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post #1 of 7
10/30/06 at 4:40am
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had been actually changed together with new packaging, how could I replace it? This is the sad question. The repackaged version seems to my nose to lack the civet note and unfortunately also the drydown. Just the patchouly topnotes are the same, but then only soap in the new version. Is it just an impression of mine or has anyone else also noticed this? Hope to be wrong... Thankyou for the inputs and regards. W
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post #2 of 7
10/30/06 at 4:53am
Yes, the new stuff is pallid and flat and altogether bowdlerized. If you like all that is wonderful about the OLD Gentleman, don't hesitate to try Bond No. 9's wonderful H.O.T. Always -- it's great stuff, and definitively sans the bewildering neutering which Gentleman has recently undergone.
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post #3 of 7
10/30/06 at 4:55am
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Originally Posted by Waldemar

had been actually changed together with new packaging, how could I replace it? This is the sad question. The repackaged version seems to my nose to lack the civet note and unfortunately also the drydown. Just the patchouly topnotes are the same, but then only soap in the new version. Is it just an impression of mine or has anyone else also noticed this? Hope to be wrong... Thankyou for the inputs and regards. W

been a long time since i smelled the original. the new one does smell a little soapy. if it does contain civet it doesn't seem very pronounced.
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post #4 of 7
10/30/06 at 12:22pm
Why are these houses attenuating such magnificent frags. I would love to be able to smell Antaeus and Gentleman in all their potent glory.
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post #5 of 7
10/30/06 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by rompip

Why are these houses attenuating such magnificent frags. I would love to be able to smell Antaeus and Gentleman in all their potent glory.

Lots of reasons. In the time since many of the fragrances were originally concieved, some ingedients may have been found to have harmful side effects, others may just be too costly to source, and still others involve cruelty to animals in order to obtain. In the case of Civet, I suspect the industry has been decimated by the obstructionist efforts of the powerful Crazy Cat Lady lobby.
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post #6 of 7
10/30/06 at 3:07pm
Yeah, I bought a bottle of the new juice and It's indeed less rich than the original (excepting the patchouli note)... I don't know why but I feel some similarity with Ungaro II. Is it due to the civet?
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post #7 of 7
10/30/06 at 4:13pm
check out HOT always by bond 9 if you liked gentlemen, i still detect a strong civet note.
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