Sherapop, Dlane1953, please have a look at the welcome note for professionals.
We have decided - long ago - that if we have users who are into perfume business here we recommend them to tell us who they are. Anybody who might be interested should be able get into contact with them.
Actually, we do not want people to hide behind nicknames and then write enthousiastic reviews about the perfumes of only one specific brand or post recommendations about one specific shop. We had some experiences of that kind at the German Parfumo, and they took some effort.
For my understanding, saying who you are and what you do is not an ad. An ad is saying: "We have the most precious fragrances for affordable prices" or "We do the best service of all" and the like.
I will take care that such a behaviour - if it occurs - will not be repeated by the persons concerned.
There are great people in the perfume business, people who have truely dedicated themselves to perfume. I want them to be able to join in and contribute to Parfumo. By now I have met a few (perfumers, shop owners, brand managers) and in some cases I deeply regret they are not here and share their rich experiences with us. May I ask for your support to show the right way if somebody stumbles in and starts talking about his or her business?
As for Adriana/Decantshop she has not contributed anything so far - no reviews, no participation in forum discussions - except on her own behalf. She will probably be forgotten in a few weeks. I'd like to see her contributing like everybody else, but if the next I see from her is again a praise of her business, I will surely ask Don to delete her account.
After all, it is not a big deal.
BTW: I might drop a few lines about this decantshop at the German Parfumo. Maybe you are not aware of it, but for about one or two years, decanting is officially illegal in my country. You cannot any longer go to the next perfume shop and ask for a sample of something. They will very likely tell you they have none.
The reason why is - guess what? There is no INCI declaration on a perfume vial! The only samples you get in an ordinary perfume shop are the ones that they get for promotion - attached to a card with neatly printed declarations.
Some of the niche shops ignore it and they would still fill a sample for you, but they are doing it illegally. We are lucky that, so far, these ridiculous regulations are not being enforced by the authorities.
However, some of the niche perfume shops have been getting a bit reluctant to process an order that contains only samples. Firstinfragrance has become quite expensive, and at times, they announced that a sample only order would take longer that others. Sometimes, we also see limitations by the maximum possible amount of samples per order. It is pretty clear that they are not very fond of such requests.
Let's say that in Germany, we are living under "perfume sample prohibition". The knowledge about decanters from abroad might com in handy for some people. After all, people must get their booze!
I would have remained far more sympathetic to your thread, if you had not tried to go one better with this one.
