🟢2000 Vintage GUCCI Envy For Men EDT #0358 100ml/3.4oz Sandalwood First formula
🟢2000 Vintage GUCCI Envy For Men EDT #0358 100ml/3.4oz Sandalwood First formula
The OG launch era - first formula - 'SCANNON SA' era - short ingredient - yellow-green tinted juice - pre IFRA regulation - early 00's - GUCCI Envy for men EDT! The holy grail KING of 90's Orientals in its nostalgic original formula! If you know, you know!
An iconic DNA now discontinued & / or heavily gutted, weakened in its later formulas & highly sought after in its original vintage formula.
Modern iterations have lost all integrity due to IFRA regulations, budget set backs, & to steer focus toward newer flankers. In combination with harsh IFRA demands the last 30 years, companies were forced to stop using naturals, & oakmoss fixatives. The first & original Gucci Envy featured in listing was more 'full bodied' like a rich dense modern day EDP. The original well known for its more natural & richer Sandalwood note - a note missing from its teal tinted juice reformulation. Later versions are fresher, sharper, & overall more watered down.
This perfumery is an encapsulated representation of a vintage time capsule in more ways than one.
This deep vintage macerated, pre-IFRA regulated GUCCI envy listing has an impressive oil content of 20% - deeming this fragrance more the likes of a modern day EDP. Alcohol concentration determines oil content with this formula containing an impressive 80% vol. / 20% oils. (Confirmed on vintage boxes). What a concoction! Once you go from smelling modern to smelling this formula there is a complete understanding as to why this is one of the most sought after vintage designer fragrances of all time.
(ALL ABOUT GUCCI ENVY FOR MEN EDT)
No designer fragrance on the shelves today even relates or compares to the scent of this fragrance. Absolutely nothing. It's truly a perfume unicorn. Gucci Envy for men is a ginger floral oriental king & a pioneer in what it does. The nostalgia it brings to many is just one of those classic masculine fragrances that will never be forgotten.
Breathtakingly tingly crisp ginger, cardamom, alluring jasmine & rose florals, delicate incense, sandalwood, amber, & vanilla - gives you an expensive sillage only appropriate for the most upper scale of black tie events, & alluring dates.
An elegant yet sexy aphrodisiac powerhouse!
Green, floral, warm, elegant, incense-y, & creamy.
The epitome of a bright green well balanced 1990's fragrance yet with the end of the millennia playful allure.
It's almost as if its a mix of all decades, all styles, all notes, no IFRA bans, no overkill of sweetness.
Due to its well balance of notes - It evokes a personality more than a note listing.
A scent of unconditional love.
With such quality, uniqueness, quality, strength, an iconic perfumer, from one of the worlds leading luxury brands...
safe to say GUCCI Envy for men is the KING of discontinued designer fragrances & a must have for any fragrance collector or those that have been wanting to reunite with such a treasure- it has been waiting for you & smells as divine as you last left it..
They don't make them like they used to.
Gucci Envy faced BOTH devastating events of both TWO reformulations (2005 & 2008) & a discontinuation (2011).
The oldest & first formulation of GUCCI Envy for men featured the real & rich sandalwood note (& likely many other naturals) removed in later formulations & overall made weaker, generic, & synthetic as the fragrance got budget hits after Tom Ford left GUCCI, then was completely discontinued in 2011 during creative director 'Frida Giannini' takeover. Frida discontinued Envy to make room for modern DNAS that went along with current trends. This event is what many fragrance collectors call the ultimate degradation to the GUCCI perfumery house. Modern GUCCI releases lack the creativity depth & oriental nuances saddening many fans of the original quality & taste of the designer house.
Fortunately,
At Guardian of the Fragrances, it is my mission to 'undo' all that, take you back into past by offering fragrances from their golden eras, & most of all offer passion & transparency in everything I do.
With me, you get a selection of unalerted, well preserved, authentic, relics from the past in their original intended vision of quality, & strength.
