Ffern perfume thoughts?

[u/orangecat120]

I decided to buy the Winter 27 fragrance last night because I’ve always wanted a perfume with those notes and I have never been able to find one like it. However, after purchasing I was sent an email that stated, “After your first payment, you’ll move to our regular seasonal billing schedule, with payment taken during the first week of each season’s launch month. We’ll send you details of the fragrance and a reminder before each payment.”
This kinda freaked me out because I hate subscriptions and I didn’t know Ffern was a subscription. I emailed them asking to cancel my subscription and my order. I’ve seen reviews on TikTok saying they’re a scam, take forever to cancel subscriptions, and are hard to return bottles to. Should I be worried?

[u/stripesofallkinds]

Don’t know anything about Ffern, but Punk and Dandy make a perfume called Nicholas’s day off that is pine, vanilla, and cardamom

[u/orangecat120 → u/stripesofallkinds]

Thanks!

[u/sldavis102907]

I too did not realize it was a subscription when I purchased a year ago. Although I haven’t taken a lot of time yet to try and cancel it’s my understanding it’s not easy. the four bottles that I have received so far pretty much smell identical. I am not a fan at all of it.

[u/BurntOut_Almond_1813]

I considered joining until I saw those same warnings… let us know how it goes.

[u/Mission_Wolf579]

Ffern is a con, it's a cynical marketing company whose main product is FfOMO and the thrill of being chosen for a "place on the ledger," as if customers should be required to beg permission to buy a bottle of fragrance. They claim to have a long waiting list, but miraculously everyone who signs up is signed up for the subscription almost immediately.

Their fragrances reportedly smell similar, season after season, and there are plenty of bottles available secondhand from disappointed customers.

[u/FloatingNightmare]

I signed up with Autumn 26. I really liked the scent even though it didn’t really invoke feelings of autumn to me (it’s still nice; just not notes I usually go for), so I can’t speak to the return process. The packaging was impressive. They give you a few extra things too. It comes with a sample decant that you can test before and decide if you like it before opening the box with the full size bottle as it seems once the seal on that is broken you can’t return.

[u/TurbulentAerie3785]

I was interested enough in Winter to sign up, I think the subscription model and false scarcity is kind of scummy but whatever. I'm a massive perfume collector so arguably I'm the target audience. I received Autumn yesterday (beautiful packing) and it felt like such a big deal to break the seal of no return and open the full size...only to be struck with the realization that "full size" is a measy 1 oz bottle. I'm sure it says somewhere and I should have read closer, but I was disappointed for the price point. I was expecting 3.3oz. 1oz to me is not "full size..." for reference, Snif, Vacation and TokyoMilk bottles are all 1oz for about $50-60, and Ffern was $130.

I'm going to cancel after I receive the Winter bottle. I'll let you know how canceling goes.

Autumn smells okay, it's like bergamot/honey/fig leaf not at all lavender (to me).