Does your favorite go-to fragrance from the past smell different?
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.
Shalimar
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 when I wore it, along with Shalimar (and the smell of snow) there was also the smell of smoke from wood burning fireplaces…
I thought I might have simply outgrown the fragrance, or that living in the south now, as there isn’t a winter in the same sense, was making the difference. Certainly there is 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.
Rive Gauche
Same for Rive Gauche. Even the so-called intense modern version pales in comparison with the original, which was knock your socks off wildly beautiful.
Why the difference?
I believe it is formula changes, not that we have become more used to intense fragrances so that the ones from the past seem correspondingly less intense.
If you can find a vintage version today, then…
Sometimes it is like fine wine. The fragrance has become more intense as it has matured and perhaps through some evaporation. Fragrances have to mature to some degree anyway before they are bottled.
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.
Modern versions of old faves
Occasionally you will find a modern version that has its own beauty. For those who don’t know the difference, this can be entirely satisfying. Others of us, might want both versions or only the vintage.
What about buying vintage today, where do you get it?
It is possible to find vintage fragrances in online perfume forums or on ebay.
Do you have any vintage fragrances you still like to wear in the vintage formula?
Karin
Originally posted 2007-02-06 19:25:37.
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