Where Fragrance Lives

Community Guidelines

Applies to Olfana for Android (com.velanta.olfana) and iOS · Last updated 21 August 2026

Olfana works because members write honestly about what they smell. These guidelines exist to keep that worth reading.

They apply to everything you post: reviews, ratings, posts and captions, comments, lists, layering recipes, your profile and bio, and — when the feature arrives — photographs.

Write honestly

Review what you have actually smelled. Not what you have read about.
Disclose anything you were given. If a bottle, sample, payment or commission influenced your review, say so in the review itself. Undisclosed promotion is the one form of dishonesty that damages a review community fastest, and it is reportable.
Do not manipulate ratings. No rating your own products, no coordinating ratings, no multiple accounts.
Disagree with the fragrance, not the person. “This smells like cleaning fluid on me” is a review. “You have no taste” is not.

Respect other people

Do not post content that:

Harasses, bullies, threatens or intimidates anyone;
Attacks people on the basis of religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, disability or age;
Reveals private information about someone without their consent — address, phone number, workplace, or anything else that identifies them;
Impersonates another person, a brand, or Olfana itself.

Perfume is cultural. Oud, bakhoor, mukhallat and attar carry meaning and history for many members. Discuss traditions with respect, including ones that are not yours.

Keep it lawful and appropriate

Do not post:

Sexual or pornographic content;
Graphic violence or gore;
Content promoting self-harm, eating disorders or dangerous behaviour;
Content promoting or facilitating illegal activity;
Anything encouraging unsafe use of fragrance — ingesting it, applying it to broken skin, or claiming it treats a medical condition.

Child safety. Child sexual abuse and exploitation is absolutely prohibited and is handled separately and urgently. Read our Child Safety Standards for what is banned, how to report it, and our designated child-safety contact.

No selling, no spam

Olfana is not a marketplace.

No selling or advertising bottles, decants, samples or services;
No affiliate or referral links;
No repetitive posting, bulk following, or engagement farming;
No off-topic promotion.

Counterfeits: do not promote, link to, or explain how to obtain fake fragrances.

Photographs — when the feature arrives

Uploading photographs is not yet available. When it is:

Post only photographs you took;
Do not post a brand’s marketing images, a retailer’s product shots, or images found through a search engine — those belong to someone else;
Do not post photographs of people who have not agreed to appear;
Keep them relevant to fragrance.

Note that images in the Olfana catalogue — fragrance and brand pictures — are supplied by brands or licensed by us. They are not member uploads, and these guidelines do not govern them. To raise a complaint about catalogue imagery, see section 8 of the Terms.

Reporting and blocking

If you see something that breaks these guidelines, report it — the option is in the … (More) menu on reviews, comments, posts, lists, layerings and profiles. Tell us what is wrong; the detail box genuinely helps.

You can also block a member. Blocking removes them from your feeds, from search, and from your profile.

What we can promise, and what we cannot. Reports reach us and are recorded, and each one is reviewed by a person. We are still building our review process, so we cannot yet promise a response time, and we do not tell you the outcome of a report about someone else’s content. We would rather say this plainly than commit to a timescale we cannot meet today.

What happens when something breaks the rules

Depending on severity and history, we may:

Remove the content;
Issue a warning;
Limit account features;
Suspend or permanently remove the account.

Serious cases — threats, sexual content involving minors, credible risk of harm — result in immediate removal and may be reported to the authorities.

If you think we got it wrong, contact olfanasupport@gmail.com.

These guidelines will change

The community is new and the guidelines will grow with it. Material changes will be notified in the app.