In my opnion a difference is to be made between two types of situations.
A test kit that is offered either free or at reduced pricing is one thing. It’s like a clinical trial. It’s a cooperation between the manufacturer and the user and a contract by the same token.
Since the manufacturer is partly or entirely funding the research he has the absolute right to ask for certain things in exchange. That’s the way they do it in clinical trials as well. The patient has to commit to certain obligations. In this case they could be:
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I agree for the test to be blind, so that I do not inject my own bias as to what some products might do.
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I agree to give accurate and full reports (a schedule / minimum number of reports can be part of the requirement as well).
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The manufacturer could even set up “experiment requirements”. Such as:
- Day one - x number of sprays of my product only.
- Day two - x + 1 number of sprays of my product only.
etc.
The second scenario is where the user buys a product. I totally understand the concept of trade secrets, proprietary information etc.
But I think that the one and only information that would go 90% towards making users happy is - the none content! What is the concentration of the combined none and none-like ingredients? That’s all. Let’s face it none is like little sticks of dynamite in there. No-one wants to risk an OD of none either at work or at home.
I’ve been planning to dig up the link to some research articles I read about none. If what they said was true, I’d tip-toe around that stuff if I were a guy. Off of the top of my head it said something like: Women found the smell of none (even covered up) unpleasant and at best neutral. The only time it was rated as neutral was when they were ovulating. Makes sense when you think about it.
But I’ll save my further ramblings on this subject for a different thread maybe?