Community, Contributions, and Reporting

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Orrique keeps a shared fragrance catalog that everyone benefits from: brand names, notes, release years, and crowd-gathered averages like how long a scent lasts. This article explains where that shared data comes from, how you can add to it (always your choice), what the “Unverified” badge means, and how to report something that is wrong or inappropriate. Your private journal, your wear history, and your diary are never part of any of this unless you say so.

In short

Everything community is opt-in and tied to this device, so the shared catalog only grows when you choose to share, and your diary always stays private.

Jump to what you came for

Turn sharing on or off

Two toggles in Settings, both off until you turn them on. Go there.

Report or correct an entry

Flag a wrong, offensive, or spammy entry, or suggest a fix. Go there.

See what you shared

A read-only list of your contributions and their status. Go there.

See your reports

Track each report and any curator response. Go there.

Turning sharing on or off

Two settings control whether you take part, and both are off until you turn them on. You will find them in Settings, under Privacy, in the Community section.

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Privacy.
3. Find the Community section.
4. Use the “Contribute to community data” toggle to share anonymized averages.
5. Use the “Help improve the shared catalog” toggle to share catalog facts you fill in.

When you turn on “Help improve the shared catalog,” a short “Community guidelines” message appears. It asks you to agree not to submit offensive, infringing, or knowingly false content, and reminds you that submissions are reviewed and may be removed. Tap “Agree and contribute” to turn it on, or “Cancel” to leave it off.

Turning a toggle off only stops future sharing. It does not pull back anything you have already contributed: past submissions stay logged on your device and stay in the curator review queue.

The two kinds of sharing

There are two separate kinds of sharing, controlled separately, and they are easy to mix up. Here is the difference at a glance.

	Community data	The shared catalog
What it shares	Anonymized averages, such as longevity, projection, and price	Objective facts you fill in (notes, perfumer, release year, and so on)
Reviewed by a curator?	No, it is aggregated anonymously	Yes, a curator reviews before it becomes verified
The toggle	”Contribute to community data"	"Help improve the shared catalog”
Default	Off	Off

In both cases your diary, wear history, ratings, and personal notes are never shared.

The one-time catalog prompt

You do not have to go into Settings to start contributing. The first time you add a bottle with enough detail to be worth sharing (for example, you have filled in notes, the perfumer, or the release year), Orrique shows a simple message titled “Help improve the shared catalog?” It explains that sharing helps everyone’s catalog get more complete, that a curator reviews everything before it is verified, and that your diary stays private. You have two choices:

• Share details: turns on catalog contributions from now on and saves the bottle.
• Not now: saves the bottle without sharing. The default is not to share.

This contextual prompt appears only once. Whether you tap “Share details” or “Not now,” Orrique remembers your choice and will not ask again. You can always change your mind later in Settings, under Privacy.

Reporting a catalog entry or suggesting a correction

If a fragrance’s shared details are wrong, offensive, or look like spam, you can report it from its detail page. The same flow doubles as a way to suggest a fix.

1. Open the fragrance you want to report.
2. Tap the “Options” menu (the three dots) in the top-right toolbar.
3. Tap “Report an issue.”
4. Choose a reason: “Offensive or inappropriate,” “Wrong or misleading information,” “Spam or junk,” or “Something else.” If you choose “Wrong or misleading information,” the screen title changes to “Suggest a correction,” because that reason is also how you propose a fix.
5. Optionally add detail (up to 500 characters). If you chose “Wrong or misleading information,” the field asks “What is correct?” so your report doubles as a suggested fix. The other reasons ask for any optional detail that helps a curator.
6. Tap the submit button. It reads “Submit correction” for a correction, or “Submit report” otherwise.

If your note gets flagged before you submit

Orrique runs a quick, on-device check on the text you typed (not on the entry you are reporting). If your note looks like inappropriate language, spam or a link, all caps, or gibberish, you will see a gentle warning. This is a soft check, never a hard block, and you always have three ways forward:

• Edit your note, and the check runs again.
• Tap the submit button (now labeled “Submit anyway”) to send it as written. A curator will see why it was flagged.
• Tap “Submit without my note” to send the report without your text.

After you submit, you will see “Thanks. A curator will review it,” with a reminder that you can follow it in Settings, under Your reports.

Reporting starts from a fragrance, using its “Options” menu. In this version, reports are filed against a shared catalog entry from that fragrance’s detail page.

