Scent-Sations Review – Legit Product MLM or Huge Scam?

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Welcome to my Scent-Sations review!

There has been some buzz about this company so I decided to take a closer look.

Chances are someone approached you about the products or business opportunity and you landed here to make sure it’s legit.

The good news is I am going to walk you through the company, products and compensation plan so you can make the right decision.

Just PAY close attention and read this this to the end…

Scent-Sations Review (Company)

Company launched in 2002 and is based out of Pennsylvania in the US.

Scent-Sations operates in the personal care MLM niche. The company is headed up by owner and CEO Robert Scocozzo.

According to Scocozzo’s Scent-Sations corporate bio, he started his MLM career in 1989.

No company names are provided. I ran a search on “Scocozzo” prior to 2002 and turned up nothing.

In any event, Scent-Sations was founded in 2002. As retold by Scocozzo:

I was doing a fundraiser for my son’s basketball team selling paraffin scented candles manufactured by a local candle-maker.

The kids sold about 1,400 candles, they smelled incredible, and everyone was commenting on how great they were.

When the candles were delivered the “candle-makers” Lynn and Carmen Milazzo asked me if I was still involved in marketing.

When I answered “yes” Carmen told me that they had developed a new candle made of alternative ingredients and he was looking for some advice on the best way to market the product.

The “Entrepreneur” in me got extremely excited and I called my partner, Charlie and told him that we were going into the “candle business!”

Scent-sations was founded by Frank Scocozzo, Charlie Umphred and Carmen Milazzo.

Umphred is Scent-Sations’ Vice-President of Marketing. Milazzo is cited as the company’s Master Candlemaker.

Since their launch, they haven’t got in trouble in the regulators like the FTC which is always a good thing.

Scent-Sations Review Products

Scent-Sations first started promoting Mia Bella scented candles.

This was retold by Frank Scocozzo on his corporate bio:

I asked Carmen what was so special about his new “alternative” candle and he started telling me about his desire to make a candle that had all of the positive benefits of scented candles and none of the negatives of scented candles.

His main focus was to create a candle using materials that addressed soot damage in homes.

He told me about a candle made from natural wax that was practically soot free, burned longer than most paraffin candles and could be cleaned up with hot soapy water…

Today, the company has expanded their product lines to soaps, hand and body lotions, room sprays, potpourri, wax mets, reed diffuser kits and refresher oils.

Pricing at the retail levels for Mia Bella varied between $8.95 to $24.95.

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Scent-Sations Review Compensation Plan

Scent-Sations compensation plan rewards retail and sponsoring new affiliates.

Residual commissions are paid through a unilevel compensation plan.

Rank-based bonuses are also available.

Scent-Sations Review Affiliate Ranks

There are 15 affiliate ranks within Scent-Sations compensation plan.

Below is the breakdown on the qualifications needed to hit these ranks:

Affiliate Ranks Part One:

  • Gold – sponsor and maintain one MLM commission qualified affiliate
  • Ruby – sponsor and maintain two MLM commission qualified affiliates
  • Emerald – sponsor and maintain three MLM commission qualified affiliates
  • Sapphire – sponsor and maintain four MLM commission qualified affiliates
  • Diamond – sponsor and maintain five MLM commission qualified affiliates
  • 2K Diamond – maintain five personally sponsored MLM commission qualified affiliates and generate $2000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $2000 GV from any one leg)
  • 5K Diamond – sponsor and maintain six MLM commission qualified affiliates and generate $5000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $3000 GV from any one leg)
  • 10K Diamond – sponsor and maintain six MLM commission qualified affiliates and generate $10,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $5000 GV from any one leg)

Affiliate Ranks Part Two:

  • Double Diamond – sponsor and maintain eight MLM commission qualified affiliates (one 2K Diamond), and generate $18,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $9000 GV from any one leg)
  • Triple Diamond – sponsor and maintain nine MLM commission qualified affiliates (two 2K Diamonds), and generate $28,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $14,000 GV from any one leg)
  • Director – sponsor and maintain ten MLM commission qualified affiliates (three 2K Diamonds), and generate $40,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $20,000 GV from any one leg)
  • Senior Director – maintain ten personally recruited MLM commission qualified affiliates (three 2K Diamonds and one Director), and generate $80,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $40,000 GV from any one leg)
  • Platinum Director – sponsor and maintain fifteen MLM commission qualified affiliates (three Directors), and generate $200,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $70,000 GV from any one leg)
  • Senior Platinum Director – maintain fifteen personally recruited MLM commission qualified affiliates (three Directors), and generate $300,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $100,000 GV from any one leg)
  • Ambassador Director – sponsor and maintain twenty MLM commission qualified affiliates (four Directors), and generate $500,000 GV across six unilevel team levels (no more than $150,000 GV from any one leg)

“Group Volume” or GV is sales volume produced across a Scent-Sations affiliate first six unilevel team legs.

Scent-Sations Review MLM Commission Qualification

To qualify for MLM commissions, every Scent-Sations affiliate must produce $100 PV (Personal Volume) per month.

A minimum $39.95 PV monthly autoship order must be maintained.

Scent-Sations Review Retail Commissions

Scent-Sations compensation plan doesn’t talk about how their retail commissions are produced, but I am assuming it’s the difference between retail and wholesale pricing.

Sponsoring Commissions

When a Scent-Sations affiliate get started with a Show Pack ($134.59), Sample Pack ($199.95) or Fast Start Pack ($499.95), the affiliate who sponsored them gets the following commissions:

  • Sponsor a Show Pack affiliate and receive a $10 commission
  • Sample Pack affiliate and receive a $20 commission
  • Sponsor a Fast Start Pack affiliate and receive a $125 commission

Residual Commissions

Scent-Sations pays residual commissions through a uni-level compensation plan structure.

