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I wasn't patient enough to wait on this order since I didn't have a good estimate on when the product would ship but I can at least commend them on their polite and prompt e-mail support and their painless refund process.
As far as I can tell from this thread and their site, they even offer refunds to people who receive and aren't happy with their product. This is a more generous return policy than what you'll find elsewhere.
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It was a unique listing for a customer with some experience in purchasing ambergris. I asked more about it on Instagram (posted below) and then followed up over e-mail.
Ambergris Essential Oil | 100 Pure Ambergris Perfume | the Perfumist
Shop the 100% pure ambergris perfume and essential oil at The Perfumist. Find the best fit of royal fragrance for you at affordable prices right here. Visit now!
www.theperfumist.com
In any case, the listing is still online.
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You always lose a little bit of oil when decanting samples. I assumed that the calculated loss for decanting samples was weighed against the loss of accepting refunds and they selected their policies appropriately. This also avoids the annoyance of customers who only buy samples which I imagine provide weaker margins.
As for not willing to wait but willing to pay ... I need at least a good estimate if I'm going to wait. I've had sellers suggest that it would ship in 2 weeks or in 1 month and that was enough for me to be patient. The word "soon" was ambiguous enough that I wasn't willing to wait any longer. I could have asked for more clarity but I was starved for time and it seemed like a better idea to request a refund and move on.
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Are we talking about where the applicator forms a sort of bridge that the oil moves across?
Some of these "zero loss" methods require additional time or a steady hand. They're great for our use cases but might not translate well to larger amounts or decanting multiple bottles.
For the annoyance ... I didn't mean that some customers might not like it but there are actually customers who only buy samples and don't buy full bottles no matter how much they enjoy the product. The way this phenomenon was explained to me (by an experienced reseller) was that they would purchase samples of every single release for years just to keep a variety at hand, but never purchased a full-size bottle and presumably, they never intended to. I can understand the psychology that would turn a customer into a samples-only buyer and I can also understand how that could frustrate a seller.
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It was a unique listing for a customer with some experience in purchasing ambergris. I asked more about it on Instagram (posted below) and then followed up over e-mail.
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Ambergris Essential Oil | 100 Pure Ambergris Perfume | the Perfumist
Shop the 100% pure ambergris perfume and essential oil at The Perfumist. Find the best fit of royal fragrance for you at affordable prices right here. Visit now!
In any case, the listing is still online.
I am just as confused as @Mr.P , if what has been shared is the discussion regarding this product and then for a customer 'with some experience in purchasing ambergris' those two sets of information don't support each other. One party has no clue...
Distilling pressed oils like almond, jojoba or coconut turns on alarm bells.
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Isn’t the guy’s name Steve?
When Steve starts telling you he’s a 300 year old Arabian company making fragrances for royalty ... ask him how rubbing elbows with the Creed’s is going 🙄
Edit : rereading some old messages in this thread. Apparently it’s Alex. Alex in Texas. Perfumer to Kings. I guess everything really IS bigger in Texas - including the Tall Tales.
PS - aside from this latest post about “Distilled Ambergris Oil”, which made no sense - did anyone see the equally perplexing post about Saffron oil?
Posts - and email responses as posted above - lead one to believe he has no idea what he’s talking about. Fool the general public, sure. But folks here know more than the general public and see through the shenanigans.
What kills me is - using synthetics is the modus operendi for most fragrance companies. No shame in it if that’s what their products are and if that is indeed how they make their products. It’s literally 99% of the industry. However- when claiming to be all natural, when obviously not - that ticks people off.
Alex, Steve, or whoever you are - just embrace it. Stop the fabricated stories, acknowledge that they are bulk synthetic generic fragrances, and stop pawning them off as ancient naturals. It’s obvious to everyone here.
And in being honest about it - nobody will be pissed off about it because they’d no longer be being misled and feeling cheated.
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I made some comments here and I deleted. I just realized I prefer to stay away from whatever it is that I do not know 100% for sure about. So in the case of this perfumer retailer, I have never tried their products so I feel that the people who have should be the ones talking. Since I have never tried or sampled I should not have part in anything including satire. Regardless of my suspicions, I should not feed a certain bias. I guess that is what it was that made me feel a certain way, looking down on my self and not realizing why since I had no hate for this person just because I did not agree with their policy. I am also a person who is hard headed, meaning even when someone tells me not to do something I sometimes do it to clear up my own suspicions. After all, I could name a couple products in a field that I have much experience in that people were raving about that are complete BS. But that is also another topic that I would not spend energy building drama on.
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I bought 3 of their perfumes siberian musk 1001 nights and the Cambodian Oudh spent £381 all together. They are the worst perfume oils I have ever smelled and obviously cheap quality. I tried getting a refund through pay pal however the case got closed. Which is very annoying knowing that they are just out there scamming other people. £400, a weeks wages down the drain as I’m definitely throwing them away.
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Doesn't that guy claim he will give back 2x the money or something like that? Did you show paypal this?
No I didn’t I’ll go check their website properly
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I just checked. Looks like he took it down. I didn't check too much into it, but I remember his claims that if the things he sells isnt the best or what he claims that he will refund 2x the amount one paid. what a circus clown.
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Dang - really sorry to hear this.
Shop with Ouddict vendors here. You’ll get what you actually think you’re buying 😉👌🏼
In the mean time - spread the word!
