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A couple of questions.. long time lurker, rare poster
1)
I wish to acquire Creed's "Vintage" Tabarome. As far as I can tell through much reading, there's 'vintage tabarome' and 'new tabarome'. Both seem to be called "Tabarome" wherever I look online.. so how do I know which is which? I want the "vintage" one - and if possible, I want to get it in a smaller quantity than the flacon
2)
All these creed scents - how can you be sure that you're getting the EDP strength? I got a great deal from scentiments on some Himalaya a while back.. claimed to be EDP, turned out it's marked right on the bottle EDT (I thought all Creeds were EDP strength?) # of sprays it takes for any kind of longevity, amount that comes out of sprayhead, etc testify to the fact that it's EDT and not an EDP.
So how can one be sure of getting the EDP strength?
Last thing - I tend to prefer getting the more concentrated strength of any fragrance - EDP, instead of EDT or cologne - but with respect to creed, is this wise? I'm mostly concerned about value - no need to pay for extra alcohol and water
Thank you for reading this post, and thank you much in advance for any input you can provide.
This basenotes community is a really nice place - wonderful concept, great people

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Hello lurker. Welcome! I don't have personal experience with the Tabarone Brothers but I think the consensus among those at BN that have more than me is that the Original is more desirable. Hopefully one of those folks will step up and give opinions / advice. In the meantime you might want to search the threads as I'm pretty sure that there will be some good info there. Good luck and take care...

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Creed does make EDT's but All Himalaya bottles should me in the Millesime category which means its all EDP, along with almost all of the post 1980 fragrances. As far as the Tabaromes, the only one I can speak of is the new Tabarone, which is very worthy. You should like it if you like ginger and tobacco which are present in abundance. My assumption is that now since the vintage Tabarome is part of the private collection non flacon sized bottles would either be old or testers( you do see testers of things like Aubepine-Acacia and Cyprus Musc). As far as the stregnth, I am not entirely sure but since the new tabarome is also called Tabarome Millesime I think a good guess would be that the old one isn't millesime/EDP stregnth.
Originally Posted by Essentious A couple of questions.. long time lurker, rare poster
1)
I wish to acquire Creed's "Vintage" Tabarome. As far as I can tell through much reading, there's 'vintage tabarome' and 'new tabarome'. Both seem to be called "Tabarome" wherever I look online.. so how do I know which is which? I want the "vintage" one - and if possible, I want to get it in a smaller quantity than the flacon
2)
All these creed scents - how can you be sure that you're getting the EDP strength? I got a great deal from scentiments on some Himalaya a while back.. claimed to be EDP, turned out it's marked right on the bottle EDT (I thought all Creeds were EDP strength?) # of sprays it takes for any kind of longevity, amount that comes out of sprayhead, etc testify to the fact that it's EDT and not an EDP.
So how can one be sure of getting the EDP strength?
Last thing - I tend to prefer getting the more concentrated strength of any fragrance - EDP, instead of EDT or cologne - but with respect to creed, is this wise? I'm mostly concerned about value - no need to pay for extra alcohol and water
Thank you for reading this post, and thank you much in advance for any input you can provide.
This basenotes community is a really nice place - wonderful concept, great people

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Originally Posted by signature Creed does make EDT's but All Himalaya bottles should me in the Millesime category which means its all EDP, along with almost all of the post 1980 fragrances. I have the bottle (4oz from Scentiments) right in front of me - the front says
CREED
Himalaya
De pere en fils depuis 1760
38, av. pierre 1er de serbie paris
120ml 4fl oz.
And on the back says,
Toilet Water PGS J2W05
Ingredients: SD Alcohol 39-C, Parfume, Water
Made In France
It's the 'toilet water', + the large size (4oz), plus the price (wasn't that expensive.. under 100 if I remember correctly!), and the sheer AMOUNT of spray that comes out of the spray head , that all make me think this is an EDT.
SO there's basically no way I'm getting any reasonable quantity of vintage tabarome (or Royal English Leather either I imagine) without purchasing a Flacon?

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The official Creed site states which ones are EDTs and which are EDPs (all Private Collection frags are EDPs - Vintage Tabarome is from the private collection):

http://www.creedfragrances.co.uk/site/products

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Hi all,
Of the HUNDREDS of Fragrances I have bought and/or sampled in my several years here at Basenotes, CREED TABAROME MILLESIME
(i.e. NEW Creed Tabarome) STILL to this day, continues to be my OVERALL/NUMBER ONE fragrance! I.E., if I could only own ONE fragrance,
it would be TABAROME MILLESIME!
Regards,
SixCats!

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SO there's basically no way I'm getting any reasonable quantity of vintage tabarome (or Royal English Leather either I imagine) without purchasing a Flacon? Have you tried to get a decant from someone here?
I recently bought Tabarome Millesime and really like it. Don't count it out until you've tried it.

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Vintage Tabarome is simply called Tabarome, and it is part of the
Private Collection. I have one of the large 250ml flacons, and I can
assure you that this one is one of the strongest fragrances anywhere.
It's at least EdP in strength. Two mild sprays are all that is needed.
If you see a bottle marked Tabarome Millesime, then it's the new Tabarome,
which is also a good fragrance, but is definitely different than the Vintage
stuff. I prefer the Vintage, but I enjoy both.
I strongly recommend you try to purchase a decant of the Vintage Tabarome,
since it will take you a _very_ long time to use up an entire 250ml flacon.
It is just _that_ strong. If you were in the San Francisco area I'd decant
some for you from my bottle, since it's going to be a long time before I ever
use mine up. I don't want to ship decants, however.
Regards,
trumpet_guy

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well thank you just the same

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yes, I see, my bottle of SMW has something similar written across the bottom, it appears as if it were done with an old dot matrix printer. Despite that it is listed as the only version being an EDP along with Himalaya.
Originally Posted by Essentious I have the bottle (4oz from Scentiments) right in front of me - the front says
CREED
Himalaya
De pere en fils depuis 1760
38, av. pierre 1er de serbie paris
120ml 4fl oz.
And on the back says,
Toilet Water PGS J2W05
Ingredients: SD Alcohol 39-C, Parfume, Water
Made In France
It's the 'toilet water', + the large size (4oz), plus the price (wasn't that expensive.. under 100 if I remember correctly!), and the sheer AMOUNT of spray that comes out of the spray head , that all make me think this is an EDT.
SO there's basically no way I'm getting any reasonable quantity of vintage tabarome (or Royal English Leather either I imagine) without purchasing a Flacon?