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Complaint Review: Marc Schottenfeld And Carol Schottenfeld, Hwmi, Hwi, Houston Wholesale,Scentura Creations - Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca, Delray Bch, Atlanta Florida, Georgia

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  • Marc Schottenfeld And Carol Schottenfeld, Hwmi, Hwi, Houston Wholesale,Scentura Creations 5616 Peachtree Rd Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca, Delray Bch, Atlanta, Florida, Georgia U.S.A.

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Marc and Carol Schottenfeld have kept themselves under the radar long enough. They have been doing all the behind the scene Dirty work for 3 decades. It is time for them to come out of the closet. These 2 are cheaters, liars.and biggest scammers of this perfume pyramid scheme. They operate their division out of their home in delray beach.......they have a corp. ,Houston Wholesale Merchandising, that is not active.......the 1099's are bogus......they are past their prime, no one can accuse them of being ambitious. Their brain has expired. The company , Scentura Creations , is on it's last leg. Google the name Scentura Creations and you will understand why they are finished. I worked in Vegas for the DIVA aka Hester, followed her to Miami and got out soon after..broken promises and Marc contacted me and someone else behind her back to pay us and override on one of her promotions to stay in Vegas. His words were "we don't want to lose our footing in Vegas". This scam has been around since the early eighties and they are rich but not that rich for being around 30 years. Went to their house last summer for a national meeting (joke) . Thier house is worth maybe 1.3 mil.......According to him 3mil its has no land and sits on a canal. He pretends he lives on the intracoastal(about 10 houses in).Calls his Boat 38 feet a Yacht...lol.........Don't work for these OLD TIME LOSERS..they are dried up

Cricket
Miami, Florida
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#13 UPDATE Employee

FU Nick Brunson

AUTHOR: Rio - (USA)

POSTED: Saturday, March 09, 2013

How much COKE did you do today Nick? And how's that FAT COW Lexy doing?

Suck Larry's p**is today?

Oh, please do send a response about how Sh**Nations is so sadly misunderstood!

Roger Knull. 

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#12 General Comment

Oh my god.

AUTHOR: Awesome - (United States of America)

POSTED: Friday, March 01, 2013

So I just had to post this , who in the f**k issues the phrase "blow out"? Lol that is the most stupidest s**t I have ever heard! You guys that use that phrase are f**king stupid! Haha that makes it seems like you gave the people who did the smart thing and walked away from your company a going away blow job! Bahaha f**k you guys are dumb.

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#11 General Comment

Information Regarding Scentura Creations

AUTHOR: NickBrunson - (United States of America)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Here are some websites where you can find more information on Scentura Creations:

ScenturaCreationsPerfume.com
Information about Scentura Creations product-line: Observe' L'Essence.

ScenturaCreationsResources.com
Links to more websites about Scentura Creations.

ScenturaCreationsLarryHahn.com
General information about Scentura Creations and it's Founder, Larry Hahn.

ScenturaCreationsScam.com
An objective look at Scentura Creations.

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#10 UPDATE EX-employee responds

just want to get my story out....

