...Just ordered 2 bottles of "The Iceberg Fragrance" for woman/femme because I think this gem is being discontinued in the US at least it has been very hard to find this last week. And secondly, I hope to buy a bottle of either L'artisan's "Caligna", "Mimosa Pour Moi" or Serge Luten's "Nuit de Cellophane" on Thursday for my 3rd and final Birthday shopping splurge...I swear!

...CB I HATE Perfume "At the Beach 1966" and Bobbi Brown "Beach" both do very accurate Coppertone Note renditions in their scents, I would check out the notes for these two fragrances because to my nose "At the Beach 1966" is a deadringer for Coppertone Suntan Lotion.

...Ann Gerard "Perle de Mousse", Lubin's "L'eau Neuve- Inedite", Lubin's "Gin Fizz", Keiko Mecheri's "Loukhoum" and Tauer's "L'air du desert Marocain"

...Two come to mind by Ghost1: "Moonlight"2. "Deep Night"- the bottle is even shaped like a sliver of the moon.

...Flaconneur:Did you always want to know what your favorite fragrance notes were? I thought this would be an easy way to visually identify what seem to be my favorite notes in fragrances. I placed the notes of my current collection into a word cloud program like Wordle and this was the result.Simply visit: http://www.wordle.net/Wow! That is incredibly cool!!!

...Los Angeles, CaliforniaScent Bar Hollywood7405 Beverly Blvd.Los Angeles CA 90036Scent Bar DTLA777 S. Alameda St.Suite 150Los Angeles CA 90021On Abbott-Kinney Blvd., Venice Beach, in the 10 or so city block stretch, you will find: Le Labo Boutique, Strange Invisible Perfumes Boutique, and then by exploring each and every shop I found niche fragrances in every store from the kitchen supply shop to the luxury fashion shops. The complete lines of Escentric Molecules, CB I HATE Perfume, EBBA (Miss Marissa, Miss Danielle, etc.), Lubin L'eau Neuve Series, Penhaligon's, Trance Essence, Maison De La Vanille, and Many Comme Des Garcons Fragrances. I spent a week - I could have stayed another!Seattle, WashingtonEssenza615 N 35th St.Seattle, WA 98103 A lovely boutique in the Freemont Area with full range of Serge Lutens, Houbigant, Acca Kappa, Diptyque, Santa Maria Novella, Atelier, Ineke and L'Artisan lines also many special soaps, luxury men's grooming supplies and I think I saw jewelry, candles & clothes there too, but I was so busy with the fragrance section....

...Dulcemio:Cryptic:Speaking of housework, in the last few years I've made a point of getting as much housework out of the way during the week as I can, so I don't have the bulk of it hanging over my head on the weekends. It's SO much better this way!!Does anyone else do this?I Love it! I'm doing this right now!

...Dlane1953:Flavorite:I seem to having this problem with "Inedite by Lubin". I stalked it for a year before getting it, Love the bottle so much and now I find it is so strong and rich (One single spray on a cotton paper has audibly fragranced my whole clothes closet for 3 weeks!) that I don't feel in the mood to project this level of elegance for the dogs, the bank-teller or the grocery cashier. Maybe I just realized...I need a more exciting social calendar and it's not Lubin's fault at all!Funny! I know the feeling. But now I have a new guiding principle when it comes to fragrances; He or she who dies with the greatest number of partial bottles loses--Use 'em up! Appreciate beauty even if it's only in the privacy of your home.So true...life is too short not to enjoy what we've got!

...IMHO, any company brand that just tries to mass market and get everyone to purchase the same generic scent instead of inspiring, curiosity and demonstrating the real science and art that goes into making a quality scent is doing a disservice in the long run. So by definition AXE Body Spray Designers...should be locked up! Granted, this is a for profit game, but if the branding pitch is like it was for Drakkar Noir and Polo-first ground breaking because it was a first experience with cologne for many of the guys I went to high school with...but as a girl, it became rather....a nonplus (mute point) when all the boys in the entire school are sharing the same bottle of Drakkar Noir...but I'm not sure we can blame Guy Laroche for this social phenomenon either. Who knows?

