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why is it good to save the box

post #1 of 20
2/1/07 at 8:19pm
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why do people care about the box... I want to throw all mine away excpet maybe some really cool ones like no 88 or amouage. all they do is take up space. of course the ones autographed by tom ford and fred malle aren't going anywhere.

butI"m itching to throw out all my boxes.

but what are they good for you could use one to send to someone you hate and put a can of tuna inside.
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post #2 of 20
2/1/07 at 8:34pm
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Originally Posted by supermarky

excpet maybe some really cool ones like no 88 or amouage.

yeah....others feel your feeling with no88 with their scents...

it just like piling up with stuff as a collection

if you want just mail your boxes to me...or at least recycle them....
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post #3 of 20
2/1/07 at 8:53pm
What are the boxes good for? Why, to keep the perfume bottles in, of course! ;-)
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post #4 of 20
2/1/07 at 8:59pm
I love my amouage arcus box, but for the most part, I save the boxes in the event I later desire to sell them on ebay!

TNMA
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post #5 of 20
2/1/07 at 9:03pm
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post #6 of 20
2/1/07 at 9:03pm
I have been keeping all of mine because should I ever trade away some of my scents or sell them, their new owner might like to have them to store their bottles in.

I tend to keep most boxes / packaging, particularly if it's something I "collect" - my other obsession that's just about as expensive as this one is yo-yo's. The last one I bought was about $90 and came in a nice cylindrical tin that was worth keeping (haha yes, there are $90 yo-yos and even $300+ "niche" yo-yos too!), but I keep the ones for the $40-$70 ones too - just in case I ever decide to throw em on Ebay a few years from now.

Aside from that, should I ever decide to move - boxes are ALOT easier to pack than a bunch of loose bottles, not to mention safer.
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post #7 of 20
2/1/07 at 9:25pm
boxes make suave Ash trays...

esp the JPG Le Male one...
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post #8 of 20
2/1/07 at 9:38pm
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Originally Posted by ifconfig

What are the boxes good for? Why, to keep the perfume bottles in, of course! ;-)

You are a genius!!
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post #9 of 20
2/1/07 at 9:41pm
Cuz they look purdy...
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post #10 of 20
2/1/07 at 10:07pm
In my case, I'm using the boxes so my scents are rarely exposed to light (and yeah, some boxes look really good). I have a bunch sitting in a drawer and a few in a closet, and whenever I open either of those storage places, the frags are still nice and dark .
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post #11 of 20
2/1/07 at 10:09pm
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Originally Posted by supermarky

but what are they good for you could use one to send to someone you hate and put a can of tuna inside.

Hahahaha... That one made me laugh. The weight of the tuna can would throw them off perfectly! "OMG I am opening a box of Malle from supermarky...oh wait, it's just Bumble Bee Tuna. "

I like to keep the boxes in case I decide to swap or sell later. I also just like the look of the boxes. I keep them in a larger box in the closet, but my Malle, L'Artisan, and Lutens boxes stay on a shelf near my fragrance collection where I can see them.
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post #12 of 20
2/1/07 at 10:13pm
I found out reading this thread why I'm saving the boxes. They custom fit your bottles in case you want to move the whole lot!!
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post #13 of 20
2/1/07 at 10:52pm
Yea I would save the boxes too.

They come in handy when moving, or when taking a bottle with you while traveling. They are also useful when swapping or selling - quite a few people prefer boxes (and caps).
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post #14 of 20
2/2/07 at 12:26am
well
just in case any of you guys or gals might want to trow away your box
send 'em to me....
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post #15 of 20
2/2/07 at 12:54am
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Originally Posted by zztopp

Yea I would save the boxes too.

They come in handy when moving, or when taking a bottle with you while traveling. They are also useful when swapping or selling - quite a few people prefer boxes (and caps).

Ditto!
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post #16 of 20
2/2/07 at 1:44am
I always keep the boxes, because they protect the perfume. All of my pure parfums are still stored that way. This way you can also stack them or arrange them like books in a drawer/shelf (which cannot be said for the oddly shaped bottles themselves!).

For spray bottles, I keep the boxes too, because when I travel I store them that way in my suitcase. This protects them from breaking etc.

Some packaging is unusual, and I always am fascinated by the different packaging solutions of different perfume companies.

And than - some fragrance collectors value the boxes for whatever reasons and if you are ever to swap the bottle away, they may prefer to have the box as well.

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Originally Posted by fredricktoo

I found out reading this thread why I'm saving the boxes. They custom fit your bottles in case you want to move the whole lot!!

That's another very good reason! It's easier to pack them this way and it will also protect them from breakage. A lot harder to pack individual "bare" bottles.

I am all for keeping the boxes, in case you haven't noticed yet...
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post #17 of 20
2/2/07 at 1:58am
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oh what to do?!

well certain bottles I know I will never swap and my frags are in a nice lugubrious place without any direct natural light.

I think a simple basenoters fetish for all things perfume related extending to the boxes is a big factor more than people actually planning to move. I just find space is at a premium for me. I need to have a garage sale for a lot of things I never use anymore. . .

I can be charitable but I don't think I'm angelic enough to bother with sending my unwanted boxes to the boxless. . ..
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post #18 of 20
2/2/07 at 2:26am
The thing about boxes, is that, no matter how dark it is inside your lugubrious space, it is so much darker inside the boxes inside your lugubrious space! So, for longevities sake, you should keep everything inside its original box. The darker it is the longer they will keep.
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post #19 of 20
2/2/07 at 2:49am
If you feel that compelled to throw them away then you probably should. They won't be worth as much money. Obviously you need to keep them in a cool place away from light.
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post #20 of 20
2/2/07 at 3:53am
All of my bottles live in their boxes in order to protect them from the light. Some scent molecules break down in sunlight (damascones, the rosy/plum molecule in YSL Paris, Nahema and Nombre Noir decay into something quite different in sunlight; most miniatures of Nombre Noir these days smell nothing like the original because of that effect. Sadly, this includes the miniature that I picked up last year at a flea market.) I've read that you only need several hours' exposure to sunlight to irreversibly change the nature of a particularly sensitive perfume...and I've never exposed any of mine to the light for long enough to find out! My collection's very precious to me, and I treat it accordingly.

I am not as anally retentive about this as one of my friends, who has a small refrigerator for her perfumes. "What's for lunch? Cuir de Russie."
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