With my passion in the art of perfumery, natural based ingredients, & a distain for all organizational overreach regulation & mandates; I make it my passion & joy to bring well preserved, authentic, & superior collectible formulas to my shop to share with the world.
With that said I bring you vintage Gucci Envy For Men EDT.
This is truly a must have collectible & store staple with Gurardian of the Fragrances & I am proud to present it to my store.
These just keep getting more rare especially first formula bottles around from the late 1990's - early 2000's.
I cannot emphasize how rare this juice is now & will be even more so in the future.
Decent price for a collector wanting to reunite with &/or try this iconic original well preserved first formula from the luxury Italian house of GUCCI.
A time capsule in the palm of your hands:
Quality, strength, fill, & exta 'time' all in one purchase!:
Over 2.5 decades of maceration with pre-IFRA regulations with GUCCI house quality results in a fragrance performance that resembles a modern EDP / Parfum type fragrance in the modern day. That in the end means overall less sprays - & less use out of this precious bottle with a huge 100 ml. / 3.4 fl. oz. amount fill. That's over 1,000 deep potent vintage sprays left in this & you only need 2-3 sprays & you're good for an entire day.
Do the math on how long this will last you - kind of cool.
Modern DNA meets complete & utter originality & uniqueness:
What's even more ironic is this DNA is rather modern - The gourmand Orientals used at the time to be daring are now blending with modern trends. Despite it being modern in nature - the scent itself is still as unique as a unicorn.
The vintage unicorn of designer DNA'S & will stand out as of the most unique compositions in your collection!
Before you contact me via email from outside my country to dispute my listing prices &/or talk down the final price,
First & foremost let me assure you all my listings are fairly priced to reflect the past 90 day eBay selling value on price per ml. If you were buying from within my country that final checkout price would be quite different, & here's why;
The cost(s) you are in fact disputing are prices beyond my control that me NOR eBay collects on.
Other than the shipping cost that goes to the shipping carrier; all international fees are charged at a governmental level.
This is why unfortunately, I WILL NOT 'lower the cost' of the order to accommodate the extra expenses that come with buying internationally.
I run a business of selling non-essential high ticket luxury tiered items to consensual buyers & perfumery collectors inside & outside the USA. With such an arrangement, it is to be expected for the buyer to invest into the extra charges that may come with said items internationally. Its simply import & export economics.
International shipping, import duties, taxes, & other misc. international charges are the international buyer’s responsibility. These are all additional charges that come with all international sales that I do not personally collect on.
I do all I can to keep my listings fair & priced to sell, but expecting me to pay for these non-preventable & costly international fees for you is an unrealistic & unreasonable accommodation when I wouldn't take off $100+ dollars neither from a customer within my country.
When it comes to what I am in control over (the shipping choice);
USPS Priority Mail International is the GOLD STANDARD in shipping outside the USA
& will be the only international shipment used for my listings unless the buyer is willing to request a carrier with a higher ticket shipment per convenience..
With Priority mail international you get top priority on your order, frequent tracking scans, high insurance coverage, & reliable speedy delivery in as little as 2-3 weeks depending on the country. This service is the fastest, & the most reliable, & yet most affordable global shipping service offered by my country compared to the insane $200 shipping costs used by FEDEX & UPS.
Priority mail international averages $70 USD, the rest of the fees are all governmental.
Anything offered less than USPS Priority leads to a package taking months to arrive via boat over plane, being possibly forgotten & left in warehouses, slow customs priorities. All of which are unacceptable forms of shipping treatment for my high valued items that you are going to be investing into. If international shipping is not pricier in nature on high ticket items - then that's when you should be concerned to be honest.
By purchasing with me internationally you also acknowledge that me offering international shipment on expensive, fragile, irreplaceable, & hazardous alcohol based perfumery items is a risk & challenge I happily chose to take on to reach a global audience. This decision alone on my part is already quite generous - The vast majority of perfumery shops decline to invest into that extra difficulty.
