Dress Arrived With Stains, Perfume Odor & Deodorant Marks
I purchased a dress directly from Adrianna Papell for a family wedding. I specifically chose this dress because I need an extended size and carefully used my exact measurements to select a size I was confident would fit.
The dress arrived beautifully packaged with the original tags attached. Unfortunately, the moment I opened it, I noticed an extremely strong perfume-like fragrance.
When I inspected the dress more closely, I found multiple visible stains/discoloration on the sleeves. Even more concerning, I discovered what appeared to be deodorant residue inside the dress at BOTH underarms. I immediately contacted Adrianna Papell and provided photographs documenting the condition of the dress, including photos showing the tags still attached.
The combination of the strong perfume odor, exterior staining, and residue inside both armpits left me seriously concerned that the dress may have been previously worn or returned and then resold without an adequate inspection.
The customer-service experience added to my disappointment. Because my family wedding was only days away, simply returning the dress did not solve my immediate problem. Their initial offer if I kept the dress was a $20 store credit.
After multiple emails, that became a $30 refund. Only after I requested escalation to a manager was I offered their stated maximum: a $50 partial refund.
Adrianna Papell did offer to accept the dress back for a full refund with no restocking fee. They also eventually offered a $30 store credit to cover expedited shipping if I purchased another dress. However, a replacement was only expected to arrive on the day of the wedding, and I would have been giving up the only dress I already knew should fit based on my measurements.
Mistakes happen. My biggest concern is how a full-price garment with a strong perfume odor, exterior staining, and apparent deodorant residue inside both underarms passed quality control and was shipped to a customer as new.
I’m also disappointed by how much back-and-forth and escalation was required before the company offered a $50 adjustment.
The dress itself is beautiful, and I appreciated finding an elegant formal gown available in an extended size. That makes this experience particularly disappointing. Plus-size customers often have fewer options when shopping for formalwear, which makes receiving an item in the condition advertised especially important.
For the cost of the dress, I expected substantially better quality control and greater accountability when something went wrong.
Buyer beware: If you’re ordering from Adrianna Papell for an important event, inspect your garment carefully as soon as it arrives, including the inside.
15. august 2026
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