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Pascal Morabito Or Black (1982) has a drydown closest to Rive Gauche pour Homme in my opinion.

As popular as Prive seems to be in FragComm, it'll be a unicorn pretty fast if it's DC'd.

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Avon Perceive for Men (2000)

Nozzle sniffers.

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Aramis Perfume Calligraphy (2012)

Such a great night for this.

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Aramis Perfume Calligraphy (2012)

Also there isn't a ton of difference between this bottle and the solid emerald green ones, so don't get fleeced if you go for backups.

Love it Love it!!

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Elvis by Frances Denny (1989)

Pretty much my take on things too. Prada might have fakes in some of their exclusive lines, but not with this one.

You're welcome. No tea and crumpets necessary (more of a coffee and danish guy myself anyhow).

Yup! I like stuff like this sometimes, but Creed Himalaya can substitute for Percival really, hit's the same spot minus the "blue" part. However, it is NOT like Fierce. I don't really think Montblanc...

Buy it if you like the original Dior Homme (2015-2019).

Percival to me is more like Paco Rabanne XS mixed with a splash of Versace Dylan Blue. I personally don't see any connective tissue to Fierce in Percival.

I gotta admit I'm not a fan of brushless shave cream, and can see why this stuff evolved into the aerosol foam we use today. It feels like an older version of shave butter, no foam, just slickness....

I don't think there is enough money in doing deep fakes of old perfumes because the market is too small, and usually too knowledgeable to slip something like a bootleg Guerlain Djedi or fake Patou...

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The complete original 1949 vintage Avon for Men grooming experience

Including:

-Brushless shave cream (still usable)
-Liquid deodorant (still works)
-Aftershave lotion
-body talc

Just don't buy Tom Ford or Chanel from former Eastern Bloc, as it's almost always fake.

I'd love to do a write up for the latter some day. There but by the grace of God I was able to review the original (in original form).

Not gone, just hyped into oblivion, so sold out many places. By Killan doesn't manufacture in numbers like a designer, so they probably were taken aback by influencer/YouTube bro hype.

I've only sampled Varen so far, and it is STRONG boi lemme tell ya.

First thing's first: Calm down. I read and respect the original opinion you gave me. This current one however, I think there is too much extrapolation and assumption of my character on your part, but...

Super Fragio Bros. 2 is my favorite game. It's the one where you pick up bottles of Aventus and lob them at ShyGuys, although it's actually an adaptation of a Japanese game called FOMO FOMO Panic.

Would sample. I'm in the BN minority that enjoyed Y EdP

Did you really sell these because people around you didn't like them? Significant others? Co-workers? Honestly curious about who would have enough sway to make you give something up.

Any of my powdery old florals and fougères from the 1900's-1940's. BF wrinkles his nose at me.

Sex Appeal was basically made for "cologne guy" (as was much of the drugstore Jovan house back then in the 70's), so over-applying Sex Appeal is how you get maximum sleaze out of it. Plastic comb in...

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Moschino pour Homme (1990)

I need to photograph my normal bottles too. This one is a pain in the ass.



Gonna rename you "The Musk Cabinet".

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Moschino pour Homme (1990)

How do you know he has 6 of them? lol

I end up loving the things I "should" hate (mass-appeal and compliment bro frags), and hate the things I "should" love (super artsy-fartsy indies or "semi-bespoke" all-natural artisan frags)....

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Avon Friktion for Men (2000)

Surprisingly nice.

I've only tried Coriolan from that group, and while no fragrance has yet to intoxicate me, I agree it's rather nice.

The 4.2 went for $30 only a month ago. To borrow a friend's term: Tulip Mania.

That news (and the FOMO it created), in addition to the later JF talk about Dark Rebel being "A lOsT dIsCoNtInUeD mAsTeRpIeCe BeTtEr GeT iT nOw" didn't exactly help. He's tried doing it with...

Aqua di Selva by Victor (1949) is similar with the lemon and pine.
Pino Silvestri by Vidal (1955) is similar with the pine and pepper.
Avon Windjammer (1968) is a smoother take on the DNA.
Ramon...

I'm trying to remember what that scent was. I believe it was Varvatos Dark Rebel. There was oodles of it until Jeremy Fragrance opened his mouth, then the scalpers descended upon every Marshalls,...

If Fierce was inexpensive and available at Wal-Mart (like Curve), I could see service industry guys wearing it. The only reason I catch young folks in stuff like Joop is because they can snag it for...

That must be a person old enough to remember when Fierce WAS a teenager cologne, so I would have clapped back hard at them. Teens aren't wearing Fierce anymore than they're wearing Tommy. Who's...

Hell yeah I'd wear this, and I'll be 40 this year.

I also wear:

Victoria Secret Very Sexy for Him (1999)
Perry Ellis Portfolio (1999)
Kenneth Cole New York Men (2002)
Morgan de Toi Homme...

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Avon Friktion for Men (2000)

A very mildly sweet but woody aromatic gourmand with the patent Avon amber in the base. I missed the train on this 20 years ago.

Aqua di Hilton Parisfumo sounds nice.

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Sorry, my fabulous is showing. I better button that down.

The heels. They were so insane they both helped give Jourdan it's notoriety in the 80's, and helped sink the name into the 90's (along with negligent spendthrift kids driving daddy's company into the...

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People STILL don't know this ever even existed. I mentioned to a traffic cop (stationed near my building for a while) who shared my interest in fragrances that I was wearing Charles Jourdan and he...

This is the US release with the cupped spray button. Notice "Eau de Toilette" and 100 ml 3.4oz below compared to the Canada/Europe bottles with flat spray button, "Vaporisateur Naturel" and no size...

