What Is a Cologne Tester?
More than 800 new fragrances launch each year, and most of them fade away as quickly as they arrive. Cologne testers play a key role in promoting a fragrance after its debut. Does this Spark an idea?
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Identical Product
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A cologne tester is a demonstration bottle of the exact same fragrance for sale at the cosmetic counter. Oftentimes, even the container looks identical to the one packaged in the box.
Try Before You Buy
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Testers enable a person to sample fragrances in the store before purchasing them. Ideally, the shopper will spray a fragrance from the tester on his wrist and allow it to develop for up to 20 minutes before making a decision.
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Check the Concentration
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Verify the fragrance strength on the tester label. The concentration of essential oils in a fragrance from strongest to weakest is parfum, eau de parfum (EDP), eau de toilette (EDT) and cologne.
Hundreds of Fragrances
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Beauty Encounter, a discount cosmetics website, sells testers of classic and trendy fragrances, and you can snap one up for a fraction of the retail price. Identical to its retail counterpart in quality, it will arrive unboxed and sometimes without a cap.
Huge Savings
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For example, a 1.6 ounce EDP spray of legendary Opium by Yves St. Laurent retails for $80 as of January 2010. You will pay just $62.90 for it on Beauty Encounter's website and only $49.90 for its tester of the same size and strength, a savings of $30.10 off the retail price.
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