tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post7025751693112510063..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: How many of you have been wearing less than a dollar worth of fragrance?Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-14755460270765157072016-09-29T18:38:18.807+01:002016-09-29T18:38:18.807+01:00It makes me want to go buy a $3 bottle of Florida ...It makes me want to go buy a $3 bottle of Florida Water and add essential oils to it myself. I may spend $100 on bottles of myrrh, frankincense, and sandalwood oils -- but at least I can trust that all that money would actually go into *making* the resulting extrait, rather than marketing it!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071012594331983558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64033743162964390372014-11-29T16:50:36.540+00:002014-11-29T16:50:36.540+00:00Thanks for the link in a newer post, as I had miss...Thanks for the link in a newer post, as I had missed this. This explains a little why so many fragrances smell identical. I think of it as 'Sephorascent' because they always remind me of that peppery, bubble gum, fruity soaps and generic cosmetics smell I get when I pass a Sephora store. I wonder if the price per kilo is the same for very small perfumers like Ava Luxe and Sonoma Scent KKinDKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757754561668991894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-14251093433019983462008-02-07T16:57:00.000+00:002008-02-07T16:57:00.000+00:00That's indeed preposterous, Indie Tea and thanks f...That's indeed preposterous, Indie Tea and thanks for mentioning it<BR/>(welcome, btw! hope you drop by often)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-3800813570734951852008-02-07T09:57:00.000+00:002008-02-07T09:57:00.000+00:00I had heard (I cannot remember why) that a perfume...I had heard (I cannot remember why) that a perfume's cost only makes up 3% of its cost - 3%!!! - on average.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48680305246786120912008-02-06T15:49:00.000+00:002008-02-06T15:49:00.000+00:00Exactly!!Thanks for commenting Elysium. "Ridiculou...Exactly!!<BR/>Thanks for commenting Elysium. "Ridiculously high" are the words I have been searching for...Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-2773950872857290872008-02-06T14:52:00.000+00:002008-02-06T14:52:00.000+00:00The most disturbing thing in my opinion is the fac...The most disturbing thing in my opinion is the fact that high end and niche actors sell not-so-high-quality products for ridiculously high prices.Elysiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060128319922702037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-59502353954486366782008-02-05T23:06:00.000+00:002008-02-05T23:06:00.000+00:00Dear M,you're welcome. It needed to be said becaus...Dear M,<BR/><BR/>you're welcome. It needed to be said because I see some preposterous claims sometimes to what smells to me like a bunch of low-grade materials...<BR/><BR/>And very well said, as usual: it is important how much something is worth to us and how we decide armed with knowledge and intuition.<BR/>On the reformulation sans informing the public, you know my stance ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-34988004974031801812008-02-05T21:35:00.000+00:002008-02-05T21:35:00.000+00:00Thanks for making the point that some of the niche...Thanks for making the point that some of the niche houses are as guilty of this racket as the mainstream companies. There are some extraordinary niche perfumers out there, but I am often astonished at the way people will pay top dollar for swill just because it's "exclusive." <BR/><BR/>This just confirms my own resolution to trust my nose, and let my money follow my pleasure--no matter whether BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-459647751753849962008-02-05T21:20:00.000+00:002008-02-05T21:20:00.000+00:00Sabina,I think the only thing one can do is get a ...Sabina,<BR/><BR/>I think the only thing one can do is get a solid education in the matter (as in everything, really) so one can judge for oneself.<BR/>Getting acquainted with the raw materials of perfumery and getting to test good quality ingredients is the first step of that education, in my opinion. Then one is left to one's sensibilities, of course and one's culture and taste.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-24584370432041643232008-02-05T21:19:00.000+00:002008-02-05T21:19:00.000+00:00It is as you say Iris: they should take care not t...It is as you say Iris: they should take care not to raise their prices disproportionate to what they're offering. The consumer is not to be fooled...Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-91822261011185422502008-02-05T21:05:00.000+00:002008-02-05T21:05:00.000+00:00It makes me gag. Hand me a bucket somebody! We a...It makes me gag. Hand me a bucket somebody! We all know there's a mark-up for any product, but that much? What I'm wondering, how can we distinguish if the juice we're buying is half-way worth it? <BR/>And what, if anything, can we do about it? (Goes away to gag).<BR/>SabinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-60406588770637333892008-02-05T17:31:00.000+00:002008-02-05T17:31:00.000+00:00I am not at all surprised by the cheapening of ing...I am not at all surprised by the cheapening of ingredients for mass market scents. The bulk of the budget goes towards packaging, licensing and marketing. If consumers are sold on the concept, the juice is of secondary importance. <BR/><BR/>I am dismayed to read that not all niche lines are using quality ingredients. After all, they don't have to spend on licensing and marketing, so almost all IrisLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784920758182679760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-83076434851923410452008-02-05T17:03:00.000+00:002008-02-05T17:03:00.000+00:00Nina,thanks for your comment. I agree that many sc...Nina,<BR/><BR/>thanks for your comment. I agree that many scents smell therefore cheap, both new and classics.<BR/>However I am not sure that every niche line is produing quality product either: it largely varies and we have seeb exempla of both ends of the spectrum ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-51783733857056173602008-02-05T14:16:00.000+00:002008-02-05T14:16:00.000+00:00How depressing, yet how true it rings. So many ne...How depressing, yet how true it rings. So many new releases these days smell cheap and simplistic compared to even the low-cost scents of thirty years or so ago.<BR/><BR/>Even the 'classics' have been so reduced that they're rarely the gems you remember. <BR/><BR/>I begin to see why I'm so attracted to modern niche houses - they're still prepared to put passion AND good materiel into their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-2702072827599929992008-02-05T13:57:00.000+00:002008-02-05T13:57:00.000+00:00Dear N,exactly! Charles Revson had it down pat it ...Dear N,<BR/><BR/>exactly! Charles Revson had it down pat it seems (albeit for another sector of beauty product).<BR/><BR/>Perfume is escapism, which is what accounts for the emphasis on the exterior appearence and presentation, as well as the marketing that focuses on the evocation rather than fact.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if producers realise how this "dream" is turning into a <I>cauchemar</I> (=Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-63642332763676854862008-02-05T08:55:00.000+00:002008-02-05T08:55:00.000+00:00We're paying for an image. For a dream. Often... i...We're paying for an image. For a dream. <BR/>Often... it seems.<BR/><BR/>When superior quality meets a fascinating trance it is a 'good' perfume (i.e. a perfume worth its price).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-12308423407401259222008-02-05T07:48:00.000+00:002008-02-05T07:48:00.000+00:00Dear Jeanny,you're very welcome. When I saw the fi...Dear Jeanny,<BR/><BR/>you're very welcome. When I saw the figure I got quite angry: I knew it was low, but <I>that</I> low??<BR/><BR/>Smaller indpendent perfumers have been my choice in many cases as well.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-49087742618817990142008-02-05T05:33:00.000+00:002008-02-05T05:33:00.000+00:00Very eye-opening! I really enjoy your investigativ...Very eye-opening! I really enjoy your investigative reporting; thank you for writing this even if it is very irritating. It makes me want to wear Andy Tauer and other small, independent perfumers exclusively since they cost what larger lines cost, but I trust the quality of the jus' ingredients is higher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com