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post #1 of 10
2/10/08 at 11:17am
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It was either towards the end of 1965 or very early in 1966. I was given a Christmas gift of a popular, very traditional perfume, that came in a holiday edition in a tiny acorn shaped bottle. I was an impressionable 16 and loved it! Remember wearing it to my prom.

Can anyone remember what this was? I thought may Vol de Nuit, or Ma Griffe but I am not sure at all.
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post #2 of 10
2/10/08 at 12:09pm
Hi Anamari,
If no one remembers perhaps you can find someone who knows through the International perfume bottle association http://www.perfumebottles.org/home.cfm
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post #3 of 10
2/10/08 at 6:52pm
I believe it would have been Replique - it was sold in just such an acorn-shape bottle at Christmas.
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post #4 of 10
2/11/08 at 5:58am
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It's coming back......Replique by Raphael, correct? Is that fragrance still around?
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post #5 of 10
2/11/08 at 1:53pm
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It's coming back......Replique by Raphael, correct? Is that fragrance still around?

I just searched for it, and found it on Fragrance X.com - very cheap!
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post #6 of 10
2/11/08 at 2:25pm
Here is a vintage acorn-shaped bottle of Replique on eBay:

http://i12.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/d8/47/f62e_1.JPG
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post #7 of 10
2/11/08 at 3:33pm
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Wow, you guys are awesome on how you can come up with everything. I wonder if I would still like it today. I do know that at 17 I felt so grownup with this fragrance! Interestingly, though, at fragrancex it does show that if you like Obsession and Shalimar (which I do and still wear), you'd like this fragrance. It just seems so cheap....
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post #8 of 10
2/11/08 at 4:12pm
go for a vintage bottle on ebay then
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post #9 of 10
2/13/08 at 12:52am
While the current version of Replique isn't terrible, its barely a ghost of the original. I think too many of the original ingredients have been delisted (and removed) from the formula. I have a vintage parfum as well as EDT...the EDT has held up remarkably well, and practically makes me swoon with delight when I sniff it. Look for the vintage on ebay, its worth the effort.
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post #10 of 10
2/19/08 at 11:04am
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Just wanted to let you guys know that I won an auction on Ebay for a small bottle of vintage Replique. Be still my heart... I can hardly wait to sniff it again and see if it impresses me as much as it did years ago.
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