Kwon Eun Bi: COLOR Woollim Mall Merch Review

IZ*ONE's leader Kwon Eunbi made her first solo comeback with second mini album Color on April 4th, 2022. On April 13th at 12:05PM KST, Woollim Mall tweeted the official MD for this era with list of  products on order starting April 14th 2PM KST.

Kwon Eun Bi 2nd Mini Album [COLOR] Official MD:

• NO.927 FRAGRANCE / 39,000₩ / $33.03 USD
• PHOTO SET / 15,000₩ / $12.71 USD
• PREMIUM PICTURE FRAME (AUTOGRAPH & MESSAGE) / 65,000₩ / $55.06 USD

The product pages for both the fragrance and photo set state that ordering is until the item is sold out, whereas the product page of the premium photo states that ordering is until April 18th 11:59PM KST. The product pages also state that shipping begins on April 22nd for the fragrance and photo set, and May for the picture frame.

Woollim Mall also announced on their website a Polaroid event running until April 18th 11:59PM KST for all purchasers of the picture frame to be entered in a lottery for one of ten signed Polaroids.

I've always planned on ordering Eunbi's albums just to get a variety of music into my collection, but when Color teasers first dropped, I was completely floored with the underwater photoshoot. Followed by Woollim releasing perfume for the first time (I'm excluding the Lovey Dovey collab and Golden Child Bomin's endorsement of My Dahlia fabric mists), I immediately wanted Eunbi's premium picture frame and fragrance, and then I thought that I might as well tack on the photo set to the order. (And I was again tempted with Eunbi's Secret Doors concert merch, especially her lightstick, key necklace, and new perfume...but stopped myself to focus on Golden Child's upcoming tour...).

As expected, I am still blacklisted from ordering from Woollim Mall, and am so grateful to my friend for helping me with locking in my order! I'm even more grateful because I noticed that the perfume sold out when I checked during the early morning of April 15th KST.

Both the fragrance and the photo set are pretty straightforward in how to order. But for the picture frame, this is quite customizable. You need to choose the picture to be signed (out of six photos from the various photoshoots from Color), another picture (which I have no idea what the purpose of this is, but again it's from the same selection of six photos), and whether or not you actually want the sign. With my undying love for the underwater shoot and my fear of Everline messing up my order, I chose the same underwater photo for both options. Even on the international site, all of the dropdown instructions are in Korean. And I didn't actually notice this until after my package arrived and I began blogging about this, but on the Korean site, there is another customizable field to add text of up to ten characters; I'm assuming that only on the Korean site you can get a customizable message. This text field isn't available on the international site.

I received my UPS tracking number on June 7th PT and my packaged arrived on June 10th PT!

I was surprised at just how big the package is! It came in a sturdy cardboard box with usual Everline disclaimer stating to take an unboxing video in case of missing or damaged products.

Opening up the cardboard flaps reveals several layers of bubblewrap at the top filling up some empty space.

Removing the layers of bubblewrap reveals a bubblewrap bag containing the fragrance (which was tightly wrapped and taped up in additional bubblewrap) and photo set. At the bottom is another cardboard box with the picture frame.

Here are all 3 products together (I forgot to take the picture before opening up the picture frame...).

NO.927 FRAGRANCE

Here is Woollim's first fragrance! It comes with 2 photocards packaged inside a clear resealable bag.

Here are both photocards. They have a glossy finish.

And here is the backside.

The cardboard box packaging is simple. There is a matte sticker label sealing the box, along with the holographic Woollim seal on the side.

The back of the box has details in Korean.

I didn't want to break the label, so I opened the box from the bottom. At the top is a cutout for the lid of the perfume bottle.

Here are the box and perfume bottle. Both have the label with text "No. 927" (Eunbi's birthdate), "MUSK GREEN FLORAL FRAGRANCE", "THE 2ND MINI ALBUM COLOR", "DATE: 04/04/2022" (album release date), "DEAR: RUBI", and "FROM: SILVER RAIN". I really like the connection with dedicating this to Eunbi's fandom^^

The perfume bottle is quite simple. It is a glass bottle with a plastic lid.

There is more info in Korean on a sticker on the bottom of the bottle.

The dispenser is like a typical spray bottle. Going off of the product page, this bottle contains 50 ml. The top note is "green fruity (leaf green / peach)", the middle note is "fresh floral (lily / rose / orchid / jasmine)", and the base note is "musk". The scent is very light and refreshing.

PHOTO SET

The photo set comes inside a luxurious velvety paper envelope, and then inside a clear resealable bag.

The backside of the packaging has the product sticker along with the holographic Woollim seal.

The envelope flap is unsealed so it is easy to take out the photos.

