Fall Update

Wow, it's been awhile since our last update!

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So just a quick update. Current TAT is at 7-10 business days due to the fall release. But we expect to be back to 5-7 business days this week. Please note, that this could always change and we will keep our shop announcements and facebook page up to date with the current TAT.

We cannot thank you enough for your patience! 

Also, Septembers Fragrance of the Month is Indian Summer. 

Our 2nd Fall release is September 18th. There will be a limited amount of stock on hand for the new items. We want to keep our TAT at a respective pace and to allow for our upcoming Christmas release as well. All fall items will remain in stock until Thanksgiving or until sold out, whichever comes first.

And lastly, our holiday schedule is as followed:

We will be closed the week of November 23rd in observance of Thanksgiving. Any orders received after the 20th will be processed upon our return Monday, November 30th.

We will also be closed beginning December 19th and return January 4th, 2016. 

Any orders received by the 19th will ship out, but are not guaranteed to arrive in time for Christmas. Anything received after will not be processed until we return in January. Both the website and etsy shop will remain open during these times. 

In order to receive items in time for Christmas, all orders but be placed by December 15th.

Thank you and have a fabulous week!

 

Hiatus Notice

*****All orders received by Monday August 3rd will be shipped by Tuesday August 4th. We will be on a brief hiatus from Tuesday August 4th to Wednesday August 12th in preparation for the Fall line up. You will still be able to place an order but orders will not be processed until August 12th, 2015. Thank you!*****

Be sure to sign up for our newsletter for news on our Fall release!

Christmas in July Sale Extended

Christmas in July Sale HAS BEEN EXTENDED! We will be taking a short 1 week break next month to gear up for Fall and need to move existing inventory. Enjoy 10% off $25.00 on all FULL SIZED products ONLY. Clearance items included! DOES NOT APPLY TO SAMPLE SIZES, ie; Perfume Petites, mini sizes. Should you place an order with samples, the sample items will be cancelled and refunded. Valid at etsy site only.

Use code: CHRISTMASINJULY

Sale starts now! Sale ends Sunday, August 2nd, 2015.

Christmas in July Sale!

Christmas in July Sale this weekend only! We are gearing up for fall and need to move existing inventory. Enjoy 10% off $25.00 on all FULL SIZED products. Clearance items included! DOES NOT APPLY TO SAMPLE SIZES, ie; Perfume Petites, mini sizes. Sale valid at etsy show only.

Use code: CHRISTMASJULY

Sale starts now! 

New Scents Coming!

We have been so busy here at Debaucherous that new scents are overdue!

We have a few new scents coming out at the end of June.They will be available in perfume petite samples this week!



Here they are:


A New Tudor Collection:

Anne Boleyn~

Golden Sweet Honey, Tonka Bean, the faintest hint of Darjeeling tea, a drizzle of apricot nectar and pink English Roses.


Tudor Rose~

Beautiful Pink Damask Roses, Rose Geranium, White Magnolia lends it's zesty citrus note with a heady undertone and Frozen Spruce.



Henry VIII~

Gifts for the King from around the world.

French Jasmine Petals, Indian Sandalwood, Baltic Amber, Moroccan Rose and Patchouli from Singapore.




New Editions to our Hawaiian Summer Love Collection:

Waikiki~

Freshly Cracked Coconut Milk, Zesty Grapefruit, Oahu Grown Pineapples, Sweet Mangoes,  Papayas, Salty Air and Sea Moss.




Big Island~

Juicy Sweet Melons, Zesty Lime and Lemon, Golden Pineapples, Warm Wood and Vanilla Beans on a bed of Star Jasmine and Yellow Hibiscus.


Lahaina~

Sweet Mandarin, Night Blooming Jasmine, Vanilla Orchids, Indian Sandalwood, Palm Trees and Tropical Breezes.


Kauai~

Island grown lemons, Heady Pikake, Juniper, Sun bleached Driftwood, Salty Sea Air and Sweet Musk.



