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Post by Portia
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Hi there APJ Crew,
I have a great penchant for vintage frags and particularly love to find parfum or extrait versions of them. Lately I have had a few really amazing finds and wins and I’d like to share the vintage largesse with you. Below are links to APJ reviews of each fragrance and an approximate year of production, the ones without years means I can’t find the correlating bottle years and/or there is no Batch Code. The samples will not be huge but you’ll get enough to have a couple of decent wears (or one really lavish one) so you have a mental reference when you see these lovelies in stores, on eBay or blogs.
These are the good stuff but I also have had a few fakes and dummy bottles come through too. Many times the seller doesn’t know or care enough about fragrance to tell the difference, a good fake can fool the average seller & headspace technology has made it easier to copy and then other times they are bad people. I have also started to notice that they are topping up their 1/2 full bottles with perfumers alcohol, REALLY annoying because you get kind of the right scent but the open is really alcoholic, which can feel like top notes going. Maybe one in 20 that I buy are not 100% genuine.
CHANEL No 5 (1970-87)
CHANEL Coco
DIOR Diorissimo (1987)
Guerlain Mitsouko (1990)
Guerlain Shalimar (<1980s)
Rochas Madame Rochas
Photo Stolen kbaird
Vintage Parfums: GIVEAWAY
CHANEL, Guerlain, DIOR, Rochas
WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
This week we will have 1 winner who will receive:
1 x sample of all six vintage fragrances in extrait/parfum
CHANEL No 5
CHANEL Coco
DIOR Diorissimo
Guerlain Mitsouko
Guerlain Shalimar
Rochas Madame Rochas
P&H Anywhere in the world
HOW DO YOU WIN?
Open to everyone worldwide who follows AustralianPerfumeJunkies via eMail, WordPress, Bloglovin or RSS. Please leave how you follow in the comments to be eligible. I must be able to check that you follow so if you have an email address on your gravatar that’s different to your follow address then please email me (portia underscore turbo @ yahoo dot com dot au) so I know. Yes, you can start following to enter, in fact it’s encouraged.
You must tell me how you follow APJ
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Please tell us which vintage fragrance you wish you had a free unlimited lifetime supply of and why
HOUSEKEEPING
Entries Close Sunday 1st November 2015 10pm Australian EST and winners will be announced in a separate post.
Winner will be chosen by random.org
The winner will have till Thursday 5th November 2015 to get in touch (portia underscore turbo at yahoo dot com dot au) with their address or the prize will go to someone else.
No responsibility taken for lost or damaged goods in transit.
Australian Perfume Junkies 
I follow via email. I wish for an unlimited supply of vintage Coco. To me, it is the sexist scent on earth and I bought my first bottle at the Chanel Boutique in Paris on my first visit to France years ago.
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What a giveaway! I would pick Chanel no 5, my first perfume love. Recently I tried Sortilege which could be its cousin. Lovely. Email follower!
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I follow by e-mail and wish for lifetime supply of vintage Jicky because there is just nothing else like it.
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Awwwww THE SCENT…..Vintage Jicky….Patty you are a girl after my own heart
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Unlimited supply? So difficult! A three-way tie between Vent Vert, Givenchy III and Caleche. Greens and chypre and citrus yet each of these three equally thrills me and helps me feel confident, sexy and like an elegant grown up. I follow via email.
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Hmmm…Le Dix by Balenciaga, parfum strength, and also some nasty civet vintage parfum strength Bal a Versailles
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WOW – what an amazingly generous giveaway !!!
I would dearly wish for unlimited vintage Jolie Madam – the skanky leather and pre IFRA violets is, to me, the epitome of classiness.
I enjoy following you through email 🙂
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A wonderful giveaway. I follow via mail, RSS, WordPress, FB and Twitter. Maybe it is not so vintage, but it is discontinued, even as a newer version that was a part of Givenchy’s Les Parfumes Mythiques. INSENSÉ! The biggest floral, a perfume that I adore. Its historical importance is huge. Today, its beauty can be compared only with some Artisan perfumes. I love all the perfumes from your selection, but Diorissimo is my favorite among them, Shalimar and Mitsouko follow it. Thank you.
