Sending perfume abroad

macman

You can post perfume in the UK, because, if declared as such, it won't be travelling in a pressurised cargo hold at 40,000 feet...it's 80-90% pure alcohol.
OP, how can you possibly think that the item will be covered by insurance, when the item is prohibited?
What really baffles me is why you would spend £18 trying to ship a small bottle of perfume across the Atlantic? Unless it's something only obtainable in Europe, why not just buy it on Amazon.com or any other US retail site and have it delivered domestically?
There is no chance of it getting returned, it will be destroyed.

Mr_Singleton

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

It is strictly true

No it's not.... The component that's the problem in some perfumes is the alcohol. It's a dirt cheap industrial filler which is excellent for manufacturers profit margins. Perfumes made with oils instead of alcohol aren't an issue and can sent abroad.

Hermione_Granger

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

No it's not.... The component that's the problem in some perfumes is the alcohol. It's a dirt cheap industrial filler which is excellent for manufacturers profit margins. Perfumes made with oils instead of alcohol aren't an issue and can sent abroad.

Where is this stated on the Royal Mail website?
All they state is that perfume is prohibited from international mail and there is nothing stating that this is limited to alcohol based products.
There is no way that Post office staff would be able to confirm how flammable an oil based product may or may not be so they sensibly have a blanket ban for all perfumes and aftershaves.

Perfumes and aftershaves (including: Reed diffusers; body sprays; room fragrance sprays (non-Aerosols only); essential oils; eau de parfum and eau de toilette but excluding non-flammable perfumed creams, gels oils or lotions)

International - Not allowed in the mail

It doesn't state "alcohol based perfumes", simply "perfumes" which covers all types.

One other error you've made.
Alcohol isn't used just as a "cheap filler" for perfume.
It is used to help the fragrance disperse away from the wearer.
This is why the aroma from oil based products can only be detected when you are much closer to the wearer compared to a person who had used an alcohol based scent.

donnac2558

KeithP wrote: »

Do they fly the stuff to Belfast or does it go by sea?

Under a NDA I am unable to say;)

Mr_Singleton

It quite clearly states " .... BUT excluding non-flamable perfumed.... OILS."

I stand by what I said about the use of alcohol.

Hermione_Granger

But a perfumed oil is not perfume.
It is simply an oil to which a small amount of scent has been added.