I asked you to send a tube to my cousin in Germany, so at the moment I cannot comment on the success of the product yet. However I can comment on the postage situation. I expected to pay extra and did but discovered my cousin had to pay again to uplift the parcel. A bit embarrassing. Also it was in an enormous parcel.I think, in future, I will have the parcel sent to me in NZ and will post on myself, then I can list it as a gift and it would have been delivered to his house with no other charges. A note for others sending or maybe even for your at pure peony. It's possible you didn't know this would happen.