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Columbina swears by these scents on her perfume-smellin' blog. Has anyone else tried them. Very, very pricey. Seems the guy who runs this business may be well on his way to becoming a rich hippie.

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I smelled them about a year ago. I think the shop I visited had five or six.
Well, I can't swear by them. I didn't think much of them, as a matter of fact. I thought the gimmick was just a nifty name since none of the smells were special or memorable.
I hope someone else has had more and better experiences and will post.
--Chris

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Rich Hippie is run by a woman, Nannette Pallrand. I am curious to smell their perfumes to see what they're like...just so I can say that I smelled something that costs $1355 for two ounces of perfume. She charges $300 for "Sample Set 6", which is 15 tiny sample vials. That's twenty bucks for a tiny sample! Apparently one of the brick-and-mortar retailers that sells Rich Hippie perfume is Freshies which is an organic market near Vail, Colorado. I was born and raised in Denver, so any skiers or folks who have been to Colorado can already tell that the perfume is going to cost a lot if it's sold in an organic grocery in Vail.
The most expensive perfume she makes is called Kalachakra ($1355 for two ounces), and it's named after the Dalai Lama's annual speech about world peace.
My impression is that they use a lot of fearmongering to sell their perfume. They claim that perfumer's alcohol is typically made with PETROLEUM and that regular perfumes can disrupt your hormones and cause tumors! This info is quoted from their official website at http://rich-hippie.com/bio.php
The founder/owner of Rich Hippie lives on the beach in Malibu if that gives you any idea of how much money she's got (if this interview is true). She also BOUGHT AN ISLAND Angra dos Reis, Brazil.
Now that I think about it a little more... I don't want my hard-earned cash going to support someone like that, just like how I stopped drinking Fiji water after I read an article in Architectural Digest about the owners' $200 million "pied-a-terre" in Manhattan. A pied-a-terre apartment means 'foot to the earth' and I just laughed and shook my head in amazement when they called their overwrought monstrosity a "pied a terre" as if they had a modest little studio on the Upper East Side. I think I'll stick with the perfume I've already got. Sheesh.
Have any of you kind Basenoters smelled her perfume? Is it pretty good? Like I said, I'm curious...


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Just the concept sort of gets on my nerves. Reminds me of Marie Antoinette dressing up with her friends to go and play "peasant" around Versailles...

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sounds like another toy for the super rich who hate to pay taxes and don't get me started.

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I thought Rich Hippie was an alternative name for Bond No. 9's Bleecker Street.

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the name is irritating. dalai lama allusion nauseating. what's next eau de mother theresa?
I think any big perfume pimp out there has ostentatious housing though...

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Hmmm... No thanks.
- Rich

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Quote: Originally Posted by linnea Rich Hippie is run by a woman, [font=Verdana][size=2][color=Black]Nannette Pallrand. I am curious to smell their perfumes to see what they're like...just so I can say that I smelled something that costs $1355 for two ounces of perfume. She charges $300 for "Sample Set 6", which is 15 tiny sample vials. That's twenty bucks for a tiny sample! Apparently one of the brick-and-mortar retailers that sells Rich Hippie perfume is Freshies which is an organic market near Vail, Colorado. I was born and raised in Denver, so any skiers or folks who have been to Colorado can already tell that the perfume is going to cost a lot if it's sold in an organic grocery in Vail.
The most expensive perfume she makes is called Kalachakra ($1355 for two ounces), and it's named after the Dalai Lama's annual speech about world peace.
Wow. Linnea, interesting info.
That's a cheesy website (nobody sensible uses frames anymore). And cheesy packaging. For a killion dollars, you'd think you'd get a nice bottle, maybe like Lalique or something. Oh, but that's non-organic, I suppose.
It sounds like an expensive joke to me. Yes, I'll bet that somebody has a little too much money, so HEY, here's a nice little hobby, no need to make a living from it, so let's charge prix astronomiques and then we can laugh at dummies who are willing to pay it. And for the inevitable losses, no problem, it's a write-off!
(but far be it from me to speculate in a sarcastic manner)
Dave

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if I was young, healthy and living the luxe life on my trust fund money I would try all the oils you no where while you know what. For the rest of us there's corn starch.
Corn Starch - no more chafing