Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › Back Up Bottles- When, Why and How Many?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Back Up Bottles- When, Why and How Many? - Page 2

post #61 of 73
2/19/13 at 11:55am
  • TLS
  • offline
  • Gender:
Never!
Reply
Reply

Features on Basenotes

Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
post #62 of 73
2/19/13 at 2:13pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamondflame View Post

Never. Life's way too short to obsess over such trivial matters.

+1
There are hundreds of lovely scents on the market ready to be discovered.
Reply
Reply
post #63 of 73
2/20/13 at 8:42pm
I don't actively look to back up perfumes but if , along the way, I find something I like thats been discontinued I'll buy it.

Life isn't that short.
Reply
Reply
post #64 of 73
2/20/13 at 8:52pm
I think its the fear of it being discontinued or not having easy access for the bottle.
I have a back up bottle of Pure Malt (cant find this in Canada) and a back up 4oz bottle of Creed Aventus (Z01 Batch)
Reply
Reply
post #65 of 73
2/20/13 at 11:17pm
Most people seem to be just saying what they have backups of rather than answering the OPs questions.

I own backups of a number of things. I'll take a stab at it.

When - when I realize I like something enough to not want to be without it.

Why - well, obviously to know I will have it in the future. Also, it generally has to be something that is increasing in price, so that if my tastes change I can ebay it and get my money back. That usually means its sought after and near discontinuation or recently reformulated. I like DHI, but I won't back it up until something happens to it.

How many - figure out how quickly you are going through it, and get enough to last as long as you want to have it, if you can afford it.

That's how I ended up with a few liters of vintage Habit Rouge.

- - - Updated - - -

Another reason - at the rate that ingredients are being restricted, everything will soon be a watered down cocktail of a few hypoallergenic aromachemicals mixed in slightly different ratios. Buy real perfume while you can. In the future we hoarders will be swapping amongst each other in an underground black market while the "no backup" crowd will be looking at a myriad of variations of Eau de Jack S#!t on the shelves, trying to decide which homeopathic concoction to plunk down $100 for.
Reply
Reply
post #66 of 73
2/21/13 at 4:05am
75 ml LIDGE
Reply
Reply
post #67 of 73
3/14/13 at 7:46am
Some of my back ups...






Reply
Reply
post #68 of 73
3/14/13 at 8:04am
Quote:
Originally Posted by mdclx View Post

Some of my back ups...







Nice! Its all here just backups? You sure love some of your stuff Just store them properly and enjoy.
Reply
Reply
post #69 of 73
3/14/13 at 9:27am
Quote:
Originally Posted by rubegon View Post

Most people seem to be just saying what they have backups of rather than answering the OPs questions.

I own backups of a number of things. I'll take a stab at it.

When - when I realize I like something enough to not want to be without it.

Why - well, obviously to know I will have it in the future. Also, it generally has to be something that is increasing in price, so that if my tastes change I can ebay it and get my money back. That usually means its sought after and near discontinuation or recently reformulated. I like DHI, but I won't back it up until something happens to it.

How many - figure out how quickly you are going through it, and get enough to last as long as you want to have it, if you can afford it...

Another reason - at the rate that ingredients are being restricted, everything will soon be a watered down cocktail of a few hypoallergenic aromachemicals mixed in slightly different ratios. Buy real perfume while you can. In the future we hoarders will be swapping amongst each other in an underground black market while the "no backup" crowd will be looking at a myriad of variations of Eau de Jack S#!t on the shelves, trying to decide which homeopathic concoction to plunk down $100 for.

I couldn't have put it better myself.
Reply
Reply
post #70 of 73
3/14/13 at 10:49am
Quote:
Originally Posted by rubegon View Post

Most people seem to be just saying what they have backups of rather than answering the OPs questions.

I own backups of a number of things. I'll take a stab at it.

When - when I realize I like something enough to not want to be without it.

Why - well, obviously to know I will have it in the future. Also, it generally has to be something that is increasing in price, so that if my tastes change I can ebay it and get my money back. That usually means its sought after and near discontinuation or recently reformulated. I like DHI, but I won't back it up until something happens to it.

How many - figure out how quickly you are going through it, and get enough to last as long as you want to have it, if you can afford it.

That's how I ended up with a few liters of vintage Habit Rouge.

- - - Updated - - -

Another reason - at the rate that ingredients are being restricted, everything will soon be a watered down cocktail of a few hypoallergenic aromachemicals mixed in slightly different ratios. Buy real perfume while you can. In the future we hoarders will be swapping amongst each other in an underground black market while the "no backup" crowd will be looking at a myriad of variations of Eau de Jack S#!t on the shelves, trying to decide which homeopathic concoction to plunk down $100 for.

Agree

Only backup I have right now is Pure Havane, can't find it in Canada and love this one so much.
Reply
Reply
post #71 of 73
3/14/13 at 2:52pm
Nah, I can't even picture finishing most of my bottles. And by the time I do, I may not be as enthusiastic and fragrances. And if I was, I am probably more interested in trying new stuff rather than getting another bottle of something I've been using for years. At least for now, I don't see a reason to buy an old bottle rather than a newer one.
Reply
Reply
post #72 of 73
3/14/13 at 2:59pm
I have a backup of Jaipur EDP, thats all.
Probably will have one for Hermes Rocabar sometime in the future, and thats all.
Too many in the market, to be doing backups.
Reply
Reply
post #73 of 73
3/14/13 at 3:34pm
Oh this thread brought up a recent painful memory.

I have one bottle of vintage M7, and recently while browsing through an out-of-the-way bazaar came across a shop that had a dusty looking box. The batch code checked out and I bought it. I opened it right there, lo and behold, out came a clear glass bottle with a brown sticker! And a completely different batch code underneath. I took the issue up with the shopkeeper but to no avail. And to top it off, it wasn't even *real* reformulated M7, but a knockoff!

(and to top that off, I got mugged on my way back home, guy took my phone and all cash, but left the blasted refilled repacked knockoff!)

So I haven't had a backup yet, but I'm thinking about LIDGPH, it's really grown on me as a signature.
Maybe a tin or two of rive gauche as its dirt cheap.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion

Features on Basenotes

Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › Back Up Bottles- When, Why and How Many?