Love Them - Wore Them Out Today
Out of the package you get not just the  earrings, but also a soft carrying pouch with a zip lock bag to store them in. You get extra soft rubber backers which I used immediately. You also get a kinda-sorta funny illustrated care manual, too - Don't use soap and water, Don't hit them, keep them clean, Don't get them wet, and don't feed them after Midnite (Just kidding - this isn't "Gremlins"!)<br /><br />Looking closely, they are really well constructed. The post is NOT soft as with other costume jewelry offerings, and while the gold backer supplied is not the type I'm fond of, the 4 soft rubber collections more than make up for that.<br /><br />I have been wearing them for 7 hours now, and I barely know that I'm wearing them. The pearls really are cultured freshwater pearls, as opposed to saltwater. Freshwater is a separate category but are grown in mollusk shells. The differences with them is that more than one can be grown in a shell, they don't have the same luster as saltwater, and are MUCH less expensive. If these were softwater pearls, they would have 2 more zeros in the price tag.<br /><br />These are a real bargain, and will look great with many different outfits! I like these so much that I wore them down to Tampa today for a meeting. And received compliments on them. To me, that says it all.
Rating: 5 stars