🟢2001 Vintage Givenchy Pi EDT #107790 100ml/3.3oz Almond Beast First Formula!

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Guardian of the Fragrances proudly presents...

GIVENCHY

**2001 Batch almond beast first formula!

GIVENCHY PI | for men | Eau de toilette

100 ml. / 3.3 fl. oz. | NEW | NO original packaging

Late 1990's Classic / Retro / Vaulted / Vintage formula!

25 year maturation = Advanced maceration!

Stronger, richer, and scientifically blended to perfection by time.

**2001 Batch # 107790 ('1' = 200'1')

✔️Confirmed on Cosmetic Calculator!

**Please note:

Batch correctly dated on cosmetic chk dot app. Results may vary on other batch sites as Givenchy batch codes don't properly give correct year or may not populate at all.

Expert skip tracing done beyond batch sites to confirm this is a 2001 first formula; 

Per raiders of the lost scent; for vintage Givenchy fragrances; the 'Made in France' era had long 6 digit batch and shortened to 4 in 2002. Additional to that; the LAST number in the batch code confirms the last 'number' in that decade. Example; '1'07790 = 200'1'. Listing easily skip traced and dated as a 2001 batch (and not a 2011/ 2021) per absent PAO (Period after O) symbol on the bottom sticker (mandated on cosmetics in 2005), 

All these quirks make anything past 2001 impossible giving the listing an accurate dating and confirming it to be the holy grail first formula.

This listing is from the golden era of perfumes. It is rich, dense, more natural, and base heavy - everything you'd expect from a vintage fragrance when formulas were held to higher standards. Vintage 'EDT' concentration closer to modern day EDP. 

This formula is considered grail collectible golden era designer perfumery when Givenchy fragrances were in their prime pre IFRA regulations.

Please email me if you have more questions about my dating process or formulations within vintage eras.

Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back!

Thanks guardian followers!

-Nathan | GOTF

I'm excited to present back to my shop;

The LEGENDARY - vintage - 'MADE IN FRANCE' era - holy grail - first formula - PRE-IFRA regulations - woody almond vanilla loaded - late 1990's/ Y2K early 2000's

Givenchy Pi for men EDT! 

The holy grail KING of designer almond vanilla fragrances for men in its nostalgic original formula! 

Richer and more noticeable Almond, vanilla, and cedar.

If you know, you know!

This warming cozy date night masterpiece will bring you the nostalgia of the 1990's.

This is a rich explosion of orange, basil, rosemary, neroli, almond and vanilla that brightens yet calms your mood with an alluring scent throw then simmers with a masculine seduction of benzoin and cedarwood that envelops your surroundings. 

They don't make the Givenchy Pi we remember.

After harsh IFRA demands the last 30 years; companies were forced to stop using naturals, rich natural base fixatives and continue to get worse every year. They are now projecting by 2030; the EEB (European Environmental Bureau) anticipates over 5,000-7,000 ingredients to be banned from perfumes in total. This vintage fragrance exemplifies a vintage time capsule in more ways than one.

Deep vintage pre-IFRA regulated formula concocted with only the finest of ingredients from Givenchy before harsh regulations hit in the 2010's. An Alberto Morillas masterpiece in its original envisioned artistic expression & original vision with the best quality materials, strength, & performance.

Don't let the 'EDT' title deceive you! Upgraded EDT intense performance yet has the richness and depth and oil of an EDP. 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 date night almond vanilla fragrances of all time.

Now as we move closer to 2030 this iconic first formula continues to dwindle in stock as its no longer in production. Allow me to emphasize how highly sought after this is in its original vintage formula and will be in the future. Modern iterations have lost all integrity due to budget set backs, & to steer focus toward newer flankers.

A now holy grail discontinued vintage formula - that is only getting more rare with time.

A classic in its most perfected formula prior to cheapened reformulations in the modern day.

This is a rich orange, basil, neroli, almond, vanilla, cedarwood beast.

The oakmoss in the vintage formula extends performance for hours and overall deeply enrichens the formula.

8-10-12 hour + sillage/strength.

Defying all odds - listing features a RARE Y2K Early 2000's 'MADE IN FRANCE' ERA batch! 6 digit batch codes are some of the rarest Givenchy Pi's in existence as they were only out for about 4 years. A nostalgic must have collectible from the most reputable Vintage fragrance seller - and only ONE in stock!