Here is the order that the photos were in. There are 10 photos, all with a glossy finish and about 4" by 6".

The backside of these photos have "FUJIFILM" printed across them.

Here are all of the photos! I'm lowkey sad that the underwater photoshoot didn't make the cut, but nonetheless all of these photos are absolutely gorgeous, especially the blue ones.

PREMIUM PICTURE FRAME

The picture frame comes packaged securely in a cardboard box. The product sticker with the holographic Woollim seal is on the front of the box.

Opening up this box reveals the flimsy photo in a bubblewrap envelope at the top.

Underneath is the signed premium photo with four Styrofoam wedges to protect the photo. I was really pleasantly surprised at this item; I didn't realize how huge it is, and am super relieved that the quality is really nice without being fragile. I was a bit disappointed that there was no message with the autograph which is misleading with the item's name on the product page, but it is what it is.

I'm still not entirely sure what these items are. The one of the left is like a glossy transparency film, with the backside being opaque white. The right is made of aluminum and contains Eunbi's autograph. Unfortunately despite the product being "AUTOGRAPH & MESSAGE", mine only came with an autograph as the international site didn't have an option to include a message. Both of these posters are 12" by 18".

This metal poster is quite thick, and attached is a frame that you can use to hang on a wall. The poster is about 0.125" while the frame is about 0.25" thick.

Here is a closer look at the backside of the metal poster. There is a lip within this frame so that it can rest on a metal picture hanger.

For now I have this leaning against the wall next to my other signed poster (from Golden Child's ontact fan meeting in November 2020^^), but I would like to display my Eunbi merch somehow, because this photo is too iconic not to display!

Overall, as I waited weeks for this package to arrive, I had started to regret ordering Eunbi merch (especially when this MD was released before Golden Child's US tour was announced). But after I received my package, I'm really happy with all the items! I'm content with the scent of the fragrance, the photo set surprisingly was a nice addition to highlighting Eunbi's other shoots from this era, and I fell in love once again with this gorgeous underwater photo. And as cute as Eunbi's Secret Doors concert MD was, I'm relieved that I had self control and didn't order. I'll be content with the Eunbi merch that I have currently^^

Ordering Rocket Punch Yellow Punch Album and Kwon Eun Bi Color Albums from Ktown4u

I've always preordered my Rocket Punch albums, and as excited as I was for Rocket Punch's "color collection" continuation, I hadn't gotten around to preordering Yellow Punch. When Woollim first dropped teasers on March 21st, 2022 for Kwon Eun Bi's second mini album Color, I was completely floored at the underwater shots. Woollim dropped album details on March 21st at 3PM KST, right when preorders opened. To my surprise, Ktown4u's preorders also opened then, along with a video call event!

This is the first time that Woollim has used Ktown4u to offer a video call event. I was really excited since I trust Ktown4u in correctly sending out orders in a timely manner, that the fanclub discount price applies to Ktown4u's video call event, and that I can order other items along with my Color albums.

I placed my order for one Yellow Punch album, and Ktown4u was still offering the first press poster and preorder benefit accordion book, so I selected one of each as well. For Color, I used the fanclub link to order one set at the discounted price which does apply to the video call event. Color does have 2 first press posters, which I opted for, along with 2 preorder benefit stands, which weren't listed as an option on Ktown's listings (for the regular album and for the video call albums). The video call event also includes 1 random preorder benefit photocard per album out of 4, which I opted for as well.

During checkout, they ask if you would like to participate in the video call event, along with your full name as stated on your passport, birth date, phone number, channel (this is a drop down of possible apps), and channel ID. 

I didn't realize it, but even though Color was released on April 4th, the product listing marks the in-stock date as April 11th. My package shipped on April 13th KST and arrived on April 14th PT. My order was wrapped up securely in several layers of bubblewrap inside a cardboard box.

Pictured above included in my package where the 2 random Ktown4u pob Color photocards inside their own clear resealable sleeves and then inside a ziplock bag, followed by the Yellow Punch pob accordion book in a clear resealable bag, the 2 Color albums, Yellow Punch, followed by the 2 Color folded posters.

To my disappointment, my package didn't include Rocket Punch's poster nor Eun Bi's preorder benefit stands. I checked the product listing for Yellow Punch and posters are still available. As for Color, there is still no option for the stands (not even one that says out of stock), but Ktown's unboxing video does show the stands included as external benefits with the albums...

Here are the 2 random Ktown4u pob photocards I got out of 4.

Here is the backside of the pob photocards. These cards have a glossy finish.

At first I was super excited that Woollim was finally working with Ktown4u to hold video call events, but now I'm much more hesitant since preorder benefits are of course important to me. But I'll try not to think about it this time, and will just enjoy the albums and gorgeous photoshoots^^