Hello all,
I'm becoming increasingly obsessed with Chanel no 19. I just love love love it. The problem is that it's getting increasingly hard to get the parfum in the US, as only the EdT is sold here these days. It's sometimes on eBay but often at hideously high prices. The EdP is available from online retailers like Ebay, but before I purchase, I wanted to get more information about it.
From what I understand--and this really annoys me--Chanel actually bottles different formulas for no 5 and no 19 in the parfum, EdP and EdT strengths. I know they aren't unique in doing this, but it does make the consumer's life more difficult. For both no 5 and no 19 it seems that the EdP was created comparatively late in the game (1980's) and is a dreaded "modern reinterpretation" of the original.
Can you experts let me know how you judge the various versions of no 19? I.e., which is closest to the parfum, which is most unisex (as I'm a guy), notes, etc... (paging Mr. Tott! paging Mr. Tott!)
On a tangential note, I realize that Chanel no 19 has changed, but having smelled the vintage (amber colored) and new (bright green) parfums side by side, the new juicewhile not as complex as the original and certainly more floralat least isn't as disastrous as many other reformulations. As Tott pointed out in an earlier post, it would be nice, however, if Chanel didn't LIE about the fact that it has changed and simply acknowledged the need to reformulate due to EU restrictions or whatever.
I'm becoming increasingly obsessed with Chanel no 19. I just love love love it. The problem is that it's getting increasingly hard to get the parfum in the US, as only the EdT is sold here these days. It's sometimes on eBay but often at hideously high prices. The EdP is available from online retailers like Ebay, but before I purchase, I wanted to get more information about it.
From what I understand--and this really annoys me--Chanel actually bottles different formulas for no 5 and no 19 in the parfum, EdP and EdT strengths. I know they aren't unique in doing this, but it does make the consumer's life more difficult. For both no 5 and no 19 it seems that the EdP was created comparatively late in the game (1980's) and is a dreaded "modern reinterpretation" of the original.
Can you experts let me know how you judge the various versions of no 19? I.e., which is closest to the parfum, which is most unisex (as I'm a guy), notes, etc... (paging Mr. Tott! paging Mr. Tott!)
On a tangential note, I realize that Chanel no 19 has changed, but having smelled the vintage (amber colored) and new (bright green) parfums side by side, the new juicewhile not as complex as the original and certainly more floralat least isn't as disastrous as many other reformulations. As Tott pointed out in an earlier post, it would be nice, however, if Chanel didn't LIE about the fact that it has changed and simply acknowledged the need to reformulate due to EU restrictions or whatever.