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Hiya – i follow by email and im thinking that perhaps it would have to be Lanvin’s Arpege for me – a masterpiece of charm and elegance. thanks for the draw! 🙂
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Hi Portia,
This is a great draw but no need to enter me. Your question made me realize that I already have what will probably be a lifetime supply (albeit not free) of most of my favorite vintage fragrances. For fun, though, I would love one free of Guerlain’s new Petite Tortu in the re-issued turtle bottle. 😉
Azar xx
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I follow via Bloglovin as Annet. I wish for an unlimited lifetime supply of Guerlain Shalimar. I love oriental spicy fragrances. Shalimar is sultry, warm and ultra feminine.
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Thank you for the giveaway, I follow APJ by email. Its a tough draw to pick just one vintage fragrance I’d want unlimited supply of. It would be a toss up between Femme, Aromatics Elixir, and Jolie Madame.
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Awwww…AE…a gorgeous choice
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Oh, sweet Lord have mercy, this is the BEST giveaway. 😀
I would love to have a lifetime supply of vintage Shalimar. Amazing stuff. Also vintage Egoiste. Both are out of this world. I don’t know the vintage Mitsouko, but I’m very exited with the possibility of trying it.
I follow by e-mail 🙂
Oh, and I DO agree with Tung and Damir about Givenchy Insencé. I had it back when it first came, and I remember when it was on sale for NO money, because it just didn’t sell. Oh, how I wish I had bought liters of it. Now I only have 5 drops left.
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I wish to have an infinite amount of Givenchy Insensé, therefore I could use it everday. Insensé is my most favourite (masculine) floral scent, follwed up by FM Carnal Flower.
I follow by email. Thanks for the great giveaway, I’ve always wanted to try Mitsouko & Diorissimo vintage.
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WOW there are some fragrances that I love in that collection and one that I know a lady would die for. Well she is getting there as she is 77 almost 78. Crossing my fingers and legs.
Oh and the one I would love for ever would be Diorissimo
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I follow via mail.
I would love to have the vintage Mitsouko perfume. I have heard that it is an introvert and melancholic scent, which would suit my beautiful mood❤️
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I follow by email. Vintage Chanel No. 22 would be one for a lifetime,as well as, CoCo and the big powerhouses of Opium, KL, Obsession, and Cinnabar. I love vintage perfumes because they can be such a powerhouse of fragrance. They can uplift a bad day for me. This is such a wonderful giveaway. Thank you so much.
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give me a barrel of cabochard … or even better, ambre cabochard. i follow by email
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I’ve never heard of amber cabochard….is it still made?
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I follow by e-mail. I would have loved having lots of vintage Chanel no. 19 or le Dix, but have decided I won’t look for vintage. I loved Chanel no.5 in the 80s (got a vintage bottle as a present), but sadly it is one of a handful perfumes I am allergic to.
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What a Fab giveaway. I would love a lifetime supply of ALL vintage Diors. A girl can dream, right? I follow you on email. Thanks Portia!
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I follow by email. I would love a lifetime supply of vintage Guerlain Vol de Nuit because of it’s lovely, mellow, nutty-dark-spicy fragrance. Thanks for the draw.
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I follow by email and I would want a lifetime supply of Coco because when I wear it, I feel empowered as a woman. I feel sexy, beautiful and my confidenced is boostered. A lot for one fragrance to achieve!
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I follow by email and I love the vintage scents! If I could have a lifetime supply, it would be the vintage Guerlain Mitsouko. This was the first perfume I picked out for myself as a young woman, and I love its peachy mossy-ness. I adore Guerlain. Thanks Portia!
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This is such a wonderful draw, thank you! I recently found some vintage Vol de Nuit and would hope to never run out. But I think many of the Guerlains would fit the bill, how about Djedi….Oh to try a drop!
I follow by email
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I thought I followed you via email but realized I haven’t seen anything in my inbox lately, so I just signed up again. I also like and follow APJ on Facebook.
Hard to narrow down the lifetime supply of vintage fragrance to just one. Vintage Chanel No.19 and vintage Mitsouko would be the two for me.
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I follow by e mail and would love an unlimited supply of vintage Guerlain Nahema.I received a tiny sample vial in the late 70’s or early 80’s I think and still have it.
It was love at first smell but never to be seen or found in South Africa again.
