Comments on: Random perfume musings: on decants & swapping http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:21:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-141620 Robin Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:05:30 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-141620 I was not comparing perfume to music, only saying that the law does not always favor the notion that when you buy something, it is yours to do with as you please. I was not comparing perfume to music, only saying that the law does not always favor the notion that when you buy something, it is yours to do with as you please.

]]> By: ismellyou http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-141589 ismellyou Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:01:01 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-141589 That's not really a fair comparison. You're not breaking off a piece of your actual cd and giving it to or selling it to someone, you're making a copy of someone elses creation and profiting from the copy. Decants are an actual piece of the whole of something tangible that you have paid for in full, so you should have the right to do with it whatever you wish, as long as you're not trying to copy it or pass it off as something it isn't. Musicians are losing money when their songs are downloaded or copied from someone elses recordings of their music. Perfumers are not losing money or integrity by allowing honest customers to delve out their already paid for purchases however they see fit. If you were buying a bottle of perfume, making a copy of it, and then selling decants of the copy, the music downloads argument would be legitimate. Better watch out, they'll be policing yard sales pretty soon. That’s not really a fair comparison. You’re not breaking off a piece of your actual cd and giving it to or selling it to someone, you’re making a copy of someone elses creation and profiting from the copy. Decants are an actual piece of the whole of something tangible that you have paid for in full, so you should have the right to do with it whatever you wish, as long as you’re not trying to copy it or pass it off as something it isn’t. Musicians are losing money when their songs are downloaded or copied from someone elses recordings of their music. Perfumers are not losing money or integrity by allowing honest customers to delve out their already paid for purchases however they see fit. If you were buying a bottle of perfume, making a copy of it, and then selling decants of the copy, the music downloads argument would be legitimate. Better watch out, they’ll be policing yard sales pretty soon.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22866 Anonymous Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:51:48 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22866 So far, they don't appear to have tried to stop any independent sellers. We'll have to hope that continues... So far, they don't appear to have tried to stop any independent sellers. We'll have to hope that continues…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22865 Anonymous Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:41:04 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22865 That is my understanding, too. I sell decants on my website and don't intend to stop. Actually, I've been thinking of adding some new scents every month since people can't get them on ebay any more. I could be wrong, but I really don't think the big companies can stop me. That is my understanding, too.

I sell decants on my website and don't intend to stop. Actually, I've been thinking of adding some new scents every month since people can't get them on ebay any more.

I could be wrong, but I really don't think the big companies can stop me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22878 Anonymous Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:42:41 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22878 ROTFL! ROTFL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22877 Anonymous Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:33:20 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22877 LOL -- that is awesome, thanks for posting! LOL — that is awesome, thanks for posting!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22876 Anonymous Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:08:26 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22876 First, the idea of perfume swapping going underground or to Canada cracks me up. I'd have to show up at a speak-easy, do the shave-and-a-haircut knock, and a porthole will slide open allowing me to see a pair of eyes. I'd then have to check my encrypted reference of perfume names and ask for Hair on Hackle of Blue Greyhound number 2169, which I'll quickly shove into the lining of my London Fog before I pull the Fedora over my forehead and slink away. Second, I just bought a garden hoe. It came with an RTU License (that's Right To Use, for you other folks). It said: GardenHoe Manufacturing Limited gives one RTU to purchaser of HooeyHoe hoeing product. RTU extends only to purchaser or immediate family or people in co-domicile provided number of said people not exceed 2. RTU covers hoeing on purchaser property, but may be extended to cover hoeing on other properties if used by purchaser. It is illegal to offer HooeyHoe for loan to neighbors with the expectation of returned gain in beers & barbecue. Uses in violation of RTU not covered by any consumer protection law, indeed, any damn law. Each violation of RTU punishable by 40 lashes and 40 days in the clink. It's true, I SWEAR! :) First, the idea of perfume swapping going underground or to Canada cracks me up. I'd have to show up at a speak-easy, do the shave-and-a-haircut knock, and a porthole will slide open allowing me to see a pair of eyes. I'd then have to check my encrypted reference of perfume names and ask for Hair on Hackle of Blue Greyhound number 2169, which I'll quickly shove into the lining of my London Fog before I pull the Fedora over my forehead and slink away.

Second, I just bought a garden hoe. It came with an RTU License (that's Right To Use, for you other folks). It said: GardenHoe Manufacturing Limited gives one RTU to purchaser of HooeyHoe hoeing product. RTU extends only to purchaser or immediate family or people in co-domicile provided number of said people not exceed 2. RTU covers hoeing on purchaser property, but may be extended to cover hoeing on other properties if used by purchaser. It is illegal to offer HooeyHoe for loan to neighbors with the expectation of returned gain in beers & barbecue. Uses in violation of RTU not covered by any consumer protection law, indeed, any damn law. Each violation of RTU punishable by 40 lashes and 40 days in the clink.

It's true, I SWEAR! :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22844 Anonymous Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:22:15 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22844 No worries! I wish we had a constitutional right to decants -- free at that -- but we don't :-) No worries! I wish we had a constitutional right to decants — free at that — but we don't :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22843 Anonymous Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:05:05 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22843 Sorry, that's my ignorance of the Constitution: I'm not a citizen, and I haven't studied it; I just made erroneous assumptions! Sorry, that's my ignorance of the Constitution: I'm not a citizen, and I haven't studied it; I just made erroneous assumptions!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22872 Anonymous Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:51:35 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/04/12/random-perfume-musings-on-decants-swapping/#comment-22872 That would be Aedes, great store! Yes, samples are out there, but not of everything, and once your collection gets to be over 50-100 bottles, decants start looking very attractive. Buying even 50 ml of something is no longer very appealing to me -- I'll never using it up. That would be Aedes, great store!

Yes, samples are out there, but not of everything, and once your collection gets to be over 50-100 bottles, decants start looking very attractive. Buying even 50 ml of something is no longer very appealing to me — I'll never using it up.

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