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Please feel free to bang that gong. I'd be fascinated to hear what Avon fragrances you consider are worth looking at. I know your views on Mesmerize and I'm currently eyeing up a bottle of that, any others?
Mesmerize any bottle will do, but try to get older bottles for Black Suede (1980) because the price is negligible and there was a small tweak. My favorite is the 1999 bottle with the rounded buckle design and script font on bottle.
Thank you, much appreciated. I recently saw a bottle of Black Suede, I'll have to check it out!
I've seen the buckle design ones but not with a script font. Do you have an image?
When I say script, I mean "Black Suede" spelled out. The old deep vintage ones have just an "S" on them. They're good, but soapier/cleaner than the 90's one, which got a big kick of spice and orris in the middle.
A month ago it was $100 on ebay.
You need to dig a little deeper sometimes. It's still a $20 fragrance. I think I'll wear it today.
That now makes perfect sense, thank you for the clarification. Now you mention it I have seen bottles with just the S on them. I also came across a vintage Avon Paros which I've not seen before. Any thoughts on that one?
Paros is European-only, and a renaming of something we got in the US. Check vintage SOTD thread for the bottle of Black Suede I mean.
Very kind thank you. It's helpful because there is more than one in that 'belt buckle' style and one is clearly a lot more recent than the other. I also saw an aftershave in exactly that style of lettering and striped box but not in the belt buckle style bottle but in a more conventional bottle. Am I right to assume that would be from the same period?
If it looks like my bottle, it's a safe bet. There's no batch code minutiae with Avon.
Now that you've said that, I found something. Not sure if stock is updated or not. But I'll try to get some. Oscillating between 10 or 20 bottles as I've finished a bottle of Bowling Greene in about 6 months.
My apologies if you thought I was being argumentative, that was not my intention. I was just trying to state that I believe "most" people when referencing fragrance use 100ml as the basic standard size, not everyone will think in this manner but I believe this to be typical. I do agree with the theory of buying smaller bottles until you find something you love, this eliminates a lot of waste over time for sure. I have just noticed in the past when people ask for recommendations under a certain dollar amount there are always the few that recommend fragrances in very small sizes to get under the amount ask for. As an extreme example someone may ask for recommendations under $50, the person replying may recommend something that's only $45 but that's for only 10ml. Obviously this is an extreme example but it regularly happens to some degree. The normal/typical size of a fragrance bottle in most cases is 100ml in size in most peoples minds, that is the typical size you see in retail stores. Just trying to think in the way of the masses, although some may disagree. Again, not trying to start an argument. Have a great one.