Despite how expensive my listings may seem on top of international charges; my listings prices are studied & fairly priced for their exact selling value prior to listing. I sell for that exact sell value & don’t inflate it for room to negotiate.
Please read this disclaimer, & personally weigh out the pro’s & con’s of an international shipment with me instead of expecting me to lower the fee’s for you.
Thanks for your time in this ongoing particular matter!
-Nathan
✅WHY PURCHASE THROUGH GUARDIAN OF THE FRAGRANCES & NOT OTHER VINTAGE VENDORS…
✓ Gold standard service
Highly praised vintage fragrance vendor & longtime eBay member since 2004! Over 20 years of reliable gold standard service with satisfied customers leaving literal paragraphs on their positive feedback ratings. Your positive experience with me comes before the profit I make in my shop - & my enthusiastic service & money back guarantee surely reflects that. There's a deep sense of accomplishment that comes with being of purpose for your community. Allow me the opportunity to provide this to you & be your lifelong fragrance vendor.
✓ FREE extra goodies with purchase
Other sellers send you the item you paid for with a sad invoice slip - feels so cold & impersonal. I go beyond that with sending you a goodie bag with purchase to make your fragrance investment more worthwhile. YOU even chose the free gift! A hand written thank you note for supporting my shop included. All items in my shop are accurately & fairly priced to reflect the value of the vintage fragrance. Special goodie bag/bonus gift are never factored into the pricing. It's truly a thank you gift.
✓ One-category shop
I’m not selling a mess of random various thrift items that I know nothing about. At Guardianofthefragrances; you are shopping at a niche market that specializes solely on discontinued perfumery formulations. ‘One category shops’ like mine provide customers with a unique shopping experience that is backed with knowledge & experience within that category as well as shows I have a deep passion in what I am selling. Buying from fine-tuned one category shops like mine makes all the difference in a rewarding shopping experience. That seller who has listed some sneakers, baseball cards, hoodies, & that cologne you want - he may know its authentic & well preserved, OR he may not.
✓ Counterfeit Investigation process
With over a decade of professional Revenue Protection expertise investigating fraud & theft for my state of WI utility provider; all vintage fragrances in my shop are expertly ran through a process of deep research which involves but is not limited to; batch runs, bottle dating, differentiating formula differences, production quirk studies, bottle & cap weighing, taking atomizer off to investigate inner hardware, fragrance strength & quality testing - how long it lasts on skin & the quality of that experience, ect. Anything that falls into my hands that doesn't pass this process never reaches my shop.
✓ Quality appraisal process
I am college board certified in the state of WI in Sales & Design with over 20+ years of professional practice in appraising personal property & merchandise. At guardianofthefragrances; rest assured I am expertly skilled in determining whether your vintage formula has been well preserved by previous handlers. I find the counterfeit investigation process & quality appraisal the most 2 important things in my shop to gain customer trust & I am on a mission to not let you down.
✓ Mutual perfumery hobbyist & collector
Most importantly, I myself am a vintage fragrance hobbyist & collector. In fact, many listings come from my own personal collection after years of collecting back-up bottles as a hobby. As a hobbyist myself, I know exactly what my shoppers are looking for & what is sorely lacking in this sector. Studying & shopping for rare fragrances for my own collection has taught me the majority of the population are NOT experts in fragrances. Its a language many don't speak like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. In fact; the fragrance industry is the only billion dollar industry where the customer knows the least about what they are buying. Just that it 'smells good'. You even go on a forum discussion with hobbyist's & there's more questions than answers. This phenomenon is truly astonishing to me - as I am a personality type that demands answers. At guardianofthefragrances - I have those answers for you. It’s a passion of mine to go above & beyond the ‘indifferent’ lazy fragrance knowledge on vlogger videos & forums to give you real common-sense truths that Designer houses & retails hold back from us. In fact it was poor aloof information provided to the public about fragrances that gave me the drive to launch my business in the first place.
