View Full Version : OLD fragrance Alter Ego
Bruce
02-04-2004, 10:20 AM
Anyone interested
in keeping this product going? We finally ran out a week or so ago, and there hasn\'t been a major outcry so far.
We can special order it if there is enough interest, but we were thinking of letting it go based on the mail we
have gotten so far.
What say ye?
Bruce
Holmes
02-04-2004, 10:43 AM
I, for one,
say yay.
But, alas, I am only one.
Holmes
BassMan
02-04-2004, 10:55 AM
I\'m using
it. The new fragrance gets in the way.
Bass
CptKipling
02-04-2004, 11:00 AM
How about
unscented?
how about AE
without any fragrance at all? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Holmes
02-04-2004, 11:24 AM
Or how about
if they made AE, but they didn\'t add a fragrance to it?
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Holmes
Holmes
02-04-2004, 11:46 AM
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Just joking.
Holmes
Bruce
02-04-2004, 09:13 PM
CJ and
Holmes,
That was really cute. I had to have a good laugh there.
OK, so which do you think would sell best:
1.
Old fragrance
2. Unscented
3. No added fragrance :-)
I even have a name for the new product picked out
already: Altered Beagle
Catchy, don\'t you think?
B
Sagacious1420
02-04-2004, 09:48 PM
I
personally love the new fragrance and, although I haven\'t had any problems w/ a scent clash in my phero/cologne
mixes yet, it would be great to have the option of an unscented version also. If the only option was one or the
other, then give me the new fragrance.
Just my 2 cents.
Yeah, I know I said nothing regarding the old
fragrance at all, but that\'s because I prefer the new one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
DrSmellThis
02-05-2004, 01:26 AM
The old
AE is THE only mixable one, and can be layered on the body due to it\'s powdery, light musk scent. It smells good,
very mellow. It mixes well with almost anything, including sandalwood. With the other one you\'re stuck with one
very present cologne smell all the time. I don\'t understand the controversy.
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Sagacious1420
02-05-2004, 01:54 AM
What
controversy?
platinumfox
02-05-2004, 03:55 AM
Bruce
can you tell me which of the Alter Egos smells like baby powder?
Holmes
02-05-2004, 06:23 AM
Unscented AE
would be nice.
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Altered Beagle Catchy.
Holmes
You know I like
the smell of the original AE (in the clear glass bottle). I don\'t know what the new fragrance smells like, but if
I had to choose it would be unsented.
Haven\'t
smelled old AE, but the new smell is tremendous when worn standalone. I think it is better than most cover scents,
and you do not need a cover.
If you are making mixes, however, I could see the need for unscented.
I have AFA.
That is 1:1 None:Nol I believe, and it is unscented. Despite the presence of none in it, I can say that there is
little stink, and most of the smell is the carrier. Since rone does not smell too bad, I bet an unscented AE
wouldn\'t have much of a smell either.
Bruce
02-05-2004, 08:10 AM
The ORIGINAL
old AE (the clear glass) was an organic citrus/floral thing; very simple blend, not really a cologne in the normal
sense of the word. The brown glass version of that was a commercial reproduction of that original fragrance, and I
don\'t think I have ever sampled that stuff actually, but that is what we would be able to special order and
probably what most of you know as the \"old\" AE. The new AE is a complex fragrance which though it is a
full-blown cologne has proven to be very very popular. Apples and oranges. Both very nice but very very
different.
B
CptKipling
02-05-2004, 09:29 AM
My vote is
to get rid of old AE and make an unscented version.
The only reason I would buy old AE because the scent is easy
to cover, so surely unscented AE solves that problem.
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Haven\'t smelled old AE, but the new smell is
tremendous when worn standalone. I think it is better than most cover scents, and you do not need a cover.
If
you are making mixes, however, I could see the need for unscented.
I have AFA. That is 1:1 None:Nol I believe,
and it is unscented. Despite the presence of none in it, I can say that there is little stink, and most of the
smell is the carrier. Since rone does not smell too bad, I bet an unscented AE wouldn\'t have much of a smell
either.
