...LessthanzeroHello, I have been wearing one fragrance or another for a long time, but am new to perfume as a "hobby." Really enjoying myself so far though! My problem: I purchased an expensive 250ml bottle of Bois d'Argent today, and feel it is different (worse) than my trial run sample. I bought (on eBay) a new, boxed 7.5ml sample of Bois d'Argent from the Maison Christian Dior (or Privee) Collection. It was love at first sniff. I wore it for a week straight, reapplying in the afternoons. Though I got the sample on eBay, I am confident of its authenticity - especially after comparing side by side with a 7.5ml sample I received with my purchase today. When I got home from buying this very large (and very expensive) bottle, I gave myself a few good sprays. It's different. My sample smelled effervescent at the opening, with lots of Juniper. My full bottle smells much less bright at the opening, and MUCH more amber-y throughout. Sweeter. Can anyone offer guidance? Does my bottle just need some time to "oxidize"? Is it possible I got a bad batch? I purchased my big bottle from the Dior counter at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. Thanks in advance!Hi, old batches are indeed spectacular. Not nuclear in therms of sillage and projection, but much complex and different than actual edition. It s been reformulated in 2019/2020 and some notes has been removed, other replaced with chemical substitutes. Many other complains, but this is nothing new on Dior, Chanel or Guerlain - there are many others beautiful fragrances that now are destroyied, while the prices increased as hell. This is the sad truth, tour bottle is good, but the new reformulation is to blame. You have nothing to do just to deal with this sad situation or maybe to return the bottle if it s still posible...