biased Avoid Fragrantica If you fancy honest reviews and a legitimate website with professional individuals use Basenotes At least over there your negative and honest review will stay forever Nobody can ever vote it down and things you post will not be deleted They believe in the freedom of speech Basenotes is located in the United Kingdom Avoid Parfumo they re the German version of Fragrantica You cannot post anything negative ever including the word old lady or else BANNED by Karen
J D
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Only useful if they don t block the page for too many searches
They only allow you to search a limited about of perfumes scents After 10-15 searches they block you out What gives
Sarah
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
fake reviews all the people on it are a
fake reviews all the people on it are a little bit sick in the head if you ask me the notes never match the fragrance itself
Hamid
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
I must admit that I used to visit and
I must admit that I used to visit and write there almost on daily basis but I had to stop for various reasons 1 The reviews are biased The number of bad reviews is sluggish compared to good ones mostly due to thumbs up and thumbs down functions on the website If a review is thumbed down by many people it will be removed From my experience over 10 years if the reviews are not glorifying the holy grail of perfumes therin they are likely to be thumbed down and removed 2 Fragrantica is making money out of ads on their website and through merchant links including eBay Amazon etc This is a breech of privacy through selling peoples most searched perfumes to merchants Other decent perfume blogs don t do that for a reason 3 This one is only a spiculation but through the thumbs-down and removal of bad reviews function I can see fragrantica advertising for the best perfume ever to be created by keeping only positive reviews Now comes the catch the best perfume ever can be easily bought through the links that fragrantica supply of 3rd party merchants 4 There is minimal supervision and moderation on foul or harassment language and they claim they cant oversee all reviews 5 There is no support or help available when they make a mistake or people are harassed on their website They never replied to any of my emails in the past 6 There are some reports of Fragrantica staff pushing their own perfumes into the market and sending it to youtubers only to personally bash them if the youtuber is less than head over heels for that magic potion
Jack Cooke
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Biased Corrupt
I initially loved Fragrantica until I started to become actively involved with the site After leaving a couple of reviews I realised that they were being deleted Annoying when you ve taken the time to write them and give an honest opinion Reading through the forums I found a post saying that reviews were deleted if down-voted by people ie they ve hit the thumbs down button on the review My reviews were stating that I didn t like the particular fragrances and why Useful information to anyone considering purchasing a fragrance and the whole point of reviews It s an absolutely ridiculous policy and steers bias towards only positive reviews of a fragrance Not a very honest perspective to give people So I contacted the company several times about this only to be ignored I then noticed that all my forum posts had been deleted and the whole topic on deleted reviews in the forum was removed Fragrantica is unfortunately run by completely rude and unscrupulous individuals I sent them a final email to let them know just how unimpressed I was with them and their website although it s obvious that they don t care Such a shame as it has great potential but it s not what it appears to be on the surface Underneath the glossy exterior is something far less attractive and sinister
Sunandsea
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
They make account deletion almost impossible
No easy way to delete an account Absolutely ridiculous Zero stars would be a more accurate reflection of my opinion of this site
James Goddard
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Terrible website to use
Terrible website to use - comes up with a server error if you search for too many fragrances
Kristina T
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Can t delete account
It is nearly impossible to delete an account and there is very little contact information listed on the website Am I supposed to send a letter to ask for a deactivation You cannot be serious If I could give 0 I would
john milligan
6732 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
An absolute mess of a company
An absolute mess of a company A fragrance company getting on its political high horse and telling people how to think I had read how politically bull this company was but had no Idea it was this true I ll never use it again I went in to find out about scents before buying Not to get my mind politicised
