Excellent!
Vintage Avon find
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Excellent!
A few months back, I posted about starting to clean out my Avon-lady grandmothers home for sale, and finding a bunch of stuff. Here is a portion of today's haul. All are brand new, in original boxes. There are probably another 50-60 bottles/boxes there for the picking.
Anyone see anything particularly interesting? She was an Avon lady from the mid-60's through to the late 90's. Anything in particular I should look for next time I'm there?
Anyone see anything particularly interesting? She was an Avon lady from the mid-60's through to the late 90's. Anything in particular I should look for next time I'm there?
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You've got some nice pieces there. Especially the shaving brush, barber pole, and calabash pipe. I'm keen on the two hand guns as I don't have those two yet. Very nice haul.
Yeah, the rest of it!
I'm partial to the Everest, Spicy, Island Lime, Excalibur, Oland, and Deep Woods scents, so that is what I look for. The bottles are fun, but I see so much Wild Country, I generally leave them behind, unless the bottle is cool. That said, I would grab all you can and sort them out later.
True, I get really dissappointed when I find a bottle I want, turn it over, and realize it is full of wild country. I have so much of that juice, my grandkids will be using it. I just gave a bottle to my dad, because he just finished his bottle that he got as a gift in the 70s! (He only uses it as a cologne, for special occasions).
I'm on the hunt for Everest, Sea Zone, Brisk Spice, Cool Sage, Light Musk, Blue Blazer, and Bay Rum.
There was a LOT of Wild Country there, but I saw some Everest, Spicy, Clint, and Oland for certain. I've not personally tried any of them yet, but will in the coming days. In the bottle, I'm liking Spicy I think... Didn't see any bay rum, but really hope to find some on my next visit (probably late August).
Not trying to break the B&B TOU, but if anyone is interested in something in particular, feel free to drop me a PM. There's enough here to last two lifetimes, and I'd love to see it in the hands of people that appreciate it! If this offer is out of line, I'll gladly remove it.
Not trying to break the B&B TOU, but if anyone is interested in something in particular, feel free to drop me a PM. There's enough here to last two lifetimes, and I'd love to see it in the hands of people that appreciate it! If this offer is out of line, I'll gladly remove it.
Amazing haul.
I have to look for one of these now, it's a must have for my collection.
That is super cool!
I never looked at it like that, but I can see the similarities. I do like vintage Wild Country. I had to splash some on just now. I've heard that the current juice is not the same, can anyone speak to that?
Yes, it's not the same. Modern is lighter and sweeter. I like vintage much better.
That's too bad. Always have to mess with something that works. Consolation is that it is still fairly cheap and easy to get the vintage stuff.
The vintage is plentiful, easy to find, and MUCH cheaper than modern. That's no consolation, that's a SCORE!
Excellent point.
I could have filled a swimming pool with all of the vintage Wild Country I have found over the years.
Nice.
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Ditto. I have a couple gallons, at least, at home currently.
+1. I've found more Wild Country and Spicy in the wild than any other scent
I may have to take back what I said about being iffy on the scent of wild country. After liberally applying some after shaving today I have to say I rather enjoy the masculine powdery scent. Could anyone tell me just how similar this scent is to clubman?
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