(Fair pricing disclosure)

As of the fourth quarter of 2026;

100 ml. / 3.3 fl. oz. VINTAGE GIVENCHY PI EDT listings sell steady in my shop for $249.99

Listing features the same quantity & holy grail first formula for fair vintage value with FREE shipping within the USA & a goodie bag of extras!

(See pink note).

+ FREE complimentary gift of your choice!

After your purchase; I will email you with a list of choices & you choose your gift :).

Due to buzz words that automatically flag my listings - I will confirm your gift option via email after your purchase. The gift of your choice relates to the category of your order. After you chose your gift, it will be placed in a 'goodie bag' with some additional surprises. 

A rare collectible vintage purchase with free gifts in one order!

WOW!

Official glowing reviews from verified shoppers who purchased vintage

GIVENCHY PI EDT

from Guardian of the Fragrances!

"My 4th vintage fragrance I’ve got through GOTF & definitely not my last! I've only owned the modern formula of this fragrance, but it was so synthetic. The vintage formula from GOTF had ZERO traces of smelling synthetic in the least! WOW, is it awesome! Everything arrived securely & packaged extra well to protect against breakage during shipping. The bonus gifts & the written note are nice, & I couldn’t be happier with everything! Thanks Nathan, looking forward to doing business with you again!"

1999 Vintage Givenchy Pi EDT #910140 100ml/3.3oz Almond Beast First Formula! (#178137271725)

-lobstik.8

(ALL ABOUT GIVENCHY PI EDT)

Wardrobe category is!;

Date attire at the revolving restaurant on top of the Hyatt hotel in Milwaukee, WI.

Enjoy the view!

Up for buy it now from the guardian shop is the iconic vintage first formula Givenchy Pi For Men Edt!

The mystique of this 28 year old fragrance still mystifies the fragrance community. 

In 1998 a legend was born.

Released alongside the heels of Le Male & Mugler Angel men,

Alberto Morillas teamed up with Givenchy to launch a new take on a men's gourmand fragrance. Something far more warm, seductive, alluring, elegant and romantic. A mass pleasing herbal woody date night gourmand scent for men with an unapologetic almond-vanilla scent throw.

As the new genre of gourmand fragrances for men were all the rage, 

Givenchy Pi Edt was an absolute hit and would become the first success story for Givenchy since Xeryus in 1987.

The theme of Givenchy Pi is a hybrid between traditional Orientals & more unapologetic gourmand themes that Le Male & Angel brought to the spotlight. Mandarin orange and tarragon, alongside basil & rosemary and bits of neroli give an aromatic sweetened herbal introduction. The warm & cozy cedarwood, benzoin, & edible almond vanilla swings in within 20 minutes adding a confectionary flare making the fragrance utterly seductive and addictive while still being aromatic modest and warm. That cedarwood almond vanilla scent throw lasts for hours.

One of the first mainstream vanilla heavy fragrances for men alongside Le Male in the mid 1990's but with a more seductive and alluring scent profile than the minty barbershop vanilla Le Male and the loud Angel Men.

Vintage Givenchy Pi is an absolute classic to own in your vintage wardrobe alongside your other gourmands - especially with that unique almond note. 

An absolute masterpiece for cozy, romantic settings as its rich and lasting while still being alluring and close wearing. Pi is not a 'club banger' it is a niche quality seductive 'Date night banger' A date night fragrances thats niche EDP quality; giving you 8-10-12 hours of performance in its vintage formulations.

Unfortunately,

They don't make the Givenchy Pi we remember.

Vintage first formula Givenchy Pi had a more intense cedarwood, almond, vanilla scent throw - confirmed to be weaker in modern formulas.

This fragrance was hit with heavy IFRA regulations for the last 2 decades leading to less naturals and base fixatives in the fragrance. IFRA regulations have resulted in inferior scent quality and performance. These degradations are due to a multitude of factors; heavy IFRA regulation bans in Europe, brands to taking focus away from their classics and putting their budget on recent trends, using cheaper ingredients, more synthetics, and discontinuing environmentally endangered ingredients. 

In a whole modern Givenchy Pi results in a product that is a gutted, synthetic, & wasteful cash grab. The goal of the retailer's and designer brands are hoping you don't notice a difference. Modern formulas have a larger Pi symbol, and ironically darker formula to make it look stronger than it actually is. 

Fortunately,

At Guardian of the Fragrances, it is my mission to 'undo' all these deceptive misconceptions, put a spotlight on modern fragrance corruption, and offer ALL these vintage formulas for you to reunite with. All the while offering the passion and transparency in everything I do - something lacking nowadays. My goal is to provide a selection of unalerted, well preserved, authentic, relics from the past. With my passion in the art of perfumery, natural based ingredients, and 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 Givenchy Pi For Men EDT.