AUTHOR: letsgetit!! - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

You know I cant lie, yall are making some real money and I tip my hat to all of you owners. Let me tell you my story about scentura. Im not going to be like everybody else and bash the company, just hear me out. I live in Oklahoma City and just like everybody else answered the ad on craigslist. Long story short I got the job and began working. I thought that I would get a check for 250 a week but that never happened. I didnt know that it came from sales. That wasnt said at the interview. Anyways, my po was a man named Michael Hill. A cool dude who I thought was going to be the best po. Mr. Hill talked a very good game, I will explain this more later. He was really good at convincing people that scentura was the way to go. As my time went by in the company (2 and 1 management) I really BLED for the company. Me and one of the other guys were going to be partners in Oklahoma City because Mr. Hill wanted to move around. Well the office started going to hell. We were losing people and we werent dropping any bottles. I went to Little Rock, AR twice for fun cars and will not lie, I had a blast!! This is where things went downhill. The office was going down and we only had 3 people left. Me and one other guy went to Little Rock with Mr. Hill and did the whole merch till midnight thing. We made a lot of money that weekend and came back. Well, Mr. Hill claims that since one of the guys that was in training with us (he was homeless by the way) was sleeping in his truck out in front of the office, that the landlord was evicting him and he had 30 days to get out. Not to mention the guy had been sleeping out there in his truck for the longest time.  We were like ok we will help you find an office in 30 days. Well the next day Mr. Hill says that there was a stipulation in his contract that said the landlord at anytime could give him a 72 hour notice to leave and that he was doing that now. This was on Friday when he told us this. So imagine coming to work on Friday and then find out that this is your last day of work.  So of course we were mad and didnt know what to do. I go to a meeting with Mr. Hill at this taco mayo and here is where he gives me the option to go down to Little Rock to finish training since there is an office down there. I didnt want to do it but really wanted to be an owner in this company. I told him I would go but needed to know how long I would be down there, seeing how I have a family. He tells me 3 WEEKS AND YOURE DONE. Im still skeptical but say yes, but I dont go. I was to go down there with a guy that Mr. Hill promoted and that I would be under him and two other people that had just got promoted. Well, Im still very skeptical about going down there so I call the guy that Mr. Hill promoted. I ask him about the plan to make sure Im not getting myself into no mess. I ask him if 3 weeks is all that I need to finish. He tells me that he cant promise me that I can finish in 3 weeks. Two of the other guys I was in training with were down there and they were like good luck getting done in 3 weeks cause it aint going to happen. Not to mention we are going through h**l down here. I say to call Mr. Hill to get it all straightened out, and the guy says Mr. Hill is no longer in the picture. I try to call Mr. Hill several times and get no answer. Anytime that I would ever call Mr. Hill he would answer his phone. I even tried getting at him on facebook, no answer.  This man just up and left. He pawned 3 guys that were down for the business off to some other people who knew nothing of us and at the end of the day, none of us are owners. I dont even think there is even an office down in Little Rock anymore. What Im trying to get at is, if what happened to us 3 wasnt phony then what was it? I know that the business works, I have seen it. (It may not be ethical, but a lot of things arent)  But I feel that I was lied, cheated, and wasted my time with this company. Right now Im good. I dont want the company and I am really happy where Im at. I just wish that Mr. Hill could realize what he did was really fake, cowardly, and overall just wrong. The job I have now pays really well, and over time I will be making the 6 figures scentura brags about. Somebody let Mr. Hill know that he doesnt have to hide or worry about his well being. I dont want to fight the man, as a matter of fact I dont want to do anything wrong to him.  We just want to know what REALLY happened and why he lied. His a*s probably got sent back to training or he BLEW OUT! I dont know. Im going to take one of his lines, (which is probably used by every owner seeing how everybody does things the EXACT same way) I wish you the best of luck. Also, if he did blow out, somebody let him know that taco bell is hiring!!
 
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not here to bash scentura...just hear me out

