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I have another bottle I'm trying to identify, I had bought a cheap bundle a few while ago but the issue is all the bottles are missing labels and boxes and seem old as all get out. In fact the one I'm trying to figure out even has two scents associated to it, issue is it's so old and possibly stored improperly it's confusing my nose
 
1000001501.jpgI have this scuffed but mostly full bottle of the swinger, but I can't interpret if it's the Bravo version or the Wild Country version. It seems funny but to my nose it's just very neutral. Until I get a better condition bottle of Bravo, it's hard to confirm.
 
JanJosh said:
View attachment 151811I have this scuffed but mostly full bottle of the swinger, but I can't interpret if it's the Bravo version or the Wild Country version. It seems funny but to my nose it's just very neutral. Until I get a better condition bottle of Bravo, it's hard to confirm.
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Disregard, it's Bravo! Scuffed and weakened by age, but definitely Bravo. Putting it next to brand new wild country it's now 100% distinct. I just had to pour on a... generous amount to my skin, and compare fluid colors.
 
Bravo is very sweet smelling. almost candy like at the top.
 
Spider said:
Bravo is very sweet smelling. almost candy like at the top.
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Yeah I only got that after dousing my wrist. In the beginning it's just alcohol and syrup from the bottle. Gave it a shake and poured it on, let it dry, and smelled it again. It's kinda honey... amber ish. When I get a new bottle I'll give another review along with others as they come. My reviews may not be accurate but I enjoy filling blanks and trying to be concise to my own knowledge.
 
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Light Musk - Sweet Powder Musk. No notes can be found or listed, but from general assumptions, it smells to be a blend of sweet bay rum, vetiver, white musk, and what I believe is tonka with an underlying base of oakmoss and bergamot. A very unique Barbershop fragrance, reminiscent of vintage Shulton Old Spice mixed with an oriental aftershave of the 70s, then add musk.

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Black Suede - Floral Leather Musk. A complex spicy, citrusy, and aromatic leather scent that falls on a floral leather base. Compared to the cologne, the Aftershave appears to be much more simplified and is heavy on the florals and leather. As to my knowledge, there is nothing that is easily comparable to it, but it feels like it could be a "Black" or "Noir" flanker to Wild Country.

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Weekend - Aromatic Fougere. This is a very safe and simple aromatic scent with a soapy top of lavender and sage that goes into musky florals and ends on a sweetened oakmoss. This is a very safe, inviting scent for any man, and, as the name implies, is perfect for a general "day off". Comparing it to anything is a waste of time. It smells like every other something else from it's time period.
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Sport Rally Bracing Lotion: Citrus Aromatic. A cousin to sure winner, with no listed notes. With my guess, it has a top of lemon zest that goes into a neroli and woods base. The best I can compare it to is 4711 but with only lemon, neroli, and possibly lavender. A refreshing summer time scent for all occasions.
 
And thats 4! more to come, but Also I think Spider was defintely right about bay rum being the best bay rum scented aftershave because I cannot for the life of me find a full bottle and box of the stuff for any low prices... Soon, though. We'll get there. I've got other surprises brewing
 
JanJosh said:
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Light Musk - Sweet Powder Musk. No notes can be found or listed, but from general assumptions, it smells to be a blend of sweet bay rum, vetiver, white musk, and what I believe is tonka with an underlying base of oakmoss and bergamot. A very unique Barbershop fragrance, reminiscent of vintage Shulton Old Spice mixed with an oriental aftershave of the 70s, then add musk.

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Black Suede - Floral Leather Musk. A complex spicy, citrusy, and aromatic leather scent that falls on a floral leather base. Compared to the cologne, the Aftershave appears to be much more simplified and is heavy on the florals and leather. As to my knowledge, there is nothing that is easily comparable to it, but it feels like it could be a "Black" or "Noir" flanker to Wild Country.

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Weekend - Aromatic Fougere. This is a very safe and simple aromatic scent with a soapy top of lavender and sage that goes into musky florals and ends on a sweetened oakmoss. This is a very safe, inviting scent for any man, and, as the name implies, is perfect for a general "day off". Comparing it to anything is a waste of time. It smells like every other something else from it's time period.
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Sport Rally Bracing Lotion: Citrus Aromatic. A cousin to sure winner, with no listed notes. With my guess, it has a top of lemon zest that goes into a neroli and woods base. The best I can compare it to is 4711 but with only lemon, neroli, and possibly lavender. A refreshing summer time scent for all occasions.
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I made a mistake. The first one was Brisk Spice! NOT light musk. No wonder why it smelled like old spice, duh! Lol. It's kinda a flanker to Avon Spicy with Bay Rum.

(Also, I did know it was Brisk Spice, but I was looking up light musk at the same time and researching some rare oddball avon stuff)
 
@JanJosh you've introduced me to the Chesapeake collection glassware! I don’t think I’ve ever seen those before. Oddly they aren’t in my 2008 Avon collectors book, but they are in my 1983 edition.
 
Spider said:
@JanJosh you've introduced me to the Chesapeake collection glassware! I don’t think I’ve ever seen those before. Oddly they aren’t in my 2008 Avon collectors book, but they are in my 1983 edition.
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Yeah, I didn't know it was rare myself. Hey! I'll make you a deal. If I don't like weekend all that much after a trial run or two, or if I do like it and use up the bottle, either way i wouldnt mind passing the glass over to you if you'd like. I'm not too attached to it but it is a unique little whiskey glass.
 
While I'm here, I did some research and Brisk Spice was intended to be Avons Old Spice clone but with an overdose of clove and vanilla, which emulates that sweet powdery bayrum.
 
Somethings been on my mind while researching Avon collectible decanters and vintage fragrances. Sometime in the 70s it appeared that they had released 3 oddball scents, which was Light Musk, Crisp Lime, and Brisk Spice, and they were around long enough that Brisk Spice and Light Musk got decanters, but Crisp Lime seems to never have gotten one... It leads me to wonder, did, at some point, these 3 might have gotten discontinued but then repackaged with new names? Like, Crisp Lime disappeared but then there came Island Lime for a longer time in the 80s, followed by Brisk Spice going with Spicy popping up as well, and then Light Musk could have become Avon Musk or even Wild Country. There may be a chance that, in general, Light Musk was a baseline that would become a shared prototype DNA for several other "musky" Avon fragrances.

Any thoughts on this? It's just so odd because while Crisp Lime may have been unpopular and disappeared, somehow stuff like Cool Sage and even SEAZONE got decanters.
 
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