用oshadhi的花水敷脸实在是心疼，忍不住给av-at 的Butch发了封信，询问传说中10月会到货的花水为何遥遥无期，Butch果然是个信人，几个小时后就给我回了信，解释了原委。回信让我对av-at有了更多的信心，贴上来与JM们分享。

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-10-12 16:37:43编辑过]

Butch同志说，

        below is a note I sent to THREE Hydrosol producers .. none of them have even bothered to reply yet.   This tells me that they are not sure of their products and are too greedy to test them.     I am still looking for proven quality.

It has been my M.O. since 1995 to test our Hydrosols every 90 days at Superior Labs, Inc., Galloway, Ohio .. an authorized testing agency holding Ohio EPA Water Approval No. 890 and USDA Accreditation Number 3983.   The standard for drinking water is a Plate Count of bacteria as high as 500 per 100 ml of pure water .. except for 6 occasions in all those years, the highest plate count we have on any of our Hydrosols was 27 .. FAR MORE PURE than even bottled drinking water.

In all my time in Turkey, I had my own barrels produced new and stamped with my seal .. that effort ensured no contamination.  As you well know, Hydrosols exit the still Sterile .. the only way they can be contaminated prior to reaching an end user is through improper storage (bad barrels) or improper handling while being stored, or if they are cut with water that was not distilled .. or distilled water that was not properly stored.

Three of those 6 occasions mentioned above were early on when I purchased three each different hydrosols from the same foreign producer.  When they arrived I suspected that they would be contaminated because it was obvious that the barrels were NOT new barrels .. I was correct .. they were terribly contaminated with bacteria.  

Of the other three bad results .. one was a short time ago when I purchased a barrel of Lavender Hydrosol from someone .. the test results were the worst I have ever seen .. I would have feared even putting my hand in that Hydrosol.   After some back and forth discussion this seller finally, reluctantly, agreed to reimburse me .. but he wanted the Hydrosol returned .. I paid the return freight .. and .. he sold that contaminated hydrosol.    I will never purchase from him again .. not because he had a contaminated hydrosol .. but because he did not care and allowed greed to get in the way of logic and good business sense.

The other two bad results were our fault .. once during a move we stored our barrels in an area that obviously had some fungal spores .. which, of course, were drawn into the barrels via the vacuum when they were opened.   We dumped the hydrosols.

I wish to purchase a fair amount (probably 100 lbs each) of the following Hydrosols from you:

(Clipped)

What I would want from you is a guarantee that if your hydrosol tests being UNSAFE, you will allow me to return it to you and you will reimburse me.  An alternative would be for you to test your own hydrosols and provide a copy of the test to me.

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-10-11 18:41:30编辑过]

Butch 同志接着表示， 

when I can acquire some proven quality I will notify you.
It will be done .. that is my promise to you.

MS 在给Butch同志做广告，但是这封信实在很让我感动，所以我将继续苦等他家的花水，相信一定有质量保证。

我等倒花儿也谢了。。。。

不过他家不是有lavender么。。

25g……

能用一辈子了……

以下是引用黑眼睛娃娃在2008-10-12 6:46:00的发言：
看不懂看不懂！

总结一下，Butch同志的意思是他一向很重视花水的质量，他此前有6次花水污染情况，3次是从同一家生产商那儿买的，因装的桶不合格，被污染。有两次是自己存放不当造成的，全倒了。还有一次是不久前，买的薰衣草水质量很差，纠缠了半天终于能够退货，无良的商家将退货转卖给他人，Butch同志表示再也不跟他做生意了。鉴于以上教训，他要求供货商在供货前能向他保证如检测质量不合格，准予退货，或向他提供检测说明，但没有一家供货商搭理他，他认为这是因为对方心虚。但他保证会尽快搞定，向我们提供优质花水。

饿。。。。我也是纠结了好久啊。结单之前1天才向他下单。因为之前那个玫瑰特价嘛。。。算起来超级划算的。。就是要最小量买25G。。。。=，=我也估计我这辈子不要买玫瑰精油了

我也收到那个email   不过怎么也下不了手

好像要270哦