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Arrgh no ... lol ... the more the merrier. Who cares if we die before finishing them? Somebody else will then enjoy them. In the meantime, plenty to play with, and more to come.
Re samples, you can always put an ad in the exchange section listing the fragrances you'd like to try. I'm sure members will come forth to gift, swap, or sell to you (at a much better price than online services).
Do people swap samples here? Thought everything was full bottles only so I was reluctant/shy to ask or offer for samples or decants.
Do people swap samples here?
Sure they do! 
Fragrantica also allows the selling of samples and decants (not full bottles), that's why I suggested you list the ones you're after.
Go for it and best of luck.
Espi wrote:Do people swap samples here?
Sure they do!
Go for it and best of luck.
Thanks, Dolby. I had no idea either.
The same goes for niche. The shop Les Senteurs in London has recently really increased the price of their sampling service because they saw that many would end up on Ebay.
Yes, I understand that as a result we don't really have much choice but to buy from expensive sources, and this is why I much prefer making my own and swapping with other members, because there's no way I'm spending £6 on 1ml of perfume. I don't care what's in it.
But if you visit the store, you still get the samples for free, and actually, now when they increased the price, there are more Les Senteurs samples on ebay than before when they were a lot cheaper. At any rate, buying samples dos not pay off. I prefer visiting the stores I can (Liberty, Selfridges) and then just buying a bottle of the thing I really want. I recently calculated that for a price of a 100 ml bottle of Au Lac I could get around 14 1,5 ml samples, which is what, 20 ml? 20 ml or 100 ml- the choice is clear for me.
This is why I am not sampling as much as before, unless I find a really good offer for samples (like Czech and Speak or Juliette has a Gun).
Hi Migotka, good points you make here. My reply is in navy bold.
But if you visit the store, you still get the samples for free,
Yes you do, but only a minority of people can get to the shop. The rest still have to rely on their postal service.
and actually, now when they increased the price, there are more Les Senteurs samples on ebay than before when they were a lot cheaper.
Yes, well, I guess there are still two types of sellers: The ones who got the sample for free and wish to cash in on it, and the ones who paid for it and wishes to recoup their money.
At any rate, buying samples dos not pay off.
The exact point I was trying to make. Complete false economy, especially reordering a set instead of getting a bottle. Ridiculoso.
I prefer visiting the stores I can (Liberty, Selfridges) and then just buying a bottle of the thing I really want. I recently calculated that for a price of a 100 ml bottle of Au Lac I could get around 14 1,5 ml samples, which is what, 20 ml? 20 ml or 100 ml-
See my calculations above, it's just SO obvious, but as I said, some people must like to throw good money away.
the choice is clear for me.
Ditto
This is why I am not sampling as much as before, unless I find a really good offer for samples (like Czech and Speak or Juliette has a Gun).
Re-Ditto
@ Cryptic: You're welcome.
Your math is OK, but the conclusions can go 2 ways. Compare it to my one of my favourite types of junkfood, ice cream.
I can go for
1 a cheap & large container and not spend much for a lot, but ingest a lot of calories for which I don't have room
2 a high quality & large container and spend a lot and again, ingest a lot of calories
3 a high quality & small container : spend a bit less and ingest a lot less calories.
And if I wanted to ingest the same amt of calories I'd be able to sample about 5 different flavours instead of 1.
The comparison isn't really 1:1 but the point is that it is up to me to spend as much on 1 large bottle of perfume or get 10 different samples.. yes they are maybe a lot more expensive but the joy of trying out so many different perfumes is larger than the content of having 1 large bottle!
In case I'd be happy having just 1.. yes, then I'd opt for doing so. But I have no clue yet which ones I'd love and which not.
It's few & far between where you are able to get samples for free.. but round & round we go with this discussion as essentially both sides are right, but try to convince the other side their POV.
My point of view is always: The less money leaves my wallet, the more content I am.
So, to get just one trophy, some money needs to be spent. How many things/trophies/perfumes a person wants, differs.
A full bank account makes me happier than a full shelf.
Hey Espi,
I am not disputing buying samples in the first place (although I do find the price quite outrageous in some instances). Of course samples serve their purpose perfectly if you wish to discover new perfumes.
