OLD fragrance Alter Ego

[Bruce]

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]

I, for one,

say yay.

But, alas, I am only one.


Holmes

[BassMan]

I\'m using

it. The new fragrance gets in the way.

Bass

[CptKipling]

How about

unscented?

[CJ01]

how about AE

without any fragrance at all? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Holmes]

Or how about

if they made AE, but they didn\'t add a fragrance to it?

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]


Holmes

[CJ01]

smartass

[Holmes]

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Just joking.


Holmes

[Bruce]

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]

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. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[DrSmellThis]

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.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Sagacious1420]

What

controversy?

[platinumfox]

Bruce

can you tell me which of the Alter Egos smells like baby powder?

[Holmes]

Unscented AE

would be nice.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Altered Beagle Catchy.


Holmes

[jose]

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.

[bjf]

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]

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]

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.

[Kari]

</font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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.

<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

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]

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.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[CJ01]

</font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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

can´t decide right now sorry [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Rakesh]

I would say

unscented because I love the alchemical business around

[abductor]

</font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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

<hr

/></blockquote><font class=\"post\">
[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
Poll..Poll.. Poll

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
<FORM METHOD=POST

ACTION=\"http://www.server2.love-scent.com/ubbthreads/dopoll.php\"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=\"pollname\"

VALUE=\"1076011695abductor\">


which do you think would sell best ?
<input type=\"radio\"

name=\"option\" value=\"1\" />Old fragrance
<input type=\"radio\" name=\"option\" value=\"2\" />New

fragrance
<input type=\"radio\" name=\"option\" value=\"3\" />Unscented
<INPUT TYPE=Submit NAME=Submit

VALUE=\"Submit vote\" class=\"buttons\"></form>

[Quorum]

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 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] 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]

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]

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....

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

HB_88

[bundyburger]

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.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[OCP]

</font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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.


<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

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]

so where does

it stand? what was decided?
is there a chance of an unscented AE somewhere in the (near) future?

[DrSmellThis]

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.