General
We try to ship the same day we receive your order--though some orders received late in the day may go out the following day. 

Within US
We ship first class mail or priority mail within the U.S. and include delivery confirmation.  If you want insurance, that is an extra charge --Please email us to get the additional charge.  After shipping hundreds of packages, we have had no significant problems.  No packages have been lost and all seem to reach their destination in a timely manner.

International
For international orders, we normally ship air parcel post.  Again, we have had hardly any problems.  Most packages arrive in about 10 days to 2 weeks.  After shipping to most parts of the world, we have not had one package lost.  Insurance is available, but isn't all that practical as we must file the claim and only after 45 days have passed.  One drawback to air parcel post is that there is no tracking number and it doesn't get high priority when passing through customs.

Global express and Guaranteed global express are also options:  Guaranteed global express is extremely expensive, but is guaranteed to arrive very quickly.  Global express is much less expensive and should arrive in about 5 or 6 days depending on the destination.  In both cases, there is a tracking number.  The larger the package, the smaller the cost difference between air parcel post and global express.  For a 4 lb package, global express is about 50% higher than air parcel post, but for a 20 lb package, it is only about 10% higher.  If you need something and want some assurance that it is probably going to arrive quickly, global express is probably a good option.  If this is what you want, be sure to ask us to quote you this price.

Update: October 12
We have just had 2 packages which took an extreme amount of time to get through Canadian customs and another which was returned to us after two months from Italy.  These were larger packages -- greater than 10 lbs.  We do not know what the problems were with Canada customs and still don't know about Italy.  All 3 packages were sent air parcel post.  With Canada, they may have just been busy -- the packages took over a month to reach their destinations.  Since then, we have sent some packages via global express and they went right through.  With Italy, we have no idea what the problem is.  Again, no package was lost, it just took a long time to reach the destination.  So, if you need your order quickly, it might be wise to use global express.

Combined Shipping Costs
When you buy multiple items, we will combine them in one package to reduce shipping costs for you. 

As the shopping cart cannot calculate what the combined shipping cost will be, there are two (2) ways to do this:

• Order all items and pay the total shipping cost shown.  Once we have made a shipping label through PayPal, we will issue you a refund.  Due to the way PayPal works, we cannot issue a refund until we have printed the shipping label.
• You can send us an email Sally@AccessoriesForFragrances.com with a list of the items and quantities you want.  We will then send you a PayPal money request for the total amount with combined shipping.  This is the method that most of our regular customers use.  When you use this method, please include the following in your email: 1) The item(s) description  2) The quantities 3) The item number.  If there are any items which might be listed in our eBay store, but not in the catalog, you can also include them.