And a couple new editions to our Summer Fair Collection:


Tilt-a-Whirl~

Cotton Candy, Blood Oranges, Black Tea, Woods.



Mermaid Waters~

Salt Water Taffy, Sea Moss, Ocean Air, Coconut Milk, Juicy Peach and Dark Resins.


Bright Lights, Dark Nights~


Spun Sugar, Resinous Vanilla, Bubble Gum, Red Amber and Dark Woods.

Latest Additions

More stock will be added to our etsy shop throughout the week. The website we are still working on and should be completed by the end of the month.

The following items will be added to the etsy shop:

Marshmallow Lavender BS/WS/Lotion
Cherry Bomb BS/WS/Lotion
Belle Miele BS/WS/Lotion
Hedonistic BS/WS
Dr Jekyll BS/WS
Mr Hyde BS/WS
Debaucherous Amber BS/WS
Voodoo Black BS/WS
Bayou Blue BS/WS
Moonshine BS/WS
Caterpillars Smoking Pipe BS/WS
Mad Alice Lotion/Perfume
The Drunken Hatter BS/WS/Perfume
A Very Merry UnBirthday BS/WS/Perfume
Cinderellas Glass Slipper BS/WS
Pfeiffer Beach BS/WS/Perfume
Big Sur BS/WS/Perfume
California Coast BS/WS/Perfume
Can Can Girl BS/WS
Maleficent BS/WS
Gunslinger BS/WS/Lotion
Bootlegger BS/WS

USPS

We thought you'd like to get an update in regards to the flat rate envelopes we'd been using. We have spoken with our local USPS and for the time being, we can still ship the usps boxes tucked inside the flat rate envelopes. There is no real clarification in regards to shipping in this manner and until USPS has a formal announcement stating otherwise, we are still shipping in this manner.

Please note that USPS international rates increased on May 31st. First class rates increased as well, more info below:

Info on the 2015 USPS Postage Rate Increase

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement new postage rates on May 31, 2015 for several mail classes and special services.

Summary of the 2015 Postage Rate Increase:

Domestic:

• First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) will remain the same at $0.49 when purchased at the Post Office. Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (up one cent from 2014).
• The discounted “Metered Mail” category for First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.), which includes online postage providers and postage meters, will increase from $0.48 to $0.485 in 2015.
• First Class Flats (1 oz.) will stay the same at $0.98 in 2015. Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (up one cent from 2014).
• Postcard rates will increase by one cent to $0.35 from $0.34.
• Media Mail will see an increase of 6.2% in 2015. Rates will start at $2.72 (1 lb.), up $0.03 compared to 2014.
• Parcel Select (non-presort) will see an increase of 9.8% in 2015. Rates for a 1 lb. package will begin at $5.70.
• Parcel Select rates are decreasing for heavier packages. Packages weighing 6 lbs. to 24 lbs. that are being shipped to Zones 1 – 4 will see a decrease of up to $9.35 per package (15 lb., Zone 4) in 2015.
• First Class Package Service will see an increase of 5.1% in 2015. Commercial Base (online postage) rates will start at $2.04 (1 oz.), up $0.11 compared to 2014.
• Priority Mail rates are NOT INCREASING in 2015. Commercial Base (online postage) rates will continue to start at $5.05.
• Priority Mail Express rates are NOT INCREASING in 2015. Commercial Base (online postage) rates will continue to start at $13.09.
• USPS Tracking when purchased online will cost $0.36 in 2015, compared to $0.23 in 2014.

International:

• Postage for First Class Mail International Letters (1 oz.) and postcards will increase by five cents from $1.15 to $1.20.
• First Class Package International Service will see an increase of 7.2% in 2015. Commercial Base (online postage) rates will start at $6.39 (1 oz.), up $0.23 compared to 2014.
• Priority Mail International will see an increase of 5.5% in 2015. Commercial Base (online postage) rates (for all countries except Canada) will start at $32.63 (1 lb.), up $0.70 compared to 2014.
• For Priority Mail International packages being shipped to Canada, zoned prices based on origin ZIP Code have been introduced. Commercial Base (online postage) rates for a 1 lb. package will begin at $26.75.
• Priority Mail Express International will see an increase of 6.7% in 2015. Commercial Base (online postage) rates will start at $35.53 (0.5 lbs.), up $2.29 compared to 2014.

