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DISCOUNT SOURCES
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General
fragrance sources with prices from "very discounted" to
"fairly reasonable" (at least somewhat lower than department store
and boutique prices). The list includes both online and "brick &
mortar" stores. (Full price sources sources for Miniature Perfumes and Perfume
Samples are listed below.)
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99PERFUME.COM, 877-997-3738
Discounts are up
to 60% off the retail price.
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ATOZATCOST, SOMERSET NJ
Site membership
here isn’t expensive and members get to buy stuff even cheaper but you
don’t HAVE to be a member to purchase.
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DOLCE PERFUMES, JUPITER, FL 301-904-4764
This site not only takes credit cards, but PayPal as well.
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EBAY
Many fragrance
lovers here and elsewhere have sought out and won bottles or samples of ordinarily
expensive, hard-to-find, classic or discontinued fragrances. Especially good
for collectible minis.
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ESSENTIAL
PRODUCTS CO. INC, NEW YORK, NY 212-344-4288
Quality fragrance interpretations. Offers versions of some discontinued and
hard to find fragrances.
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FIRST
IN FRAGRANCE. GERMANY
You may find some
of the brands typically available only in Europe at this site.
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FRAGRANCENET, HAUPPAGE NY
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FRAGRANCE NOW, Los Angeles, CA 213-688-1103
"Everday low prices" on genuine name
brand fragrances.
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ILOVEPERFUMES, NORTHRIDGE CA
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IMAGINATION
PERFUMERIE, SURFSIDE, FL 33154
Very good
prices on some items. Check them out!
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LA PARFUMERIE
Prices may be a
little higher than some discount retail sources, but they may have
discontinued items others don't have. They also let you choose free samples
with an order.
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MARY KAY, LINDA GRIMES, CONSULTANT
An online site to purchase all your Mary Kay fragrances and cosmetics from
our friend Linda.
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MY PERFUME.COM, Great Neck NY 877-591-4868
Discount fragrance superstore.
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PARFUM1.COM
Fragrances, cosmetics
and vitamins at discount prices. “Where beauty is skin
deep.”
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PARFUMELLE, 800-874-1118
6441 Southwest Blvd
Ft Worth, TX 76132
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PARIS-FRAGRANCE, ARLINGTON TX
The retail side
is recommended highly.
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PENNIESONTHEDOLLAR (POTD)
Fairly extensive
selection, a few unusual things, fairly reasonable prices which INCLUDE
shipping -- Lists some fragrances in eau de parfum
that are readily available at other deep-discount sites only in eau de
toilette.
Here’s how this site works:
POTD contracts with various vendors to supply the products offered; they keep
no inventory of their own. POTD keeps 15% of each sale, and forwards the
orders to the appropriate vendor for filling. In the inventory management
system used, the vendor is required to provide POTD with the number of an
item available. POTD then deducts each sale of an item from this number, and
if it hits "0", the item no longer displays, until the vendor logs
in and puts in a new number available. So if a particular fragrance is listed
on the site, at least 1 should be available.
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PERFUMANIA
, an internet store and retail chain
Look for the
PROMO of the week and check out the 5 for $25 deals.
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PERFUME AND COLOGNE.COM
Good prices on some hard to
find fragrances.
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PERFUME SHOP.COM, Los Angeles, CA 1-800-447-0900
Designer
perfumes, discount prices. Sells discounted Creed Perfumes.
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PERFUMEBAY-CLASSYPERFUMES, in CA
One real-world shop,
two different site names -- Usually very good selection and discount prices.
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PERFUMELAND, Orlando FL
A favorite among
the deeper-discount sites, for its immediate, pleasant, efficient phone
service and fast shipping.
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PERFUMEOUTLET, Garden Grove, CA 1-866-638-7373
Another
source for low prices and good selection, including discontinued scents.
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SCENTAGIOUS, in Missouri
In addition to
fabulous prices on fine women's perfumes, at Scentagious
you will find fascinating information, stories, and histories offered with
each fragrance, along with composition notes, and famous patrons. There are
guides to selecting a perfume wardrobe, fragrance industry news, and monthly
specials.
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SCENTIMENTS, Margate FL
My second-favorite
among the deeper-discount sites.
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TEXAS BEAUTY SUPPLY, 972-466-0023
Prices are competitive, orders processed using Yahoo Shopping Cart.
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TJ MAXX
You can't shop
online, but this website can find the nearest store for you. Selections vary
greatly by store -- but some excellent fragrance bargains if you don’t
mind rummaging.
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THE PERFUME SHOPPE, Vancouver, CANADA
Canadian discount
site. Prices are in Canadian dollars.
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WEEKEND
MARKET FRAGRANCE SELLER
You may want to
check local flea markets and discount marketplaces in your area.
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FULL PRICE SOURCES
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General fragrance sources
including online, mail order, brick & mortar stores. These may be worth
checking for unusual, hard-to-find, extensive, or high-end collections AND hopefully
for excellent, helpful, knowledgeable service, which in many cases could
outweigh the higher price. In some cases mail or web orders might still cost
a little less than some local sources, or may at least be much more
convenient. (Back to discount sources.)
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AEDES DE VENUSTAS, IN NYC 1-888-233-3715
Extensive selection of high-end fragrance lines plus a liberal and reasonably-priced
samples-for-sale program -- Good notes and descriptions online and in the
print catalog.