The best way to go forward in owning Givenchy Pi Edt is to go BACKWARDS.

This is truly a must have collectible and store staple with Guardian of the Fragrances and I am proud to present it to my store.

Launch year:

1998

Perfumer:

Alberto Morillas

(The king!)

Presentation designer:

Serge Mansau

Scent Style:

Aromatic nutty gourmand

Fragrance temperature:

Warming scent

Mood/Season/Time/Occasion: 

Sensual/ playful cold weather all day signature date scent

Fragrance composition:

Top: Mandarin orange, tarragon, rosemary, basil

Mid: Anise, neroli, geranium, lily-of-the-valley

Base: Vanilla, almond, tonka bean, benzoin, cedar

(SPECIFIC LISTING DETAILS - WHAT YOU ARE BUYING)

Batch year: 2001

Formula: First formula

Batch code: 107790 ('1' = 200'1')

Batch confirmed by: 6-digit Givenchy 'MADE IN FRANCE' batch code only seen in the launch era formulas until 2002, 10-year repeating batch code starting in '1' confirming the year from that decade era; '1' = 200'1'. Bottom sticker with absent PAO (Period after O) symbol mandated on cosmetics in 2005 - placing this prior to that mandate, along with the scent itself richer in almond, vanilla, and cedar places this batch no later than 2001. See move info above regarding my dating process.

I research extensively spending days-months-years of personal research as a vintage perfume hobbyist & passionate fragrance seller only to bring you nothing but accurate details & the most helpful information to make your final purchase. 

Send me an email if you have additional questions about my dating process.

THE TRUTH ABOUT BATCH WEBSITES - THEY GAS LIGHT YOU:

Vintage fragrances are well known to give year errors on batch code sites. 

Vintage batch codes either populate no result at all OR repeat every 8-10 years giving an incorrect timeline. 

As a Revenue protection investigator & quality appraiser for 15 years; product quirks such as presentation features, distributer history, zip codes, formula color, symbolism, ingredients, and the scent quality allow for accurate transparency in dating a product - far more accurately than a batch site.

Vintage formula grade: 

A+

Authentic?: Yes

Properly stored?: Yes

Well preserved?: Yes

Designer tier: Mid-tier to high-tier designer brand with vintage formulas held to higher standards with better richness, quality, and performance due to the lack of mandates and freedom of materials from that vintage era.

Maceration time: 21 years! Incredible.

Performs as / concentration rating: A modern day EDT intense / EDP.

STAND out nuances: Mandarin orange, anise, almond, tonka bean, benzoin, cedarwood and vanilla that doesn't quit! This is no everyday aromatic gourmand - 8 hours minimal in your wear with its richer vintage concentration. An orange almond vanilla bomb!

Life of the fragrance?: 8-10-12 hour + strength/ silage.

Sourced Fragrantica review on first formula Givenchy Pi: 

"I have 15 of these, ranging from the light golden formula to the brown formula around 2006 2007 large pi. The reforms are OK but the earliest formula with the long numbered batch codes have noticeably better almond vanilla and woods."

Why this formula?: 

-Superior perfected original formula now discontinued, and no longer obtainable.

-Rich in naturals, quality, strength, & better base fixatives prior to European IFRA bans.

- Performance relative to a modern EDP concentration - concentrated ml. means less applications, and a longer life of this precious product.

-25 years of maceration preserved in a dark cabinet - allowing its ingredients to blend and mature for an enhanced, smoother, more complex, and longer lasting scent.

Presentation condition grade: 

A-

New product?: Yes

Listing age: 21 years

Original packaging included?: NO

Cosmetic Flaws: Gold paint flaking off around the neck area, this is typical for vintage Pi's, otherwise MINT!

Hardware and cap condition: Hardware mint, no cap per product design.

Bottom product sticker & batch code: Bottom sticker is mint & batch is legible and properly skip traced to 2001.

Glass chips: None

Scuffs: None

Cracks: None

Not included: Original packaging.

(COLLECTOR CONSULTATION - MY FINAL THOUGHTS)

This discontinued 2001 first formula just keeps getting more rare as we now move farther into the 2020's & into a generation of more severe IFRA regulations.

 Mix that with the incredible 21 year maceration time & it's virtually impossible to be able to make this formula again.

Now dare I say it's one of a kind.

