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post #1 of 99
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Mine is TM Pure Havane 100ml for $47US on eBay.
post #2 of 99
Givenchy Play Intense by Givenchy - $37 tax included for 100ml
Colors for Men by Benetton - $10 plus change for 100ml

Both purchased from local Perfumania store.
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Bleu de Chanel 3.4oz
L'eau de Issey by Issey Miyake 4.2
Dolce & Gabbana The One 3.4

All 3 were at least 95-98% full for $100 thanks to a generous and kind fellow BN'er!!
post #4 of 99
Guerlain - 90% full Spiriteueuse Double Vanille for $80 (craiglist)
Guerlain - 90% full Tonka Imperial $125 (same guy)
L'Artisan - Tea for Two 100ml - $80 (L'Artisan sale)
The Different Company - De Bachmakov 90ml - $130 (basenotes)
Tom Ford - Tuscan Leather 50ml - $100 (random)

Those are my best, but I doubt anything will come close to SDV.
post #5 of 99
Bond's Harrod's Oud for $175.
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3 oz. Helmut Lang EDP tester - $35 each (I bought 3)
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1 free MIB 3oz bottle of Spicebomb from Nordys.

close second: $50 99% full bottle of Pure Havane from a guy on Facebook a week before it was announced it'd be rereleased.
post #8 of 99
My 1 Dollar Horizon (1.7oz.) from the dollar store!!!
Gary
post #9 of 99
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Originally Posted by G.303 View Post

My 1 Dollar Horizon (1.7oz.) from the dollar store!!!
Gary

Ha, me too! Other than that, probably my 125ml tester of Halston Man Amber for $30 on ebay.
post #10 of 99
4.2 of le male for $30
post #11 of 99
2 full Creed Vintage Tabarome testers as gifts with purchase.

Martin
post #12 of 99
Bond No. 9 New York Oud (3.4 oz) for $160

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My 1 Dollar Horizon (1.7oz.) from the dollar store!!!
Gary

I got ripped off on the same deal. Horizon is disgusting! I regretted the wasted dollar.
post #13 of 99
It's a tie for me... $10 for 100ml Body Kouros and $10 for Fahrenheit Summer (2007) - BNIB

More expensive, but a good buy was $75 for Tom Ford's Purple Patchouli this year, BNIB as well.
post #14 of 99
Best deal was a Versace Pour Homme 100ml for $19.99 at Ross.
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90ml of Bois d'Iris by TDC for $40.
The shop was shutting down.
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120ml size Tester (identical to non-testers) of 1828 Histoires De Parfums at Henri Bendel thrown in free when I purchased six other 120ml bottles from the line.
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I forgot about a BNIB 100ml Tea for Two for $65
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Gucci Envy 50ml 2003 formula - $5 @ thrift
Vintage (real sandalwood) Samsara 50ml - $10 thrift
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Amouage Reflection 60% full $70.
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500ml (yes 500 ml) of Penhaligons Blenheim Bouquet for £80
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Just picked up Creed Royal Oud from scentedmonkey for $126.
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Picked up vintage 100ml DHI couple months ago $60 locally
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Salvatore Ferragamo pour Homme 1.7oz for about 20$ is a bargain to me.
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4 oz Creed VIW $84, yoink!
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Joop Thrill Homme 50ml + shower gel gift set for £15, with vouchers for 2 tickets to the cinema which were £7.20 each. So effectively cost me 60p
post #26 of 99
1 x Back to Black 1.7oz w/ bottle and case, $144
4 x Green Irish Tweed 4.0z NIB, $86 each
2 x Aventus 4.0oz, $80 each
post #27 of 99
I was given 50ml of D&G The One for free at an event once.

Tea for Two 50ml for approx £30 in a sale.

And finally, hardly a 'bargain' as such, but I was pretty pleased to secure a brand new 100ml Pure Coffee for £75 delivered recently. Not bad by current PC standards!
post #28 of 99
A full 118ml NIB bottle of Giorgio for Men for $10.50 delivered.
post #29 of 99
Musc Ravageur for around 90 € some years ago when a perfume shop gave a discount of 25% (because of a jubilee).

Black Aoud
for less than 100 € (instead of 122 €) because before that the shop had sent me a Santal Noble (vintage) which had been only 3/4 full.

I usually don't spot many opportunities for good deals.
post #30 of 99
Two 50ml bottles of D&G By Man for £66 at my local pharmacy. They clearly had no idea as to the rarity value of what they had and I chose not to enlighten them .
post #31 of 99
I used to always buy McQueen's Kingdom and Vivienne Westwood Boudoir for £15 - 50ml in TK Maxx, that was a good deal.
I also a few months back picked up a 99% full vintage spray bottle of Miel De Bois for £50 on eBay
post #32 of 99
50 mL Terre de Hermes Tester for $10 AUS

Top that
post #33 of 99
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Originally Posted by acjigga View Post

3 oz. Helmut Lang EDP tester - $35 each (I bought 3)

that's mind blowingly amazing!

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Originally Posted by JON RODGERS View Post

Two 50ml bottles of D&G By Man for £66 at my local pharmacy. They clearly had no idea as to the rarity value of what they had and I chose not to enlighten them .

niiiice! that's the best feeling, when they don't know what they're selling! mine has to be guerlain habit rouge, original formulation from the 60's, 100ml splash bottle, £10!
post #34 of 99
125 ml new bottles of Creed Tabarome Millesime at $67 each.

12 or so Annick Goutal tester bottles of her various scents for between $5 and $20 (my wife was a tad speechless).