Scent-Sations caped their uni-level at eight levels in total.

Residual commissions are paid as a percentage across these eight levels and will depend on your rank:

Rank Part One:

  • Golds generating less than $100 PV a month receive 5% on level 1 (personally recruited affiliates), capped at $100 per unilevel team leg
  • Golds generating $100 PV or more a month receive 9% on level 1, capped at $200 per unilevel team leg
  • Rubys generating less than $100 PV a month receive 5% on level 1 and 2.5% on level 2, capped at $100 per unilevel team leg
  • Rubys generating $100 PV or more a month receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on level 2, capped at $200 per unilevel team leg
  • Emeralds generating less than $100 PV a month receive 5% on level 1 and 2.5% on levels 2 and 3, capped at $100 per unilevel team leg
  • Emeralds generating $100 PV or more a month receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on levels 2 and 3, capped at $200 per unilevel team leg
  • Sapphires generating less than $100 PV a month receive 5% on level 1 and 2.5% on levels 2 to 4, capped at $100 per unilevel team leg
  • Sapphires generating $100 PV or more a month receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on levels 2 to 4, capped at $200 per unilevel team leg

Rank Part Two:

  • Diamonds generating less than $100 PV a month receive 5% on level 1 and 2.5% on levels 2 to 5, capped at $100 per unilevel team leg
  • Diamonds generating $100 PV or more a month receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on levels 2 to 5, capped at $300 per unilevel team leg
  • 2K Diamonds receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on levels 2 to 5, capped at $350 per unilevel team leg
  • 5K Diamonds receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on levels 2 to 5, capped at $400 per unilevel team leg
  • 10K Diamonds receive 9% on level 1 and 4% on levels 2 to 6, capped at $500 per unilevel team leg
  • Double Diamonds receive 9% on level 1, 4% on levels 2 to 5, 9% on level 6 and 2.5% on level 7, capped at $600 per unilevel team leg
  • Triple Diamonds receive 9% on level 1, 4% on levels 2 to 5, 9% on level 6 and 2.5% on levels 7 and 8, capped at $1000 per unilevel team leg
  • Senior Directors receive 9% on level 1, 4% on levels 2 to 5, 9% on level 6 and 2.5% on levels 7 and 8, capped at $5000 per unilevel team leg
  • Platinum Directors receive 9% on level 1, 4% on levels 2 to 5, 9% on level 6 and 2.5% on levels 7 and 8, capped at $8000 per unilevel team leg
  • Senior Platinum Directors receive 9% on level 1, 4% on levels 2 to 5, 9% on level 6 and 2.5% on levels 7 and 8, capped at $12,000 per unilevel team leg
  • Ambassador Directors receive 9% on level 1, 4% on levels 2 to 5, 9% on level 6 and 2.5% on levels 7 and 8 (no leg cap)

Rank Achievement Bonuses

Scent-Sations rewards affiliate for qualifying at 2K Diamond and higher with a one-time bonus:

  • Qualify at 2K Diamond and receive $50
  • at 5K Diamond and receive $100
  • Qualify at 10K Diamond and receive $200
  • at Double Diamond and receive $300
  • Qualify at Triple Diamond and receive $400
  • at Director and receive $500
  • Qualify at Senior Director and receive $700
  • at Platinum Director and receive $800
  • Qualify at Senior Platinum Director and receive $900
  • at Ambassador Director and receive $5000

Car Bonus

Director and higher ranked affiliates can get a monthly car bonus.

  • Directors receive $300 a month
  • Senior Directors receive $400 a month
  • Platinum Directors receive $500 a month
  • Senior Platinum Directors receive $750 a month
  • Ambassador Directors receive $1000 a month

Leadership Pool

Scent-Sations compensation plan references a “Leadership Pool”.

This seems to be points based, and rank based but there is no real information on it.

Cost To Join Scent-Sations

Scent-Sations affiliate membership is a bit confusing if you ask me.

Here are the optional packages affiliates can purchase:

  • Show Pack – $134.59
  • Sample Pack – $199.95
  • Fast Start Pack – $499.95

There isn’t any detail on what you get with the packages, maybe more products? who knows!

There is an associate and distributor option for affiliate membership.

Associates pay $9.95 and then $14.95 per month (Comes with replicated web store).

Associates can be part of the compensation plan until Diamond Rank.

In order to be able to fully participate in the compensation plan, you must be a distributor.

This membership is split into two tiers:

  1. $100 a month for $110 monthly product credit
  2. $39.95 a month for $25 monthly product credit

Again, a little bit confusing.

Unlike all the other Scent-Sations reviews out there I am going to keep it real with you…

Final Verdict

So does the Scent-Sations scam exist?

Let’s go through the facts one more time.

The company is transparent about themselves which is a good thing.

They do have decent products at the retail level.

Only thing I have an issue with is their compensation plan.

It’s just more to the recruiting side than the retail side and there isn’t much retail incentives in it.

Sure Scent-Sations hasn’t got into any regulatory issues, but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the future.

Also they do have a pay to play element which regulatory bodies do not like at all…

My recommendation would be to revamp the compensation plan by adding more retail incentives and get rid of this pay to play thing.

In the meantime, you can test out their products and see if like them, before signing up to sell them.

I personally would not join them. Because their compensation plan needs a bit of work to be less geared toward recruiting.

I hope you enjoyed my Scent-Sations Review and if you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments below…

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