These just keep getting more rare especially the original formula from the late 1990's / early 2000's.

Allow me to emphasize how rare this formula is now & will be even more so in the future.

Decent price for a collector wanting to own this iconic original well preserved first formula from the brand of Givenchy.

Just holding this observing it you feel its vintage charm.

2001 listing is in excellent condition with vintage charms so it is a time capsule from 21 years ago. 

Great collector's piece! 

2 decades of maceration pre-IFRA regulations with Givenchy brand quality results in a performance that resembles a modern EDP. This in the end means less applications - & a longer life of this precious listing especially if only prioritized for date nights. Lasts longer than modern formula with its extended performance. Made before the turn of the strict IFRA regulations. Literally 2-3 applications & you're good.

What's even more ironic is this DNA fits MODERN trends - This is the gourmand fragrance that started it all. 

Applications last and last with that richer almond vanilla woods.

Herbal, neroli, anise spiced vanilla gourmand with an almond nut twist.

Stand out from the rest wearing modern gourmands!

Decent price for a collector to own this iconic original well preserved formulation!

These haven't inflated in price per ml... at least not yet.

ULTRA rare collectors item.

Iconic grail 2001 formula  - ✓

Free shipping within the USA - ✓

Bonus gift on top of it - ✓

No going wrong with this one!

Buy this ultra rare collectible & piece of history for your collection!

Experience the original vintage formulation of Givenchy Pi for men Eau de toilette - it's well worth it.

Listing comes from my own private collection.

This is a hard sell - from one vintage fragrance collector to another - you know the inner battle.

Grab it before I change my mind.

This historic vintage formula is a long-lasting investment in your personal grooming arsenal, ensuring that you'll always be prepared to make an enduring impact. 

Mailing details:

Packages purchased within the USA will be shipped FREE USPS MAIL.

Tracking & 'Signature required' deliveries included in US orders at no extra cost.

(International shipping prices are auto-calculated at the end based geographical location & will be shipped 

USPS Priority mail international).

PLEASE NOTE:

-100 ml. / 3.3 fl. oz. product is NEW in excellent condition with NO original packaging. TAKE NOTE OF THE GOLD PAINT PEELING ON THE NECK.

-Despite 'EDT' on product, this is more along the lines of a modern day EDT Intense / EDP with unregulated pre-IFRA vintage ingredients.

-Batch years are NOT accurate on some batch websites. My expert appraisal process and backwards skip tracing experience on vintage Givenchy fragrances correctly places this listing in 2001 - see above for more details.

-Listing is 100 pct authentic, properly stored, well preserved, & suited to personal taste & memory.

-Satisfaction guaranteed of your money back within 30 days purchased with

in the USA.

-With a 1-3-day time to curate your order & using USPS Ground Advantage shipping as a standard shipping option (estimated by USPS within 2-5 business days); all US customers should anticipate a maximum of *10 days* to receive your order. Please contact me if you are in a 'must have by this day' situation and I'd be happy to discuss your options!

Please be aware of these quirks prior to purchase.

✅WHY YOU SHOULD PURCHASE VINTAGE FORMULAS & NOT MODERN FORMULATIONS…

 ✅UNLOCKS STORED MEMORIES IN THE BRAINS HIPPOCAMPUS

Fragrances have a fingerprint. The brain is so intelligently designed - that it stores a fragrance DNA's composition precisely to the very last ingredient utilized at that time. Smell a modern formula & see what happens - your brain gets low key upset. 

Only that special formula composed 10-20-30-40 years ago is the key to unlock vivid feelings of nostalgia. 

✅BETTER QUALITY, INGREDIENTS, PERFORMANCE, & CREATIVITY

Made in times prior to culture regulations, production politics, corporate greed, & making man made chemicals for profit; you get the authentic formula(s) the perfumery artist(s) intended from that time resulting in more naturals, less synthetic/cheap aroma chemicals, richer compositions, bolder presence, more layers/less linear, & made in times where smoking was indoors- you get NUCLEAR performance.

✅SMELL BETTER & OR HIGHER QUALITY THEN OTHER MEN AROUND YOU.

In a mass society unaware of vintage fragrances - you will absolutely without a doubt outshine whatever they are wearing. Gain respect, stand out, be the most attractive smelling in the room. In general this is what makes the male gender so enthralled with colognes but vintage amplifies this to the next level. Stop endless influencer searches seeing if something modern performs - just buy vintage.