...I thought I had the same problem with Serge Lutens' whole line a couple of years ago after unsuccessfully trying Un Bois Vanille, Chergui (this smells schizophrenic on me), Fleur D'oranger (actually smelled like vomit on my skin), Feminite du Bois- smells great on some of my friends, but I smell like a gypsy psychic at a carnival, Jeaux de Peau- I wanted to love but it hates me, L'eau and L'eau Froide were also both disasterous! I swore the whole line off. Until one day I found a little Shop that had the whole line and a good fragrance consultant suggested to try the whole line (one by one over time and during different seasons, temperatures and also moods...Now I am the proud owner of 2 Fbs from this line "Five O'clock au Gingembre" and "Daim Blonde"- both of which work wonderfully on my skin...but neither of them work in the Spring or Summer and must wait patiently for Fall. I found SL's Gris Clair and Clair du Musc to be universally good. So I had to take back my earlier declaration that Serge and I would not find a common ground. Keep trying, you may find your pearl yet!

...I think I just found one! Diptyque's L'eau de L'eau...I can't seem to go wrong with this fresh, spicy, unisex...DH like it (he hates all my other fragrances).

...I seem to having this problem with "Inedite by Lubin". I stalked it for a year before getting it, Love the bottle so much and now I find it is so strong and rich (One single spray on a cotton paper has audibly fragranced my whole clothes closet for 3 weeks!) that I don't feel in the mood to project this level of elegance for the dogs, the bank-teller or the grocery cashier. Maybe I just realized...I need a more exciting social calendar and it's not Lubin's fault at all!

...I had "True Love" by Elizabeth Arden, "Fantasy", "Touch of Pink" by Lacoste and "Delicious" by Gale Hayman. All of them were blind buys and all of them were totally unbearable to my nose. I dumped the Delicious in the Trash bin to freshen things up a bit...hope the trash collector and local wildlife appreciated the effort. I gave the Touch of Pink to a friend whose husband was fixated on her wearing "Daisy" by Marc Jacobs, but she really disliked it, in fact she really dislikes fragrances and works in a Birthing Center/maternity ward anyway, so doesn't really need to get into this hobby with me. But after we tried about 10 different samples on her, I thought maybe Touch of Pink might be ok- or she can toss it. Fantasy and True Love went as extra freebies in a trade- in fact, I begged them to just try them cause I was going to toss them otherwise. The only one I won't admit to publically, but I really like is "Jovan's White Musk"...it's my little secret. Wink wink.

...Lisky:You guys are so lucky to live near places with shops, let alone perfume shops!You know what, this is an excellent point.You're absolutely correct. I am always pining away, wishing I lived some where with a modern niche fragrance shop filled with fancy brands like Diptyque, Jo Malone, Le Labo and Serge Lutens...but I should really appreciate what I have...without that little shop, there wouldn't be a bottle of Vol de Nuit, Mitsouko or L'heure Blue within 50 miles! I would be stuck at the Chemist/Pharmacy deciding which Paris Hilton fragrance was the best. I shiver to think of it...

...Pipette:In sympathy, if my reviews were removed - without just cause - I would quit the assembly, too.My Grandmother and now my mother both love to say "It is an ill wind that blows no good" or something to this effect. I think it means everything, even if it seems bad at the time, will eventually lead to something good...like my ending up here.

...Digindirt:I've found a shop with tons of discontinued fragrances. Unlucky for me, now that they are on to what is valuable, they have tripled the prices.The owner told me that I tipped them off based on the things I was interested in. When I came back to purchase more of what I wanted, the prices had skyrocketed!They have also started an Amazon shop where, to my surprise, they are selling things at astronomical prices!Ohhh! I better be less enthusiastic the next time I visit the shop. I'm doing to much winking, smiling and saying "Ahhhh! So Wonderful!" all the time. I won't be able to get them without him raising the prices soon!