June Fragrance of the Month

Fragrance of the Moth

 Rapunzel

This free perfume petite is with every order of $25.00 or more in addition to the free perfume petite sample included with every order of $10.00 or more. 

Long Time No Post

It's been awhile since we posted. Lori has been busy handling all the customer service and doing a great job at that, while updating facebook, instagram and working on our newsletters, that's a lot to handle!

A few updates. TAT has been going quite smoothly. 4-5 business days is the standard at this time. It looks like by Monday we'll be back to 2-3 business days, but this can change at any time.

The updated website is about ready and will launch in about 2 weeks. We are working on adding all the product over to the newer version. Accurate shipping quotes will be available then as well.

Fragrance of the month will be announced shortly.

New products and scents are coming soon. A date is tentative at this time.

What to look forward to:

Custom Blended Perfumes
Wax Tarts (will be available in limited scents)
Hair Care Products
Mens Line
Solid Perfumes
Face/Skincare Products
Limited Summer Scents and a sneak preview of the new fall line up will be announced next month

Be sure to join our email list for all the latest!

Free Shipping

Free shipping is going on now at our etsy shop and website. Free shipping on orders of $35.00 or more. Use code: FREESHIPMOM

Offer expires Sunday, May 10th, 2015.

Have a happy Mothers day!!! 

Etsy

Our etsy shop is finally back up and running!

Current TAT is at 3-5 business days! 

Thank you for your patience!

New Scents, Products and More

We are still working on the issues with etsy and hope to have a resolution this week. In the meantime, you can still order from the website. If there is something you are looking for not listed on our website, email us.

At the moment, our website is not relfecting first class rates and we are working on getting that corrected. 

Our current TAT is an exciting 2-3 business days! Woohoo!

We are expecting our new look to launch sometime next week. We're so excited, shipping will be upgraded and live, accurate shipping quotes will be available. We have also offered another shipping option, FedEx! 

We have new, very limited edition scents coming this month, exclusively in perfume. A few are all natural with beeswax absolute, coconut pulp CO2, Bulgarian Rose and more. These will be very rare and very limited to stock on hand. We also will be releasing a new mens line, and just in time for Fathers day. More details in this weeks newsletter. Be sure to sign up here: 

Debaucherous Bath Newsletter

Summer is almost here, which means our summer scents will be making their appearance this week on the website. These are from our past collections, a Debaucherous Summer and our Aloha Ipo collection. New summer scents will be making their debut later this month, which includes a Tudor collection as well as many others.

We also have new products debuting later this month as well. More details in this months newsletter.

We will be closed for the Memorial weekend, beginning Friday May 22nd. We will return Tuesday May 26th. The website will remain open during this time.

We hope you have a fabulous day!

The DB Dolls

UPDATE with USPS

We have been able to continue to ship the remainder of the flat rate packages for the time being. But all orders from here on out will not be shipped with the flat rate envelopes.

In the meantime, we are excited to say we have set up a temporary feature for shipping on our website. This is available until we update our website next month with it's updated look and features. We hope this makes shopping easier for you. 

Please note, at this time it does not reflect the Regional A and B boxes as well as medium and large flat rates. But shipping is pretty close with those priority mail rates and this should help quite a bit compared to the system we used previously. As always, any overages will be refunded if needed. Again, this is a temporary fix until the update is fully completed on May 8th.

USPS Flat Rate Envelopes-UPDATED

We feel like screaming at the top of our lungs. We came back from a run to our local post office this morning only to find out, that all packages that are in the flat rate envelopes have been rejected and are no longer being accepted as of 4 weeks ago and are either to be rejected or returned to the sender unless they are completely flat.