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ASHFORD
See fragrances
& boutique links, as well as the Ashford clearance department. See also
Ashford's Jean Patou Boutique link; although
Ashford doesn't sell all the old Patou fragrances,
the interesting stories are there.
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BEAUTYBASE, LONDON
Group of shops; shipping
to US is available. Does offer at least some notes or descriptions for things
often not described at all on other sites. Also sells a few which might not
be readily offered everywhere else, such as Agent Provocateur
; Royalissime ( perhaps not too bad at
50ml-£33?) ; Enigma ; Montana's Suggestion Eau Cuivree;
Gabriela Sabatini ; Joyce by Joyce Turner ; A La Nuit EDP (nice description) ; Miss Arpels
(as in Van Cleef &); and so on -- Prices given
in pounds, plus a currency converter -- Does periodically offer a fairly long
list of 'specials'.
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BEAUTYCAFE, ALLEN TX
Offers Laila (the Norwegian fragrance);
California North; Napa Valley Fragrances; I Coloniali;
Taylor of London; and several other lines, all including good descriptions. Beautycafe will not accept returns of fragrances, so make
sure you've tried what you're ordering!
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BEAUTYHABIT, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA
Sells cosmetic lines & hair-face-body care lines from all over the
world -- Also Parfums
de Nicolai ; Fleurage from Parfums Visari ; C. O. Bigelow
Apothecaries perfume oils & soaps ; Cote Bastide
bath & body products; etc.
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BEAUTYSAMPLING, IL
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FOUR
SEASONS, DELRAY
BEACH FL
Smaller-house fragrances plus home & bath & body lines plus good
cosmetic lines e.g. Decleor & T. Leclerc –- Fragrance lines are quite similar to Aedes' but prices don't seem quite as high for some --
Often very good notes or descriptions -- Examples: Perfumes from SARAH
SCHWARTZ / PROVERBIAL INC [interesting notes;never
heard of this perfumer before] ; humongous number of DAVIES GATE products,
supposedly 20% off now ; LOTHANTIQUE (also 20%t off) ; many others.
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GALERIE
DES PARFUMS, WASHINGTON DC
(202) 338-4652
They do not have a website (the link goes to a local shoping
directory listing) but have some hard-to-find things for which they'll quote
you full-price, but if you ask if there are any specials or discounts,
they'll usually give you 10% off all non-Chanel
items.
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GLOSS, AN E-TAILER WITH DISTRIBUTION FROM
GROVEPORT, OH
Launched in Fall 2001, Gloss.com is a unique partnership between Chanel, Clarins, and Estee Lauder Companies. These world renowned companies
have joined forces to offer you the best of beauty under one virtual roof.
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HOUSE OF VERSAILLES, CHARLESTON SC
(new website,
formerly perfumes-online.com)
Very highly recommended.
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JAN
MORAN
Creator of
'Fabulous,' author of 2 useful fragrance reference books, sold here (there's
also a fragrance-related forum associated with the site).
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LAFCO NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NY
Source for Santa Maria Novella and Lorenzo Villoresi
perfumes.
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LES SENTEURS,
LONDON
2002 - 2003 Catalogue
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LUCKY SCENT, (323) 931-8297, 317 N. LA BREA AVE. LOS ANGELES CA 90036
Lucky Scent is only an online
store at the moment, but they tell me they may have bricks and mortar
soon. Check with Franco for the
current status!
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LUSCIOUS CARGO, ALPHARETTA, GA
Swank fragrances and gifts from our own MARCYLARK! They carry all our favorite high-end fragrances,
including Santa Maria Novella, Maitre Gantier et Parfumeur (MPG) and Lorenzo Villoresi
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MISS PARIS, EL PASO, TX
1-800-452-5381
One more source for hard-to-find fragrances.
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NORDSTROM 1-800-7BEAUTY
(Note: items will be mailed from CA)
Apparently many fragrances are available at this number that may not be
stocked at all Nordstrom's outside of CA. Amouage
and Ubar are just two examples.
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SAKS
FIFTH AVENUE, 1.877.551.SAKS
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SENTIER
A very nice
collection of European products, unusual scents, and bodycare.
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SEPHORA
Probably everyone
knows this one by now.
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SLOAN/HALL
Carries some of
the more upscale fragrance and bath lines, including Agraria,
Calypso, Comme des Garcons, Diptyque,
and MPG.
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SMALLFLOWER, 1-800-252-0275
Fragrance and natural bath and body products from around the world. This is
the e-commerce site for Merz Apothecary.
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THE FRAGRANCE FACTORY, IN WA
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THE PERFUME HOUSE, IN PORTLAND, OR
Classic, rare and hard to find fragrances. A souce
for J'ai Ose!
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VISAGEBEAUTY, HYANNIS MA
Actually a Cape Cod spa which sells mostly cosmetic & spa-type lines
plus a select few fragrances –- for examples, good descriptions &
notes for Shu Uemura parfum (never noticed that anywhere else before?) ;
several d'Orsays ; and the two Bazaar de Senteurs fragrances, Loukhoum
& Hanae.
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PERFUME MINIATURES
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PARFUM FLACONS, IN GERMANY
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PERFUME SAMPLES
The following e-tailers sell sample vials of some or all of the
fragrances they carry so you can try before you buy.
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AEDES DE VENUSTAS
BEAUTY CAFE
COSTUME NATIONAL SCENT
LUCKY SCENT
LUSCIOUS CARGO
PERFUMES RAFFY
SCENTAGIOUS
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pkswafford@yahoo.com
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