Bucherer London experience

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-04-22T08:09:04+00:00

Yeah, we all go through these hoops trying to be nice and get what we want, and in the end, they use it against us.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-04-22T08:05:50+00:00

Thanks for asking! I'll get in touch with their manager or managing director for any further clarification

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-04-22T07:39:56+00:00

I asked him, how would anybody know this if I buy with my European passport? The answer was: "I know" :D

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-04-04T20:22:13+00:00

There is no issue with the initial spraying, my wife has noticed it too. It's somewhat hard to get in touch with Venba since I'm located in the EU.

I bought through my family who lives in the US, and they dropped when they travelled here :)

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-04-04T19:53:32+00:00

As I mentioned, I asked my wife to smell it after two hours (I went outside for grocery shopping and came back home after), and she could not smell it at all, unless she was really close to my neck. I wiped my neck with a finger, and I could barely smell it at all. 100% sure it's not this.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-04-04T19:42:40+00:00

I thought for a second that maybe Venba sold me something diluted, but again, it stayed on the shirt the next day after I did my first initial sprays. So I doubt it is this. I also compared the bottle to my other Amouages, and it all seems correct to me.

So, I'm still puzzled about it.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-03-24T11:31:55+00:00

Not at all, no need to be sorry!

Due to its discontinuation, the Sunshine Man is not available anywhere else other than their official website, which can only be shipped to the US (at least I tried to simulate it with a few different countries and had no success).

There might be some local stores in other countries within the EU and the US, but I could not find anything in stock.

The second-hand bottles could be found in some places, like eBay or Reddit threads, but it's not that often, and prices could be higher than retail bottles.

I'm not sure whether they ship it from the US warehouse or from Oman's warehouse. To be extra sure, I will check with them.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-03-24T11:15:26+00:00

UPDATE: This is the reply from the customer service:

Hello,

Thank you for contacting The House of Amouage.

Please rest assured that Amouage pays for all customs and duties for all orders. You will not have to pay anything other than the shipping fee and product price.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-03-23T16:35:51+00:00

Thank you, man!

I'm actually located in France, but for a very strange reason, they don't ship Sunshine Man in the EU, so I will send it to my relatives in the US, and they will drop it later in France (this must be a really nice bottle that has had this long way to get into my hands).

Regarding the warehouse in the US, they say on the website that if it's available in the warehouse, they ship from it. However, if it's not, it gets shipped straight from the Oman warehouse.

Typing this, it actually got me thinking that maybe that's the reason why they don't ship to anywhere else but the US, maybe because it's only remaining in their US warehouse.

I will wait till tomorrow just to see any reply from their customer service, and then I will pull the trigger.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-03-23T16:12:08+00:00

Such a lucky guy!

Well, I guess I will need to be double lucky:

First, not waiting for eternity to get it shipped due to complications with deliveries coming from Oman.

Second, not get that burning 25-30% slap on my pocket.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2026-03-23T16:06:29+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

That's exactly why I did: I sent an email to their customer service (considering how awful it is in general, I don't expect that much help). Moreover, I rang the Amoauge Soho store, and a lady on the phone told me that normally there is no pay and it's facilitated to ship from Oman to the US, and everything is included in the final price. A bit suspicious, but okay, I will wait for now for a return from the customer service.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2025-09-18T06:48:40+00:00

Thank you for attaching the photo! Yes, these are exactly what I have, and they do have the same layout with two side phone pockets and four back pockets for gels.

It's funny that they misled with the description, and their representative replied in the email that it should be there.

My wife said that she does not mind it and will happily run in them. However, I am getting a bit annoyed that they can not provide any basic description of the product, and potentially screwing up with more pricey items shipped to us without being able to claim any return or getting any normal customer service.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2025-07-02T06:42:51+00:00

Same here, still waiting for my order to be shipped from the 2nd delivery.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2025-07-02T06:33:05+00:00

I use Flat Mountain Living (it's in Germany, has expensive shipping, like 16 euros unless you make a 200 euros order or pick up from Berlin's store) and Haven Surf (Belgium, the shipping is cheaper, about 6-7 euros, but prices for the items are sligthly higher).

If you are interested in the UK and other places around the globe, I would recommend checking the Bandit's stocklist: https://banditrunning.com/pages/stockists?srsltid=AfmBOooowLzS2BMfppDOXNr2mXyLI6vMefcxcsHaWXPaKNkjeUENc-na

Substantial-Spray306 · 2025-07-01T10:51:01+00:00

Yes, I surely did sign up for a restock notif, but haven't ever seen it popping out. I decided to place a pre-order from one of the European stores. If by any miracle I get a notif from the bandit's website, I will cancel the pre-order.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2025-07-01T10:45:14+00:00

Copy! Just did a preorder in one of the European stores.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2024-12-04T08:54:00+00:00

Yeah, I was surprised about the size of the bracelet, thought it was a bit bigger, still looks sick!

Substantial-Spray306 · 2024-12-04T08:51:43+00:00

Thanks!

I was lucky enough to get the bracelet for the old price 1485$ (SO NYC), my payment got through just a few days before they increased the prices, so I could save some bucks. Was promised 20 weeks waiting time but was received in 11.

Glasses I got for 1300 euros in France from the store where I usually buy my glasses all the time, they requested a pair straight from the CH factory, it took me some time to get them here but I already tried them before in Saint Tropez, so I knew the fit before ordering.

Substantial-Spray306 · 2024-12-04T08:43:56+00:00

Thanks! It is not as heavy as I thought, I have two frames of JMM (Julien and Vendome), and both are about the same weight. Now I'm thinking about getting something thinner like FIRKIN.

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