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Hi Y'all!

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.

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:

Ava Luxe Scent List

Moksha - Woods / Resins / Incense, Luxe,
Palisander - Woods / Resins / Incense
Fumari - Woods / Resins / Incense, Luxe
Firewood - Woods / Resins / Incense, Luxe
Red Tara - Woods / Resins / Incense, Luxe
Royal Parvati - Woods / Resins / Incense, Luxe
Sweet Amber Wood - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber
Tao - Woods / Resins / Incense
Ambre Antique - Vintage, Oriental / Amber
Green Grass of Summer - Vintage, Green / Herbal,
Ingenue - Chypre, Vintage
Chaos - Vintage
Biba - Chypre
Dark Chypre - Chypre
Film Noir - Chypre
Moss - Chypre
Midnight Violet - Chypre, Floral
Silk - Chypre, Woods / Resins / Incense
Angel Face - Light Musk, Floral
Gardenia Musk - Light Musk, Floral, Tropical
Roses - Floral
Orange Flowers - Floral
Lily - Floral
White Lilac - Floral
Queen Bess - Floral, Spice
Nude Musk - Fresh / Clean, Light Musk
Egyptian Musk - Fresh / Clean, Light Musk
China Rain - Fresh / Clean, Light Musk, Oriental / Amber
China Pearl - Fresh / Clean, Light Musk
Lotus - Fresh / Clean, Floral
Clementine - Fruit / Citrus
Citrine - Fruit / Citrus, Gourmand
Wild Blackberry Musk - Fruit / Citrus, Intense Musk
Wild Black Fig - Fruit / Citrus, Gourmand, Green / Herbal, Wood / Resin / Incense
Forbidden Fruits - Fruit / Citrus, Wood / Resin / Incense
Bergamot - Fruit / Citrus, Fresh / Clean
Café Noir - Gourmand, Wood / Resin / Incense
Luxe Chocolate - Gourmand
Loukhoum - Gourmand
Milk - Gourmand
Royal Vanilla - Gourmand
Turkish Vanilla - Gourmand
White (formerly Noel Blanc) - Gourmand, Oriental / Amber
Absinthe - Green / Herbal
Sweet Absinthe - Green / Herbal
Fig Leaf - Fruit / Citrus, Green / Herbal
Johri - Green / Herbal, Wood / Resin / Incense
Fig Wood - Woods / Resins / Incense, Fruit / Citrus
Kama / Kama Xtreme - Intense Musk, Luxe
Rasa / Rasa Xtreme - Intense Musk, Luxe
Incense Musk - Woods / Resins / Incense, Intense Musk
Love’s Truish Blue Light - Light Musk, Oriental / Amber
Ambra Tibet - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber
Amber Essence - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber
Dark Amber - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber
Madame X - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber, Luxe
Opoponax / Opoponax Intense - Oriental Amber, Wood / Resins / Incense
Shisha - Oriental / Amber, Wood / Resin / Incense, Spice, Luxe
Sweet Patchouli - Oriental / Amber
Tokion - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber
Kretek - Spice, Woods / Resins / Incense
Indian Summer - Spice, Woods / Resins / Incense
Kashmir Spice - Spice, Woods / Resins / Incense
Red Carnation - Spice, Floral
Venus Sands - Tropical, Floral
Tubereuse Diabolique - Floral, Tropical
Vanille Coconut - Fruit / Citrus, Tropical, Gourmand
Tiare - Floral, Tropical
Pikake Lei - Floral, Tropical
Teakwood - Woods / Resins / Incense, Oriental / Amber
Cashmere Musk - Light Musk, Fresh / Clean
Camisole - Fresh / Clean, Floral

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NB: Of course, participants are free to choose which ever scent they prefer. The above list 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. Please come and join us:
/showthread.php?t=194978

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 (or our male buddy, mikeperez23) and we will do our best to help…

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Looking forward to participating in Ava Luxe week - guys, you gotta try some of these scents. Check out their website and order up some samples...hurry up so they arrive by the 21st!

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Countdown to beginning of the wildest fragrance ride! Just 2 days til the party begins!!! Woohoo!!
So, you crazy guys, watcha gonna wear for the Ava luxe week? Any tentative initial lists?
My (initial) Schedule for Ava Luxe Week (featuring unisex / masculine scents):
Saturday: Oriental / Amber - Amber Essence, Kama / Kama Xtreme or Palisander (I wish I had Teak Wood)
Sunday: Fruit / Citrus or Gourmand - Wild Black Fig, Loukhoum, Cafe Noir or Royal Vanilla (Bergamot would be great also)
Monday: Chypre or Vintage - Chaos, Biba, Dark Chypre, Film Noir, Midnight Violet or Silk
Tuesday: Fresh / Clean or (Light) Musk - Linen Musk, Egyptian Musk, Cashmere Musk or Love's Truish Blue Light (Sheer Musk would be great too)
Wednesday: Green / Herbal or (Intense) Musk - Absinthe, Incense Musk, Kama Xtreme, Tunisian Musk or Rasa Xtreme
Thursday: Spice or Woods / Resins / Incense - Chaos type, Palisander, Kretek, Incense, Fire Wood or Olibanum (I wish I had Oude to wear for this day)
Friday: Floral or Tropical - Incense Rose, Midnight Violet or Venus Sands

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There's still time to order some others for later in the week though...

Remember: Basenoters can get 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).



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Hope you guys are participating in this, don't be shy some of these Ava Luxe scents are very unisex.
Here's my list
Shisha
Absinthe
Indian Summer
Bohemian Rose (I really hate the name of this. Sounds like a Carly Simon record...?)
Kretek
Film Noir
The Beach
Not necessarily in that order...

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Quote: Originally Posted by mikeperez23 Hope you guys are participating in this, don't be shy some of these Ava Luxe scents are very unisex.

Here's my list

Shisha
Absinthe
Indian Summer
Bohemian Rose (I really hate the name of this. Sounds like a Carly Simon record...?)
Kretek
Film Noir
The Beach

Not necessarily in that order... Great selection! I am really interested to hear what you think about Shisha, Indian Summer, Bohemian Rose and The Beach...