Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Mailing perfume domestically.

Basically what it says on the tin.

I am about to embark on a huge and terrifying purge of my belongings, in part because I need to have less stuff (because reasons), in part because I need to have more money (because related reasons). One of the things I have a startling supply of is BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) perfume.

Does anyone know, from "I have done it and here's how" experience, how to mail perfume/essential oil within the US? I've found both "it's a hazardous material and you can't" and "it's possible, just hard." Well, I need to know how.

Help?
Tags: cleaning my house, shameless plea
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dravenloft

January 30 2016, 02:43:43 UTC 1 year ago

If this was already answered, sorry, but I'm a postal clerk in the US so wanted to give you the proper answer.

1) you can mail perfume. Full stop
2) it it's over 4oz it cannot be air mailed (ergo cannot be mailed internationally), but domestically it can be sent by ground transportation so can be anything up to 70lbs.

Mailing perfume domestically was never not allowed. You just had a clerk either a) daft or b) a jerk. The 4oz rule for air is a recent change. Not so long ago it was like 1 or 2oz iirc, or maybe total ban … doesn't come up much.

The postal service guidelines for this are publicly available as the DMM (domestic mail manual) which is digital and searchable and the IMM (international mail manual …also all moderny)