Jade Troth is back

[TheManWithNoName]

I'm still baffled how Gemporia can sell "Natural Cultured" Pearls. The title itself is a contradiction.

If they're cultured, it means an irritant has been put inside the Oyster by human intervention. Therefore, it cannot be natural.

A Natural pearl would be one that has formed without any human intervention whatsoever.

 

[Ant7t]

Cheaper freshwater that take less time to grow and have no place as luxury items. They probably didn’t take the same production hit that sea pearls did during Covid. Gemporia are flogging them as a gap filler at high prices.

They will have big trouble with Akoya which are sea/ considered luxury. Vietnam produces a significant proportion of those now as there is a disease impacting production in Japan, and apparently the nuclear reactor leak post earthquake/tsunami a few years back had an impact on production.

I want far less Dave and his Jade, more Toby and more consistency.

I use Kimbie to pad out my jewelry orders with cheap wax melts etc so the box isn’t so small as to get lost/ squashed. I don’t mind their stuff. Probably Tesco grade. Lighter fragrance compared to high end. The shows are draining though. 1hour on candles is too much, especially when they go for the same price.

I didn't realise Fukushima had an impact on those, not really knowing 'where' in Japan they originate. And have to ask a silly question. Are you Australian Australian or English Australian? As you seem to be knowledgeable about 'English' things, like Tesco