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Looks so unique.","reviewer_name":"Natalie K."},{"date":"December 27, 2024","title":"Superbe","rating":5,"content":"Superbe","reviewer_name":"Jocelyn B."},{"date":"November 30, 2025","title":"The necklace was all kinked & cheap looking","rating":2,"content":"The little box was shipped in the biggest box I have ever seen, sham on Simons for the waste of cardboard and with the little box being thrown around it was all tangled upon arrival. 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