Henri Bendel

Everyone who knows me… knows that I love me some serious shopping.
I was going to order some Henri Bendel bracelets online so I figured I might as well stop by one night to try them on! HB is located on the central 1^st floor of Tysons Galleria. It is a well (and I mean wellll) stocked store. But far from being chaotic, this store is well organized (not to mention so clean and shiny!)
Reggie was wonderful. He helped me find and try on various adjustable bracelets (ranging $ 68 – 138) for my tiny wrists. Even though he knew I’d be ordering online, he was still wonderful to shop with just before store closing. Definitely coming back again for future purchases.
Products are superb quality and comes wrapped in the cutest packaging.

Wow! I can’t believe that I just did this! I bought an Henri Bendel bag — and it was my husband who insisted that I do so.
This past week, for some reason, I got a card in the mail from Henri Bendel saying that they just opened a store in the Tysons Galleria and that they were having a store-​wide sale with purchases over a certain amount being 20% off.
We went to the Galleria to have dinner and I told my husband that I wanted to take a look in there — not for a bag. At one time, years ago, Bath and Body Works used to sell Henri Bendel shower gel and lotion which I liked plus it didn’t cost any more than BBW’s house brand. Well… they didn’t have it here. The store is small. A good number of their items are bags along with wallets, a few clothing items, candles, incense, some jewelry and… candy bars.
My husband saw the bag I ended up getting and told me to go for it. It’s like other expensive bags, if you want to know what they cost, you have to open the bag and dig around for a price tag. Of course, a sales clerk showed up to do her best to talk me into buying LOL! Speaking of the sales clerks — I was impressed. In some upscale stores, it you aren’t dressed up, you either get ignored or get some attitude. We were in our jeans but everybody here greeted us with a smile. Good for them, I say!
I mentioned the shower gel and lotion to the sales clerk and she told me that their NYC store has it. We’ve never set foot in the NYC store. Apparently it’s 3 stories tall. She also told us that Bath and Body Works and Henri Bendel are now owned by the same conglomerate.
When I was ready to buy the bag, the sales clerk took one out of a drawer that was still in its wrapping. I would have been happy with the one that was on display but it was still nice to get one that was untouched by other customers. After we paid for the bag, she put it in a cloth drawstring bag that had the company logo on it. Then it was put in a shopping bag and tissue paper was added to the bag.
All in all, a pleasant shopping experience. There was no attempt made to steer us into buying something even more expensive, which I appreciated. Instead, she showed me similar styled bags and some were actually cheaper. With the 20% off, we saved quite a bit!
All that said, I’m not about to make it a habit to shop here for two reasons 1) It’s isn’t cheap (to say the least!) and 2) I very rarely spend that kind of money. However, if you are into Henri Bendel products or if you want to browse, I think that you will have a pleasant experience!