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post #1 of 109
9/22/10 at 5:35am
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This is a chance for everyone to list what they believe to be the world´s rarest/hardest to find/most expensive discontinued fragrances. Please list ONLY discontinued fragrances. Here is my attempt:
1. Djedi - Guerlain
2. Nombre Noir - Shiseido
3. Jean Patou Pour Homme
4. Derby (original formula) - Guerlain
5. Secret De Venus - Weil
6. Scandal - Lanvin
7. Armani for Women (the first release)
8. Jean Patou pour homme Privé
9. Furyo - Jacques Bogart
10. Vetiver (original formula) Guerlain
Please note: My list is based upon supply and demand rather than true rarity.
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post #2 of 109
9/22/10 at 5:49am
Vintage C&S 88
Apres L'Ondee Parfum
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post #3 of 109
9/22/10 at 5:57am
Gucci Nobile...from what I heard after my find
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post #4 of 109
9/22/10 at 5:58am
Crepe de Chine
Uninhibited
Relax
Metallica
Patou ph
Patou Prive
Globe
Macassar
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post #5 of 109
9/22/10 at 6:04am
Not in any order

Patou pour homme
Patou Prive pour homme
Lancome Balafre

Guerlain Djedi
Rochas Macassar
Versailles pour homme
Rochas Macassar

Shiseido Nombre Noir
C&S No. 88 *vintage formulation*
Helmut Lang Cuiron
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post #6 of 109
9/22/10 at 7:54am
To add to all those

Vintage Tabarome (not a chance in hell finding this here in germany and so far even on the net).
By Man - DG (still popping up on ebay at times but reaching truly ridiculous prices and, my guess, soon to be gone for good)
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post #7 of 109
9/22/10 at 8:04am
Shiseido Basala edt
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post #8 of 109
9/22/10 at 8:09am
The only discontinued frag I have is Gucci Rush. Got it on eBay, but it's not TOO hard to find.
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post #9 of 109
9/22/10 at 8:45am
how about 40 Love by Jean Desprez?
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post #10 of 109
9/22/10 at 8:50am
Doesnt vintage Iris Gris from Jacques Fath go for crazy money too
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post #11 of 109
9/22/10 at 8:56am
Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebes by Baccarat
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post #12 of 109
9/22/10 at 9:25am
Aramis Portos
Venezia Uomo
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post #13 of 109
9/22/10 at 10:01am
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Yohji Homme
Capucci Punjab
Lancome Sagamore
Bogart Furyo
AD Iquitos
Lui Rochas
Gucci No. 3
Gucci Nobile
Gucci Rush
Alain Delon AD
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post #14 of 109
9/22/10 at 10:23am
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Originally Posted by Furriner View Post

Shiseido Basala edt

I have found it in an ordinary fragrance store about year ago or so. I have even tried it few times to reassure myself and decided to buy... and returned there after just few days and this piece was sold.

Then I tried to find it in some other fragrance stores, but I found only after shaves, emulsions, deodorants... and I got suspicious.

OMG, how I was stunned when I have realised that some wise guy decided to discontinue this frag...

This Zen is so boring...
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post #15 of 109
9/22/10 at 10:45am
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Dunhill Blend 30
Boss Spirit - Hugo Boss
Halston 101
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post #16 of 109
9/22/10 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by david View Post

This is a chance for everyone to list what they believe to be the world´s rarest/hardest to find/most expensive discontinued fragrances. Please list ONLY discontinued fragrances. Here is my attempt:
1. Djedi - Guerlain
2. Nombre Noir - Shiseido
3. Jean Patou Pour Homme
4. Derby (original formula) - Guerlain
5. Secret De Venus - Weil
6. Scandal - Lanvin
7. Armani for Women (the first release)
8. Jean Patou pour homme Privé
9. Furyo - Jacques Bogart
10. Vetiver (original formula) Guerlain
Please note: My list is based upon supply and demand rather than true rarity.

From your list, I was lucky to get in an auction Nombre Noire for 60 dollars i think. And I`ve a seller that has a stock of derby and original vetiver for fair prices...
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post #17 of 109
9/22/10 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by matthewfoo View Post

Yohji Homme
Capucci Punjab
Lancome Sagamore
Bogart Furyo
AD Iquitos
Lui Rochas
Gucci No. 3
Gucci Nobile
Gucci Rush
Alain Delon AD

There was a store here in Brazil with 10 or more Yohji Hommes. Because fragrances are sold here with expiration date, the owner of the shop was selling the 100ml for 55 dollars and the 50ml for 45 dollars
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post #18 of 109
9/22/10 at 11:06am
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Not in any order

