New vs Tester

Check the Condition before you compare two prices.

Start with the same bottle

Two prices can sit beside the same fragrance name and still refer to different bottles. Before comparing them, check the concentration, size and Condition. In Saving Scents, New and Tester are separate Conditions. A lower Tester price does not tell you that the price of a New bottle has fallen.

New means a bottle in its retail box. A Tester is sold as a Tester, and the store’s terms determine what you receive. Packaging may differ from a New bottle. Do not assume a cap, retail box or other packaging is included just because a photograph shows it. Read what the store says about that exact bottle.

Tester does not mean used

Saving Scents does not track used bottles. The Tester Condition is separate from secondhand purchases. If a store’s wording leaves you unsure whether a bottle has been used, ask the store before paying. A low price cannot answer a question about Condition.

The same care matters when buying a gift. If the retail box matters to you, choose New and confirm the packaging at the store. If you are considering a Tester for yourself, decide whether its stated packaging and the store’s return terms meet your needs.

Read each history on its own

A Watched product is one fragrance in one concentration, size and Condition. Its Lowest price comes from the matching Store listings recorded at a Check. Its price history and Verdict belong to that exact choice. New and Tester prices never blend into one Lowest price.

That keeps a change in Condition from looking like a price drop. A New bottle at $80.00 and a Tester at $65.00 are two choices, not evidence that the New bottle dropped $15.00. Those amounts are an example, not current store prices.

Before you buy

Open the Store listing and confirm the concentration, size, Condition, packaging and availability. Check shipping, tax and return terms too. The store can change its price between daily Checks, so confirm the total there even when the app shows Buy now.

Next, read EDT, EDP and bottle sizes to keep the rest of the comparison consistent, or How we work to see how the Verdict is calculated.