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New York Times article about 1960's Vintage Colognes for Men

post #1 of 22
10/20/11 at 8:38pm
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Hey Guys!
I was interviewed for an article in The New York Times that was published today about 1960's era vintage colognes for men. I'd thought I'd share it with you guys...it's a nice quick read. It looks like Grant Osborne of Basenotes.net was also interviewed for it. Thanks and enjoy!

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/fa...?smid=fb-share

~Alan
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post #2 of 22
10/20/11 at 8:44pm
Great read- Thanks for sharing this. "Smell like a man, man" Love it
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post #3 of 22
10/20/11 at 8:51pm
Thanks for this.
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post #4 of 22
10/20/11 at 8:59pm
Good read, thanks for posting the link.
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post #5 of 22
10/20/11 at 9:14pm
Hey Alan - thanks for sharing this article, very well written and it includes our Grant.
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post #6 of 22
10/20/11 at 10:33pm
Thanks for the link! I am enjoying this 60s retro thing that seems to have kicked in post Mad Men.
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post #7 of 22
10/20/11 at 10:53pm
Excellent article, and I'm particularly fascinated by the sales figures for classic scents in France. Given how many new and exclusive offerings are surely available there, I'm a bit surprised to see the older fragrances still selling so robustly. Glad these are doing well, as I'm a pretty big fan of older scents.
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post #8 of 22
10/20/11 at 10:55pm
There's a degree of truth in this where women are concerned. I put Aramis on a couple of weeks ago and my girlfriend went weak at the knees. She loves it when I wear Cartier Santos Concentree too. Her favourite fragrances on me are woodsy spicy warm fragrances. She also has a thing for tobacco or patchouli based fragrances.
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post #9 of 22
10/20/11 at 11:00pm
I laughed at this quote: “That might speak to how society has changed — you didn’t have metrosexuals in the 1960s..."

Do they know about things like Glam Rock? And what was the Austin Powers character based upon?
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post #10 of 22
10/21/11 at 5:23am
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I laughed at this quote: That might speak to how society has changed you didnt have metrosexuals in the 1960s..." Do they know about things like Glam Rock? And what was the Austin Powers character based upon?

While I really did enjoy this article, it does suffer from that special brand of "breathless reporting", where excitement is the goal, and reality suffers. Still, it's always fun to read about those wonderful "classics" and "the days when men were men...".
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post #11 of 22
10/21/11 at 6:46am
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Nice! I would imagine Basenotes will get a basketfull of hits from the link too. Thanks and a tip of the Nose Warmer to The Sniff Master
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post #12 of 22
10/21/11 at 11:35am
Thanks for sharing the link. I like reading articles like this ( very few of them !), although Bigsly brought up a good point ( and Kevin as well with regards to "breathless reporting").
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post #13 of 22
10/21/11 at 12:21pm
" Acqua di Gio popularized the light, quiescent aquatic accord that dominates mens fragrances today and has inspired countless imitators a slew of apologetic, bloodless, gray, whippetlike, shivering little things that are probably impossible, and certainly pointless, to tell apart, Mr. Turin said."


Bahahahaha, great quote!!
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post #14 of 22
10/21/11 at 12:25pm
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Great read- Thanks for sharing this. "Smell like a man, man" Love it

Oh my gosh, have you never seen the Old Spice Guy commercials?

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post #15 of 22
10/21/11 at 1:25pm
My wife digs the classics on me (Kouros, Bel Ami, etc.)
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post #16 of 22
10/21/11 at 2:50pm
I like the article and I love classic scents. Have to say, I think a lot of people will read that and go out and buy Chanel Pour Monsieur Concentree. : /
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post #17 of 22
10/21/11 at 2:51pm
Could the moderators merge this with the pre-existing thread?

http://www.basenotes.net/threads/286...ar-NYT-Article
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post #18 of 22
10/21/11 at 3:51pm
Thanks for the link, Alan! And thanks for representing scent enthusiasts so well!

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"The introduction last year of Bleu de Chanel, which despite its sport-aquatic-sounding name is considered a woody aromatic, was a sign that the pendulum is swinging toward earthier accords; it became the No. 3 best-selling mens scent in the United States."

WOO-HOO! Chanel plants its flag on Armani territory!

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I laughed at this quote: That might speak to how society has changed you didnt have metrosexuals in the 1960s..."

Do they know about things like Glam Rock? And what was the Austin Powers character based upon?

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While I really did enjoy this article, it does suffer from that special brand of "breathless reporting", where excitement is the goal, and reality suffers. Still, it's always fun to read about those wonderful "classics" and "the days when men were men...".

LOL

It almost make me think that, thanks to a minor retro trend, approval to ditch aquatics is about to be given by the mainstream!
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post #19 of 22
10/21/11 at 5:32pm
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I laughed at this quote: “That might speak to how society has changed — you didn’t have metrosexuals in the 1960s..."

Do they know about things like Glam Rock? And what was the Austin Powers character based upon?

Glam Rock was a 70s thing. Austin Powers was based in the psychedelic rock era.
Renato
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post #20 of 22
10/21/11 at 5:40pm
Thanks. That was a good read.

The interesting point is that that article unambiguously talks about masculine scents, and of women perceiving them that way.
Note that this is the exact opposite position to the notion often expressed here that "Scents have no gender".
Renato
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post #21 of 22
10/21/11 at 5:42pm
Forgive the dumb question, but are these vintage scents still being made, or are there stores selling old stock or something?
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post #22 of 22
10/22/11 at 4:40am
This was a good read. Thanks for pointing us to it.
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