The smell of my Marc Jacob's Snapshot

[polabear]

Hi guys!

I am a newbie and I need help in checking if this bag that I recently purchased online is authentic. It would be highly appreciated if anyone is able to help me.

 

[pursekitten]

@polabear Unfortunately I've never seen this model IRL but I hope someone else can step in.

 

[Monpe]

Hola, podrían ayudarme a saber si mi bolsa MJ es real o fake?

 

[WvK]

Hi guys,

I just stumbled upon this thread and thank God for it. I happen to collect snapshot bags and started only last year. Now I am having doubts about the authenticity as some of them I bought from other sellers. I was able to tick most of the criteria mentioned in this thread. They don’t smell odd, what a reloefHowever, due to differences in the season of release I noticed small differences now on the bags.

It starts with the Drings. For the old and previous releases of the snapshot they have Marc Jacobs engraved on the rings. But for the new or recent ones, I don’t see this anymore especially on the Multi, DMT and Tie dye
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Also, the label of Marc Jacobs on the top of the bag. Some are THE MARC JACOBS and others have NEW YORK on them.



The dust bags also vary, some have only MARC JACOBS and others are THE MARC JACOBS.


I will really appreciate if you can assist me on this as I getting worried now.

 

[pursekitten]

Hi guys,

I just stumbled upon this thread and thank God for it. I happen to collect snapshot bags and started only last year. Now I am having doubts about the authenticity as some of them I bought from other sellers. I was able to tick most of the criteria mentioned in this thread. They don’t smell odd, what a reloefHowever, due to differences in the season of release I noticed small differences now on the bags.

It starts with the Drings. For the old and previous releases of the snapshot they have Marc Jacobs engraved on the rings. But for the new or recent ones, I don’t see this anymore especially on the Multi, DMT and Tie dye
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Also, the label of Marc Jacobs on the top of the bag. Some are THE MARC JACOBS and others have NEW YORK on them.
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The dust bags also vary, some have only MARC JACOBS and others are THE MARC JACOBS.
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I will really appreciate if you can assist me on this as I getting worried now.

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Beautiful collection! Not an expert, but as long as the stitching is correct on all your bags I wouldn't worry. A third-party authenticator never hurts tho.

Marc Jacobs may have branded the Snapshot from "Marc Jacobs New York" to "The Marc Jacobs" starting in 2019 according to this Refinery29 post.

Check out this Purse Blog post dated 2018—all the bags are branded "Marc Jacobs New York" in the post. Yet, on the Marc Jacobs site this year the Snapshots are branded with "The Marc Jacobs", which is in line with the Refinery29 article.

 

[WvK]

Thank you! This helps a lot easing my worries

 

[pursekitten]

Thank you! This helps a lot easing my worries

You're very welcome! So glad I could help.

 

[kam1ya_kaoru]

Mine smells as well. It says leather with polyurethane coating on the label. I can't return it because it was bought in the US by someone I know. According to the tag it is from saks and discounted. I even checked the saks website to make sure they carry this model (french grey multi, logo strap). Now I am worried it might be fake. I am thinking of getting one from the official store in the philippines but it gets unreasonably overpriced because of duties and taxes compared to if i buy in the US.

 

[kam1ya_kaoru]

For comaprison this model which I saw was 350 USD in the marc Jacobs website is about 575 USD here.

 

[quackedup]

FYI
For anyone who is looking to buy a snapshot off eBay Australia, any listing that says its "Australian stock" is a huge red flag and counterfeit. There is no such thing as "australian stock".