Keep in mind here that re-crafting also takes the history of the reagents into account. So if they send you a re-craft for an item with rank 3 reagents that they originally crafted with all rank 2 reagents, the rank 3s can only replace 40% of the originally-lost skill from not using rank 3s. In that scenario it would take 3 re-crafts to fully max the bonus skill out.
The OP didn’t mention where it was a re-craft or not but that is a possible reason why the craft could not be guaranteed with an Aspect crest and embellishment.
EDIT: Here’s the original developer clarification I’m referring to regarding re-crafts.