Margot Elena Subscription Box Review – Fall 2020

No spoilers for the winter box yet huh? I’m sure I’ll love the box regardless but I like to get at least one spoiler.

Hello! Just checking in after using these products for a few months.

First, the candle (of which I wasn’t sure on first cold sniff)…it is fantastic. Like, I used to be a rep for a candle manufacturer, so I know candles and have owned tons of all quality ranges. This one has the BEST scent throw of any candle I’ve ever owned. I burn it often, it fills my (small) home within minutes, and it just keeps going. I have dandelion, and while I didn’t like the cold scent, when burned it transforms into a heady, dirty floral. Awesome.

While I complained earlier that the bath oil/soap would be better with a pump, I’ve gotten used to pouring it on my spongie and I really like it.

I even like the salt scrub (I generally hate salt scrubs, I have sensitive skin and most have too large salt granules)…this one is a very fine size of granules and is very moisturizing. It’s the only salt scrub I’ve ever used regularly, great exfoliator for self tanning.

I got the Imagine hand cream. I’ve fallen in love with the scent and consistency, and while these hand creams come in large tubes, I’m almost out (hanging on til next ME box). That says a lot for me. I’ve been putting it on my legs, which are dry and itchy from a medical disorder, this is the first cream I’ve found to help calm and soothe.

And the perfume…Song of the Siren. I didn’t think I’d like it. I’m so happy to be wrong. There’s something watery and ethereal about it. Like, it takes the idea of what Amazing Grace tries to be, and take-no-prisoners kills it. I do still have the one complaint that I and others have with ME fragrances: there is NO longevity. None. You smell it when you spray it, and fifteen minutes later it’s gone. Doesn’t matter if you douse your shirt with it (I’ve tried several times); it WILL NOT last even ten minutes. But it’s such a beautiful, unique scent that it’s worth it, IMO. I will repurchase this.

I bought a couple of white shabby chic type frames from Walmart for $4 each for the diptypch and wish I could post a pic……they are really lovely and will look great in my guest bathroom.

Even though this is the only box I chose to keep, it’s still a little bit of a disappointment: I dislike salt scrubs as they burn my skin if there is a smallest scratch; the diptych is not as pretty and expensive-looking as the Lao Tzu quote from a few boxes back; overall the box felt a bit lacking mostly due to the absence of a lifestyle item (not the cards).

It’s understandable, though – times are tough and I am very grateful the box is alive.

P.S. The candle I got was “Tomorrow”.

Lovely packaging. However, as much as I love most Margot Elena products, I think the piece of paper and the lip gloss are worthless.

I’ve seen the previous boxes which are phenomenal with 9-10 items but recently they have been stingy with the amount they include in their boxes. The subscription price went up last month. I’m wondering if they will compensate this change with more items.

Heads up: I am signed up for the spring box, but just got an email saying extra fall boxes are available. I have 48 hours to notify them if I want one. This box doesn’t really speak to me so I’m not going to take them up on the offer, but if you’re on the waitlist and interested, watch your emails!

Does this box ever go on sale like during Black Friday or is it one of those it’s so popular that you’re lucky to even get it before it sells out type box?

The last time they sent art prints almost everyone complained then as well. It is subjective item but something that if you don’t like, remember someone does!

I LOVED this box with the mix of items and a tube of gloss rather than a pot. My candle is ‘sunspots on a photograph” and it burned for hours yesterday and barely made a dent. It is a QUALITY candle for sure.

My perfume came without the label stuck to the backside and I love the simpler look of that.

From a former box addict, this is the only one of two that I will subscribe to for as long as it exists.

I have just listed my Fall entire box on the MSA swap site for swap or for sale through Ebay.

I got my globein box with a lovely rattan foot stool. I kept trying the perfume in this box and forgetting I had it on. I kept thinking wow that rattan stool is fragrant!! Even when I went to bed I could still smell that foot rest. It was the perfume! Its smells like a new rattan piece. I would describe the scent as sitting on a deck at the beach sipping an ould gin in your rattan chair. Now I actually love it. I’m not a fresh scent kinda gal but this isnt piercing, its soft dried grass. Good for migrain sufferers.

