Tribute (1963)
by Avon

I wonder if anyone out there even bothers to look up some of these older discontinued Avon fragrances for men.

If so, if you are reading this then I gotta give you credit, you must be a really curious individual or you are, like me, looking for a real deal.

Tribute is a great find or treasure to discover if you want to find something different to stand out. At first whiff I thought Puig's Agua Lavanda!

Like the review below states there is not much of a drydown, but what I detect, on my skin, is a nice mellowing into something like Caron Pour Un Homme, but yet with a little something else added in there!

It clearly stands out and if you can find yourself a nice unique bottle like the one I found on eBay then give it a shot. I'm a history buff and love old vintage unique items like what Avon offered in the 70's like pistol, globe and other bottles shaped in "manly" forms.

Such an inexpensive fragrance but it lasts so long on the skin.

24th January, 2011.

My sister-in-law sold Avon products back in the day, so of course, for good will in the family I purchased stuff from her. I bought Tribute as a “collector bottle.” It is in the shape of the head of a helmeted Roman centurion (actually, to me it looks more pseudo-Etruscan than pseudo-Roman): dark blue bottle with a chrome helmet. The after-shave opens cologny but quickly settles down to a rather quiet sweet wood accord with a green and floral background in a well-balanced composite accord. It is really quite pleasant in a very ‘60s sort of way – which I can get away with because it smells so good on me – lots of compliments on this one. Of course, as an after-shave it lasts for all of fifty minutes, and it doesn’t have a drydown, but it’s really a pleasant, masculine, ‘60s scent. I still have it after forty plus years (including thirty years in storage). Maybe it’s the nostalgia, but I often find it pleasant to wear and the bottle is so camp. For the memories, for the kitsch bottle, for the compliments, I think Tribute deserves a thumb’s up. (Edit of March 9, 2008 review.)

9th March, 2008. (Last Edited: 5th December, 2010.)