Hey everyone!
It appears that 
Wanted by Night has been discontinued for a while, but Azzaro changed the bottle to a cheaper looking silver one before they axed it. Some people said that it smells different and performs weaker than the older bottles.
Is it a myth? Is it worth it to hunt down a bottle with the darker top from 2023 or before?
Unfortunately I don't have experience about the particular fragrance you mentioned. However, in general most professional big fragrance brands' batch differences are not so significant. Smaller brands and especially handmade fragrances have sometimes quite big batch differences. Reformulations do really happen too, however a lot less often and a lot less significantly that you would think when reading the public discussion. Usually complaints about the fragrance being a lot weaker or different are due to the person's false memories and/or nose blindness issues. The only way to know for sure would be comparing the two different batches at the same time by spraying them on both arms. I have noticed that many people get so nose blind to their fragrances eventually that they think that the fragrance doesn't perform well or has changed, however if they would ask someone else they would hear the fragrance being actually really strong 😅 In that case taking a few months break from that fragrance and avoiding overspraying would most likely "reset" the nose and it would hopefully smell normal again after the break.
Also, a brand new bottle of a fragrance will smell different than an older bottle that's been used for a while, even with no reformulation. The nature of the juice being exposed to air for a longer period of time makes a difference.
Also, a brand new bottle of a fragrance will smell different than an older bottle that's been used for a while, even with no reformulation. The nature of the juice being exposed to air for a longer period of time makes a difference.
Absolutely. 👍 This too can be tested if you have bought two bottles of the same batch and opened the other one a lot earlier. It depends on the type of the fragrance how oxidation affects it - for example citrusy top notes tend to fade and sweet vanilla notes tend to turn deeper and boozier. White flowers, especially when the perfume has a high concentration of naturals, turn more indolic. Some fragrances change more and some don't significantly change at all.