I love Margot Elena boxes in general but I feel like the art print is a miss and this box needed one more item. Maybe I am being spoiled with previous boxes but I felt this box did not have as many items as previous boxes.

I Love this box….. yes sometimes i dont like everything in my box. I think this box my fav was the body wash and soap. I take things i dont need and package in a nice bag and take it to the senior center at lunch and give to someone that really needs it. The diptych , i go to dollar tree and get a frame and also put that on table for the girls to enjoy . Yep you wont like everything that is in there, but look around you may find someone that doesnt have much who would really like to get a gift from someone today.

As always, I love the packaging on this box. It would make such a perfect gift for a lover of fragrant bath & body products. Megan, you are really good at describing scents, which is hard to do!

First box for me! My favorite items are the cottage greenhouse scrub and shower oil – practical items that I’ll use, but feel luxurious.

I got the velvet as night candle, and it feels quite sexy. I like it.

I always love a handcreme, and I’ll use this even though the scent is a little old fashioned for me.

The perfume is interesting! I need to spend some more time with it before I decide how much I like it.

I’ll probably gift the bar soap and lip gloss, since they’re pretty but not my thing.

And the diptych I actually think is quite lovely…if I can find some vintage-y frames at goodwill for them, they could go in my bathroom or on my bookshelf. I think the shade I’d peach is lovely. Obviously the cited price is silly, but I never really look at retail value for sub box items anyways.

Megan you gave a great review!
I love this box but have noticed that the future price has gone up $10 but the soap and hand cream seem smaller in size than normal.

I wish the shower oil would have a dispenser please!

Did not care for the prints at all and do not believe their value is $28.

I love the perfume and all the other items.

It was great when they had the apron a few boxes back and I hope they take Megan‘s advice and put in a pillowcase cover or something similar.

This is my second ME box, plus I have a lot of their other products that I bought when I first subbed the box. Overall I love their products. A few thoughts on this box: first, for that Diptych to have an actual retail value of $28, it should be signed and numbered by the artist (since it’s a “limited edition”.) Without that, I doubt anyone would pay $28 for it. Second, the shower oil needs to have a pump. It’s a thin liquid so you lose a lot when you try to put it on your loofah or scrubbie. Third, I also got the dandelion candle and while I didn’t like the scent when I sniffed it unlit, when it burns it’s quite nice and less “earthy”.

Also, I disagree on the strength of the perfume; I have several ME perfumes and all of them lack staying power. But they’re such wonderful scents that I keep using them. I was surprised at how much I like this Song of the Siren scent. I’m not sure how to describe it except to say maybe watery and ethereal? I quite like the scrub as well; I generally dislike salt scrubs and prefer sugar, but this one is of a nice consistency with smaller salt granules.

I don’t think this box feels like “fall”…everything about it seems spring-y to me. Still, I love ME and find the box to be a great value for the price.

If anyone missed out on this box I am open to selling the entire box or swapping. All items are still wrapped. I can list this on Ebay if interested.

Such a shame I couldn’t get the winter box. I got the spring box though!

I love the perfume. Wasn’t sure at first; it smells similar to a men’s cologne. The hand creme was a no. It feels nice but the scent is “old lady” strong (I’m an older lady, btw).

If anyone would like to swap or buy the perfume let me know – just wasn’t a scent for me 🙂

I received a candle variation I haven’t seen anyone else mention- Velvet as Night. I love it! It is in a dark blue box and marked with #88. It is great for fall into winter and really made the box for me. Anyone else receive this?

I usually love this box, and I was really looking forward to having some of the autumn items on hand for holiday gifts. However, all the scents are very spring/summer. I’m wondering if sales were low over the pandemic, so they have excess inventory to move from earlier this year? Anyway, not very autumn, but I can’t store away some of these items for next year. They are lovely even if out of season.

I am so sad I missed this box, but at least I’ll get the Spring 2021 box (doesn’t that sound so far away? Lol).

I no longer sub to this box but I am on the opposite end of diptych fondness. At first I thought it was a 2-sided piece but it is indeed a diptych and I really like it.

I loved everything, except the diptych. I feel cheated, regarding that item. How could it possibly be $28? I would have loved something else, even another soap or candle.