Patou pour homme
Patou Prive pour homme
Lancome Balafre

Guerlain Djedi
Rochas Macassar
Versailles pour homme
Rochas Macassar

Shiseido Nombre Noir
C&S No. 88 *vintage formulation*
Helmut Lang Cuiron

Rochas macassar keeps popping from times to times on french ebay. I bough one, didn`t like and ended selling it...
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post #19 of 109
9/22/10 at 11:07am
It`s not the most expensive, but one of the hardest fragrances to find for me is Must de Cartier Pour Homme Vert Anis. I can even find it for an expensive price =/
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post #20 of 109
9/22/10 at 11:57am
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Originally Posted by rickbr View Post

It`s not the most expensive, but one of the hardest fragrances to find for me is Must de Cartier Pour Homme Vert Anis. I can even find it for an expensive price =/

What's the difference between this and original?
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post #21 of 109
9/24/10 at 1:36am
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I´ve got the vert anis version and it is quite different to the usual version. It has a powerful sweet green anis, which is very dominant, but not offensive. It´s very long lasting. I would advise you to try it first. It´s not everyone´s cup of tea.
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post #22 of 109
9/24/10 at 2:30am
Comme des Garcons for H&M
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post #23 of 109
9/24/10 at 4:05am
For me my beloved BY Man by Dolce & Gabbana! I have had my bottle for some years now, & dont go to that often because im going to cry when it runs out.... Nautica Competition The Original is another 1, but thats not 1 many people talk bout or wear these days which is good because who wants to smell there scent on everyone else all the time? it is a nice scent for jogging, walking, working out etc... Especially in the fall/spring weather.
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post #24 of 109
9/24/10 at 6:17am
Paul Smith London is almost impossible to find now, it's especially mind boggling because it wasn't discontinued too long ago, I actually got my hands on one and paid near retail, totally worth it, this stuff is fantastic. I can't even imagine how hard this will be to find in another couple years.. Fahrenheit in its original formula is also quite hard to find.
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post #25 of 109
9/24/10 at 6:21am
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Aramis Portos
Venezia Uomo

Venezia Uomo is fairly easy to find (at least as minis) on some auction sites.
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post #26 of 109
9/24/10 at 6:39am
Jean Patou pour Homme Privé is damn hard to find! But almost half of the fragrances mentioned are not that rare - you just have to look harder than normal (and in unusual places). I've either owned or had the opportunity to own many of them within the last 2-3 years.
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post #27 of 109
9/24/10 at 6:46am
i think there isn't any sensible answer to this question. there are thousands of near-impossible to find perfumes. and the most expensive does not match hard to find, not at all (for instance, tabac blond vintage perfume sells regularly on ebay, often for over 1000$ and i've found some really tough-to-find ones for very little money).
but i guess at the end of the day, the hardest to find at all are the ancient ones. the stuff only sold to the very rich, the personal fragrances for emperors, queens, pharaohs, etc. the kind of thing even the people at the osmotheque can only dream of.
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post #28 of 109
9/24/10 at 6:47am
No mention of BOIS NOIR yet?!
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post #29 of 109
9/24/10 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by gido View Post

i think there isn't any sensible answer to this question. there are thousands of near-impossible to find perfumes. and the most expensive does not match hard to find, not at all (for instance, tabac blond vintage perfume sells regularly on ebay, often for over 1000$ and i've found some really tough-to-find ones for very little money).
but i guess at the end of the day, the hardest to find at all are the ancient ones. the stuff only sold to the very rich, the personal fragrances for emperors, queens, pharaohs, etc. the kind of thing even the people at the osmotheque can only dream of.

Good points made there.

Btw, I was speaking with the owner of one pharmacy, in London, and when I asked her about Jean Patou pour Homme Privé (which she didn't have) she claimed that she was once approached by Jean Patou's son looking for exactly the same thing!
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post #30 of 109
9/24/10 at 7:54am
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Originally Posted by Trebor View Post

Good points made there.

Btw, I was speaking with the owner of one pharmacy, in London, and when I asked her about Jean Patou pour Homme Privé (which she didn't have) she claimed that she was once approached by Jean Patou's son looking for exactly the same thing!

Awwww.....Ironical.....

Well if he wanted some Patou Pour Homme, I could hook him up with some.....Prive, is a different story though.....sigh......
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post #31 of 109
9/24/10 at 11:04am
1. Polo Crest
2. Feeling Man by Jil Sander
Gary
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post #32 of 109
9/24/10 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by The_Cologneist View Post

Paul Smith London is almost impossible to find now, it's especially mind boggling because it wasn't discontinued too long ago, I actually got my hands on one and paid near retail, totally worth it, this stuff is fantastic. I can't even imagine how hard this will be to find in another couple years.. Fahrenheit in its original formula is also quite hard to find.

