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Hi Y'all!

Time for another fun, funky, frustrating and yet fascinating week of immersion in an amazing perfume house / range.

We are hoping to run this initially for one week, commencing the 21st of April, with the post remaining a sticky until the following month (please, Tigrushka?!).

We thought we could make it a kind of hybrid week where people can either stay the course for the entire week and / or we could develop the thread as the Ultimate Ava Luxe Info thread and people can drop in throughout the month with reviews of all the Ava Luxe perfumes they own or have tried (just like Purplebird7's Montale thread).

Using most of the headings that Serena herself has used on her main fragrance page - the one you are taken to when you click on the fragrance subheading at the top of the front page:

http://www.ava-luxe.com/2005/fragrance.html

Schedule for Ava Luxe Week:
Saturday: Oriental / Amber
Sunday: Fruit / Citrus or Gourmand
Monday: Chypre or Vintage
Tuesday: Fresh / Clean or (Light) Musk
Wednesday: Green / Herbal or (Intense) Musk
Thursday: Spice or Woods / Resins / Incense
Friday: Floral or Tropical


I have doubled up some of the headings so that we can all experience, and share, at least one from each of the scent families / groups that Serena has listed, during the initial seven day intensive period. I have omitted the Luxe category as many of the Luxe beauties are represented in the other categories.

I have chosen a list of 60 - 70 ‘Best’ of Ava Luxe samples that people can chose those that appeal to them the most and then join in during the main seven days. Below is the list of 'recommended samples' along with the categories each scent fits into:

(Please moomail me for list and I will send it as an attachment)

NB: Of course, participants are free to choose which ever scent they prefer. The above table is to help simplify things for those completely new to the Ava Luxe range of perfumes.

Serena at Ava Luxe has been an absolute darling and is offering Basenoters a 10% discount on sample orders made between now and the 21/04/07!!

Just add the code BASENOTES to your request when placing your order and receive a cool 10% off you complete order (excluding S&H). What a great deal!

Get your order placed as soon as possible, to ensure you have your samples in time for the event, as orders can be delayed due to demand.

So now is the perfect time to discover and explore this amazing niche range.

If you are still unsure which samples to try or which may work for you, feel free to PM either myself or my co-host (fellow Ava Luxe addict) Taolady and we will do our best to help…

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Woohoo! Just ordered mine. Let's hope the make it past customs in one piece! And in time for the week!

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If I weren't already full-up on samples to review, I would order some, too.
Please excuse my regrettable absence from this event.
I will be here, reading this thread and making notes.
Ava Luxe is a must-try house for me.

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YAY....! (dancing around my computer now)
Can't wait

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Thanks for the notification, moondeva. I have taken this opportunity to order several samples. I've been meaning to do that for ages. I may not join in the testing every day because I'm very mood-driven when choosing the daily scent, but I will be reading and learning even if I'm wearing something else.
I'm really looking forward to those samples.
Oh, throw caution to the wind - I'll try Ava Luxe samples for the whole week. I hope they arrive in time.

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Please count me in... I have just ordered 8 samples from them and looking forward in testing them. I do have high expectation on a few in particular: TUBEROSE DIABOLIQUE luxe, Royal Parvati and Oude!
Thanks Fabulous Moondeva and Lovely Taolady for arranging this! I hope there is something that I enjoy so that I can order a full bottle. I won't disclose what I have ordered until the parcel arrive

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I have a full bottle of Madame X and Vamp at the ready, plus loads of recently acquired samples .... count me IN

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Oh, exciting. By a nice bit of serendipity, a friend gave me samples of Night Violet, Chypre and Kretek yesterday, so I'll be able to join in. Hurray!

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I'm really excited now! I just hope they arrive on time. I'm going to try Rasa, despite my aversion to some musks, so let's see how it goes.

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Oh, god, another good reason to abandon everything else I could be doing.
I swear I'm going to evolve into nothing but a nose pushing a computer mouse.