OVERALL BENEFITS OF INVESTING IN VINTAGE PERFUMERY & AVOIDING MODERN FORMULAS
✓ Confidence booster
✓ Smell unlike anyone else & one of a kind
✓ Vividly triggers locked memories
✓ Spiritual enhancements
✓ Concentrated Aromatherapy
✓ Makes you more attractive
✓ Greater impressions
✓ Hidden equity – the modern ‘bars of gold’
✓ Describe your personality better
✓ Impress other people more
✓ Positive moods further enhanced
✓ Supporting the artistry & original vision of the DNA
✓ Better connection to nature experiencing naturals
The death of Oakmoss:
By far one of the most controversial and damaging IFRA regulations was the ban/limitations in natural Oakmoss. This popular ingredient is in near every legendary cologne; Davidoff Cool Water (Also reformulated), Aqua Di Gio (Also reformulated) Versace Eros (Also reformulated). Many are filled with weaker synthetics. Since Oakmoss rests in the base and has fixative effects fragrances also don't perform as well without it.
2022 Lilial ban:
And if you thought your top / mid notes were safe. You're wrong. In 2021 The Scientific committee on consumer safety (SCCS) & the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) banned the note of lilial due to its reaction to sensitive skin (That's it?).
They simply stated "It can sometimes act as an allergen." SOMETIMES?
Lilial was a common note in modern perfumery. Lilial being a synthetic aromatic soapy aldehyde; it gave the self titled signature Versace Pour Homme it's sweet yet refreshing intense floral green odor.
I don't understand this obsession with making sure the skin doesn't react to materials. Practically every face mask on the market 'Reacts' to your skin and in the long run - improves it's appearance.
Doesn't skin strength train like muscles do?
Fragrance shelf life scam:
Reformulations are one thing, it's something that just can't be avoided.
One of the biggest gaslighting scams on the otherhand that can easily be avoided is the myth fragrances naturally 'Expire/go bad' due to time alone.
Fragrances are not your local produce guys, they are a balanced chemist composition of naturals and fragrant chemical aromas full of preservatives.
If that alone wasn't enough; that recipe is then preserved in a percentage average of 80% ALCOHOL. resulting in 'maybe' 10% natural ingredients to think 10% natural ingredients are up against and a threat against 90% chemical aromas, preservatives, and alcohol is a HUGE stretch.
Alcohol based fragrances should be compared to 50-100 year old bottles of preserved and cherished wine. Like wine, fragrances in fact get better with age from the process of maceration; when naturals soak in chemicals for extended periods of time making the juice richer and full of character. Fragrances are not fresh hand made cosmetics with no preservatives - quite the opposite.
Fragrances were even recovered from the 1912 Titanic wreck with no sign of expiring.
A perfumer perished in the wreck resulting in a sachet left behind on the BOTTOM of the ocean for over 100 years.
This sachet contained mini corked bottles of fragrant oils and perfumery. In an artifact examination room upon recovery, amongst the death, muck, tragedy, and solemn sorrow of decomposing materials the perfumery was opened up and by surprise brought the room to LIFE again, aromas of beautiful fruits, florals, resins, and woods sourced from so long ago.
The experience was so powerful to the scientist- it made a grown man cry.
Fragrances can be mishandled, left in sunlight, heat, and other neglectful extremes...but most certainly don't go bad from just the passing of time.
I guess any myth works for these fragrance industries that want you coming in to buy their 'fresh' bottles.
The modern day scent:
I say all that to say; modern day fragrances as a whole - are complete and utter trash...
whether that be a brand new composed scent or a reformulation of a classic.
The modern recipe:
Fake citrusy candy-like tops to lock you in, aromatic-mids to give you masculinity and bare minimal classic nostalgia, then a base gob-smacked with scratchy ambroxan / synthetic molecules completed with nauseating sweetness to ultimately gaslight you so don't notice how 'fake' the entire composition smells.
It's truly depressing what they release nowadays.
You might as well wear your household cleaner.