I actually crossed with a bottle of this one at a sale here in Brazil, but they only the tester was left
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post #33 of 109
9/24/10 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by david View Post

I´ve got the vert anis version and it is quite different to the usual version. It has a powerful sweet green anis, which is very dominant, but not offensive. It´s very long lasting. I would advise you to try it first. It´s not everyone´s cup of tea.

I prefer to take risks haha Sweet green anis seems to be right up my alley. I`ll never find a bottle to try first, so if i find this one i`ll have to buy it blindly
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post #34 of 109
9/24/10 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by Trebor View Post

Jean Patou pour Homme Privé is damn hard to find! But almost half of the fragrances mentioned are not that rare - you just have to look harder than normal (and in unusual places). I've either owned or had the opportunity to own many of them within the last 2-3 years.

There was 2 months ago a bottle of Privé pour homme for 100 dollars at ebay...
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post #35 of 109
9/24/10 at 11:44am
For me, Rochas Macassar and Shiseido Murasaki.
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post #36 of 109
9/24/10 at 11:50am
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For me, Rochas Macassar and Shiseido Murasaki.

Primrose, shiseido murasaki is available at an affordable price at fragrancenet:
http://www.fragrancenet.com/shiseido...3?cur_letter=S
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post #37 of 109
9/24/10 at 2:01pm
Orris by Tauer
Feuille Verte by Creed
Vetiver by L' Artisan Parfumeur

To name a few...
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post #38 of 109
9/24/10 at 4:31pm
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Nombre Noir - Shiseido

I was trying to sell my 4ml mini at a more than reasonable price for months. No one seemed to want it.
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post #39 of 109
9/24/10 at 4:46pm
OK, let me try this again: No mention of BOIS NOIR yet?!
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post #40 of 109
9/24/10 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post

OK, let me try this again: No mention of BOIS NOIR yet?!

OK, so its been mentioned twice now. Do you want to try for a third?
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post #41 of 109
9/24/10 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by Sorcery of Scent View Post

OK, so its been mentioned twice now. Do you want to try for a third?

Well, I was sure it would be included in the posts that followed my first mention.
It's more rare than believable Elvis sightings, goddammit!!
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post #42 of 109
9/24/10 at 5:13pm
There are probably just a couple of people qualified to answer this question, and I'd wager none of the most rare even bear names I would recognise.

But here are a few I find plenty hard to find; in fact, I defy you all to locate them for me!

Jil Sander Bath and Body
Bogner Woman
Lancome's original En Vol
Capucci Ballade a Venise
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post #43 of 109
9/24/10 at 7:04pm
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post #44 of 109
9/24/10 at 7:18pm
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Yummy! Colour me intrigued scentemental!
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post #45 of 109
9/24/10 at 8:03pm
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Yummy! Colour me intrigued scentemental!

D.,

This is, the concentrated cologne version of the original vintage version of Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme EDT. The EDT has undergone a number of reformulations since first being introduced in 1978, each one a successive attenuation and cheapening of what is recognized by leading perfumers as one of the great masterworks of men's perfumery. The Concentrated Cologne pictured here dates from 1984. This concentrated cologne version of the original vintage EDT moves very quickly into a rich, complex, smooth, creamy, luxurious leather chypre basenote drydown with little to no time in the floral heart notes of the original or subsequent formulations. At the heart of the fragrances is a exquisitely aromatic thyme note that paradoxically, with its own bitterness, cancels out any possible hint of bitterness from the leather. Its truly marvelous how this is achieved. This is really one of the best, truest leather fragrances I have ever experienced. No contemporary leather fragrances come even close to its richness, its undeniable use of quality ingredients, and its sophistication and complexity. It has the total feel of natural leather about it. If you've ever been lucky enough to experience the dry down of the vintage Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Home EDT from the early 1980s (I first experienced and enjoyed VC&A PH in this formulation throughout the 1980s) then this is what you are getting here, essentially. It basically behaves like an EDP, and a little goes a very, very long, long way. Having said that, it's important to note that it's not an EDP. On the other side of the box, there is the designation "Eau de toilette." However, it is very clear that it is, indeed, a concentrated cologne version of Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme EDT. Its being a concentrated cologne and an EDT at the same time are not mutually exclusive terms. Carolina Herrera, among others, for example, has a concentrated version of Herrera for Men designated as Herrera for Men EDT Concentrate. This used to be the standard designation given by perfumers when an EDT's basenotes were concentrated. Also, once you've sample the fragrance, it is clearly the EDT formulation in which the top notes have been removed, the heart notes attenuated, and the base notes concentrated.

I surmise that the concentrated cologne version was actually released for the US market, since the original was one of the first truly, richly floral men's fragrances on the market, and I suspect VC&A suspected, correctly, that the decidedly and richly floral EDT would not fly in the US at the time. I am not sure about this; it's just a guess.

