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The one thing I do note is that modern perfumes/colognes seem to dissipate far too quickly. This gives them an overpowering presence initially and then they di

by bsder 4y ago

The one thing I do note is that modern perfumes/colognes seem to dissipate far too quickly. This gives them an overpowering presence initially and then they dissipate to nothing. I distinctly remember a bottle of cologne I was given by a girlfriend back when dinosaurs walked the earth and secretaries still existed in companies. If I wore the cologne on Saturday night and any of the secretaries got a good sniff on Monday, I would get ribbed about having had a really good weekend. It was actively difficult to get rid of all the fragrance. That simply doesn't happen with modern scents. I presume that some extremely key ingredient has been found to be horribly toxic or terribly inhumane to collect.

zizee 4y ago
There's a possibility you're experiencing the difference between eau de toilette vs parfum. One is more concentrated than the other. Also definitely possible things like shrinkflation are at play. https://www.scotchnaturals.com/beauty-makeup/the-difference-between-eau-de-toilette-vs-parfum-what-you-should-know/ https://www.scotchnaturals.com/beauty-makeup/the-difference-...
epapsiou 4y ago
No it is just brands being cheap. Those colognes are still available. Just not in Sephora. On high end there are Roja Dove, Killian's, Tom Ford, Montale,Mancera... At low end anything by Bogart.
dxuh 4y ago
It's not just greed like other commenters might be implying. Like you say many reformulations happen because IFRA (the International Fragrance Association) updates their list of restricted or prohibited substances. Their work is necessary and important to ensure everyone's health. Just recently (March this year) the IFRA-imposed ban on Lilial (butylphenyl methylpropional) went into effect, which was suspected to lead to infertility. So it's important someone has an eye on this. Almost always fragrances end up significantly weaker after such reformulations. Also after the 80s, where fragrances were much stronger, it's just a "trend" nowadays to have weaker fragrances. Of course it's also greed, because very often fragrances get reformulated without an obvious external reason and they often end up a shadow of their former selves. If a fragrance has a critical popularity, you can simply cut it's potency in half and people will still buy it. I also want to add that the performance of a fragrance depends a lot on the moisture of your skin. Fragrances disappear on dry skin much quicker. So if you moisturize your skin before applying a fragrance, you will have longer of it. My skin got much drier with age (and it's getting worse), so maybe this is also part of what you are observing.

by bsder 4y ago

zizee 4y ago

There's a possibility you're experiencing the difference between eau de toilette vs parfum. One is more concentrated than the other. Also definitely possible things like shrinkflation are at play. https://www.scotchnaturals.com/beauty-makeup/the-difference-between-eau-de-toilette-vs-parfum-what-you-should-know/ https://www.scotchnaturals.com/beauty-makeup/the-difference-...

epapsiou 4y ago

No it is just brands being cheap. Those colognes are still available. Just not in Sephora. On high end there are Roja Dove, Killian's, Tom Ford, Montale,Mancera... At low end anything by Bogart.

dxuh 4y ago

It's not just greed like other commenters might be implying. Like you say many reformulations happen because IFRA (the International Fragrance Association) updates their list of restricted or prohibited substances. Their work is necessary and important to ensure everyone's health. Just recently (March this year) the IFRA-imposed ban on Lilial (butylphenyl methylpropional) went into effect, which was suspected to lead to infertility. So it's important someone has an eye on this. Almost always fragrances end up significantly weaker after such reformulations. Also after the 80s, where fragrances were much stronger, it's just a "trend" nowadays to have weaker fragrances. Of course it's also greed, because very often fragrances get reformulated without an obvious external reason and they often end up a shadow of their former selves. If a fragrance has a critical popularity, you can simply cut it's potency in half and people will still buy it. I also want to add that the performance of a fragrance depends a lot on the moisture of your skin. Fragrances disappear on dry skin much quicker. So if you moisturize your skin before applying a fragrance, you will have longer of it. My skin got much drier with age (and it's getting worse), so maybe this is also part of what you are observing.