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wow, i follow APJ through email. if there is one fragrance of whom I wish a lifetime supply of, it is Nombre Noir 😀
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wowee….there is a lot of love for Guerlain and Chanel out there. I follow APJ via Twitter ,facebook and email {stalker!!!! LOL} Whilst thinking about what I might like to have forever ,I have found it impossible to narrow it to just one. I’m greedy and have 4 on my list;
Narcisse Blanc by Caron, Jules by Dior, Feminite de Bois by SHISEIDO and lastly, Crabtree/ Evelyn’s Spring Rain.
Thanks for the giveaway P
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Wow, what a giveaway! I haven’t had the opportunity to try many perfumes in vintage, so l’ll have to say Dior Dune which is the one oldy that I own and love and am fast running out of. I follow by email and Facebook.
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What a sweet give-away! I follow through e-mail. I’m sadly unfamiliar with any of the other vintage perfumes listed here other than Chanel. If I could have an unlimited supply, it would have to be Chanel Coco. Such a beautiful smell to wear all around! As always, thank you for the giveaway! 🙂
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One of my favourites was Kenzo by Kenzo.. produced in 1988 . It was one of my first adult purchases when i started earning money and has an amber, moss, musk, patchouli, vetiver, base.. Screams 80’s .. heavy and long lasting.
I still have a bottle which I now use to spritz the house with ..never throw away perfumse that has gone off !
.. like walking though a time warp in my house, within every spritz .. 🙂
just gotta find my shoulder pads now.
yikes..I was off in a land of memories then and forgot to mention I follow by Facebook post and newsletter ..
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i follow by email.what a great giveaway: )
i was going to say guerlain chamade but now that saffy has mention shiseido feminite de bois i will say that : ) it was my first ever perfume purchase and the new formulation is such a different world.
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Wow, what a generous giveaway. Thank you!
I follow by email. The perfume I’d choose would be Rochas Femme. That one is just glorious. I still like the current version but vintage is always better in my book 🙂
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I follow via email and of course read your blog all the time! I want the real vintage L’Heure Bleue Parfum on my vanity for the rest of my life, and then I want someone to pop it into my casket before they door shuts! Thanks Portia!
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Ohhh so hard to choose just three! But if I had to narrow down.. It would be FM carnal flower, J’Adore by Dior and Chanel no.5!
Great giveaway!! I’ve been wanting to try Shalimar, don’t know what’s taking me so long to sniff it.
I follow the Facebook and by email.
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Diorissimo – the greatest lily of the valley ever made. Email.
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Thank you for the generous giveaway! I follow via email. Samsara for me. That creamy rich sandalwood makes my eyes flutter.
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Follow via email and wish for a lifetime supply of No 5. Or vintage L’air du Temps. It makes me smile.
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Great giveaway! I follow via Feedly, and would love an endless amount of vintage Joy.
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I haven’t had the pleasure of smelling any of these in the vintage form. Actually, I haven’t tried any incarnation of Diorissimo or Coco. Sheesh, I had better get busy!
I’m in email follower.
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I would love to channel my inner Marilyn with an unlimited vintage supply of Chanel No 5! I follow by email.
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Ah, yes, I am a Guerlain girl…
Thanks for reminding me, dearest Portia! It’s been a long time since I wore something vintage. I should get into the mood again, though it is pretty hard to get out of it…
Apres L’Ondee or Vol de Nuit – my heart can be ripped in two , I cannot decide.Because I love powdered violets, and Granny’s drawer, the flapper age…what more can I add?!
I am in Bulgaria (EU), following APJs on FB, in Google + and by email.
Thank you for the sweet chance and draw!
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Amazing giveaway, Portia, thanks so much.
An endless supply of Balenciaga’s Le Dix would be welcome, as would vintage formulations of just about all of Guerlain’s back catalogue … not too much to ask, is it?!
I follow by email.
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I’m an Estee Lauder girl, the end.
Email subscriber, thank you.
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Hi gorgeous.
What an AAAAAAMAZING!!! giveaway.
My favourite vintages which I wish are still available are (because they are just so BIG but balanced)
– KL by Karl Lagerfeld
– Byzance (EDP) by Cacharel (wish I had some)
– Fragile by JPG
– Blonde by Versace
I follow by email.
XXX… Tim
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I follow by email and FaceBook, and would be more than happy with a lifetime supply of 1000 Flowers Reglisse Noir.
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