...I hesitated for awhile to share the sordid details of my departure from 'the site that shall not be named' as we call it at my house. Since I enjoy a good rumble for about the first 15 seconds, then I can't be bothered with petty revenge schemes and back-n-forth arguments, unless I'm watching Chef Gordon Ramsay on "Kitchen Nightmares". I always try to state my case clearly, then I move onto better things. In brief: I mentioned in the forum that an online shop for Niche fragrances, I'd recently purchased from sold me defective merchandise and then did not responding to repeated Customer Service Inquiries for several months...and unbenounced to me the Customer Service Rep., let's call her "DeKim", instead of doing her job properly first accused www.luckyscent.com (which I have shopped from for about 10 years) of sending mismarked decants-Luckyscent responded in about 48 hours by sending me new free samples with free shipping to compare them- Nope, no problem on their end and fyi I'm not affiliated but- totally professional outstanding customer service. Meanwhile "Kimya" from Rescue Spa was busy trolling the F-site forum and complaining to the Admins. that I was in fact the problem. "Off with Her Head!" said the Grand Wizard. Eventually I was able to contact the Parfumer directly- (Keiko is a graceful, whip-smart and straightforward Lady, FYI) and she admitted that I was correct, there had been a manufacturing level screw-up on my bottle. It took about 3 seconds for the Parfumer to say "ooops!" and then say "check back with us in a few months when we should have the issue resolved. Thank you for shopping with us". And all was well- except for the tacky small-minded behavior of the intermediate Seller's Customer Service Rep,"Kimbalina" was busy bad-mouthing me to and with the big Z over at F-site...it was as if they were in collusion with kick backs...perhaps I don't understand the bigger picture of backroom deals and back scratching. But on the planet where I live friends can worn other friends about shops where the deals & service are bad, (no vile language was used) without getting removed from the friends group. Communities clearly state the rules and if the rules are "Only say nice things and never tell the truth about potential sponsors", so be it...that's cool. For the full scoop you can read the details on my Amazon.com "Niblet" Review for Osmanthus by Keiko Mecheri purchased through Rittenhouse Rescue Spa (Now changed to Rescue Spa Philadelphia). What really irked me about the whole thing was I had made some really lovely friends trading and I had written 50 or so really good reviews, I felt I was a positive contributor, but the reviews were removed...who does that help? Anyway, onward and upward!

...TJ MAXX - Where I live that's it for the occasional deal. I think they didn't know what Molton Brown was or where it should go so they just through several bottles on the clearance shelf for 15 bucks each. That is how I got a full size 3.3 oz bottle of Penhaligon's Violetta for 30 bucks once. They just don't really know what's going on...

...Witch HazelRoasted Sesame seedsButtery things baking in the ovenMalbec and Zinfadel The furry spot on a dogs head right between their earsCilantro, Thyme, RosemaryRoasted GarlicOak BarrelsInkUndeveloped FilmGoats (neutered)Aged Soft CamembertMahogany, cinnamon and pecan wood Thai Ice tea & Lapsang Souchong TeaOatmeal cooking

...Please excuse me if this topic is already in existence. But One thing that really vexes me about the beautiful fantasy world of fragrance we live in is those really outstanding discontinue fragrances. I am sure we all have one or two that haunt our dreams. I personally live in a state of near-constant high anxiety that the top five coveted fragrances on my wish list are about to be discontinued at any moment. Yes, I do have non-trivial real life problems, too, but somehow... discontinued fragrances is what keeps me up at night. I have a local old-fashioned perfume shop and they seem to have a number of NIB discontinued gems that- they don't realize are so valuable, because they are the same price they've been for 10 years. I read people pining over on here such as Emporio Armani White, Christian Dior Eau Svelte, Fidji, etc. I bet other people have access to discontinued favorites of other members and I wish there was a system in place to alert us on discontinued fragrances or about to be discontinued and when they are spotted out in the shops/ airports/etc. Anyone have any thoughts on this issue?