Yup. Seems like an almost automatic choice for a father's day gift of yesteryear.
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Vintage Avon find
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I was just glad to get Clint AS! But yeah; cannot trust the box.
I don't even think you can trust the bottle - one ALPHA Team member found water in one!
The lady that rang it up doubted the contents were good after all this time.
Told her I used it every day!
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Picture a time-traveler, returning to 1970 ... telling the Avon Lady:
"In the year 2019, your products will be highly prized, and sought-after by shaving connoisseurs."
"THIS old junk?! My husband hates it!"
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"In the year 2019, your products will be highly prized, and sought-after by shaving connoisseurs."
"THIS old junk?! My husband hates it!"
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I've taken it a step further, these colognes really shine with a good atomizer.
Vintage Oland and Wild Country colognes.
All right. Today's Avon score looks like ...
Boot with Leather. 1953 Buick Skylark - box marked Windjammer - actually contains the more-rare Clint! (Which smells great!) Empty First Edition Bay Rum book, to be refilled (.60, BTW). The Avon Open Golf Cart has 5 oz. Wild Country - worth a buck to me. Straight Eight has - buckle your seat belts - Island Lime, full! (That box was also marked Windjammer, so it goes to show - gotta check those boxes.
EDIT: Thought I had picked up a Spicy car. OK, will go back tomorrow … sick, sick, sick. But smelling great.
EDIT 2: There was another Boot for a buck - also worth going back for. It's cologne, not AS ...
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That Leather Cologne is the find of the lot! I rarely see that one anywhere.. I love the aftershave, but would love to get my hands on some of the cologne too. (It was even compared to Creed Royal English Leather at least once on Basenotes..)
GREAT to know!
I went back today for the second Boot ... alas, it was empty!
Scored the CB microphone and Indian penny, both empty ... but for .35!
Bulldog pipe - I don't know why - and *another* 31 Bus, with Spicy and Wild Country.
So yeah, we're going to be filling up a swimming pool with the stuff.
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Love'em both! Oland, for it's scent-pyramid changing drydown (yes, even the Avon cigarette-ash note!) and vintage WC is even better than Pinaud Clubman ... which I think is the best AS you can (readily) buy ...
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I like that Bulldog.. I think the white glass looks really nice once you clean it up.
Plus it's one of those that's really easy to use right out of the decanter.
Agree it's one of the classic pieces; the cars don't mean much to me particularly. All are iconic.
This is turning into a darn treasure hunt ... what's next? the totem pole?
Yes. Yes, it is!
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I just got the Spicy Jeep and the Wild Country Shotgun Shell.
I have yet to find Original, Vigorate, Brisk Spice, and Bay Rum.
Blue Blazer was a hard one to track down. It wears on you. Has a distinctive rose component to me. And I just found some Deep Woods which - on second test - I actually liked.
I'll be selling a bunch of bottles in a month or two. Cars, specialty, distinctive ones I found at estate sales. So keep an eye out.
Blue Blazer was a hard one to track down. It wears on you. Has a distinctive rose component to me. And I just found some Deep Woods which - on second test - I actually liked.
I'll be selling a bunch of bottles in a month or two. Cars, specialty, distinctive ones I found at estate sales. So keep an eye out.
Saturday, so. Flea market, just to check ...
Another Spartan-head of Tribute cologne.
Another full Boot of Leather cologne.
Ugly blue VW Jetta, but full of Light Musk? Don't know that one yet.
Thomas Jefferson head full of Everest.
Beer barrel of WC. She had three more of those...
Horse head full of ... maybe Windjammer. Not WC!
Then the mail came with the 1981 Bay Rum ...and that seems to live up to its legendary status ...
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Another Spartan-head of Tribute cologne.
Another full Boot of Leather cologne.
Ugly blue VW Jetta, but full of Light Musk? Don't know that one yet.
Thomas Jefferson head full of Everest.
Beer barrel of WC. She had three more of those...
Horse head full of ... maybe Windjammer. Not WC!
Then the mail came with the 1981 Bay Rum ...and that seems to live up to its legendary status ...
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Oh. She had the guitar ... About three Oland Liberty Bells ... About five NBA trophy's, all with WC ... zillios of chess pieces...
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I didn't like the Light Musk. Smelled "20-something" to me.
And I've heard around here that the 1981 anniversary Bay Rum was different from the original BR, being more of a vanilla scent. You'll have to give us your take.
And I've heard around here that the 1981 anniversary Bay Rum was different from the original BR, being more of a vanilla scent. You'll have to give us your take.
I'll try it today. It smells like the pimentosa (whatever) leaf itself. Good as I'm not a vanilla fan.
Also ordered the Avon collectors book. $4/683 pages seems like as good a deal as the stuff itself! The book is widely available, too!
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Yes - the light musk smells like sweat! First one I'm really not sure about (though I remember those ugly cars. Surprised Avon didn't make a Pacer or Gremlin filled with Wild Country. Anyways).
The 1981 Bay Rum is very nice, even excellent. No vanilla, a slight cooling effect. Ingredient list is strange to me ... Bottle never lost a drop, as it is a plastic gasket pull stopper.
Smells purely of the bay rum leaf, and is less complex than Bootleggers Bay Rum, my current go-to.
Bottom line: excellent bay rum, but not worth paying a lot for.
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New Avon scores:
The Classic Book. Was empty, now filled with Bootleggers Bay Rum.
"But what about the AVON Bay Rum?"
Got that, too.
Annnnnnd a bottle of Brisk Spice, too.
But the coolest dang thing is the Totem Pole (Spicy, full)
Keeping company with Timeless Ti68/Rooskie handle, Lisa's Natural Patchouli soap, a Spartan-head of Tribute cologne, and a Indian Penny.
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The Classic Book. Was empty, now filled with Bootleggers Bay Rum.
"But what about the AVON Bay Rum?"
Got that, too.
Annnnnnd a bottle of Brisk Spice, too.
But the coolest dang thing is the Totem Pole (Spicy, full)
Keeping company with Timeless Ti68/Rooskie handle, Lisa's Natural Patchouli soap, a Spartan-head of Tribute cologne, and a Indian Penny.
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I used to work with this 21 year old guy, mister cool stud. Wore this fragrance, and when i sniffed the Light Musk, it reminded me of him! So, I passed it on.
Found an Avon pirates jug with a small amount of bay rum still in it - smelled just like my homebrew of Sup 70 and Avon Tribute. Which I love. But I've gotten lazy since my blend ran out, and now just use straight Superior 70.
Yes; some scents = the person. Forever! For me, it's an old GF.
Anyways.That funky Jetta is one of the few Avon cars I "like." Ugly, but I remember so many of them on the road!
I have not tried straight Sup 70, but have it for the Bootleggers.
I also got the whale teeth decanters from the "whale set." Did NOT want that giant plastic whale!
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