I’m a consumer of The Ordinary for a long time now so I know the products. Without being able to be 100% sure, I’d say there are a lot of questionable issues with this product that lead me to think this is a fake!
1: Starting from the packaging, this one doesn’t have the velvet feeling that all The Ordinary products have. 2: The bottle didn’t come full. 3: the product has a strong berry fruity smell to it and it shouldn’t have. 4: the colour is dar purple when it should be either vibrant red or dark red (I know the colour may vary but won’t be purple!)
Be careful, this is supposed to be a very strong peeling acid and if we don’t know what it’s inside of this bottle, this might cause you a big skin rash.