This scent is described on BN directory as discontinued. It is routinely listed as one of the great discontinued frags in forum discussions. In fact, my contrib to one of those discussions led some other BNers (Azsmells and trumpet_guy) to question whether it was discontinued or not.
http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=192599
I went to the horse's mouth and emailed Estee Lauder (the company not the person - even my email account doesn't go that far
). I received a prompt reply from a Mr Cool (I kid you not) of EL Customer Relations.
"Thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your interest in Estee
Lauder.
In response to your e-mail, I wish to advise that JHL is in limited distribution in the United States. Two good resources are Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City and Bloomingdale’s in New York City. The telephone number for Bloomingdale’s in New York City is 001 212-705-2101 and Saks Fifth Avenue 001 800-330-8497 (ask for Men’s Fragrances).
Once again, thank you for contacting us and for the opportunity to address
your concern."
I thought this was particularly important to spread the word on, beside the intrinsic joy of the truth, because of the price premium that is routinely applied to 'discontinued' or 'hard to find' frags.
BTW - I was impressed by Mr Cool's accurate use of the apostrophe and use of the full word 'telephone'.
cheers
Michael
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Edit: After posting I found this thread
http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=171018
it covers similar ground but doesn't seem to arrive at any definite conclusion about the availablity of JHL
http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=192599
I went to the horse's mouth and emailed Estee Lauder (the company not the person - even my email account doesn't go that far
). I received a prompt reply from a Mr Cool (I kid you not) of EL Customer Relations."Thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your interest in Estee
Lauder.
In response to your e-mail, I wish to advise that JHL is in limited distribution in the United States. Two good resources are Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City and Bloomingdale’s in New York City. The telephone number for Bloomingdale’s in New York City is 001 212-705-2101 and Saks Fifth Avenue 001 800-330-8497 (ask for Men’s Fragrances).
Once again, thank you for contacting us and for the opportunity to address
your concern."
I thought this was particularly important to spread the word on, beside the intrinsic joy of the truth, because of the price premium that is routinely applied to 'discontinued' or 'hard to find' frags.
BTW - I was impressed by Mr Cool's accurate use of the apostrophe and use of the full word 'telephone'.
cheers
Michael
------------------
Edit: After posting I found this thread
http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=171018
it covers similar ground but doesn't seem to arrive at any definite conclusion about the availablity of JHL
