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Originally Posted by thenmarcher As I look at my collection, this same problem exists for those who want to sell Himalaya and SMW as well. Very inconvenient!
TNMA Actually that's not true. Hold Himalaya up to a light. It's actually very easy to see through. Same goes for SMW. It took me a while to figure this out but I was shocked!

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I just ascertained the level of my very dark 4oz Creed Green Irish Tweed bottle using the bathroom 60 watt incandescent bulb. No problem.

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Originally Posted by Indie_Guy Actually that's not true. Hold Himalaya up to a light. It's actually very easy to see through. Same goes for SMW. It took me a while to figure this out but I was shocked! You're absolutely right on both counts! I never would have guessed. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on the Imperial bottle; it literally is "plated".
TNMA

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The gold plating on the MI bottle, while being quite thin, does a terrific job reflecting most of the light while transmitting very little... in essence, you can't see through it with a bright light. What I did was scrape some of the plating off on the bottom. All you need to do is scrape a line from roughly the center to near the edge, going widthwise. That way, you can hold the bottle sideways to measure- if it's more than half full, you can measure the level by looking in with the scrape at the top, if it's less than half, just rotate the bottle and look through with the scrape on the bottom... I hope that makes sense...

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I am assuming all creed bottles weight the same when full, assuming the paint and gold leaf are essentially weightless.
Lets say a full creed is 350grams.
You measure 280 grams.
If we assume the density of the liquid is about 0.90g/ml. An average density among most common alcohols.
We divide 70 grams/.9 grams/mL
we get more or less 78mL used.
Of course this is not that precise, but using this we can figure out how much is left without the mass of an empty bottle. And I can imagine lots of people have full bottles of creed that they can weigh.
WE can find out the density of creed also by get a small volume and figuring out the density, but that might be a bit much.

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Originally Posted by thenmarcher Excellent suggestions...but how and where would I weigh a full bottle?! Can you imagine me going to the Creed counter and asking!
TNMA just tell them you're from the board of weights and measures and need to do a routine check. also that you'll require a sample of each fragrance in the line for lab testing