Authenticity
What You See Is What Ships
The most common complaint in this category, in one line: it’s about half of what is shown. This page is our answer, built as a system rather than an apology — photos that state their piece counts, listings that name their materials by part, convincing claims that carry a viewing distance, and multi-item orders that pull from a single dye batch. Every rule below is checkable against the product page you are about to order from.
Why an authenticity page exists at all
Artificial flowers are bought from photographs, and the trade has a long history of photographs that volunteer more than the box holds: two garlands woven and shot as one, props in frame that do not ship, colors that exist only in the lighting of the shoot. We built this store’s listing rules directly against those failure modes — each one traceable to a documented buyer complaint in this category, not to a marketing brainstorm. The result is a promise-evidence chain: a claim on the page, a check you can run on the same page, and a photograph that proves the two match.
The four verifiable promises
| We promise | How you verify it | Where it shows up |
|---|---|---|
| Photos state their exact piece count | The count prints on the image itself — a photo of two garlands says two, props are labeled included or not included | Every product image; combo shots carry the corner count |
| Materials disclosed by part | Bloom, leaf and stem each named (silk-blend / real-touch foam / molded PE) — no blanket 'flowers' line | Every listing's materials table; the sample box ships the material families |
| Convincing carries a distance | Claims read 'convincing at three feet' or 'to half a meter on main blooms' — never unqualified | Listing descriptions; the grading table on our quality standards page |
| One order, one dye batch | Multi-item orders pull from a single batch so everything in the box matches; a single-stem daylight swatch ships with sample orders | Order-level guarantee; daylight swatch reference |
The half-meter test
Where buyers get burned on realism is distance: a listing that looks like flowers at a glance and like plastic at arm’s length. Our answer is to state the distance instead of hiding it. Every tier in our grading system reads convincing from three feet — the range of a dinner guest or a doorway view — and close-range pieces (bridal bouquets, boutonnieres) use materials that hold to about half a meter on the main blooms. The macro photograph of leaves beside their blooms is part of the same discipline: greenery one tier cheaper than the flowers it surrounds is the classic tell, so leaves are held to the tier of the blooms they ship with.
None of these photographs are staged beyond their point. The three-distance series shoots the same stem, in the same light, at three distances — no cherry-picked specimen, no angle that flatters what the next angle would expose. The photographs behind these checks carry IDs (E1–E12) and post here with the first physical shoot — no stock stand-ins in the meantime.
Materials, named by part
Silk-blend: fabric petals over wired stems — the workhorse of home arrangements, fabric weave visible up close, shaped leaves. Real-touch foam: soft-touch petals with a latex-like give, wired where the stem bends — the close-range tier for bridal work. Molded PE: injection-molded blooms and greenery built for outdoor exposure and viewing distance. Every listing says which family each part comes from, because ‘silk flowers’ used as a blanket word is how a foam bouquet surprises a silk shopper — the single most avoidable complaint in this trade, and one we designed the sample box to settle before it starts: order the materials first, then commit to the arrangement.
What we will not photograph our way around
- No unqualified realism claims — every convincing statement carries its distance, and handheld-inspection claims are not made.
- No combo photography without the count — multi-item images state their pieces on the image itself.
- No props-in-frame ambiguity — every prop is labeled included or not included.
- No blanket material words — bloom, leaf and stem are named separately, every listing.
- No screen-exact color promises — a daylight swatch reference ships instead, because screens disagree.
- No photo that outperforms the box — if the evidence photograph does not exist, the adjective does not ship.
Run the checks yourself
The sample box puts the material families, the daylight swatch reference and the piece-count discipline in your hands at 20% off — credited back on your next order over $99.