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I think I have the new AE.... because I bought my bottle
a few months ago. But,I LOVE the scent! I would be disappointed, if only unscented was available.
oscar
02-05-2004, 11:09 AM
Bruce,
I\'m a big fan of old AE. The only reason I haven\'t been more vocal in its support has been that
I\'ve selfishly always hoped that there would be a bottle or two of it left for me to buy when I next run out.
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When the fragrance change was announced I stocked up on the old
fragrance buying three bottles at one point and another two later. Having almost three full bottles left, I can\'t
promise that I\'m going to be ordering it any time in the very near future, but when the time does come I\'d
really like to know that I can replenish my supply.
I have one opened bottle of what I believe to be the
\"original\" old scent which is slightly more pronounced than the subsequent \"old\" scent, one opened bottle of
the second old scent, and one sealed bottle of what I assume is also the second old scent.
I\'ve never actually
gotten a whiff of the new AE fragrance, but since I have two products which employ the same fragrance base (Rogue
Male and One Night Stand) I think I can safely say that I would definitely prefer to buy the old scent over the new.
It\'s not that I don\'t like the new scent, but like the Doc I enjoy the flexibility of using other fragrances
with AE that the subtlety of the old scent allows.
So log one more vote for keeping a supply of the old scent
AE.
An unscented AE would be my second choice, but a far distant second.
By the way, the style of bottle
doesn\'t necessarily determine what scent lies within. Stone changed the fragrance from the original old scent to
the second old scent while still packaging it in the clear glass, flat top bottles with the paper label. Then they
changed the packaging to the amber dropper top bottle with the gold foil label while still producing the second
scent version. Then they changed the fragrance.
So if you have a flat top clear bottle it could be either the
original or second scent, and if you have the amber dropper top it could be either the second or new scent.
I even
once received a \"mutant\" bottle (of second scent) that was in a clear flat top with the gold foil label.
Oscar /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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CJ and Holmes,
That was really cute. I had to have
a good laugh there.
OK, so which do you think would sell best:
1. Old fragrance
2. Unscented
3. No added
fragrance :-)
<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> I vote for No2 but No 3 sounds good too. I just
canĀ“t decide right now sorry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Rakesh
02-05-2004, 12:47 PM
I would say
unscented because I love the alchemical business around:)
abductor
02-05-2004, 01:08 PM
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CJ and Holmes,
That was really cute. I had to
have a good laugh there.
OK, so
:
1. Old fragrance
2. Unscented
3. No added fragrance :-)
I even have
a name for the new product picked out already: Altered Beagle
Catchy, don\'t you think?
B
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Poll..Poll.. Poll
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which do you think would sell best ?
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Quorum
02-05-2004, 06:16 PM
I agree,
unscented AE would be great.
In the meantime, I\'m thinking about going for a bottle of P10, even if it\'s
gonna cost me an arm and a leg /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Correct me if I\'m wrong, but I
understand it\'s very close to the same formula as AE. P10 is also made by Stone Labs, right?
Or maybe I\'ll
just go for AFA, which I\'ve gotten good results from and smells great (I mean, it doesn\'t smell at all, which
is great). But I\'d prefer an unscented AE.
Holmes
02-05-2004, 06:36 PM
AE is more of
an even mix than P10. P10 contains less -rone in proportion to the amounts of -none and -nol.
What about adding a
little CS -rone to the AFA?
Holmes
HB_88
02-05-2004, 09:49 PM
I like the scent of the new AE much better. However, there was at least one good thing about the old AE for those
of us who work in \"scent-free\" offices: it smells just like hand soap. Think of the possibilities....
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HB_88
bundyburger
02-09-2004, 03:18 PM
I\'ve
just ordered a top up of AE, but in the future would buy an unscented version of it for sure.
I have a good choice
of colognes here now and don\'t need a provided fragrance.
If Oscar and DrSmellThis are using the Old scent
because it mixes well then I\'m sure an unscented one could fulfill the same purpose.
