I decided to give SpellboundRX a try because they had a few items that interested me and the prices seemed pretty good. I followed the dispute between Halo, Lisa, etc with interest, and while this ended up looking really ugly, I figured the best way to find out about something is usually to form your own opinion through experience. The company is still new and obviously inexperienced at forums, so this may not have been a true representation of them at all. Thus I am attempting to approach this with an open, if pre-informed, mind. At the end of the day, if the products work, that is the main thing I care about. If they don't, I haven't lost much by trying.

While ordering from the web page, one thing I did notice was that the prices for the linen spray were listed as medium: $19.95 and large: $24.95. It was only after you had added them to the cart that the price jumped up by $5 each to $24.95 and $29.95. Not a big deal, but just wanted to mention it as it could be seen as a bit deceptive - by the time you have put something in your cart you may have already decided to order it, and will fork out the extra $5 that may have put you off initially; or you may have only looked at the first price and not noticed the price hike. Like I said, not really a big deal, but I have learnt that I have a habit of writing down lots of unimportant details in my reviews.

So anyway, got my package today. Postage was very cheap, just $9.95 to send to Australia, when I see the cost to them to post the medium flat rate box was $47.95! Ok, feeling a little guilty now :shy:

Wow, I can't believe how many freebies were thrown in!! Incredible! I ordered products to the value of about $85 - these three:

- Large linen spray - Sex Kitten in "Jasmine Flaunt" fragrance
- Hair Conditioner - Center of Attraction in "Sensuality" fragrance
- Large massage oil - Sex Kitten in "Warm Apple Crisp" fragrance.

I then got a 25% discount for doing an Internet search for coupon codes (I try to always use coupon codes, in fact sometimes just finding a coupon code for something is enough to push me over the edge on my decision to buy it!).

As well as my order they also added:

- A massage oil candle in "opium" fragrance - I can't find this on their website anywhere though - perhaps it hasn't been officially released yet?
- 30ml Center of Attraction pheromones in "Amber Romance" fragrance - I don't know if this is a cologne, perfume or spray? It states that it contains no alcohol, so... actually that doesn't help me much! I really can't estimate the cost, but on the website 30ml of perfume is $54.95, 60ml of cologne is $29.95, and 30ml of spray is $34.95, so I guess it costs somewhere between $15 and $55? Again I can't seem to add this combo into their website anyway, as "Amber Romance" isn't an option when selecting Center of Attraction as the blend.
- A "purse spray" of the Friend to Everyone blend in "Diamonds" fragrance. I think it is the 9ml travel size offered under "pheromone oils and sprays" retailing at $19.94.
- 8 x 5ml glass vials of each of their scents - Captivate, Awaken, Amber Romance, Enchanting Lure, Entice, Free Fall, Kindle, and Passion Rose. I've got no idea what these cost, but oh my! I was not expecting so much fragrance!!

So I can't help doing the maths, I'm anal that way. Let's be conservative and say the massage oil candle was $15, $15 for the 30ml spray, $20 for the purse spray, and $5 for each trial size. The total comes to:

+$85 (my payment)
- $21 (discount)
+ $10 (my payment for shipping)
- $48 (actual cost of shipping)
- $15 candle
- $15 spray
- $20 purse spray
- 8 x $5 trial vials

Puts their net gain at... -$64?? So, they have actually LOST money in sending me this package?! I don't know what to say really...

Well anyway, a few notes on presentation. I loved the black cardboard box and gold wrapping. Very nice touch, and being one of these people who hates to waste anything they are both things I can reuse, as there is no mention of pheromones on them. The boxes the sprays came in are also nice, although ultimately I am only going to throw them out as I can't reuse them for anything, but still, very attractive. I liked that a personalised note, obviously handwritten with notes about my order, came with it - made me feel very special I think having your name on each product is also a nice touch - they have a little sticker on each saying "Created for: [my name]". Very much the warm and fuzzy, being treated as special feeling. Even though I know it's only superficial, it goes a long way with me.

So wow I've rambled on a bit. I might split this up here and put details of individual products in the next post. Stay tuned.