What I say, is that reordering samples again and again of the same fragrance once you've found one (or two, or three) that you love, does not make any sense financially. Why not then go for a bottle, because it is costing you a hell of a lot more to keep buying a ml here and a ml there.
Regarding ice-cream, you and I my dear, you and I ... lol ... eating way too much of the stuff.
Re the ice cream, I'm surprisingly good with it as long as it's not calling my name. Somehow having it in the freezer is not as bad as having other junkfood in the pantry or whatever.. more 'out of sight' than other goodies.. licorice & chocolate is my downfall. Try to remember "when you buy it, it WILL be eaten (and not in tiny portions) so I just salivate about it in the aisles and walk right by w/o buying.. much like how I look at full bottles of perfumes 
But that's not what I wanted to say.. the sample set is here. It looks really nice and for the money very worthwhile. Compared to buying the same size samples from TPC, this is an awesome deal. Very nicely & thoughtfully packed in a small tin box.
Last edited by Espi (2012-04-03 08:12:01)
...so I just salivate about it in the aisles and walk right by w/o buying.. much like how I look at full bottles of perfumes
LOL ... Nice one 
Enjoy your Tauers and please let us know your impressions in detail.
Re: Ice cream, chocolate ... (and dare I mention, sex)
If the temptation is right in front of your face, of course you tumble in. The strategy is to have control ... by rationing ...
That goes for anything that involves spending ... even time on this here Internet.
Secondly, the TAUER PERFUMES Discovery Set is worth every penny.
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Third, the crew of The Perfumed Court is in the news as having split up. Two ladies left to form their own enterprise, one remains.
I wonder where they originally got the inventory from, and whether now it is split up 2/3 with the two that left, and l/3 remaining with the one that remains.
So, with limited manpower she has pressure to fill the orders, and from what ?
And, how good is that new enterprise that the two ladies have formed ?
With LUCKYSCENT, we know what we get, and that also applies to TAUER PERFUMES.
Good businesses remain and have earned the trust of the customer.
Read the article.. what a bummer. Sofar TPC has been the only firm outside now the Tauer discovery set, where I've bought samples. There's 1 on my way, a replacement for 1 sample I was disappointed with and smelled like nothing (Pleasures) way different from the store experience (card & 1 spray on wrist).
Anyhow.. couldn't resist and over-ruled my agenda and spritzed the L'Air du Désert Marocain first.
First off.. sprays are annoying vs. dipsticks.. don't understand why people say the dip sticks are messy.. with the spray, nearly always I end up having some on the finger holding the top.
Anyhow.. to my untrained nose, coupled with the visual you get from a name that says 'Moroccan desert air' , this smells like scorched earth.
Not a scent /fragrance I'd buy for myself , but a very interesting scent indeed. Interestingly, my DH who usually only gives 'meh' or 'disgusting' enjoyed this one too and I think it may smell good on him!
Thanks a LOT, SuperPookie. I just ordered a Tauer Discovery Set:
L'Air du Desert Marocain, Eau D'Epices, Pentachord Auburn, Pentachord White, and Zeta.
Your math is OK, but the conclusions can go 2 ways. Compare it to my one of my favourite types of junkfood, ice cream.
I can go for
1 a cheap & large container and not spend much for a lot, but ingest a lot of calories for which I don't have room
2 a high quality & large container and spend a lot and again, ingest a lot of calories
3 a high quality & small container : spend a bit less and ingest a lot less calories.
It's few & far between where you are able to get samples for free.. but round & round we go with this discussion as essentially both sides are right, but try to convince the other side their POV.
The prolem with the food comparison is that oyu add a lot of unnecessarily detail- like calories.
It is more like buying either a big box of 100 very expensive chocolate and paying a lot for it, or buying one chocolate at a time, paying less, but knowing that if you buy 100 single chocolates, you will pay 4 times as much in the end.
Of course it is up to you whether to buy a bottle or ten tiny samples. I understand the need and urge to try new things- been there, done that, before I realised I do not need to desperately try new things this badly. Yes, there is excitement of opening the envelope, sniffing, but for me personally it is just not worth the money, and I rather have a FB rather than a few samples.
There are good deals out there for samples (like the mentioned JHsG), but the Tauer box is, financially, not one of them. Maybe if one day I will become a collector with too much money, Ill be thinking of collecting boxes, tins, miniatures, etc, for now, Ill just content myself with what I have.