We checked our po box to see if any came back and sure enough, there were quite a few. All packages that went out last week are going to be reshipped in the correct boxes and everyone will be receiving new tracking numbers as e receive them back. We apologize for the HUGE inconvenience this has caused everyone and ask that you please be patient while we do this. 

This should not take us too long to repackage the orders, but may take a few days for your packages to be returned to us if it hasn't already. We will also be sending out a mass email informing everyone of this.


We cannot tell you how many times we have received items like this and have shipped without issue, as far as we knew it was not a problem. We were never told we couldn't after all this time we have been shipping in this manner.

We feel this may be the reason we have had such a huge problem with USPS and the delay on shipping that reflects on us as a business.

This also means we can no longer ship for a flat rate up to 6 jars to our international customers.

Per usps.com:

Note: Flat Rate prices are available when material is sent in a USPS-produced Flat Rate Envelope or Box. When sealing a Flat Rate Box or Flat Rate Envelope, the container flaps must be able to close within the normal folds. Tape may be applied to the flaps and seams to reinforce the container; provided the design of the container is not enlarged by opening the sides and the container is not reconstructed in any way.  

Other than this bit of information, we could not find anything else in regards to exact thickness of the flat rate envelopes in the domestic mail manual regarding flat rate eligibility. There is clearly no rule with regards to thickness. If anyone has any other information, please feel free to email us. Rest assured, we will continue to look into this. We have been finding conflicting information all over the internet about some post offices not accepting while others do. We will also be putting in a call to USPS on Monday as again, as far as we know there are no restrictions on this type of shipping.

And if it is deemed that these packages are acceptable, we will be opening a consumer affairs case against the postmaster.

Anyhow, because of this, we acted quickly and are currently in the process of switching our website over to another hosting company that offers real time shipping quotes.

Our designer has told us to expect to go live with this new "look" and shipping feature by May 8th. 

In the meantime, as always, we always refund shipping overages. Also, international customers, we will invoice you for correct shipping charges BEFORE your order ships.

Feel free to email us first before placing an order for shipping quotes.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this frustrating time.

TAT

We are so excited to announce we have completed nearly 100 orders from both the shop and etsy that was placed while we were on vacation/hiatus!  Yay!!!

Now our current turn around time is at 2-3 business days. This weekend I will be updating all inventory and adding more items to the website. Still working on the etsy issue and should have it resolved soon.

We thank you for your patronage and your patience!

Etsy

We are having a few issues with our etsy shop at the moment. In the meantime, all orders are still being processed and we will update tracking as they leave. Our website is still open and you may place orders there for the time being. We will be updating the website this week to reflect current inventory.

The etsy shop will be updated asap as well.

Thank you!

 

We are back!

We are back from our 4 week vacation!  The shop and website will be updated this evening. All orders placed during the vacation will be processed and shipped as quickly as possible.

Lori will be working on convos and emails by this evening.

Thank you to everyone for their patience while we took a much needed break!

Happy Spring!!!

Current Update

We are working on the last of the etsy orders and will have all out by Wednesday. So exciting! There is nothing like that sense of relief and peace of mind. :-)

If your tracking has not updated from Fridays shipments, please be patient. Usps does not always updatd tracking and it seems to be a well known issue within the etsy community forums. We are keeping an eye o them as always. ;-)
 
Lori will be working on convos and emails tonight as I work on the remainder of the orders.


Please keep in mind, beginning Monday, Match 16th, you will still be able to place an order, but it just won't be processed until we return, April 13th.

As always, we thank you for your patronage and your patience!

Website Orders

Woohoo! All orders from the website have been shipped. We will be updating tracking via paypal tonight.

Thank you so much for your for your patience!

Quick Update

Just a quick update, we are working rather quickly over here and should have all orders out no later than Monday. As always, depending upon the volume of orders by the weekend for our vacation, the TAT can change, but again, we are working on a good flow here and would expect no later than Wednesday, worse case scenario.

We are also working on convos and emails. It seems many emails from the website were not coming through and we are trying to work on that. 

If you are trying to contact us, please email us directly at debaucherousbath[at]gmaildotcom instead of using the website.

