A True classic IMO.
VINTAGE FAHRENHEIT ("Burning red planet version"), by Christian Dior
I found an old bottle of vintage Fahrenheit "After Shave" in a store ("No one wants it, no one use aftershaves anymore..") and I bought it at very good price, because it was in a mint condition after so many years.
I am very fond to old Fahrenheit, it was one of the most famous perfumes in my school and university days, and it's still one of the best box ever created IMO, full of science-fiction rememberings...
What a memories!
Let's go and examine thoroughly this old gem!!
Vintage Fahrenheit is easily spotted because you can clearly see the "Red Planet" on the box, and the old letterings "Christian Dior", instead of "Dior" .Modern versions miss the "Red planet", sporting a generic red color.
NOTE: you can see the bar-code, this means "produced after 1996" (this is year 1997 bottle)
Ingredient list (brief and concise, still no restrictions/regulations at the time)
The opening
The internal brochure, in almost all the existent languages.
The bottom of the box
NOTE: the "After Shave" (or "Eau de Toilette") and "contents" are always in GOLDEN LETTERS; "Cristian Dior" always in white ones.
The beautiful "double surface" (dark red VS light red) of the Red Planet (it's a painting)
Note: the "Black part of the box" ...is not really black: it's a dark blue painting of the night sky!
Here's to you the famous "vintage bottle"
The Cap: upper part is ROUND, lower part is STRAIGHT
Screwing the cap.
Without the cap.
Bottom of the bottle (no address "avenue Hoch, etc.." is reported)
NOTE: the bottle is RED-ish in the upper part, YELLOW-ish in the lower part.
IMPORTANT: you can notice it only if the background is clear white
HOW TO SPOT FAKES?
The word "Fahrenheit" is always EMBOSSED: you can feel it with your finger.
the words "Aftershave/Eau de toilette" on the contrary are CARVED in the box
Batch code on box and bottle should be the same:
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Last edited by Andrč Moreau; 22nd March 2013 at 11:42 AM.
A True classic IMO.
Cool. Gret info.
I know where an indentical vintage version is displayed in a chemist's cabinet in south London. I haven't bought it because I think the modern version is just as good, if not better...
There were IFRA restrictions and guidelines when Fahrenheit was launched, it just wasn't obligatory to print them on the side of the bottle. When this fragrance was launched it contained more Methyl Octine Carbonate than IFRA recommended. I still don't know how IFF got away with it for so long.
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Great find as I think the current one is wonderful and long lasting so I can only imagine how good the vintage is. Enjoy!
That was so well done it should be sticky'd.
From what I understand, if the box has an "e" symbol, usually next to where the amount is listed in ml, that means it is from early to mid 90s or later. If anyone knows if that estimate symbol came to be used by all companies during a particular year, please let us know.
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Good to know but quite confusing. Does this mean that only scents marketed to both US and European markets would get the symbol printed on the box by the early to mid 90s? I have a bottle of Rochas Moustache, for example, with no "e" symbol and yet it doesn't look 1975 or earlier.
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Great catch. Enjoy!
Congrats on a great find and thanks for the extensive post, perfectly combining insightful, informative, detailed knowledge with an extensive, aesthetically enjoyable and equally detailed photo coverage.
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thank you for posting and reminding us of a true classic.
Hi Andrč,
Today I bought my Fahrenheit Vintage After Shave, this stuff in wonderful!!
and now the family is complete...
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Brilliant!
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
#BBOG!
This is a wonderfully informative post, and I can definitely feel the love you have for Fahrenheit. That said, I am not sure the printing is always embossed and engraved on the "burning-red-planet" boxes. I have two bottles of "vintage" Fahrenheit EDT: a 50ml and a 100ml. On the 50ml box, the printing is as you describe, but the 100ml box is adorned with just simple printing with no embossing/engraving. And I can find nothing on the 100ml box or bottle (whose batch codes match, by the way) to indicate the product is counterfeit.
One more thing -- isn't your bottle older than 1997? Are you dating it based on something other than the bar code? I have reason to believe that all boxes* have had bar codes on them from the earliest batches.
*10ml minis excepted, probably because they were not intended for sale.
Last edited by RoRo; 23rd December 2015 at 10:28 PM.
Not enough pics
Last edited by RoRo; 23rd December 2015 at 10:29 PM.
Well, I thought the batch code (100ml bottle) was white, but upon close inspection in good light with a magnifying glass, I see it actually silver. lol
And here are the 100ml and 50ml boxes together. The printing on the 50ml box is as you describe (embossed & engraved). But it has a bar code.
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