✅INVEST MORE IN VINTAGE TO SPEND LESS OVER TIME ON MODERN

Vintage fragrances are stronger & need less applications due to concentration. It's not a coincidence they are removing oils in colognes nowadays - they don't want us to know how weakened they are. Many collectors go niche to escape low quality fragrances when designer vintage is their solution.  Beautiful mass pleasing DNA's in the best quality & strength possible. The best way to go forward in perfumery is to go backwards.

If you buy a vintage - a product that would have lasted you a year is now lasting you over 2+ years. Think about it- you are going from essentially a modern day EDC (Modern edt) to a powerful parfum strength niche smelling formula. Once you go vintage it's illogical to go back.

✅VINTAGE FRAGRANCES ARE AN INVESTMENT THAT *INCREASE* IN VALUE

Due to the mass, devoted, & awakening population of the vintage fragrance community; vintage fragrances are a collectible commodity matching similar value in precious paintings, antiques, jewelry, gemstones, diamonds, & gold! Vintage fragrances are an investment, this listing will be MORE in 2-5-10-15 years. This is my favorite thing about being a collector; my purchase investments lack buyers remorse on as I am buying an investment for the future/ & or discreet savings to liquidate as needed. It's as easy to sell fragrances for cash as it is to liquidate your cash for gold.

✅OVERALL ENHANCEMENT OF THE ATTRIBUTES BELOW VS BUYING MODERN FORMULAS

✓Positive mood enhancer

✓Confidence booster

✓Alluring attractiveness

✓Triggers memories

✓Aromatherapy

✓Makes you more attractive

✓Enduring impact

✓Describes your personality

✓Attract other people

✅WHY YOU SHOULD PURCHASE THROUGH GUARDIAN OF THE FRAGRANCES & NOT OTHER SELLERS…

✓ 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 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 Guardian of the Fragrances; you are shopping at a niche shop that specializes solely on discontinued perfumery formulations. ‘One category shops’ provide customers with a unique shopping experience that is backed with knowledge & experience within that category. By selling one category items; it shows I have a deep passion in what I am selling. Buying from fine-tuned one category shops makes all the difference & in result 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. 

✓ Revenue protection 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 authenticated. Examples of the process include batch searches, listing dating, differentiating formula differences, production quirk studies, hardware chks, product & cap weigh-ins, how long the performance lasts & the quality of that experience, ect. Anything that I acquire 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 experience in appraising personal property & products. At Guardian of the Fragrances; rest assured I am expertly skilled in determining whether your vintage formula has been well preserved. I value revenue protection process & quality appraisal in my shop to gain customer trust & I am on a mission to not disappoint you. 

✓ Mutual perfumery hobbyist & collector

I am a vintage fragrance hobbyist & collector. In fact, many listings come from my own personal collection after years of collecting back-up products as a hobby. As a collector, 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 our population is no where close to being fragrance experts. It's an art only a small population sees, and an exotic language only a few speaks. You even go on a forum discussion with hobbyist's & there's more questions than answers. The community needs my help. At Guardian of the Fragrances - I have those answers for you. I am here to give you common-sense truths that Designer brands & 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.

(Reformulation talk...)

Unfortunately,

 In a modern era's effort to make the small allergen pool of the population safe for the bigger masses 

(essentially a 'Safe than sorry' approach for everyone);

Harsh fragrance regulations came into effect within the last 20 years in the EU (United Nations) where nearly all fragrances are still composed.

The SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety), IFRA (International Fragrance Association) & the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) came together together to ban many precious naturals, & unique aroma chemicals due to potential irritant concerns in a small pool of the population.

Every year it seems another ingredient is banned as these chemical giants are auditing & banning aroma materials for simply having slight reactions due to sensitivities. To ban something from a total population when said ingredient reacts negatively to only a small group of that population is an unnecessary overreach. 

To play nice & to still get credibility for selling 'Safe' fragrances; all Designer perfumery brands have submitted to these giants for EU support of their product(s).

Between 2010-2022;

The EU has now banned over 2,000 ingredients in the beauty & fragrance business.

This massive ingredient ban in beauty products is more than any other world region in history!

The United States has banned only 17 ingredients from beauty products made in the USA.

Unfortunately for fragrance enthusiasts, a VERY small pct of designers make their fragrances in America.

By 2030; the EEB (European Environmental Bureau) anticipates over 5,000-7,000 ingredients to be banned in total.

Rules, reformulations, synthetic ingredients, cost-cutting, & keeping up with modern scent trends have weakened performance of modern favorites from the past. This is not a theory or paranoia, this is becoming more evident since the rise of fragrance communities & worsening of formulas on the shelves today.