No express shipping! Just came when it came!

The former. Sorry it took you longer. :(

Yeah, it's the new stuff. *shrug*

Vintage Avon from 1980 and back. Real oakmoss, real sandalwood, real bergamot and lavender. Nitromusks in examples before 1974, just maybe not the best performance because eau de cologne...

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Pascal Morabito Or Black (1982)

Definitely more than a few years since the EdC was discontinued and relaunched as EdT, because Scannon even produced the EdT for a while, and it's been years since Scannon had the license. I have no...

I love this one.

I traded in my six pack abs for a six pack of beer years ago.

Dunhill "Man" is called Dunhill Signature in some markets, so it's listed as that on Basenotes.

As for your query about the most recent Dunhill for Men (1934) production, that's good stuff too....

*gonnnnnggggg*

So that makes it Abercrombie & Fitch Farce Cologne.

*ba dum tish*

Blend 30 is Morabito Or Black's British uncle. London is an ultracorn so naturally I haven't smelled it.

It's a fave for me. I like it more than Edition, which is blasphemy in this place.

That's the good stuff. Imagine if you will, a leather fragrance that has barbershop qualities like RG pH, but is still a leather. 1934 was the wild west for men's fragrance apparently.

Good stuff!

I honestly didn't smell a difference. Since Avon fragrances never cross international borders (legally), they seldom worry about IFRA or the European Cosmetics Commission, so if your bottle is made...

Did you get this bottle or the older rounder one?

Not to downplay the topic but holy cow that is a huge bottle of Brut!

I know it's pronounced "Pair-a-Dime", but I can't resist the urge to say "Para-Diggum" sometimes.



I have tracking! <3

Reminds me of the Yatagan Mania that happened over the period the Rothschilds took over Caron from Ales group. Prices went up from $35 up to like $400 when it dried up, then when Yatagan was being...

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Chanel Antaeus (1981)

Finally broke away from almost 2 weeks of Avon. Was nice. Might do it again.

I don't think anyone seriously questions the rarity of things like antique Guerlains or well-loved Patous off the market 20 years plus, so that's sort of a moot point.

I guess it's a bit...

That's because a lot of the eBay sellers that high-ball vintages are Basenotes and/or Fragrantica users, they just don't chat in forums. They read, but don't give themselves away, unless you get one...

I don't think there will be much FOMO hype for this one though, since it has been in and out of production like a pendulum for 87 years. The price creep I saw was slight, but the real problem here is...

That's why I didn't say DC'd, cuz I don't know for sure, but a release this irrelevant to the mainstream (beyond us vintage fans) likely will never get a proper DC announcement when it goes. And I...

Dunno where to post this I'm posting this here. Dunhill for Men (1934) is pretty much out of stock at all the discounters and drying up on eBay, with prices creeping up to match. Anyone looking to...

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Dunhill for Men by Alfred Dunhill (1934)

The splashes in the US market were called "Concentrated Cologne" but were really the same thing as the EdT sprays.

One of mine looks like that. It's got a flat sprayer and "vaporisatuer naturel" making it an early French-language bottle. These were imported into Canada before the eventual American market ones...

Everyone beat me to it.
Adding Intense Cherry for something different.

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Avon Clint (1976)

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Avon Öland (1970)

I'd have to get my nose on some to be the judge of that.

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Avon Modern Balance (2001)

Avon may be the penny candy of deep mid-century vintage perfume, but since I'm not a millionaire retiree nor really have any hope of actual retirement for that matter, I can live with that. Bandit is...

Who's the real bandit here? The perfume, or the person buying it? Mwahahahahaha

I know a place where I can sample this version, so I should check it out just to get a bead on what everyone is yucking about.

These late 90's/early 2000's Avon were my introduction to exploring fragrance as a hobby, so I'm "coming home" metaphorically. Prior to that, I wore what was bought for me, like a lot of young guys...

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Avon Perceive for Men (2000)

Yeah, and to add insult to injury, their fragrances (like Lapidus) were handled by Jacques Bogart, generally known for cut-rate (albeit potent) juices, so what little reputation the men's fragrances...

Aigner reminds me a lot of Balenciaga in that regard. Nobody knows they had men's fragrances at all until they were already long discontinued (and by then pricey FragComm unicorns). They probably...

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Avon Wild Country Outback (2003)

All versions were released simultaneously as packaging variants, and I believe the chrome plated blue one was just the limited collectors one a la the metal housed Jaïpur bottles or puffball Le Mâle...

Yeah, the mainstream "FragComm" echos the mainstream of any niche interest culture. Using heavy metal for analogy (as I spent years there too), the mainstream cats were divided between those who...

There are 3 versions of the Spartan head.

Blue glass with chromed plastic "helmet"
Clear glass with frosted "helmet"
Clear glass with ribbed "helmet" (like mine)

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To me they're situationally different. Aventus is basically the everyday smell of techbros and new money, be it the real one or a clone. Elysium comes from a house known more for upscale takes on...

Avon used to have an Anew range for men in the 2000's, which had a concealer.

Don't get strung out by the way I look.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
I'm not much of a man by the light of day,
but by night I'm one hell of a lover!

...you both look like you're pretty...

I'm showing up to your door in 1960's matching pink hat, mod poncho gaucho, and mini-skirt. Samples and catalogs ready to go.

I'm the Goosey Guy of cheap mail-order fragrances.

Cologne, about 6-7 hours. Projection dies to a close bubble in an hour.
Aftershave, about 4-5 hours, less musk and add camphor. More noticeable lavender/geranium.