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I\'ve just ordered a top up of AE, but in the
future would buy an unscented version of it for sure.
I have a good choice of colognes here now and don\'t need
a provided fragrance.
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I am in the same boat here. I have
aquired some nice scents that I really like and want to just mix AE with them.
markus
02-13-2004, 09:06 PM
so where does
it stand? what was decided?
is there a chance of an unscented AE somewhere in the (near) future?
DrSmellThis
02-14-2004, 06:54 AM
I agree
with Oscar, obviously. The old one adds something to your smell as a layer, but leaves room for other things. (e.g.,
sandalwood, EO\'s, musks, animal stuff) It is a note you can add to yourself. That is more my style, as every day
I layer things to get a unique effect. The old AE is a flexible \"role player\". Also the old AE smelled a bit
more natural than the new one, which is a typical shopping mall synthetic cologne. The idea of smelling like the
same average cologne every day to get my 3 pheros bores me. But that\'s just me.
But it sounds like both
fragrances have their loyal adherents, which is not a bad thing for Stone, I should think.
I don\'t even
know if the old AE is available any more. I don\'t think most folks have even smelled it.
oscar
02-14-2004, 09:01 AM
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\"....But it sounds like both fragrances have
their loyal adherents, which is not a bad thing for Stone, I should think.
I don\'t even know if the old AE is
available any more. I don\'t think most folks have even smelled it.\" - DrSmellThis
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Bruce,
I think this is an important point. At the risk of sounding
self-serving in terms of presenting my case, I would submit that in the poll above, many of the votes for an
unscented AE were cast by users who have never had a chance to sample the old AE, and may thus essentially be votes
against the new fragrance.
Personally I would doubt that many (if any) of the regular users of the old AE would
vote for an unscented version over the old scent, but an unscented AE IS something that should be considered. (A
concentrated unscented AE additive and a shelf-strength unscented AE with vegetable glycerine were the first two
things I whipped up when I got the Chem Set back in November
\'01)
http://www.server2.love-scent.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB4&Number=717
9&fpart=&PHPSESSID= (\"http://www.server2.love-scent.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB4&Number=7179&f
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I fully agree with the Doc on his evaluation of the old scent of AE. Its subtle
fragrance seemed to blend amiably with any other fragrance I ever used, while somehow totally covering AE\'s phero
content when used on its own.
If I\'ve held back on singing the praises of old AE based solely on my selfish
desire to conserve the ever dwindling existing stock, (and I HAVE!
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I should have been honest and told people what I really
thought.
I should have been telling everone all along how WONDERFUL old AE is.
I APOLOGIZE for acting SO contrary
to the spirit of Brotherhood and Sisterhood that the Pheromone Forum stands for.
Go ahead! ELIMINATE the old
scent AE!
I don\'t DESERVE to wear the BEST DAMNED PHEROMONE PRODUCT THAT THERE EVER WAS !!!
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Oscar
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upsidedown
02-14-2004, 09:43 AM
I\'ve
never said anything about the old scent because I was just under the impression that it was gone
forever.
But, I voted the old scent as my choice. I do like the new scent AE at times as well. But, I can
only repeat what Oscar and Dr. S.T. have said. The old scent was so very subtle that it didn\'t clash with
anything else you might want to wear...or was fine on its own while still covering the phero smell in the product
(what little there is.) In a way I sort of did think of the old AE as an \"unscented\" product when compared to
all the others. It was so subtle that it could be worn by itself in environments where a scent was
inappropriate.
If I were advising Stone Labs (and they should be thankful I\'m not), I\'d tell them to
replace the current AFA formula with an unscented AE phero mix. Then, it could be the new \"fragrance additive\"
product, but include -rone which they don\'t have now.
I have some very fond memories of the old AE.....I
would have to say that it gave me some of my best and most memorable hit reactions.....ahh....I think I\'ll
reminisce a bit.....
oscar
02-14-2004, 10:14 AM
usd,
I
didn\'t get to vote in that poll.