Verified and unverified entries

When a catalog entry has been crowd-sourced but a curator has not reviewed it yet, you will see a small orange “Unverified” badge near the fragrance name. In tight spaces it shows as just the icon: a small orange seal. Verified entries are the norm and show no badge at all, so the badge only flags the ones still waiting on review.

The badge is informational. There is nothing to tap, and it does not change how the rest of the app works. An entry becomes verified one of two ways: enough people agree on it, or a curator approves it. Once that happens, the badge goes away. This dual path (crowd agreement or curator approval) is the same one referenced by the statuses in “Your contributions” below.

Tracking what you shared and reported

Following what you have shared

If you have catalog contributions turned on, or have shared something in the past, a “Your contributions” row appears in Settings, under Privacy, in the Community section. It is a read-only list of what this device has shared, with each item’s current status.

What each contribution status means

Status	What it means
Verified	Live in the catalog and confirmed by the crowd or a curator.
In catalog	Live, but not yet verified.
Held for review	Waiting for a curator to approve or reject it.
Published	It was held, then a curator approved it.
Not accepted	It was held, then a curator decided not to include it.
Not shared (check iCloud sign-in)	The upload did not reach the catalog (for example, you were offline or not signed in to iCloud).

Pull down on the list to refresh and pick up the latest status. A contribution can sit at “In catalog” or “Held for review” until the crowd agrees or a curator acts, so it is normal for a status to stay put for a while.

Following your reports

Once you have filed at least one report, a “Your reports” row appears in Settings, under Privacy, in the Community section. It is a read-only list of what this device has reported, newest first, with each one’s status.

What each report status means

Status	What it means
Submitted	Received, the curator has not finished with it.
Needs your input	The curator asked for more detail.
Resolved	Acted on.
Reviewed, no change	Reviewed, but no change was needed.

If a curator left a response, it appears below the report. A report can stay at “Submitted” until a curator works through it. Pull down on the list to refresh and pick up the latest responses.

What to expect

• When you contribute to the catalog, your submission is logged on your device and sent to a curator for review. It does not become verified instantly: it shows as “In catalog” or “Held for review” until the crowd agrees or a curator approves it.
• When you report something, it goes to the curators. The report shows up right away in “Your reports” as “Submitted,” and the status updates as a curator works through it.
• Community averages you opt into are anonymized. Your diary entries, ratings, and personal notes are never shared as part of community data or the catalog.
• The “Unverified” badge simply tells you an entry is still waiting on a curator. It will disappear once the entry is verified.

Good to know

No Pro required

Contributing, reporting, “Your contributions,” “Your reports,” and the “Unverified” badge are all available without a Pro subscription. Free

Tied to this device, not an account

Reports and contributions are tracked by your install, not by an account. Reinstalling the app starts a fresh list, so your past reports and contributions will not appear again on a new install (a footer in “Your reports” notes this). The entries you already submitted still exist in the catalog and the review queue; only your local list resets.

• Everything here is opt-in. Both “Contribute to community data” and “Help improve the shared catalog” are off until you turn them on, and you can turn them off again at any time in Settings, under Privacy. Turning a toggle off stops future sharing only.
• Your diary stays private. Sharing community data or catalog facts never shares your journal, your wear history, your ratings, or your personal notes.
• Statuses need iCloud to stay current. Your local lists always show what you submitted, but curator updates and verification come back through iCloud. If you are offline or not signed in to iCloud, a report may keep reading “Submitted,” and a contribution may read “Not shared (check iCloud sign-in)” until it can sync. This does not mean your local entry is gone, only that the latest status has not arrived yet.
• The text check is on-device. When you report something, the quick check on your own note runs on the device and is a soft hold, never a block. It looks only at the text you typed, not at the entry you are reporting.
• Device differences. Contributing, reporting, “Your contributions,” and “Your reports” are available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The Apple Watch app does not include these forms.

Why contributing helps

Verified catalog facts flow back to everyone. When you (or anyone) fill in a bottle and a curator approves it, those details become available through “Auto-fill missing details” the next time someone adds the same scent, so the whole catalog gets more complete over time. Community averages you opt into are what power the crowd lists in the Discover tab, such as top rated and best value.

Some related crowd features live in other parts of the app, including the Discover tab’s crowd-curated lists, “Smells like” dupe matches, and “You vs the crowd.” The articles below cover those in full.

Related articles

Discover and Dupes Crowd-curated lists, Smells like dupes, and You vs the crowd.

Fragrance Details Where catalog facts show up, and Auto-fill missing details.

Privacy and App Lock What stays private and where the Community toggles live.

iCloud and Sync How statuses and verification come back through iCloud.