AUTHOR: letsgetit!! - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

You know I cant lie, yall are making some real money and I tip my hat to all of you owners. Let me tell you my story about scentura. Im not going to be like everybody else and bash the company, just hear me out. I live in Oklahoma City and just like everybody else answered the ad on craigslist. Long story short I got the job and began working. I thought that I would get a check for 250 a week but that never happened. I didnt know that it came from sales. That wasnt said at the interview. Anyways, my po was a man named Michael Hill. A cool dude who I thought was going to be the best po. Mr. Hill talked a very good game, I will explain this more later. He was really good at convincing people that scentura was the way to go. As my time went by in the company (2 and 1 management) I really BLED for the company. Me and one of the other guys were going to be partners in Oklahoma City because Mr. Hill wanted to move around. Well the office started going to hell. We were losing people and we werent dropping any bottles. I went to Little Rock, AR twice for fun cars and will not lie, I had a blast!! This is where things went downhill. The office was going down and we only had 3 people left. Me and one other guy went to Little Rock with Mr. Hill and did the whole merch till midnight thing. We made a lot of money that weekend and came back. Well, Mr. Hill claims that since one of the guys that was in training with us (he was homeless by the way) was sleeping in his truck out in front of the office, that the landlord was evicting him and he had 30 days to get out. Not to mention the guy had been sleeping out there in his truck for the longest time.  We were like ok we will help you find an office in 30 days. Well the next day Mr. Hill says that there was a stipulation in his contract that said the landlord at anytime could give him a 72 hour notice to leave and that he was doing that now. This was on Friday when he told us this. So imagine coming to work on Friday and then find out that this is your last day of work.  So of course we were mad and didnt know what to do. I go to a meeting with Mr. Hill at this taco mayo and here is where he gives me the option to go down to Little Rock to finish training since there is an office down there. I didnt want to do it but really wanted to be an owner in this company. I told him I would go but needed to know how long I would be down there, seeing how I have a family. He tells me 3 WEEKS AND YOURE DONE. Im still skeptical but say yes, but I dont go. I was to go down there with a guy that Mr. Hill promoted and that I would be under him and two other people that had just got promoted. Well, Im still very skeptical about going down there so I call the guy that Mr. Hill promoted. I ask him about the plan to make sure Im not getting myself into no mess. I ask him if 3 weeks is all that I need to finish. He tells me that he cant promise me that I can finish in 3 weeks. Two of the other guys I was in training with were down there and they were like good luck getting done in 3 weeks cause it aint going to happen. Not to mention we are going through hell down here. I say to call Mr. Hill to get it all straightened out, and the guy says Mr. Hill is no longer in the picture. I try to call Mr. Hill several times and get no answer. Anytime that I would ever call Mr. Hill he would answer his phone. I even tried getting at him on facebook, no answer.  This man just up and left. He pawned 3 guys that were down for the business off to some other people who knew nothing of us and at the end of the day, none of us are owners. I dont even think there is even an office down in Little Rock anymore. What Im trying to get at is, if what happened to us 3 wasnt phony then what was it? I know that the business works, I have seen it. (It may not be ethical, but a lot of things arent)  But I feel that I was lied, cheated, and wasted my time with this company. Right now Im good. I dont want the company and I am really happy where Im at. I just wish that Mr. Hill could realize what he did was really fake, cowardly, and overall just wrong. The job I have now pays really well, and over time I will be making the 6 figures scentura brags about. Somebody let Mr. Hill know that he doesnt have to hide or worry about his well being. I dont want to fight the man, as a matter of fact I dont want to do anything wrong to him.  We just want to know what REALLY happened and why he lied. His a*s probably got sent back to training or he BLEW OUT! I dont know. Im going to take one of his lines, (which is probably used by every owner seeing how everybody does things the EXACT same way) I wish you the best of luck. Also, if he did blow out, somebody let him know that taco bell is hiring!!
 
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#8 REBUTTAL Owner of company

thanks for my chance at a new life

AUTHOR: ishmael_gaynor - (USA)

POSTED: Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Well first let me introduce myself Hi my Name is Ishmael Gaynor I am 20 years old an im an owner for sentura creations in Birmingham Alabama. I just got promoted out on June 15th inside of Donny and Holly's office in middlesex New Jersey. I was asked to do the business by my P.o (Earley Gaynor) I went throught training for about 14 weeks. (it is a six to eight week training program) but because I played around alot an didn't take the work serious until i was put in a postion to help others. it took me a little bit longer . but I did what most people can't do I  looked in the mirror an I sayed why not me Why can't I run One of these business so i took it serious an now im one of his most sucessful promotions I went trought training in Washington DC an also i've been in the Middlesex New Jersey office breifly and I finished training in Stamford Connecticut me and my partner brittney jones then got promoted out on June 15th 2011 but before i was an owner i never worked hard at anything excpet football. this company got me too work hard and to push myself to do something to better myself. an i also found out the true american dream to live the way u wanna live with out any one bossing you around as a kid they tell u to shoot for the stars and dream big but somewhere along the lines you blowouts lost that I never did so when people call this a scam I laugh cause I KNOW THIS IS REAL. My Promoting owner was my very own brother who we grew up in very poor background and know we both are owners an making a some money (well i just started making money) but i plan to make a lot more and to the blowouts u blew out cause u were weak u listened to someone who was broke just like you or u just didn't have it in you to run a deal an it's ok not everybody is made to become succesful I was and so was my brother Which is Earley Gaynor  this oppurtunity is for the strong, is for people who don't mind rolling up there selvees and doing the work now so they don't have to do the work later. also this is no pyramid everyone starts off the same way (I started off in the field just like everyone else) and they gave me my office i never paid a dollar a dime a cent a penny. for the merchandise for the training for any thing. all training is is working hard for yourself an making a way for someone else so belive in your P.o's an IF YOUR IN SOMEONES TRAINING PROGRAM AN YOU NEED ANY ADVICE (BUT YOU HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT NO BLOWOUTS PLEASE) CALL (((ROR redacted))) OR  U CAN REACH ME ON FACEBOOK @ (((ROR redacted))) OR HIT ME UP ON TWITTER (((ROR redacted)))  I KNOW EVERONE HAS ONE OR THE OTHER I ALAWAYS ANSWER AN I WILL GAVE YOU ANY ADVICE oh yeah see yall at the top thanks Earley, Merlange, Donny, Holly, Kerry Brunson and of course Larry Hahn u changed my life and thanks Nate Thats my trainer