Half my niche scents as tester bottles for between $5 and $20.

My Trumpers scents and aftershaves cost me $10 each per new bottle.

Fred Hayman Touch for men at $5 for 50ml bottles.

Four of The Gap scents at $10 each.

Pirates of the Caribbean at $5 for a big bottle.
Nautica Blue at $7 for a big bottle.

Egoiste, Equipage and Blenheim's Bouquet for $35 each.

Intuition for Men at $30.
Regards,
Renato
post #35 of 99
I bought Le Paradis de Nina for $7.99 (shipping was $5.15) on eBay. The seller spelled the name wrong so there were no bids on it except for mine.

The cheapest celebrity scent I bought was Britney Spears Hidden Fantasy for $9.99 at Ross.

I also bought a rollerball set from Sephora of Viva La Juicy, CLEAN Shower Fresh, Coach Poppy, La Vanila Grapefruit, Acqua di Gioia, Lady Million, and Hanae Mori for $32.
post #36 of 99
50ml M7 by YSL (Vintage) - $40 from a local pharmacy.
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Vintage DH from eBay for £16. Had been sprayed once.
post #38 of 99
Tom Ford PBs:
Black Violet 30ml -$30
Arabian Wood 30ml- $30
Oud Wood 30ml- $30
Neroli Portofino 30ml- $50
Japon Noir 60ml!!!- $60
Moss Breches 50ml- $77
Italian Cypress 50ml- $77
Tuscan Leather 50ml- $77

I got those from different splits. One of the people only charged $1 per ml for Private Blend which is absolutely unbeatable. All were authentic juice.
post #39 of 99
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Originally Posted by Rizzle View Post

Best deal was a Versace Pour Homme 100ml for $19.99 at Ross.

This is a great deal!

@Del - my next purchase is going to be Givenchy Play Intense and I would die to get it for that price .
post #40 of 99
0.64oz of Egoiste Cologne Concetree just for $8.4 from ebay
post #41 of 99
Vintage extract 75mls sealed Caron Fleurs de Rocaille, I will say it is around 1960. Guy on ebay had no idea what he was selling and had it in the wrong section. I got it for £23!
post #42 of 99
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Originally Posted by donna255 View Post

Vintage extract 75mls sealed Caron Fleurs de Rocaille, I will say it is around 1960. Guy on ebay had no idea what he was selling and had it in the wrong section. I got it for £23!

Awesome.
post #43 of 99
A whole bunch of Etros for 18 each.
120 ml MI and SMW for 100 $ each, in Vietnam.
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Boxed gift set TdH containing 100ml fragrance, 12ml travel/pocket size fragrance and shower gel for under £40 GBP
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Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d'Iris for 75$ instead of regular 130$ + shipping costs.
post #46 of 99
Memoir Man Amouage for men for $93.
post #47 of 99
I forgot...Terre d'Hermes Pure Parfum in the 6.7 oz. size for $80.19.
post #48 of 99
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Originally Posted by Akahina View Post

I forgot...Terre d'Hermes Pure Parfum in the 6.7 oz. size for $80.19.

Very good deal!
post #49 of 99
Après l'ondée extrait for free.

An Orchidée blanche by l'AP for free too (even if i bought a soap by politess lol)
post #50 of 99
Timbuktu for around $30 for 50 ml

Also, 125 ml Aventus for $140............ until Scentedmonkey cancelled my order -_-
post #51 of 99
Mugler Pure Coffee in bargain bin of Globus,Switzerland on a trip last week (70CHF). 30% off bin!!
Sadly they had only one.
post #52 of 99
100ml Cartier Roadster for $16.99, thanks to a price label mistake at Marshall's.

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100ml Cartier Roadster for $16.99, thanks to a price label mistake at Marshall's.
post #53 of 99
Bought two new 4oz tester bottles of Aventus for $87.13 each.
post #54 of 99
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Originally Posted by >BOOMER< View Post

Bought two new 4oz tester bottles of Aventus for $87.13 each.

Still the best deal in a long time IMO
post #55 of 99
A while ago I got two 50 ml bottles of Kouros for $7.20 each. More recently (a perfume chain is closing down here in Australia)

Terre d'Hermes 100ml tester (in box) $18.75
2 unboxed 100% full Paco Rabanne pour Homme testers $8 each
Salvador Dali pour homme unboxed $7.50 (I got 2 at that price)
Boxed tester of Quasar by J Del Pozo 125ml $5

There was so much at this sale that I turned up a 100ml tester of Marc Jacobs Bang for $18.75
post #56 of 99
Linari NOTTE BIANCA and VISTA SUL MARE @ USD 25.00 each.
post #57 of 99
$13.05 USD for a slightly used 30 ml bottle of vintage Dior Homme
post #58 of 99
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Originally Posted by Jazznpool View Post

2 full Creed Vintage Tabarome testers as gifts with purchase.

Yeah, I think that would definitely qualify as "Best Deal Ever".

Don't think there's anything that could ever top this.
post #59 of 99
Five flacons of Vintage Tabarome for $170.00 each - from Scentiments.com in 2007.
post #60 of 99
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Originally Posted by RedRaider430 View Post

Yeah, I think that would definitely qualify as "Best Deal Ever".

Don't think there's anything that could ever top this.

hmmm I got 1 free full Creed Vintage Tabarome tester and didn't even have to make a purchase.

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Five flacons of Vintage Tabarome for $170.00 each - from Scentiments.com in 2007.

Yeah amazing how it was only 5 years ago. I got 2 flacons at that price on ebay in 2006.
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