Thank you for your patience!

Tax Season, Vacation Notice and a Sale???

Well, tax season is upon us and with that a much needed break. So beginning at the end of March we will be taking a few weeks off to do our taxes, inventory and take a little vacation (yes, a real vacation!).

Both the website and etsy shop will remain open, but, it will reflect a 4 week TAT in which orders will not be processed during that time. We will be closed for vacation beginning March 16th. Orders received during that time will not begin to be processed until we return Monday, April 13th, 2015. By this time we will begin to debut our summer collections.

Due to the fact that we will be away on a real vacation (to which I am so excited about!) we will not be available via email or convo from March 30th, until April 7th. We will however, be available via convo and email before the 30th and after the 7th, so no fear! ;-)

All orders received before March 16th will be processed and shipped out accordingly. 

In the meantime, how about one of our semi annual sales? Yep, here's the details!

Valid at the etsy shop only, beginning Sunday, March 8th until Tuesday March 10th.

Not valid on clearance items, sale items, specials, samples and perfume petites.

Sale valid on full size products only, orders containing samples with discount will be voided. You may place a separate order for samples and we will be more than happy to combine your orders, just be sure to include a little note for us. Sale Not valid on rush fees. To keep TAT running smoothly, no custom listings while sale is running, we thank you for your understanding.

OK, the sale! And this is a big one!

Any size order receives 5% off with code: ALOHADB5

Orders of $25.00 or more receive a free lip balm, choose between Blossom or Lemon Drop (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST). State your choice at checkout.

Orders of $50.00 or more receive 10% off with code: ALOHADB10

Orders of $150.00 or more receive 20% off with code: ALOHADB20

This is your chance to stock up as there will not be another sale until the Fall season.

As always, we thank you for your patronage and for your patience!

Have a fabulous weekend!









 

Fragrance of the Month

March Fragrance of the Month:

Lychee Bubble Tea

 
This free perfume petite is with every order of $25.00 or more in addition to the free perfume petite sample included with every order of $10.00 or more. 

 

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I am beyond heart broken. Words cannot describe my feelings at this moment for the loss of my cat. He passed away today at a few weeks shy of turning 17. He always followed me everywhere, talking to me, keeping me warm. My best friend. I am so sad.

TAT

Good evening!

A few updates, if you received a shipping notice today, our lovely mail carrier (and not our regular one) arrived earlier than scheduled so a majority of the packages missed todays cutoff. But they will be leaving tomorrow. Which brings us to the updated TAT. I am so *EXCITED* to announce, we are caught up!!!!! With just a few more orders to go we will be back at 2-3 business days beginning Monday. I am so excited. It's been a long time since we've been able to catch up like this. But Lori and I have been hustling over here like mad women!

So, all the new scents have been added in lotions so far, some perfumes. Since we have been here working round the clock I haven't had a chance to add the remainder of the items, which btw, I know it's past Valentines Day, but better late than never, right? ;-) So, I will be adding the remainder of the items over the weekend. I'm also going to take some time to work on inventory and repenish many items that are out of stock.

Also, a friendly reminder, some scents are being retired. They are:

Stanko
Twilight Night
Can Can Girl
Cinderella's Carriage (will return in the Fall)
Drink Me (will return in the Fall)

We cannot thank you enough for your continued patience!

Have a fabulous weekend!

February Fragrance of the Month

February's Fragrance of the month is:

Mad Alice
 

This free perfume petite is with every order of $25.00 or more in addition to the free perfume petite sample included with every order of $10.00 or more.

Quick Update

So it seems that we can never catch a break over here. My family and I came down with a horrible stomach bug, each one of us slowly, one by one over the course of 10 days. There are 6 of us here, we are just glad it has finally passed. Lori took over and did all that she could during this time to which I am so blessed to have her around.