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#7 Consumer Comment

Carol & Marc are the best!!!

AUTHOR: angelique - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, August 21, 2011

I know Carol & Marc through other businesses & they are the most respectable, helpful people I have met in my life. You have to work hard to get to the top. Don't blame your lack of success on someone else.

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#6 UPDATE EX-employee responds

This is another EX SCENTURIAN who is ungrateful

AUTHOR: Bob Coffey - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Marc and Carol are just fine, no one is doing anything to them. I worked for them for 18 years and though I am no longer working with them, they are still my friends. Over my career, they always looked out for me like a son. Over that time, there were things that I didn't particularly like or agree with, but they always treated me more than fair. They spent tens of thousands of dollars on Lori and myself, showing us the world and we will forever be grateful.... or at least I will, sorry Lor. This is just another person who failed and is lashing out at Success. Marc and Carol don't need to work anymore, they don't need the money. They work because they want to see others succeed and they continue to offer me help and I don't even work for them anymore. So complain all you want, but don't get your hopes up of hurting them, they're untouchable

BOB COFFEY

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This is another EX SCENTURIAN who is ungrateful

AUTHOR: Bob Coffey - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Marc and Carol are just fine, no one is doing anything to them. I worked for them for 18 years and though I am no longer working with them, they are still my friends. Over my career, they always looked out for me like a son. Over that time, there were things that I didn't particularly like or agree with, but they always treated me more than fair. They spent tens of thousands of dollars on Lori and myself, showing us the world and we will forever be grateful.... or at least I will, sorry Lor. This is just another person who failed and is lashing out at Success. Marc and Carol don't need to work anymore, they don't need the money. They work because they want to see others succeed and they continue to offer me help and I don't even work for them anymore. So complain all you want, but don't get your hopes up of hurting them, they're untouchable

BOB COFFEY

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This is another EX SCENTURIAN who is ungrateful

AUTHOR: Bob Coffey - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Marc and Carol are just fine, no one is doing anything to them. I worked for them for 18 years and though I am no longer working with them, they are still my friends. Over my career, they always looked out for me like a son. Over that time, there were things that I didn't particularly like or agree with, but they always treated me more than fair. They spent tens of thousands of dollars on Lori and myself, showing us the world and we will forever be grateful.... or at least I will, sorry Lor. This is just another person who failed and is lashing out at Success. Marc and Carol don't need to work anymore, they don't need the money. They work because they want to see others succeed and they continue to offer me help and I don't even work for them anymore. So complain all you want, but don't get your hopes up of hurting them, they're untouchable

BOB COFFEY

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This is another EX SCENTURIAN who is ungrateful

AUTHOR: Bob Coffey - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Marc and Carol are just fine, no one is doing anything to them. I worked for them for 18 years and though I am no longer working with them, they are still my friends. Over my career, they always looked out for me like a son. Over that time, there were things that I didn't particularly like or agree with, but they always treated me more than fair. They spent tens of thousands of dollars on Lori and myself, showing us the world and we will forever be grateful.... or at least I will, sorry Lor. This is just another person who failed and is lashing out at Success. Marc and Carol don't need to work anymore, they don't need the money. They work because they want to see others succeed and they continue to offer me help and I don't even work for them anymore. So complain all you want, but don't get your hopes up of hurting them, they're untouchable

BOB COFFEY

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Scentura Owner's negative rebuttals are only making the company look worse.

