Three ways to find good quality cheap perfumes

With a little legwork and a bit of time you can easily find good quality cheap perfumes without breaking the bank.

If you enjoy enveloping yourself in the latest designer scents put out by celebrities and cosmetic companies, you know it can be an expensive habit. One ounce of a good perfume can cost in the hundreds of dollars - and that’s just one scent. Most of us have several on the shelf at any one time for various settings.

But designer scents don’t have to cost an arm and a leg - if you know where to look, you can find discount designer perfumes.

If you are looking for cheap perfumes, stay away from the department stores. Unless they are running a good sale, you’ll pay exorbitant prices for the name brand perfumes. Try visiting a perfume outlet; many malls now feature outlets in addition to, or even in place of, full price stores.

If your local malls do not have any outlet perfume stores, then find the nearest outlet mall and you’re bound to be pleased at how much money you can save. It’s usually a bit more of a drive than the local malls, but what you’ll save will more than make up for the time spent in the car.

You may find that an outlet store does not carry every product from your favorite brand, but you will be able to find the most popular brands and products from 30%-70% off. BEWARE: Make sure you are buying the actual brand, and not a knock off. While a knock off can smell very much like the brand you know and love, it usually has a much higher alcohol content, causing the scent to wear off sooner and the perfume to go flat.

Discount stores that sell department store seconds and last year’s fashions are also great places to find cheap perfume. You can always find a wide selection of designer perfume cheap at stores such as Ross, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx. Because these perfumes are not locked behind cosmetic counters, always open the box to make sure that you are buying a full bottle.

Online auction sites such as E-bay are great places to find fantastic deals on name brand perfume. Many people will sell a perfume that they got as a gift, but that they don’t particularly like, on auction sites. Usually, these sellers are just happy to get any amount of money for the perfume that they don’t want and you can score very expensive fragrances at extremely low prices.

Never pay full price for designer perfume. You can buy the best brands of perfumes cheap, if you know the right places to look.