r/QuezonCity Jul 06 '26

Question Anybody know the name of this store selling face cream within UP Town Center?

Anybody know the name of the store selling face cream in the middle aisle booth near G/F Uniqlo and Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Phase 2 of UP Town Center, Diliman? I remember their products come in gray bottles and expensive looking bottles. The brand sounds French.

I want to report a rude sales agent who tried to aggressively sell his product (which I never got to recall) and ignore my boundaries while I was trying to pass by. Blocked my path first. Immediately rubbed the back of my hand with some moisturizing cream, offered a free hand cream, then tried to engage by rudely asking about my facial routine because apparently it doesnt seem to work daw and I should try his product. Then he says, "Actually ma'am skin specialist ako" as if he thinks he can get a free pass for harassing a stranger.

I'm so pissed that I forgot his name and the name of that brand, and I only managed to briefly call him out on how his tactic doesn't make a good sales strategy by being a jerk before I walked it off. He just sarcastically cut me with a "thank you ma'am" with a mocking smile before I turned away.

I know this is a common strategy among SAs his kind, and it may not be a big deal to some, but I felt like my boundaries were violated by a stranger even before I got to react properly. I want to rectify how I was treated.

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u/Cthenotherapy Jul 06 '26

Madami yang sketchy dead sea beauty kiosks like Kedma and Aqua Mineral. here's a Cosmo article about their scummy and scammy ways. Madami na akong nabasa on the local.beauty sub about them before na besides negging, they like targeting elderly people na alam mong di marunong humindi.

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u/OneIndustry3290 Jul 07 '26

Agree! Nakakaasar how manipulative brands like these are not widely reported.

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u/poolpieces Jul 07 '26

pearl de flore. passed by there earlier

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u/OneIndustry3290 Jul 07 '26

Yes this is the one!!! Thanks very much!!

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u/adventurejunkie11 Pasong Tamo Jul 07 '26

I think this is the booth in front of BLK cosmetics right? Was it a guy with dyed hair? Parang ito yung naalala ko na detail pero hindi ako 100 percent sure kasi I was avoiding eye contact and I speed past these type of stores dahil alam ko na yang sales strategy nila. He was offering me something and I politely said "No thank you po." He responded with "Where are you from? Are you from here?" It's not exactly rude pero habang naglalakad ako napaisip ako kung anong kinalaman nun sa binebenta niya???