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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2010, part 19

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2010 27 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

From MAC, a solid perfume pendant designed by Marcel Wanders and filled with the MAC Air of Style fragrance. $30 at Nordstrom.

 

From Annick Goutal, the Collectors de Noël editions: gold bottles of Eau d'Hadrien, Sables, Musc Nomade and Duel (140-150€). Available at the Annick Goutal website.

 

From Estee Lauder, Pleasures perfume in the Pleasures Spider Compact: "Limited edition, crystal-encrusted collectible opens to reveal the fragrance Pleasures in a long-lasting solid perfume. Sleek and sophisticated with polished golden highlights and tiny glittering facets. It comes tucked inside a velvety pouch and beautiful gift box." $250 at Saks Fifth Avenue.

 

Azzaro Bois Précieux collection

From Azzaro, the Bois Précieux collection, with limited edition bottles of Azzaro Pour Homme, Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir (shown) and Azzaro Chrome, in 125 ml metallic-look bottles with handmade wood caps. (via parfums-tendance.fr)

 

From Juicy Couture, a solid perfume ring in the Couture, Couture fragrance. $42 at Sephora.

Filed Under: fragrance shopping
Tagged With: annick goutal, azzaro, collector bottles, estee lauder, juicy couture, limited edition, mac, scented jewelry, solid

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  1. Angela says:
    23 November 2010 at 1:42 pm

    As an FYI, at my MAC counter the SA said the “Air of Style” fragrance is really Asphalt Flower, the asphalt-violet fragrance they used to carry. That’s what she said, anyway….

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    • Robin says:
      23 November 2010 at 1:52 pm

      Weird. The original Air of Style was different, but who knows, maybe they are reusing the name.
      https://nstperfume.com/2007/09/04/mac-air-of-style-armando-martinez-kitsune-new-fragrances/

      https://nstperfume.com/2009/10/03/mac-asphalt-flower-fragrance-review/

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      • MrNEWNose says:
        24 November 2010 at 7:21 am

        Robin is right. I’m a makeup artist who has worked at MAC Stores in NYC for five years, so here’s the deal. There is a BIG difference between Asphalt Flower and Air of Style. Air of Style is a “limited edition/special edition” fragrance that debuted a few years ago for the Holiday “MAC COUTURE” collection. It has resurfaced back every year or so since in a different presentation. A few years back for the holiday “Monogram” collection it came in two vails presented in their own monogramed carrying case, and then a year before it was presented in a hand blown glass stopper bottle. Asphalt Flower made its way to MAC last fall via a rollerball formula for the F/W Trend Collection. There’s a big difference in the notes on both. We have the solid pendant at my store now (for Sale Thursday) and I’ve been debating on getting it.

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        • MrNEWNose says:
          24 November 2010 at 7:27 am

          As a note, I’m not surprised that the MUA at Nordstrom didn’t have the correct information. MAC supplies very little information on our fragrances, so its kind of up to us to look for the info via the website (or ironically), here.I even specifically asked someone in the Training department 3 months ago if this was the same “Air of Style” as previous years, and I was specifically told its a “brand new fragrance”, when it isn’t. Just as a note, the original Air of Style was in Eau de Parfum concentration.

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        • Robin says:
          24 November 2010 at 7:39 am

          Thanks for the scoop!

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    • Absolute Scentualist says:
      23 November 2010 at 1:53 pm

      Oh, I wanted to try that one. I haven’t jumped on the jewelry/solid perfume thing yet, but that fragrance makes it tempting. Too bad I don’t care for the original Pleasures, though, because I love spiders. Musc Nomade is absolutely beautiful, though, and just smells like something to wear around the holidays. I can’t put my finger on the specific note that evokes that feel to me (though a vague association with my mother burning a bayberry candle she loved around the holidays had something to do with it), but that was the first thing I thought when I smelled some. Just curling up by the fire with a warm blanket while the snow fell outside. It is such a gorgeous take on musk.

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      • Merlin says:
        23 November 2010 at 2:15 pm

        I have never seen them irl but the E.L solids always seem to be cased in the most exquisite pieces – esp, the Harrods exclusives. But they are very expensive – being such ornate little works of art! I too dont like pleasures – or most of its flankers, or white linen or beautiful, for that matter…

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  2. Merlin says:
    23 November 2010 at 1:47 pm

    What was asphalt-violet like? (Since its the only affordable item for those of us already maxed out on fragrant purchases!)

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    • Robin says:
      23 November 2010 at 1:52 pm

      See the links above…

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      • Merlin says:
        23 November 2010 at 2:09 pm

        I think we may have been posting comments simultaneously!

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        • Robin says:
          23 November 2010 at 8:19 pm

          No problem 🙂

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  3. Thalia says:
    23 November 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Oh, I love that spider! I wish they’d put Knowing or Private Collection in there.

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    • Robin says:
      23 November 2010 at 1:52 pm

      EL really ought to have some sort of interchangeable compact system so you can always buy the compact and the fragrance you love.

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    • Dilana says:
      23 November 2010 at 2:08 pm

      The “spider” only seems to have six legs, and looks more like a beetle.
      I thought at first this was a pin,(which would be cool) but actually I think it is just a little critter with perfume in its back.

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      • Dolly2 says:
        23 November 2010 at 2:19 pm

        If you count the two legs in the front, that makes eight.
        Hey, at least he’d be a graet smelling insect!

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        • Dolly2 says:
          23 November 2010 at 2:19 pm

          Sorry, that’s great.

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        • Dilana says:
          23 November 2010 at 4:08 pm

          Those look like antennae to me, but maybe you are right.

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      • lilydale aka Natalie says:
        23 November 2010 at 10:25 pm

        I think the back legs curve around so you can’t see them from this angle — if you count the “thighs” and not the “feet,” they add up properly. I would be very disappointed in EL if they’d made a 6-legged spider (hey, I once took my son’s preschool teacher to task for calling spiders “bugs”!).

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        • boojum says:
          23 November 2010 at 10:30 pm

          Oh, thank goodness, it’s not just me! I had my then 3 yr old go back to tell her teacher that frogs are amphibians, not reptiles.

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        • Robin says:
          23 November 2010 at 10:33 pm

          You guys are a tough crowd, LOL…in a gajillion years I would not have noticed how many legs there were.

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    • dee says:
      23 November 2010 at 7:14 pm

      OMG! I want that Spider/Beetle/Whatever. I want it now!

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  4. sweetlife (ahtx) says:
    23 November 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Spiders smell like Bandit, though don’t they? Or at least Azuree…

    That Juicy Couture thing is entirely brand and scent appropriate.

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    • Robin says:
      23 November 2010 at 8:20 pm

      I would hope spiders smell like Bandit 😉

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  5. Dolly2 says:
    23 November 2010 at 4:03 pm

    Maybe nature could create a spider for every scent in the CdG line!
    LOL.

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    • Dilana says:
      23 November 2010 at 4:12 pm

      Lets rename them accordingly
      “Daphne ” becomes “Charlotte”
      “Monocle” becomes “mono-filament”
      “Play” becomes “Spin” and
      “Wonderwood” becomes “barnwood” (where spiders hang out”

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  6. RusticDove says:
    23 November 2010 at 5:21 pm

    I am so happy that I can live without any of these. It makes me happy because sometimes the ‘special limited editions’ make me drool & break into a cold sweat from intense craving.

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    • Robin says:
      23 November 2010 at 8:21 pm

      I know what you mean! The one I like most today is the MAC, which is less than $50 — that almost never happens.

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