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Approaching 17 years, 8 as Marketplace Moderator.

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This is not the first time eBay has had a crackdown on "used" perfume/decants. However, after a few months each of their attempts have gone by the wayside as decant sales spring up again. Travel...

Can you provide a link to this?

Not possible, as they perished in the Kouros Era!

Even though it is 14 years old unless there was oxidation through the sprayer it should be fine.

40 women, 37 fragrances = 1480 tests in one morning? CH MEN PRIVE response in caps? Really?

I have an extra bottle of horse balls intense if you are interested.

So interesting considering your vast collection. What would be your second such vacation choice?

How do you really feel? Egoiste is a nice spicy cinnamon-like fragrance but not very masculine imho. Platinum is a very classy old school quality woody masculine fragrance imho.

Tatjana Patitz?

Agreed! I love it. I was very pleasantly surprised to find this quality from a fashion designer.

Well received but unknown? If it is well received by the Basenotes community upon launch, and not widely known to the public, it will be one of many such niche fragrances.

Poorly received and...

It says the website is under maintenance

Maybe they are strictly an eBay based business now, and their "website" is their eBay store.

Their lack of integrity for not enforcing their own rules does allow fragrance enthusiasts to get decants regularly.

On the subject of eBay integrity, they have very randomly enforced their "no perfume decant sales" policy much to the pleasure of many Basenoters. Other than the fact that such sales can easily be...

So you fell victim to some sales hype and are now saying eBay is dishonest? Would you say that about any sales marketing company?

Not always! I purchased a jacket last year based on the seller's size description of it running big and comparing it to another well known jacket. The seller did say no returns, but it was...

Agree!

So there is no atomizer. Perhaps you had left it open before this and it oxidized.

Riflesso is excellent!!

16 years here, 8 as the marketplace moderator. I have had a high of approx. 200 bottles, now down to approx. 100.

Another very clever comment by the Zealous one! I love it.

So if the left and right nostrils perceive smells differently, the logic of the left brain and the creativity of the right brain could yield four different interpretations of a smell?

Yes Platinum Egoiste, but the quintesessential "barber shop" fragrance of all time is Davidoff Relax, if you can still find it at a reasonable price.

I also have felt this way, but when I got married I deferred to my wife saying she really disliked one of my many frags. Whenever she has gone on a business trip I would wear one we disagreed on.

Some of the smaller fragrance related companies may actually be down to one or two people. Decant Shop may in fact have one person doing the decanting, shipping and customer service.

Chanel Egoiste Platinum

Exactly!

Don't get any splash bottles which were very popular in past years.

There have been many other interceptions of fake Chinese goods of varying kinds in recent years. There are also many Tom Ford fakes on eBay from The Russian Federation now.

Agree!

Exactly!

I am very surprised no one mentioned this, but you should put those notes in the Directory's advanced search function and see what comes up.

So what percentage of grey watches do you think come from AD's?

Flame could stand on its own as a spicy/sweet synthetic fragrance. Not for me, but It is no closer to Eros than most other spinoffs are to their originals.

I understand the concept of maceration regarding wines, but decanting wine to let it breath is the opposite of what one would do with perfume.

The current DHI thread has several people suggesting that a 2020 bottle should be given the chance to "open up". My question is- as opposed to a splash bottle where oxidation will occur and is...

Yes, there is a slight difference but the re-release still captures the essence of the original.

Background is an incredibly delicious and potent anise based cologne. It can be overpowering so you must be selective as to where you wear it.

I have gone through several bottles over the years and it is still my favorite, but you do have to pick your times to wear it.

Actually the rare Tuscany Forte is a masterpiece and hard to find at anything other than a very high price.

Only if you give your phone number with email.

Perfect!!!

It would seem they may now be a one or two person operation and decanting is a tedious process.

If they are investigating a seller for possible sale of fraudulent items. They probably stonewalled you for a short time while doing so.

Articles on the subject state it is often done if there is a high potential for fraud by the seller. It would not seem that "random blocks" would serve any purpose.

Although Patou Pour Homme has been considered the official Basenotes Holy Grail for many years, mine has always been Aramis Havana!

The EDP is on my top 10 list.

You should buy bottles of these two which are relatively very cheap and see which one it might have been.

Mine too! The first time I smelled it I said "Now that's a cologne!"

Spectacular!

Geoffrey Beene Bowling Green

I could not find any state regulations regarding the sale of "used" cosmetics or fragrances. Hmmm.

They could be vintage but new.

Every few years eBay seems to renew its effort to ban decants and/or used fragrances. But there are still many decant sellers. Perhaps they do not have the staff to enforce it, or perhaps it is an...

Only if wearing Versace Black Jeans as well.

Good to see your first post, albeit too late, for my Yankees! Although the Yankees have their own cologne, I never thought about what to wear to a ballgame. There is a fragrance in the Basenotes...

Fierce was the fragrance used in all Abercrombie & Fitch stores for years, but it might have just been intended to get people to buy Fierce.

If you are thinking of doing this you should do it soon. Although eBay officially does not allow decant sales, they seem to have looked away somewhat in recent years. But a very current decision to...

You do not yet meet the requirements to sell on Basenotes. You should respond to a swap thread in the marketplace.

But you may respond to swap threads to swap your unwanted frags, and buy whatever you want. Most experienced swappers will ask you to send first as you have no feedback.

Lucky Scent has samples for $4

Great summary!

I had a suspicion it was TF Oud Wood. I wonder if there was any other with the word oud in its name before that released in the US.

Yes, but M7 was in launched in 2002. There seems to have been a very long time from 2002 until the oud explosion.

Can someone pinpoint which perfume company started the oud explosion in the US? I know oud/oudh/aoud/agarwood has been used for many years in the Middle East, but exactly when did it take off in the...

I have never seen a question like this here. Would you buy a bottle of wine you did not like because others do? Unless the fragrance or wine is a valuable collectors item why would you even think to...

+1 on the vintage. Dark Rebel is very potent and has some nasty notes.

If anyone has this Israeli perfume please let me know.

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Molton Brown Bizarre Brandy

What is your opinion?

It will never happen, as codes, bottles and labels sometimes change. With millions of bottles of perfumes being produced, even well known authorities like Turin would be hard pressed to make such...

TF Bitter Peach

There are some Russian sellers on eBay who regularly have TF bottles for about 1/2 the going prices. They are obviously fake. It is much better to get your bottles from sellers here with high...

Yes

Agreed, but it seems Ebay does not see it that way.

Ebay has periodically and somewhat randomly disallowed decants and used cosmetics for many years due to pressure from major perfume companies including Bond. this was out of concern for fake or...

Yes, definitely one of them.

Reminds me of my baseball card giveaways.

The Magnetism was the ladies version correct?

Rochas Lui

Aramis Havana

From Hugo Boss website- "BOSS BOTTLED OUD is created from rare and rich ingredients that create a complex, heady essence. Powerfully opulent, 100% natural, OUD is enriched with a Middle Eastern...

That is a revelation. Basenoters take note!

Yes, from that link Body Kouros and Givenchy Play Intense!

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Some people do have serious allergic reactions to a specific fragrance or many. Not wearing a particular one around them is considerate.

Great!

Very good guess

"Aging opera fans"? A pitch perfect example of the anti-vintage lover condescension that creeps into conversations here? You can't have it both ways even if you have some vintage favorites.

Also people marking and leaving sold items in their lists. This creates false searches.

As there are members here from all age groups, and as the younger members talk more about niche which have proliferated in recent years, it should not be surprising that the older members still...