http://www.nathanbranch.com/2008/11/caron-infini-parfum-and-by-kil.html Good Taste is a Trillion Dollar Industry Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nathanbranch.com/2008/11/caron-infini-parfum-and-by-kil.html#comment-1307 Nathan Branch Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:06:29 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1834#comment-1307 You had a dedicated Caron alcove, and then it got cruelly ripped away? Oh, the humanity! That is just not right. I would feel so personally slighted. I'm happy to hear that the Sales Rep at least had enough knowledge about the scent to inform you that you needed time for it to develop, but you're right -- she should have let you know just how much time was required. This is one of the few fragrances I know of that transforms so radically from stage to stage, and over a number of hours, too. Let me know how your experience with your new bottle goes. I don't have any idea how to determine the vintage year myself, but if you go to POL (<a href="http://www.perfumeoflife.com/" rel="nofollow">Perfume of LIfe</a> forum), there might be one or two members with enough experience in the Caron field who can help you out with that information. You had a dedicated Caron alcove, and then it got cruelly ripped away? Oh, the humanity! That is just not right. I would feel so personally slighted.
I’m happy to hear that the Sales Rep at least had enough knowledge about the scent to inform you that you needed time for it to develop, but you’re right — she should have let you know just how much time was required. This is one of the few fragrances I know of that transforms so radically from stage to stage, and over a number of hours, too.
Let me know how your experience with your new bottle goes. I don’t have any idea how to determine the vintage year myself, but if you go to POL (Perfume of LIfe forum), there might be one or two members with enough experience in the Caron field who can help you out with that information.

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2008/11/caron-infini-parfum-and-by-kil.html#comment-1306 ScentScelf Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:59:44 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1834#comment-1306 I had read similar things about Infini, so it was with my game face on that I followed the nice sales reps suggestion that I try a vintage Infini. <i>(time out for a rant: BLAST Chicago Nordstrom! They had a beautiful alcove with vintage Carons, and now they've moved out the entire line! To stores in LA and Florida. Hmph. The justice????)</i> Anyway...what a surprise. She also said, "hang on...let it develop," but didn't warn me that true happiness would be after my sojourn in the store. And I was a bit confused, because the experience was quite contrary to expectations. I feel lucky to have scored a bottle off of *bay; don't know enough to determine vintage, but it just arrived, and I'll see what magic I can recreate, if any. I had read similar things about Infini, so it was with my game face on that I followed the nice sales reps suggestion that I try a vintage Infini. (time out for a rant: BLAST Chicago Nordstrom! They had a beautiful alcove with vintage Carons, and now they’ve moved out the entire line! To stores in LA and Florida. Hmph. The justice????) Anyway…what a surprise. She also said, “hang on…let it develop,” but didn’t warn me that true happiness would be after my sojourn in the store. And I was a bit confused, because the experience was quite contrary to expectations.
I feel lucky to have scored a bottle off of *bay; don’t know enough to determine vintage, but it just arrived, and I’ll see what magic I can recreate, if any.

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