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Sassafras

How can you tell an expired perfume?

Sassafras | Perfume Discussions

... This happened with a few of the perfumes I bought from different retail discounters, whom I have no reason to distrust because I buy from them regularly without issues. I don’t think any of these were fake (and who would fake cheap frags anyway). They looked legit and had legit codes. Could this be what people call a ‘bad bottle’ or ‘bad batch’? Thankfully, I was able to return most of these purchases, but got stuck with two of such only faintly smelling bottles - Anna Sui EDP and Versace Woman EDP. I wanted to ‘give them a chance’ and waited too long so that it was too late to return. Regarding that god awful acrid smell (the second kind of problem), the absolute worst was Wall Street by Who is Elijah, then Amber Al Oudh Intense, also Khamrah and Jardin Exclusif Mancera. Light Blue Eau Intense is also affected partially. It starts off pleasant but then this acridity raises its ugly head making it unwearable. But again, it’s not the smell of acetone or vinegar. And I’m not talking about skin or sniffing from up close.

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Sassafras

10 months ago

Sassafras

How can you tell an expired perfume?

Sassafras | Perfume Discussions

... I read about the acetone/vinegar smell of spoilage but have not yet experienced that one. That’s why I posted my question: my two problems are different and as described. I don’t have any experience with vintages either, except for a bottle with a few drops of perfume remaining that I had kept for about a decade a long time ago. It retained its wonderful fragrance all that time until one day when it just ‘died’. But still it did not turn to acetone/vinegar. Also, only two of my problematic purchases were from the group of ‘legacy perfumes’ that you mention, the ones that often take time to unfurl after a rough start. These two were Il Bacio and First, which I returned because they simply had no smell - not at the beginning, not ever. Your experiences are interesting nonetheless and I wish to thank you very much for responding and sharing. Both of you!

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Sassafras

10 months ago

Sassafras

How can you tell an expired perfume?

Sassafras | Perfume Discussions

... I’ve encountered two issues that I think may or may not signify that the perfume has gone off. The first instance is when the liquid only has a faint slightly chemical smell. The second is that there is a strong and harsh smell of something like burnt rubber that can be mixed with some pleasant notes or not. There is more uncertainty in the second case because I am not sure if that smell is not some innovative note that is legitimate if not universally liked. I’ve come across someone complaining that they have been palmed off an expired perfume in a swap, but the other swapper defended herself that she did not realise it was spoilt but assumed instead that it simply did not mix well with her ‘skin chemistry’. A penny for your thoughts.

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Sassafras

10 months ago

Sassafras

How do you approach expensive buys?

Sassafras | Perfume Discussions

... Buying discovery kits by the brand (not decants by third parties) could be a way to go. You can test them properly. Some of these can be quite affordable. (For example, I can see a Penhaligon’s scent library (10x2) for AUD76 at a local department store. Even I can buy that. And you can get plenty of wear from 20ml.) Better yet, wait for them to be on sale.

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Ceesie

11 months ago

Ceesie

Sassafras

How do you recognise the smell of musk?

Sassafras | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre

... Say, there are smells widely accessible to most people, such as common flowers (e.g. roses, lavender), common spices (e.g. cinnamon, vanilla), herbs (e.g. basil), fruits, etc. The same cannot be said about musk. I do have perfumes that are categorised as musky, but I can’t really pinpoint what it is that they have in common, and how to isolate that smell in them. Musk still baffles me. When people write about ‘loads of musk’ in a perfume they review, I wonder how they know. I’ve purchased fragrance oil called Musk. It smells gourmand to me, like zephyr. The bottle has a picture of something that looks like zephyr. Is that why the oil smells like that to me? I can’t imagine any animal or anything (originally) coming from an animal smelling like this. How can you tell a perfume is musky? How have you learned the smell?

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Sassafras

02/20/2024

Sassafras

What kind of nature do you enjoy?

Sassafras | Off Topic

... A touching story. I’ve got three kinds of birds nesting (Indian minas, blackbirds and turtleneck doves) in my little patio. I get a bit sad when some of their fledglings don’t survive. The doves are the least successful in their reproductive efforts. On the other hand, I enjoy watching them bathe in a bowl of water I put out for them. There are also honeyeaters that come when the bottlebrush tree is in bloom. Rainbow lorikeets try to feed on it too, but hone yeaters chase them away. The lorikeets are so brilliantly coloured but also so noisy.

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Mitchcraft

02/01/2024

Sassafras

Need help identifying perfume based on notes.

Sassafras | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre

... Perhaps you could mix something like Habano Vanilla, Vanilla & Tobacco Infusion, Tobacco Touch Maison Alhambra, or Tobacco Leaf Just Jack with something else that has coffee, etc. Here some more: Tabac Gourmand Patrice Martin has everything except for coffee; Sweet Tabacum, When in Havana, and Honey Havane from The Dua Brand.

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Usedtrash8

10/15/2023

Sassafras

Spraying perfume on clothing that lingers for days

Sassafras | Perfume Discussions

... And yet complaints about longevity are a constant refrain in the reviews! I prefer not to spray perfume on my skin. That way I don’t have to harp on about ‘my skin chemistry’ and how ‘my skin eats up perfume’ - another constant refrain. It’s clothes and sometimes hair. If it’s a coat or jumper, I’m prepared to just wear that particular fragrance with that item until it’s time to clean. With other outerwear items that don’t not need to be changed every day, I just enjoy the smell of my fragrance from the day before. I actually prefer the scent not to last for longer than two days, but with rare exceptions, they do even though I don’t have anything expensive/special.

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CatGuy

10/05/2023

CatGuy