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Don’t Mention the S Word: The Conclusion of the eBay Saga
How I accidentally spent several days proving to eBay that I was not counterfeiting my own perfume.
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eBay’s Investigation Has Taken an Unexpected Turn: I Am Now Daniel, and I Sell Arsenal Shirts
Yesterday, eBay warned me that I might get into trouble with the owner of my own perfume brand. Today, apparently, I am a man called Daniel selling football shirts.
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eBay Has Apparently Discovered a Counterfeit Spiritus Florum. It’s Me.
eBay removed my listing for my own perfume on the grounds that I am not, apparently, myself. Come and see how many identikit customer-service replies it takes to avoid noticing that I own the brand.
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Nun Girl Summer, Social Media Outreach, and Unicorns
Nun Girl Summer, the strange ancient scent of spikenard, developing Magdalene, adventures in perfume outreach — and the question of what a unicorn should smell like.
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Finding a Brand Voice
In the many-hatted journey of tiny brand indie perfumery, I think marketing is the hat that fits me least.
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Launching a Micro Perfume Brand – The Story So Far
It will have taken roughly a year since I finished my first fragrance – Rhapsody in Violet – to its official launch. Here's what's been happening behind the scenes.
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