Read the article.. what a bummer. Sofar TPC has been the only firm outside now the Tauer discovery set, where I've bought samples. There's 1 on my way, a replacement for 1 sample I was disappointed with and smelled like nothing (Pleasures) way different from the store experience (card & 1 spray on wrist).
Anyhow.. couldn't resist and over-ruled my agenda and spritzed the L'Air du Désert Marocain first.
First off.. sprays are annoying vs. dipsticks.. don't understand why people say the dip sticks are messy.. with the spray, nearly always I end up having some on the finger holding the top.
Anyhow.. to my untrained nose, coupled with the visual you get from a name that says 'Moroccan desert air' , this smells like scorched earth.
Not a scent /fragrance I'd buy for myself , but a very interesting scent indeed. Interestingly, my DH who usually only gives 'meh' or 'disgusting' enjoyed this one too and I think it may smell good on him!
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I highlighted text that I refer to: YES, many men love L'air du desert marocain. It is a bestseller.
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The break-up of The Perfumed Court personnel is discussed at great length over at Basenotes.
I am holding off on ordering until all dust has settled.
Meanwhile I have come across another source for samples, and that is:
www.theperfumeshoppe.com
5 samples from scents they carry - probably 1 ml size - $15.00 w/ free shipping.
I ordered 5 Lorenzo Villoresi scent samples. Ordering via the internet was rather painless, except that you have to fill in all the fields when putting down your address and such, like when there is a field for Company name and you are not a company, put None , the fields have to be filled in otherwise the computer does not accept it, you have no fax number, put None . etc. etc. Paid with credit card. Put myself on their mailing list. Looked them up on their page: About Us. The order was filled and shipped out.
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Everybody can do whatever they want, and I don't have to justify my attitude with mentioning a food comparision.
Things that are dear to my heart, I am willing to spend money on. I have rather a few things (yes, perfumes are ONLY things) of quality, then a whole array of things.
So, be that price conscious or not, does not matter to me. I am not running a business - this expenditure is for myself.
Money that not leave my pocket - spent on larger bottles - remains inside the bank account. Does that make sense ? To me it does.
Last edited by Udaria (2012-04-04 10:47:21)
The prolem with the food comparison is that oyu add a lot of unnecessarily detail- like calories.
It is more like buying either a big box of 100 very expensive chocolate and paying a lot for it, or buying one chocolate at a time, paying less, but knowing that if you buy 100 single chocolates, you will pay 4 times as much in the end.
Of course it is up to you whether to buy a bottle or ten tiny samples. I understand the need and urge to try new things- been there, done that, before I realised I do not need to desperately try new things this badly. Yes, there is excitement of opening the envelope, sniffing, but for me personally it is just not worth the money, and I rather have a FB rather than a few samples.
There are good deals out there for samples (like the mentioned JHsG), but the Tauer box is, financially, not one of them. Maybe if one day I will become a collector with too much money, Ill be thinking of collecting boxes, tins, miniatures, etc, for now, Ill just content myself with what I have.
Again, theoretically you are right except once again it is
"do i want to sniff 1 bottle for a reasonable/lower price" or do I want to smell 10 different fragrances for that price?
You can't ever make the comparison between 1 50ml bottle and say 25 1-2 ml decants, since packaging & administration & shipping costs are so huge.
But the enjoyment I get as a NEWBIE is priceless. In 10 years I'd not bought more than 1 bottle of perfume and now, thanks to this decant service can take my chances and order scents that are interesting to smell as a learning experience, but at the same time wouldn't even WANT to have as a bottle.
Most people buy perfume as a way to express themselves.. I'm not doing it for that reason. It literally is a diet for me, to replace mindless eating I'm on an experiment to re-train myself to enjoy scents rather than (junk)food.
To achieve this, excitement over new fragrances is key.. so to not break my budget (am allowing myself to spend about $100 USD/month for this), samples are the way to go. From Yves Rocher I bought full bottles as this brand is cheap enough to go for FB, but e.g. today's perfume Cléa is disgusting enough to want to throw it in the bin.. just like Chanel No. 5 which I abhor just as much! Yet.. I've been urged by someone who has Chanel No. 5 as her signature scent to wear it. Ghastly stench IMO.. one of the few frags I abhorred sofar.
