Upon receiving these they were exactly as described. The only reason I lowered it to a 4 rating was the way it was just thrown into the gift box that came with the earrings. They were on velvet but not attached to it, just thrown into the box. this was a gift for someone so I attached to the velvet, I don't know why when shipping they didn't do it there were slots on the velvet card for the earrings to attach to, but were not attached. They were left to bounce around inside the box hitting against each other.