 Since this confirmation of industries now releasing overly regulated, synthetic, & weakened modern formulas of classic fragrances, beloved vintage fragrance formulas are now highly sought after by collectors or simply average shoppers that just want to reunite with their signature fragrance in its original and true form.

Many are so accustomed to newer compositions they have no idea what they are not experiencing.

Vintage EDT formulas are well known to perform with higher concentrations equal to a modern Eau de Parfum or Parfum. Newer formulations of the modern age are said to perform somewhere between an Eau de cologne & Eau de toilette with lower quality, more synthetics, & average performance.

DET Vs. DPG:

A chemist in Germany did a gas chromatogram composition on a vintage fragrance & it's modern day formula.

 It was found that companies utilized a solvent Diethyl Phthalate (DET) on the vintage formula; which was known to have a stronger bonding fixative effect. Modern day formulas now have Dipropylene Glycol (DPG).

DPG is commonly utilized in LIGHTLY fragrance'd shampoos while DET is still in potent home fragrances. Home fragrance companies don't utilize DPG as the fragrance would immediately leave the base! 

Makes you think - "Why would I spend 100 dollars on a fragrance with DPG & no DET?"

2010's Oakmoss ban:

By far one of the most controversial & damaging IFRA regulations was the ban of natural Oakmoss. 

This popular natural ingredient has been in every legendary cologne for the past 50 years. All of those classics are now utilized with weaker synthetics. 

Since Oakmoss is a base note & has lasting fixative effects, modern fragrances now don't perform well without it.

2022 Lilial ban:

& 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 sensitive reactions. (That's it?). They simply stated "It may sometimes act as an allergen." 

Lilial was a common note in modern perfumery. 

With Lilial being a synthetic aromatic soapy aldehyde;  it gave it's fragrance a sweet yet refreshing intense floral green odor. No other aroma chemical has yet to produce the same effects.

Fragrance shelf-life lies:

 One of the biggest gaslighting scams is the myth that fragrances naturally 'Expire/go bad' due to time alone.

Fragrances are not your local produce guys, they are a chemist composition of naturals and fragrant chemical aromas that contain preservatives. That chemist recipe is THEN preserved in a pct average of 80 pct ALCOHOL. This 80 pct alcohol is combined with 10 pct aroma chemicals & 10 pct naturals. To assume 10 pct natural ingredients expire in a whopping 80 pct alcohol composition is a HUGE stretch.

Made with similar strategies, 

Fragrances share vintage wine's ability to age superbly. Fragrances in fact get better with age from the process of maceration; when naturals soak for extended periods of time making the formula blend and smell more matured for an enhanced, smoother, more complex, & longer lasting scent. 

Fragrances are not cosmetics with no preservatives sensitive to time - quite the opposite!

Fragrances were even recovered from the 1912 Titanic wreck - with no sins of going bad!

A perfumery salesman perished in the wreck resulting in his briefcase of fragrances found on the BOTTOM of the ocean preserved for over 100 years. In an artifact examination room amongst the muck & tragedy,

 The recovered perfumery was presented to the room & by surprise brought the room to LIFE again, aromas of beautiful fruits, florals, resins, & woods sourced from so long ago. 

The experience was so powerful to the scientist- it made a grown man cry.

Fragrances may be poorly stored...but don't go bad from just the passing of time.

I guess any myth will be claimed for these fragrance industries that want you coming in to buy their modern products.

The modern recipe / The modern day scent:

Modern fragrances just aren't good you guys, whether that be a brand new scent or a reformulation of a classic.

Anything modern follows the same pattern; synthetic fruity tops to lock you in, aromatic regulated molecules to give you general masculinity, then a base gob-smacked with scratchy ambroxan / synthetic cloying sweetness to ultimately distract you so don't notice how ridiculous the entire composition smells.

It's truly depressing what they release nowadays.

You might as well wear your home cleaner.

fortunately,

In every generation...

...A guardian is born.

A guardian to make the world a better place.

Now, our memories are under siege.

You may wonder..."What is happening to my signature fragrance, & why?"

"Is it all in my head?"...It's not. 

Designer brands are gaslighting you.

Retail associates are lying to you.

They don't want you to know about me...

the Guardian of the Fragrances.

Vintage formulas taking asylum & preserved under my guardianship.

The awakening is growing, don't be excluded.

Be a member of the fragrance houടe & houടe a refugee today!

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