Comments on: Holiday fragrance gifts 2008 part 2

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:07:55 +0000

That's true of all minis, basically — the mainstream brands don't charge for them, but if you want one because you didn't get it as a freebie, you've got to pay for it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:06:54 +0000

It's nice, but not nectar of the gods…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:30:08 +0000

That is a serious ripoff: when I bought my bottle of A*Men Pure Coffee, I got, along with a whole slew of other samples, a 2-mL rubber spray bottle of A*Men. For nothing. (They also used to sell it as a set with 10 little refill spray vials: the bottom pops off and the vial slides out.) I can't believe someone is charging $14 for the same thing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:26:55 +0000

Haha. I'm safe for now… did not click “Buy.” I may change my mind if I hear somewhere that B*Men is the nectar of the gods and not to be missed. I just figure it's not worth buying unsniffed. Oh well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:03:45 +0000

The packaging on the body creams is lovely too — they really did a nice job.

Nope, 2 ml, but see the comment above — you can get a 50 ml tester for not much more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:03:04 +0000

Wow, that's a deal, esp. for something discontinued — you ought to thank me, not blame me

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:26:10 +0000

The Tam Dao black-and-white print packaging is stunning.
BTW, is the B*Men size meant to be 20ml or is it really 2ml only?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:35:43 +0000

Hmm, I just had to start poking around looking at that B*Men, since 2ml sounded awfully small. Found out Scentiments has a 50ml tester for only $4 more ($17.99)… now I'm sitting here having one of those “10:30pm, index finger hovering over the mouse, ready to click buy, unsniffed” moments (and thinking… “rhubarb… sequoia… those both sound good to me…”). I'm blaming you if I end up with a bottle of this in my mailbox this week, Robin! LOL

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:09:47 +0000

I don't totally adore Costes either — like the similar Eau Egyptienne much better — but that's such a cute little bottle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:08:51 +0000

The packaging on the Sula bottles is very cute! And I want that Costes too, and the B*Men. Happily, when I do these posts usually what I want most is the stocking stuffers.