I promised myself that I would NOT go nuts and bid the farm on these...and went home wanting to nudge the bidding up!
I'm still sort of sad I didn't win these, but there's a point where I can't justify it. These would essentially be TESTERS for me, not actually something I would wear (I hope).
It's bad enough I'm still addicted to old Lavin My Sin/Mon Peche. Or, that I'm trying to find a good sample of pre-1970's Chanel No. 5, full of its old aldehyde-overload goodness!
What a beautiful collection. I totally understand why you didn't bid higher than that ($200 is a lot of money, after all!) but I wish that you could have, because I would have loved to hear more about how they smell :)
At this point, most of my 'expendable funds' (as few as they are) tend to go to perfume components, like a good oakmoss or pure vanilla oleoresin than actual 'perfumes'...but I was inspired by the book and when I saw so MUCH available yesterday, I think I blew a brain cell
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Tabac Blond: woody floral With Pleasure: not on list Acaciosa: soapy floral (acacia) Pois de Senteur: soapy floral En Avion: anisic floral Poivre: spicy floral
It turns out MOST of these Caron scents ARE still available to the public, but reformulated. Interestingly, and I think these are some of those, that drawing of an urn on the packaging refers to the "perfume urns" or "perfume fountains" that you can go to specific stores (like haute perfumeries in London or Bergdorf Goodman in NYC) and go up to a counter where a helpful Caron representative will take a crystal flacon of whatever size you choose and will fill it from the perfume 'fountains' like that thing pictured. It can run you anywhere from $100 to $4000 per bottle.
So, the person coming away with all those bottles above for $260 got a steal! I'm also now thinking that the more I look at the set, it's likely from the 1980's rather than earlier, so I'm not so upset.
I'm not sure a sniper service would have helped me, since the person snatching out the perfume collection was prepared to go $50 more than I was! "Motivated customer"!!!!
*pouts* Still wants the golden ichor of the gods! *laughs*
Might be! *laughs* Only if that's the case, it should be more white. And splurty!
I found Luca Turin put an index to basic scents of perfumes on his webpage. It's an Excel file. If you ever wondered what some of these designer perfumes smell like, he gives you a head's up.
You should go there and double-click to open it (or save it to your computer at home) and look at some of them. I'd be scared to own the perfume he describes as smelling like "tooth decay"! (Princess)
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I'm still sort of sad I didn't win these, but there's a point where I can't justify it. These would essentially be TESTERS for me, not actually something I would wear (I hope).
It's bad enough I'm still addicted to old Lavin My Sin/Mon Peche. Or, that I'm trying to find a good sample of pre-1970's Chanel No. 5, full of its old aldehyde-overload goodness!
Grey :)
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I totally understand why you didn't bid higher than that ($200 is a lot of money, after all!) but I wish that you could have, because I would have loved to hear more about how they smell :)
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It's an Excel chart on this page: http://www.perfumestheguide.com/Perfumes_The_A-Z_Guide_-_Luca_Turin_and_Tania_Sanchez/Index_Files.html
Tabac Blond: woody floral
With Pleasure: not on list
Acaciosa: soapy floral (acacia)
Pois de Senteur: soapy floral
En Avion: anisic floral
Poivre: spicy floral
G :)
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So, the person coming away with all those bottles above for $260 got a steal! I'm also now thinking that the more I look at the set, it's likely from the 1980's rather than earlier, so I'm not so upset.
Grey :)
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:)
GORGEOUS collection!
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*pouts* Still wants the golden ichor of the gods! *laughs*
Grey :)
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"Golden Ichor of the Gods" sooooo sounds like a euphemism.
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I found Luca Turin put an index to basic scents of perfumes on his webpage. It's an Excel file. If you ever wondered what some of these designer perfumes smell like, he gives you a head's up.
You should go there and double-click to open it (or save it to your computer at home) and look at some of them. I'd be scared to own the perfume he describes as smelling like "tooth decay"! (Princess)
http://www.perfumestheguide.com/Perfumes_The_A-Z_Guide_-_Luca_Turin_and_Tania_Sanchez/Index_Files.html
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