Comments on: Mother Love and Avon

By: Azzurra

Azzurra — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:43:55 +0000

Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

By: Scentzilla!

Scentzilla! — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:26:35 +0000

ach, then I’d go for it. Sounds fun, and like you say, “what the heck.” (My Dachshund’s Somewhere cologne still bears traces of its message, but time has clearly taken its toll.)

By: marchlion

marchlion — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:01:44 +0000

Actually, they had several that were NIB, so they haven’t seen a lot of sun, theoretically… I bought one that looked unopened and full. What the heck. (Huh, wonder what Avon juice smells like 25 years later?) I’ll let you know how the walk down memory lane goes.;-)

By: Scentzilla!

Scentzilla! — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:18:37 +0000

If it’s sealed still… maybe? But if not? Then honestly? I might not. So many folks DISPLAYED their Avon bottles and exposed them to sunlight, that I might not… But if you just want the bottle for nostagia’s sake, I’d go for it. If it’s just the juice, I dunno… maybe not. Might be fun, though, who knows? Just to give it a whirl and see if it has retained the ghost…

By: marchlion

marchlion — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:59:22 +0000

Katie — it was Avon Trailing Arbutus, in the faux-Victorian bottles, ca. 1979, on eBay. I keep getting ready to press the Buy It Now button, but I am so sure it would be the smell of bittersweet disappointment that I stop myself. What do you think? Should I do it?

By: Scentzilla!

Scentzilla! — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:53:09 +0000

Ooooh March, I think I remember a Santa boot shaped one, too! I know my mom had some of those old ‘Victorian’ themed bottles, as well… can’t remember for the life of me what the perfume inside them was, though. What was in yours, I wonder…

greeneyes - thanks, I thought it was AA, but I couldn’t remember exactly, and only dimly recalled it. Too bad the minis are gone, the Dali nose one sounds particularly fun to have :(

zz, yeah, poor money-wise, not in anything else. I am really sure Avon made a Gardenia, so I think you’re right and that was one.

Robin, I am kind of okay with not everyone making such gimmicky bottles. But every once in a while it’s a fun thing to have, yes? I think the girly perfume knick-knacks were so appealing to certain generations of women, and didn’t cost so much as to be out of reach for most ladies. There is something to be said for affordable luxuries :)

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:48:56 +0000

Great trip down memory lane, K. It is a shame how completely dull most fragrance bottles are these days: most companies could take a tip or two from Avon.

By: Zz

Zz — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:54:44 +0000

Yes, memories are in the air. I too have been taken back in time recently.
I can’t recall any avon bottles, or any avon fragrance, other than the Gardenia that my grandmother wore. I think it was Avon, but can’t really be sure, I was very young.
I just know that it was Gardenia.
You speak of being poor, but I suspect that you are just talking about money. It appears your riches were wrapped in your mothers love as hers were for her mother. What a beautiful legacy.

By: greeneyes

greeneyes — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:46:12 +0000

Ha! Fritos. That Fred looks like quite the character.

I’m pretty sure that pink bottle is Anais Anais, because I had one in high school. I don’t know what happened to it. I also used to have some cool miniatures, including the nose-shaped bottle that was Dali perfume. My stepmother had the full-size…these are all gone. :(

By: marchlion

marchlion — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:45:38 +0000

Oh, the memories you conjure up for me! How I wish I had all those old bottles — I remember a Santa boot and a parakeet (his head was the cap.) And it turned out that the scent I have been trying to remember for years (decades?) that I loved so much in high school was … you guessed it … an Avon pretending to be “vintage,” in a faux Victorian bottle.