The perfume is too damn high
One of my all-time favourite perfumes in INeKE's "Jaipur Chai", to which I was introduced when Beth, who wears INeKE's "Field Notes From Paris" bought a Discovery Set and passed along her sample after testing it once. A smash hit, so Le Duc gave me a full-sized bottle. Photo: Bill O'Such for INeKE Nicked for niche Fast forward a couple of years: bottle on last drops, and INeKE, based in San Francisco, announced a sale. (The regular price is $US 145; it is currently out of stock.) There's an added complication: Because Canada classifies perfume as "dangerous goods" when imported to Canada from the US, it must ground-shipped—even for a single bottle. INeKE charged $US 40 to ground ship via UPS. A week after delivery, UPS sent its own invoice, with these additional charges (all in $CAN): There was zero duty because the product is US-made so complies with the current Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement. However, the Canadian sales taxes (which I e...
