As usual after seeing that this months issue of Seventeen magazine had arrived, I flipped straight to the freebie section. I’ve learned from multiple counts of experience that it’s better to jump right on whatever freebie coupon is given as early in the month as possible because they are alomost always out by the time you make it to the store a week after it’s been published.
This month was a nice surprise for me. I’ve been needing to purchase a new fragrance but not wanting to spend an arm and a leg at Sephora or Ulta and refusing to break down once again and purchase whatever new scent Victoria’s Secret had pushed out this week, that would smell hauntingly similar to oh lets say… the other 20,000 scents they’ve come up with. Instead, they had a coupon for a free 5oz bottle of Aeropostal’s new fragrance “Aero New York 1987″.
Although I am not a frequent shopper at Aero and pretty much knew that the scent was going to be some combination of girly floral and surfing beach babes I decided…it was free, why not. (And their sale on 1.99$ 3 pack socks was also a nice perk)
I was however pleasantly surprised to find that not only was the packaging simple and cute but that the scent did not make me smell like a cheap “lady of the night” as my mother would call it. The glass bottle is a nice change from the usual plastic ones I get at other stores and the small yellow flowers just make me think of spring all over again in these chilly fall days. As for the scent, it does smell floraly in the bottle but once sprayed it has a more fruity overtone.
For a freebie perfume normally costing 12.50$ I would certainly say that I was impressed with the overall product and would consider purchasing a new bottle after I have gotten my use out of the current one.
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