In the meantime, the Valentines collection has been delayed due to this. I am finally on the mend and we are making headway on all the orders. I am using this beautiful Sunday to process as many orders as I can get done while Lori has the weekend off, bless her heart. With the progress we are making, I estimate that by mid week, we will be back to a 2-3 business day TAT. This may change depending on the volume of orders that come in. It seems that from early fall (or usually late summer) until valentines day is a pretty busy time for us. 


The valentine collection will be added to the website by Monday and etsy by mid week.

In regards to samples, Lori and I receive many inquiries as to purchasing samples in lotions, whipped soaps and the scrubs. aside from the perfume petites already offered. These samples can be found on our website. To keep TAT down we will be minimizing the amount of custom listings for these items since not all are listed in our etsy shop. But they can be found on our website.

We are also working on providing a better preforming website for you. This will have real time shipping costs for both US and international customers, inventory control and more payment options. We anticipate to have this launched by late spring or early summer.

As always, we cannot thank you all enough for your patience and the kind words we receive via convo, email and your messages with your orders. Thank you so much for being so kind to us!!


Have a fabulous day and if you are a die hard fan like we are, don't miss the walking dead tonight!
 

January Fragrance of the Month

January's Fragrance of the month is:

Doll Parts

Free perfume petite with every order of $25.00 or more in addition to the free perfume petite sample included with every order of $10.00 or more.

New Winter & Valentine Scents

We will begin to restock our regular line items next week. I will also be listing valentine scents next week from past collections. New scents will be making their debut January 26th. I can't wait! The inspiration for the new valentine scents came from my love of sweets (paleo sweets that is). So the new line will be more of a bakery line with a debaucherous twist of course!


Some scents that we normally carry in perfume only will be making their debut into other products soon, they include:

Marshmallow Lavender
Mr Hyde
Dr Jekyll
Hedonistic


New Scents that are coming soon:

Valentine Collection:


Blue Winged Angel~ Blackberries, White Cake, Hungarian Lavender, Precious Woods and a tincture of Patchouli.

Cherub~ White Cake, Fluffy Pink Marshmallow Creme, Sugared Violets and Tonka Bean.

Bleeding Heart~ Red Velvet Cake, Buttercream Frosting, Blood Red Roses, Vintage Wine.

Trinkets~ Stark White Lilies, Antique Lace, Sweet Musk, Soft Violets, Night Blooming Jasmine and Vanilla Bean.


Blush~ Golden Peaches, Aged Vanilla Beans, soft pink roses with a touch of tonka bean.


Secret Admirer~ Sweet Tart Candies, Sugar Cookies, Buttercream Frosting, Candied Cherries and a Dusting of Cocoa Powder.

Cocoa Rose~ Dark French Chocolat, Red Velvet Roses, a hint of rosewater and dustings of cocao powder.

Angelic~ Fluffy White Clouds, Soft Powder, English Lavender and crushed white rose petals.



Additions to the Wonderland Collection:

Mad Alice~ Peach, Cardamom, Marshmallow, Honey and a dash of White Wine


The Drunken Hatter~ Aged Oak Barrel Rum, Pink Grapefruit, Fresh Ginger Root and White Amber.

A Very Merry UnBirthday~ Freshly Baked White Cake, Lemon Curd, Matcha Green Tea Frosting Sprinkled with Jasmine Petals.



Winter Collection:

Winter Rose~ Stark Red Velvet Roses, Freshly Fallen Snow, Fir Needle, Egyptian Amber and a Wicked Incense.

Hearthside~ Buttery Butterscotch, Crunchy Toffee, Creamy Vanilla, Freshly Brewed Coffee by a Warm Fire.

Frozen~ A Single White Magnolia, Freshly Fallen Snow, a hint of blue mint and powdery vanilla.



Perfume petites in these scents will be available January 23rd. The collections will make their debut January 26th.
 

Seasonal Scents Update

Current TAT is now 5-7 business days.

All Christmas and Fall/Halloween scents are no longer available in any sample form as these scents will be retiring until Fall/Christmas, this includes perfume petites as well.