AUTHOR: Noah From Chicago - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

I thought my work here was done and stopped posting for a couple of weeks only to come back and see Scentura Insider Earley Gaynor posting his same stupid story and personal attacks over everyone's honest reports.

WAKE UP EARLEY!! Nobody gives a flying f**k how much money YOU made last week or about your stupid little Crookie of the year award!! You told me yourself that there are no negative reports about you or Selah Management on this site so.... why not just go away already?

Your hateful, negative rebuttals are only making you look unintelligent. They're also making your pathetic excuse for a company look even worse. Do you honestly think that your hateful language is going make people dismiss all these reports and decide to work for one of you crooks?! What a joke! If you don't stop with the hateful personal attacks I'll start posting MORE FACTS about Scentura so....... Shut up Already!

Anyone who has any questions about how this criminal Pyramid Scheme operates and has screwed tons of people over HARD just to make a few people rich..... Email me at noah2314@yahoo.com

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#1 UPDATE Employee

huh another blow out trying to bring down the company so where did they rip u off at and where did they scam you?????????????

AUTHOR: Mdwethebest - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, June 12, 2009

Okay so you are not being direct on how they scammed you ? How did they cheat you ? Basically waht you are saying is that Marc wanted to keep someone in Las Vegas which makes sense that office was doing great so now hester and damon moved to miami so whats the scam obviously you really get an office because u just said they were trying to give you the office in las vegas. Well what does your ho0use look like u wanna talk about marc and carol's house so how many houses do u own ? exactly I know plenty of old people that were with a company for 30 years and still dont have a house or a boat. Some of them live off of public assistance I met him plenty of times [marc] and everytime I have met him he kept his word with every thing he has said so come on tell the world what marc did to u we are waiting W.P.S thats code for weak piece of s**t lol F**king Blow Out , Taco Bell is Hiring Oh and call me Mr. 808 I own the rookie record and made 8000 last week we sold 808 bottles yeah so were is the scam a*s hole ?


First off, let me introduce myself. My name is Earley Gaynor, I went through training a year and a half ago in middlesex, new jersey. When I first started I answered the ad just like everyone else. But unlike the other people that I started with, I stuck with it and I finished the program. When I started I was in Job Corp, I was broke and I had no plan in life. I went from job to job to job until finally I answered the ad, Donnie did my first interview and he gave me the opportunity of a lifetime. When I started I had to do some sales (just like everyone else) but instead of quitting, I had to work harder. Long story short I finished the program in ten weeks (two weeks shorter than my goal). I now run a location of my own in Lanham, Maryland, which means I am a promotion of Donnie and Holly's. I now do the same job that they do, I signed up to be a manager and that is exactly what I am. I didn't get in this to do sales (which no one does). Donnie told me that I could make 30K my first year in the first interview. But in my business in its first year, I made $82,000. I feel like I scammed Donnie. People who blow out in their first or second week obviously didn't understand the business. They give anyone, no matter what race,color,gender, or age, the same opportunity they gave me. Free merchandise, free training, (the day you have to pay for something should be a red flag for you no matter what business) and they also give you the opportunity to move to any state with a business for free. Like I said I went through training in New Jersey and I got the freedom to move to Maryland. Any person with a brain can look at all these negative letters and see that people run offices all over the country. So ask yourself, how did they get there? They got promoted there obviously. Running your own business isn't going to happen overnight, it takes more time and dedication to be successful in this and in any business. Anyone who says this is a pyramid scam or that you dont get promoted doesn't know what THE
F*** your talking about. Everyone has the exact same equal opportunity. All it takes to complete training is working hard( for yourself), dedication, and a little blind faith, believing that Donnie and Holly will get you open. I am so confident that I am going to leave my phone number (NOT FOR BLOWOUTS) but for people who actually want some advice on how to run a successful business for Scentura. 301 577 6694 Ofiice Number or 240-330-7566. I have alot of respect for Donnie and Holly because if I was in the position, I wouldn't even bother running an office I would retire. They are great people and unbelievable promoting owners. I am 21 years old, I am black and I make decent money. Thanks to Larry Hohn for giving me the opportunity. When an opportunity like this comes your way it isn't about what someone else did or does for you but what you do with the opportunity yourself. See you at the top.

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