The bottle's measurements are approximately 4 ¼ inches from base to shoulder, approximately 4 ¼ inches across, and approximately 1 ¼ inches thick. The only other time I have ever seen the Concentrated Cologne/EDT designation is in a 0.85 oz (25 ml) spray, which, like this bottle, is also exceedingly rare.

scentemental

P.S. Can any one see the original image without having to click on a link? This erratic, temperamental software under which the current board operates is getting more and more complicated and less and less intuitive to navigate, and it's always doing strange things. I can see the image when I am logged in, and I can't see when I am not logged in.

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post #46 of 109
9/24/10 at 8:13pm
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post #47 of 109
9/24/10 at 8:13pm
Thank you scentemental

Yes, your VC& A image is visible without having to click on the link. Strangely though, when I responded by quoting you, it shows as a link in my post(?) Nevermind.

Well this sounds fascinating. I am quite certain my stepdad used to wear VC&A Pour Homme EDT in the mid-late 80s (in New Zealand, that is), but certainly not this particular version. I can't recall the smell, but the leather chypre characteristics you describe sound wonderful, and I love the idea of a concentrated cologne. I imagine it is very much reminiscent of Guerlain's vintage colognes which more often than not, tend to be equal in tenacity to (or greater than) modern EDT/PDT versions.
Certainly one to treasure!

EDITED TO ADD: The link in the post directly above this one scentimental displays only a hyperlink. No image.
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post #48 of 109
9/24/10 at 8:22pm
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I apologize for the large image. It was the only one I could find.
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post #49 of 109
9/24/10 at 9:07pm
Hey all, just joined this forum after seeing this thread as I have a question. I have a Gucci Nobile 30ml in my possession that I found years back from my dads drawer (though hes no fragrance guy) and would like to know if its authentic and if so, what is its value if I were to sell it? I no longer have the box, and here are 2 pictures of the Nobile:

http://i53.tinypic.com/i6vz3p.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/15hbc7c.jpg

Any help is much appreciated!
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post #50 of 109
9/25/10 at 2:31am
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Hey all, just joined this forum after seeing this thread as I have a question. I have a Gucci Nobile 30ml in my possession that I found years back from my dads drawer (though hes no fragrance guy) and would like to know if its authentic and if so, what is its value if I were to sell it? I no longer have the box, and here are 2 pictures of the Nobile:

http://i53.tinypic.com/i6vz3p.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/15hbc7c.jpg

Any help is much appreciated!

Hi 5tranger and welcome.

Punch the keywords: Gucci Nobile into ebay's search field to see your best rule of thumb re: pricing.
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post #51 of 109
9/25/10 at 2:37am
Guerlain's Guerlarose
Guerlain's Bouquet de Faunes
Yardley's White Roses
Revillon's Égoïste

etc etc etc

I could go on for days

cheers
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post #52 of 109
9/25/10 at 3:00am
Surprised, nobody mentioned Doblis
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post #53 of 109
9/25/10 at 3:41am
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I could add:
Background - Jil Sander
Deep Forest - Bognor
Nuit d´Été - Joop
Berlin - Joop and more importantly: Versailles pour Homme - Jean Desprez
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post #54 of 109
9/25/10 at 3:43am
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By the way, A very big thankyou to eveyone who has contributed to this thread !
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post #55 of 109
9/25/10 at 9:08am
Any Gobin-Daude perfume.
Ungaro - L`Ombre de la Nuit
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post #56 of 109
11/4/10 at 10:53am
Joop - What about Adam is a hard one to find, and of course Ungaro I and Ungaro II. Then there is Dior Jules....ho hum.
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post #57 of 109
11/4/10 at 11:57am
Minotaure are going to be hard to find.
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post #58 of 109
11/4/10 at 1:47pm
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Shiseido Basala edt

That was on the Canadian version of EBay today, along with Jako by KL (FYI)
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post #59 of 109
11/4/10 at 1:51pm
Cynique \t
Glamour \t\t
Ivoire de Chanel \t
Le Beige de Chanel
Le Bleu de Chanel \t\t
Le Rouge de Chanel \t
Mademoiselle Chanel \t
Mademoiselle Chanel No. 1 \t
Mademoiselle Chanel No. 2 \t
Mademoiselle Chanel No. 3 \t
No. 11 \t
No. 14 \t
No. 20 \t\t
No. 21 \t
No. 27 \t
No. 31
No. 46 \t\t
No. 55 \t
Three Moods \t\t
Une Idée

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post #60 of 109
11/4/10 at 4:17pm
Bermuda Cup. I think Royal Copenhagen made it but not sure.
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