Some scents will be retiring very soon, they include:

Stanko
Spider Silk (this will only be offered during the Fall season)
Twilight Night
Drink Me
Can Can Girl
Cinderella's Carriage (this too will return in the Fall) 

Fall, Halloween and Christmas scents will be available until sold out. They will not come back until next Fall/Winter. This includes:

Headless Horseman
Prized Pumpkin
Pretty Red Apple
Wild Apple Tree
Madame Violca's Midnight Carnival
Pumpkin Regal
Aunt Hattie Mae's Sweet Potato Pie
Charles Dickens
Peppermint Bark
Candy Cane
Black Cat
The Pumpkin Head Girls
Halloween Pin Up
Raven
Autumn Heirloom
Harvest Porridge
Indian Summer
Bewitching Hour
Coyote Red
Samhain
Pumpkin Lavender 
Autumnal Equinox
Thanksgiving 1893
Blackberry Hill
Naughty Mrs Claus
Gluhwein
Cookies for Santa
Lebkuchen
Glucksschwein
Yuletide
Kiss Under the Mistletoe
Grandma Lee's Eggong
Sankt Nikolaus
The Victorian Queen
Christmas Carol
Spiked Coffee
Stollen

Have a fabulous week!

Happy New Year & 2015 Policies Update

I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday! I was able to rest a tad, aside from visiting family, we all got sick. Always lovely, although we did get our flu shots, that can't hold back getting colds. But we are all on the mend thank goodness! This is just one of the perks of being a large family. ;-)

I just wanted to let everyone know there have been a few changes this year to the way we are doing things around here. This is going to be a long post. :-(

As a result to sample and coupon abuse this past busy season, we have been forced to make a few changes sadly.

I feel like such a scrooge in doing this, but after much consideration and talking it over with my business attorney, a revised business plan was put into place effective January 1st, 2015. Part of that plan involves how coupon codes and samples will be issued/given.

There will be less coupon codes/sales this year. For one, any type of sale seems to slow us down dramatically, resulting in letting customers down, which we do not want. We want to give you the best experience at Debaucherous Bath.


At the same time, it just seems that not many are reading the policies, or even the disclaimer when it is right next to the coupon code/sale itself. Coupon codes/sales do not, have not and will not ever apply to samples. The work that goes into making each sample on top of the costs for the ingredients is time consuming, to which the sample is already discounted. Our products are not mass produced, we are a small handmade business that hand makes each and every product myself alone, up until this past season, with Lori helping out with the packaging, shipping and customer service. It's just not feasible to offer discounts on already discounted samples.On top of that, etsy just does not have a feature where we can eliminate the samples from the coupon codes.

Which leads us to when and how many sales a year we will be offering. We have contemplated long and hard on this one and have decided that sales/coupon codes will only occur twice a year (semi annual). There may be a time where we will make an exception to the rule and have one due to inventory, etc. But at this time, they will only happen twice a year. This will help in keeping the TAT faster which in turn will allow us to provide you, the customer, with exceptional service.

Which leads us to the coupon codes that have been issued previously, these codes will be valid until the end of the month. So those that have the codes will still be able to use them until January 31st, 2015.

Samples, every order of $10.00 or more will recevie a free perfume petite sample, of your choice, with the exception of the followig scents:

Debaucherous Amber
Hedonistic
The Queen Bee
Rumpelstiltskin
Big Bad Wolf
Beguiling Violette
Golden Frankincense
Chocolade
Bella Miele
Chanteuse
Apothecary Rose
Arctic Wolf

The above listed scents are not included due to the costs in formulating them.  These scents are made with CO2's, absolutes, resins and essential oils that are much more costly and are already discounted as samples for purchase.

The fragrance of the month perfume petite sample will still be offered with any purchase of $25.00 or more.

Another issue we came upon in the past year, lip balm tubes. We had quite a few complaints about the tubes twisting up but not back down. After much discussion with our supplier, these are not made to go back down like a lip stick tube does. So therefore, there is no defect with the lip balm tubes themselves.The lip balm tubes are made to twist as needed. 
 

As always, we thank you for your patronage and for your understanding.