How we work
One daily Check. Recorded prices. A Verdict based on history.
Prices come from stores
A Check reads Store listings for their current prices. Perfumania’s approved source is its product feed through CJ, refreshed daily. Saving Scents records each price as a Price observation. A Check can be late, miss a price or record a price incorrectly.
The Lowest price is the lowest recorded price among the Store listings we cover for the exact concentration, size and Condition. It does not cover every store. Shipping, tax and prices that require a code, membership or minimum order are excluded.
New and Tester stay separate
New means a bottle in its retail box. Tester is a separate Condition; packaging and what is included depend on the store. Used bottles are never tracked. Each size and Condition keeps its own history and Lowest price. A Tester price cannot change a New bottle’s Verdict.
How the Verdict works
The app compares the current Lowest price with recorded daily Lowest prices from the past 30 days. The median is the middle of those prices when put in order. Missing days are not filled with invented prices.
- Collecting data: fewer than 14 daily prices have been recorded.
- Buy now: the current Lowest price is within 3% of the 30-day low and at least 5% below the recent median.
- Wait: the current Lowest price is at least 3% above the recent median.
- Fair: the price falls between those rules.
A Verdict compares recorded history. It cannot predict tomorrow’s price or decide what fits your budget.
What “Last seen” means
Last seen tells you when a price was observed, not when you opened the app. Past prices are history, not a promise of availability. After 48 hours without a fresh price, the app marks it stale and bases no Verdict or Alert on it. An unavailable latest Check also means no Verdict or Alert.
Your Watchlist, Target and Alerts
Members add Watched products to a private Watchlist and can set a Target. A fresh Lowest price at or below that Target counts as reached. Alerts can also mark a change to Buy now, a new low or a price drop. Alerts depend on the Check and your phone settings and may be late or missed.
Confirm at the store
A Store listing opens at the store, through its link. Confirm the concentration, size, Condition, availability and final total before you buy. The store handles the purchase and returns.
Some store links may earn Saving Scents a commission. That never changes the Lowest price or the Verdict. Read the affiliate disclosure and our guide to Retail price and current price.