Comparing vintage to modern perfumes

February 6th, 2007 | Perfumes

If you think one of your favorite fragrances from the past does not smell the same any more, likely you are right.

The list of fragrances that have been tweaked (and will be tweaked due to new regs) is getting longer and longer.

An example is Shalimar. I used to wear this when I lived up north. I wore it during the winter, mostly when it was snowing. A friend of mine told me that she used to wear this when she smoked and that is when it smelled the best to her. I suppose along with Shalimar (and snow) was also the smell of smoke from wood burning fireplaces…

I thought I might have simply outgrown the fragrance, or living in the south now, there isn’t a winter in the same sense. Certainly no snow.

But, vintage Shalimar is quite different from the modern. I find I love the vintage as much as I ever did. The modern is a pale comparison.

Same for Rive Gauche.

It is possible to find vintage fragrances in online perfume forums or on ebay. Sometimes the top notes have gone (somewhat bad), but that is the part that evaporates first on your skin, so almost immediately you are into the middle and base of the fragrance. And it is worth it to have the real deal.

Karin

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