Not everyone has time to spend hours on end in fragrance stores..
Hmm all this talk makes me want to buy (and will do) the sample set of Häagen Dazs ice creams. They are very small and hence expensive/100ml but because of their size not crazy expensive.. and do not weigh down so much on my waist line either.
Once again a way to explore new flavours, just like I enjoy so much in the ice cream parlour.
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The break-up of The Perfumed Court personnel is discussed at great length over at Basenotes.
I am holding off on ordering until all dust has settled.
Meanwhile I have come across another source for samples, and that is:
www.theperfumeshoppe.com
5 samples from scents they carry - probably 1 ml size - $15.00 w/ free shipping.
I ordered 5 Lorenzo Villoresi scent samples. Ordering via the internet was rather painless, except that you have to fill in all the fields when putting down your address and such, like when there is a field for Company name and you are not a company, put None , the fields have to be filled in otherwise the computer does not accept it, you have no fax number, put None . etc. etc. Paid with credit card. Put myself on their mailing list. Looked them up on their page: About Us. The order was filled and shipped out.
Wow Udaria, thank you for updating us with every single step of you ordering those 5 samples...
I am not sure why you lecture us on how to fill out the samples order, believe me, I have done that many times and even as a newbie I had never problems with filling in my details...
At any rate- as I already said, of course anyone is fee to do with their money whatever they want, even throw them out of the window. I am just saying from a perspective of someone with many samples orderd/received, that although I get the excitement of trying new scents, I just stopped because financially it does not pay off. I could have bought a few full bottles of the scent I want rather than have a load of samples many of which are just OK. I only want the best, not just OK.
You can prefer buying little expensive samples, or splurge on a big bottle less often, but have 50 ml of the scent you love, that is a personal choice and leave it at his.
LOL, it's not a fight, we probably just will agree to disagree.
Meanwhile put on the 2nd one in chronological order: 03 Lonestar Memories.
Very leathery perfume.. strangely I don't see leather in the notes that are listed. From memory (which isn't very great) it reminds me most of Bvlgari Black.
Interesting once again, but unlike 02 L'Air du desert Marocain not one I'd want to see DH wear nor myself. But apparently it's one of Tauer's most loved perfumes..
@ Migotka -
I spelled out very clearly the instructions how to get the Samples from www.ThePerfumeShoppe.com because I did not want my fellow members get stuck when ordering. It took me 15 minutes back and forth on the order form to figure out that the problem was that the fields were not filled out completely.
You call that "a lecture".
Don't you appreciate it when someone makes life easier for you ?
@espi -
If I were you, I would throw Yves Rocher - Clea into the trash bin if you hate it so much. Nobody is holding a gun to your head to keep it around.
Same with the disliked Chanel No. 5 which is that other person's "signature" but not yours. If you don't like it, what is the point.
LOL, it's not a fight, we probably just will agree to disagree.
Meanwhile put on the 2nd one in chronological order: 03 Lonestar Memories.
Very leathery perfume.. strangely I don't see leather in the notes that are listed. From memory (which isn't very great) it reminds me most of Bvlgari Black.
Interesting once again, but unlike 02 L'Air du desert Marocain not one I'd want to see DH wear nor myself. But apparently it's one of Tauer's most loved perfumes..
Tauer Perfumes 03 Lonestar Memories
is loved by many, disliked by others. It is that leather note that some people don't like. As a girl, I would not want to wear it.
If I'd remembered about the leather note I may not have chosen it, but then again, it is NOT listed as one of the ingredients.. must be the combination of several notes to make it smell like leather.
it's interesting to at least get to know the scent and find out to dislike leather-like things.
Also found out again, that I'm in the tiny minority of people detesting sprays and vastly preferring dip sticks.. the smell of just 1 spray is totally overwhelming with strong frags. A few strikes with dip stick would have been plenty and enough to enjoy it. Another reason to strictly go for decants!
@ Espi -
I have never smelled it, just heard a lot about it. Here is a review from SmellyThoughts:
http://smellythoughts.wordpress.com/201 … t-toreros/
So, it adds up to perfume experience to smell something and NOT like it.
Last edited by Udaria (2012-04-04 18:09:14)
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