Q: What are your credentials for writing about fragrance? 

A: I don’t have any. I’m not a perfumer. This is my hobby blog. I’ve always been interested in flavors and fragrances. I was the kid that smelled everything. I tried to eat everything. I sold perfume at a department store while I was in college (early 2000s) and this exposed me to the commercial end of fragrances. My love of perfume grew ever more at this time thanks to my job and online communities. I ended up minoring in French because of my perfume obsession and I took a few chemistry classes. I started writing EauMG in 2008 to connect with others that were fragrance hobbyists. Since then I’ve sniffed tons of things, wrote about tons of things, gained some technical words along the way and I’ve even been playing with raw materials. The answer to this question is that this is not only my hobby, but my passion. (I know that sounds corny, I’m sorry).

Q: How do you test fragrances? 

A: I’m a brave one and wear all of the fragrances on skin. Paper is whack. It doesn’t have a soul and perfume wasn’t meant to be sprayed on little strips of paper. I apply the fragrance in the format in comes in. For example, if the full-size bottle has a sprayer/atomizer, I test it by spraying. If the bottle is an oil or cologne splash, I apply by dabbing/splashing. I test fragrances many times before publishing a review. I wear it and take notes. I like to wear it in warm weather, cool weather (indoors/outdoors). On average, I test a perfume 5-10 times before publishing a review.

And my disclaimer is that because of my heritage and who I am, I go through tons of cumin, spices and garlic in a month. I can’t say that this doesn’t affect what I smell like. I’m not giving up kebabs. Ever.

Q: Can our company send you product to review?

A: Yes, please contact me at victoria@eaumg.net. Keep in mind that I work on an editorial calendar and it may take a few months for me to review your product. Sending product does not guarantee a review. I also host giveaways if I think my readers will be interested in the product or service. For my readers, I disclose if a product was provided by PR for review in every post.

Q: Does EauMG accept advertising or use affiliate links?

A: Yes but I rarely have advertisers because I don’t do outreach and don’t use an ad network. Please contact me if you would like to see my media kit. I do not accept “paid” posts or do any paid campaigns. I do use affiliate links and I disclose this in every post if it is applicable. Here’s my deal with affiliate links, I only link to those that I personally buy from such as Nordstrom, Amazon, etc.. I like their products and customer service. I honestly don’t know why I bother with affiliate links as the commission is often less than 5% and I pay taxes on it. I use it to pay for my private hosting of EauMG.

Q: What is your privacy policy?

A: EauMG does not release any personal information shared on this site. Subscription sites are monitored and maintained by third parties and the identity of subscribers is not released. I do not sell your info! For spam concerns, those that comment on EauMG must enter their email address. This is not made public.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: The content on EauMG is protected by applicable copyright laws, which prohibit the usage of any material appearing on this site for commercial purposes. Please respect my work and ask for consent to use any materials. If you would like to pay me to write, contact me and we’ll talk rates. Do not steal my content. I’m OK with linking to it.

DISCLAIMER – EauMG is a  a personal blog created and written by me. I am not paid to recommend anything by anyone and I only write about products that I have sampled myself (and that I’ve sampled many times).

Also, I’m not a medical doctor. Don’t take my recommendations as medical advice.  I am not responsible for any result or consequence of your decision to try a product that I’ve reviewed.

No asshole policy: 

These are all my opinions and this my hobby blog that I write because I enjoy writing it. I may like a fragrance you find repulsive. A skincare item may work for me, but won’t work for you. I may hate your favorite mascara. We all have our opinions and this is one of the reasons why I love to write for this blog! Love to hear your view points. BUT this is my blog and I won’t accept any attacks on myself or other readers of EauMG. It’s fine to say you dislike something, but no direct attacks or name calling. These will be deleted especially if it sounds like a line out of the movie “Idiocracy“. No trolls allowed on EauMG unless they have a jewel in their bellybutton and rainbow colored hair.

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If you would like to contact me, please email me at victoria@eaumg.net. However, my life is swamped and I rarely every check email anymore.