Originally Posted by
astonandy
And that's the key thing. With all due respect, the brand experience and the pleasure of owning a Boodles piece is, for my wife, similar to buying a Rolex at an AD and then regularly wearing and enjoying it. Being asked "oh which Boodles branch do you use, was it Chester?" and saying "oh no, we had a less expensive fake made - but the stones and gold are real" isn't something anyone wants to do! And yes, other people do know it's from Boodles and yes, people do ask.