European Scents

[Dag0n]

I found this link to a

website that sells european colognes. Most of these colognes seem to contain scents from some of the more popular

scented oils. Perhaps DrSmellThis could give us his insights on if he thinks any of these might be a good buy and

if so which ones. Some of them look promising. Here's the link.



http://www.cosmeticbag.com/cgi-bin/cm.cgi?target=intl_men

[surfs_up]

at $3 to $5 per bottle, did I read this right ? You should expect to reek of cheap... is this

repackaged potty freshener ? A dab of good quality fragrance trumps a bath in grotty chemicals... nothing ever so

sad as trying to make a high class impression with poor raw materials...

[Dag0n]

i was kinda thinking

the same thing myself , when i meant promising i was saying that some of the combinations sound promising. Cheap

doesn't neccesarily mean bad either... i suppose the only way to know would be to try them and find out. Plus i'm

not sure how they price fragrances in europe, that might also have something to do with it.

[NaughtieGirl]

Hi GagOn,

Believe me, the nice designer perfumes cost as much in Europe as they do here. The ony place you

might get a deal on them is at a tax-free shop while in international transit. And even then, they're pricey. I see

you point about the interesting combinations. If you're looking for recipe's you couldn google for "esential oils"

and then recipe's. These looked like they are Russian or something like that. A far cry from the French perfumes,

I'm sure.

[Dag0n]

thanks for the insight

naughty, i'll check up more on google i suppose.

[silksand]

Naughty is right - most if not

all of the perfumes on the cosmeticsbag link are from Novaya Zarya, a very old Russian cosmetics company started by

a French perfumer. I've heard from some perfume lovers whose opinion I trust that some of these are quite nice -

Patchouli Magique and Moscou Rouge for example.



http://www.therussianshop.com/russhop/imperial/perfume.htm

http://www.rus-sell.com/he

alth+and+beauty/novaya+zarya/catalog1063.html

If you want to inexpensively try some fine fragrances

from European perfumers, though, I recommend doing a search on ebay for perfumes - use the word "decant" in the

search and you'll find many reputable sellers who sell small amounts for very reasonable prices.

[taddymd]

I found this site:

http://www.strawberrynet.com They have allmost every known cologne and they offer free shipping

worldwide

[TDizzle]

i just buy fragrances off ebay

they are like 50% cheaper than regular department stores...

[NaughtieGirl]

Naughty is

right - most if not all of the perfumes on the cosmeticsbag link are from Novaya Zarya, a very old Russian cosmetics

company started by a French perfumer. I've heard from some perfume lovers whose opinion I trust that some of these

are quite nice - Patchouli Magique and Moscou Rouge for example.



http://www.therussianshop.com/russhop/imperial/p

erfume.htm (http://www.therussianshop.com/russhop/imperial/perfume.htm)



http://www.rus-sell.com/health+and+

beauty/novaya+zarya/catalog1063.html (http://www.rus-sell.com/health+and+beauty/novaya+zarya/catalog1063.html)

If you want to inexpensively try some fine fragrances from European

perfumers, though, I recommend doing a search on ebay for perfumes - use the word "decant" in the search and you'll

find many reputable sellers who sell small amounts for very reasonable prices.
Thank you, I will certainly

try that! Save my money for the mones!

[Holmes]

i just buy

fragrances off ebay they are like 50% cheaper than regular department stores...

There are only a

couple sellers I really trust on there.

[silksand]

Holmes, you're right - there

are some not-too-honest sellers on ebay. Personally I've bought perfume from perhaps 15-20 different sellers there

and always had a great experience. I pay close attention to their feedback - actually read the feedback, don't look

just at the percentage - because buyers many times are afraid to leave a negative for fear of retaliatory negatives

being put on their own record. So they may leave a positive, but make revealing comments to warn others away. If the

seller does have a few negatives, look to see what response they made, and if they left retaliatory negatives for

the buyers - I would avoid those sellers like the plague!

Anyone wanting some recommendations for honest

perfume sellers on ebay is welcome to PM me.

[bindy]

Have you smelled Flowerbomb by

Viktor and Rolf? I think it smells a little heavy, but really nice, very floral yet spicy. The thing that I

thought was so interesting was that when I opened the sample our dog went nuts, which is exactly the way he reacted

when I first tried pheromones. Wonder what's in the stuff! It's only available at Saks in the US, so I don't

know whether I'll get any or not, maybe just stick with the sample for now.
Bindy