Guides & notes
Practical reference material for buying, storing and verifying fragrance. Every entry is written to be checkable: batch codes, regulation, packaging generations and recorded market data.
Concentrations Explained: EDT vs EDP vs Parfum vs Extrait
Commonly cited concentration ranges for cologne, EDT, EDP and parfum, why the naming is convention rather than law, what actually determines performance, and how to read a bottle label.
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How to Photograph a Bottle for Authentication
A shot list for documenting a bottle: front, cap, atomiser, base with the batch code, label and ingredient panel, box, fill level, plus technique and the mistakes that hide the details that matter.
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Decanting and Splitting: Doing It Without Ruining the Juice
Container materials, cleaning, filling method and labelling, plus what a decant does to a fragrance and why a small vial ages faster than the bottle it came from.
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Reformulation: Why Your Favourite Scent Changed
The documented causes of formula change, the difference between reformulation and batch variation, and what evidence is required before claiming a specific release was reformulated.
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Buying Vintage Perfume: What to Check Before You Pay
Fill level, seals, batch codes and packaging generation, plus the regulatory background behind formula changes, shipping constraints on alcohol-based liquids, and a pre-purchase checklist.
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Storing Your Fragrance Collection Properly
Light, heat, oxygen and seal condition determine how fast a fragrance changes. A practical storage regime, the period-after-opening symbol, and the signs that a bottle is degrading.
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Reading Perfume Batch Codes: A Complete Guide
What a batch code is, where brands print it, how to transcribe and decode it, and the limits of what it can tell you about production date and authenticity.
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How to Spot a Counterfeit Perfume: A Practical Checklist
A step-by-step checklist for assessing a bottle of fragrance: batch code and box matching, carton and glass construction, atomiser and cap details, and what a batch code can and cannot prove about aut
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Every photograph above is of a bottle we have actually handled. Nothing here is a supplier or brand image.