When I tried, I got the following message:
\"We already have a vote for
this poll from this IP address.\"
Such is the plight of the AOL user on these forums. We are randomly assigned
\"pool IP\'s\" and if someone has already voted using the one you\'re on, you\'re shut out of the process.
That\'s why I jacked up my soapbox a couple of notches.
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Oscar /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
bundyburger
02-14-2004, 02:13 PM
I got
the Chem set primarily for the same reason. To make unscented SoE and AE/m.
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CptKipling
02-16-2004, 09:49 AM
Deep
breaths Oscar, deep breaths /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
MOBLEYC57
02-16-2004, 10:34 AM
So
Bruce....what\'s cooking in the AE pot? Unscented? Old scent? New scent only? What?
Thankya!
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upsidedown
03-27-2004, 12:59 PM
Bump.
Any final verdict on this? Or is the lack of any more news an indication that they\'re sticking with
only the current scent of AE?
I\'m curious to
find out to, will you sell the unscented or scented products? AE is my favorite, and its got me a couple of sexual
hits the first time I used it.
MOBLEYC57
03-28-2004, 09:44 AM
Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce! Come out an playay! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
cuddlebear
03-29-2004, 10:00 AM
Add my
name to those who would prefer old AE, based on the descriptions I\'ve read ... I will admit that I haven\'t
tried any of the AEs yet, but I usually prefer subtle musks to out-and-out colognes ...
SyraBrian
03-29-2004, 10:32 AM
I\'m
all in favor of making more of the old, brown glass version of Alter-Ego. It\'s very understated, plus I\'m just
about out of the brown glass AE that I have.
I like to buy new products, but when I find a version of a product
I like, I tend to want to stick with it.
bigdog
03-29-2004, 10:35 AM
I\'d like
to try old too. I\'d get a bottle of each. I\'m more intrigued about the Big Bang hitting this week foremost
though.
camusflage
03-29-2004, 11:38 AM
Can
someone compare and contrast the old and the new scents? I guess I\'ve got the old one (bought from another site
in the amber glass). I\'m curious what the new one smells like.
My description of the old: Soap. I can\'t
tell which one, as I\'ve only used shower gels for three years now. Irish Spring, Zest, one of the mainstream
ones. I like it, but it\'s a bit much for some of my colognes, though it goes with citrus/woody ones just fine.
Phantom
03-29-2004, 01:15 PM
Bruce, just
make a AE that doesn\'t tip over /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif lol
cuddlebear
03-29-2004, 04:16 PM
I have
always loved the smell of a good soap .. if the old AE really smells anything like a good soap then I am even more
emphatically voting for the old AE!!!
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DefconX3
03-29-2004, 06:59 PM
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Bruce, just make a AE that doesn\'t tip over
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Haha,
lost half of my bottle by that. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif Now im realllllly careful.
the old ae\\m is
definitely one of the best and flexible. please don\'t discontouine. it would be a real shame to end such a great
product. I\'ve gotten the best hits w/ ae/m.
watcher27944
12-02-2004, 06:51 AM
All I have ever smelled is
the amber bottle so I would have to go with the unsented.
MOBLEYC57
12-02-2004, 03:07 PM
"Rain drops keep falling on my
head." Is the mic on? :run:
miyazaki
12-10-2004, 01:15 PM
Please, please keep the 'Old
Alter Ego'! It was my first phero product and after i tried it the first time i said to myself i will continue
buying this forever, as long as its available. The new AE is too sweet for me, sort of 'Grandma-ish', ha. The old
AE was much more subtle and musky, delicate and smooth. I won't buy the new AE anymore, (well i might), and for me
it is superior to Chikara and Perception, which comes off more rancid, though they are great products. Yes I
realize the phero formulation is un-changed but the fragrance is very important obviously, and the new AE fragrance
has almost ruined this product for me. Must keep the old! I just hope that I am not too late to add my opinion in
concerning the change with this product. Great site, great forum, thanks so much. Peace...
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