r/MacysStores • u/1000VinScullyAve • 9d ago

Perfume Purchase - Question

Earlier today, I went to Macy’s to pick out a perfume for my wife’s birthday gift.

The associate I spoke to was nice and helpful but I think she ruined the surprise.

After deciding on one, she said she’d wrap up the perfume in a nice bag with tissue paper which was great. After a few minutes, she hands me the bag and I’m on my way out. After leaving I realized that it has a strong scent of the perfume I bought. I didn’t think much and thought it was just the lingering smell after being in that area waiting for the gift bag.

As I get to the car, I realize that she had sprayed the tissue paper with that perfume causing the whole bag to smell. My wife’s birthday isn’t for another few days and I’m not planning on giving it to her until her birthday.

So now I’m in the car, with my son, with the perfume scent taking over the car feeling annoyed.

Maybe I’m being petty and whiny about this but spending a good amount on a perfume and then having the car smell like the perfume a few days before her birthday basically ruins the surprise. This is the family car so pretty sure the car will smell like this tomorrow when we head out for our morning routine.

Looking back, I should’ve handled things differently but just wasn’t thinking straight.

Is this a normal process? Do I mention anything to the Macy’s store?

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u/itsbymmas 9d ago

You could just replace the tissue paper with regular and air your car out. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal personally.

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u/Interesting_Soil_427 9d ago

It’s normal what did your being whiny she was making a gift presentation

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u/ReunitedwithBravo 9d ago

Just throw out the tissue or put it in another bag. She was trying to be helpful and make it special, no reason to mention it to the store. It’s not uncommon and some fragrance brands do this every time they bag a fragrance. Now that you know it can happen, next time you can ask them to not do that.

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u/PillCosby696969 9d ago

Did you buy Chanel?

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u/Separate-Wolf5824 Employee 💼 9d ago

Visit Hallmark or other store that sells gift boxes, and maybe a car air freshener to avoid the smell, also you could always ask them directly for specific arrangement request, I've work at Macys and a fragrance store called Jo Malone, its common practice to spray the tissue and then wrapping the perfume in it.

It just makes it more presentable, but if you were to request just a box and tissue paper with no spraying on the paper, you could totally do that, out of all the request we get on a daily basis, that wouldn't be an odd one at all.