A woman couldn’t believe her eyes while she was shopping in a TK Maxx and suddenly came across a discontinued item that retails for £300 – and people are now rushing to see if they can find it
Shoppers are rushing to TK Maxx after one woman spotted a discontinued but well-loved perfume hiding in plain sight on a shelf.
TK Maxx is known for selling bargain items at a discounted rate. Known as TJ Maxx in the US, the chain opened its first store in the UK in 1994, but with the name TK Maxx. The name change was done to avoid confusion with the unrelated British retail chain T.J. Hughes. Since then, it’s continued to be a popular store among brits wanting to bargain hunt, as over 450 TK Maxx and Homesense stores have opened across the UK.
The store is just as popular in the US. One of its many fans is Crys, who often takes to her TikTok account to share the fun and unique things she finds in the store.
However, as she was doing her rounds one day, she quickly stopped in her tracks and started filming as she couldn’t believe the items she found. Taking to TikTok, she shared how happy she was to find the discontinued Taylor Swift perfume, Wonderstruck, available on the shelf.
“Just browsing the perfume section at TJ Maxx when I come across…” she wrote on the video as the camera moved to show the different perfumes available.
She then stopped on the purple patterned box that contained the perfume, which was initially released in October 2011. However, it was later discontinued for an unknown reason. It’s currently being resold on eBay for over £25-£350, with fans still being nostalgic of the smell.
“Immediately added to the cart,” Crys wrote on the video as she was seen placing it in her shopping cart. She went on to write in the caption of the video: “When you find THE Taylor Swift perfume at @TJMaxx! never smelled it before so I can’t wait to try.”
The perfume in question is described online to smell sweet and fruity, with raspberry, blackberry, tea, apple blossom and freesia being the top notes, mixed in with middle notes of vanilla, honeysuckle, and hibiscus, as well as base notes of peach, sandalwood, amber, and musk.
In a follow-up video posted on the same day, she went on to reveal the TJ Maxx sticker, which showed she bought it for £5.99 ($7.99).
The video soon racked up over 213,500 views, with many people taking to the comments to share their thoughts.
“That’s £2,000 in your hand right now,” one person commented. Meanwhile, a second person said: “I miss this smell!!!”
“Wait not even kidding this exact thing happened to me like 5 years ago and I got it,” a third person shared.
“Omg I loved that perfume,” another person said.
However, another questioned: “Okay so either they’re selling incredibly expired products which is illegal OR wonderstruck is still being made?? Which is it.”