Eiderdown Press
Unique Books and Hand-Decanted Perfumes

Offering books published by Eiderdown Press & hand-decanted perfumes from the personal collection of Suzanne Keller

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CURRENT SCENTS IN MY COLLECTION

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Amouage Epic Woman

Amouage Gold (ladies)

Amouage Jubilation 25

Amouage Lyric Woman

Amouage Ubar

Byredo Green

Caron Parfum Sacre

Caron Tabac Blond

Caron Yatagan

Cartier IV: L'Heure Fougueuse


Chanel Chance

Chanel Coromandel

Chanel Egoiste

Chanel No. 22

Coty Chypre
  (Vintage 1970s)


Creed Fleurs De Bulgarie


Deneuve


Donna Karan Black Cashmere


Estee Lauder Private Collection

Frederic Malle Bigarade Concentree


Frederic Malle Carnal Flower


Frederic Malle Geranium Pour Monsieur

Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel


Gucci L'Arte di Gucci

Hermes 24, Faubourg


Hermes Eau Des Merveilles


Hermes Hiris
 


Jean Desprez Bal A Versailles


Jean Patou 1000


Jil Sander No. 4


L'Artisan Parfumeur Nuit de Tubereuse


L'Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two


Maison Francis Kurkdjian Absolue Pour le Soir

 

Molinard Habanita

Mona Di Orio Nuit Noire

Montale Black Aoud

Montale Boise Vanille

Odin 04 Petrana


Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique *just added*

Parfums de Nicolai Sacrebleu

Parfums Delrae Amoureuse

Pascal Morabito Or Black

Profumum Roma Acqua Viva

Profumum Roma D'Ambrosia

Robert Piguet Fracas

Robert Piguet Visa

Serge Lutens Arabie

Serge Lutens Chene

Serge Lutens Chergui

Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan


Serge Lutens Un Lys

Tauer Perfumes Lonestar Memories

 

Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb

What Is A Decant? 
Decanting is a method of transferring the contents of a larger container into a smaller one.  A fragrance is decanted from its original manufacturer’s bottle into either a small glass sample vial or atomizer bottles of various sizes by one of several methods: either by transferring with a sterile pipette, or by pouring the perfume through a small metal funnel, or often by directly spraying the contents into the smaller container. Each fragrance is freshly decanted just prior to shipping or delivery.

Why Decant? 
The reasons are many: it allows perfume aficionados to sample scents that aren't available in their area, or to "test drive" a fragrance and prolong the purchase of a full bottle until they know whether it clicks with them.  Decanting allows a person to buy a small quantity of a pricey perfume that is otherwise unaffordable – and it’s great for the person who only wants, say, a quarter-ounce of a fragrance rather than a huge amount.  For the truly scent-obsessed, decants make it affordable to have an entire perfume wardrobe and to enjoy sniffing a little bit of everything!

Image: 5-ml glass spray decant bottle (left side of photo) along with 1.5 ml spray sample vials (foreground and left) and packaging materials, including gift bag. Original manufacturer's bottles are in the background (these are the bottles I decant from). Photo by Suzanne Keller.

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Read the latest in
 Suzanne’s Perfume Journal 

From the Library of You Know Who:

Tokyo Milk Ex Libris Parfum and A Sport and a Pastime

Tokyo Milk is a line of inexpensive fragrances of which I’m totally unfamiliar save for one—Ex Libris, a decant of which was sent to me by a reader (thank you, Karen). I was hesitant to review it at first, mainly because I can’t tell whether it’s a discontinued fragrance or not—the Tokyo Milk website lists it as “out of stock,” and though a cursory search seems to show it as being for sale at Amazon and another perfume discounting site, when I actually clicked on those sites it doesn’t appear to be available.

But if you can find Ex Libris, and if you happen to love cedar perfumes, then this is quite the steal: $28 for a one-ounce bottle of parfum concentration fragrance—which is primarily the reason I’m reviewing it. Tokyo Milk Ex Libris isn’t complex—or even unusual—and the brief list of notes that the perfume company advertises for this scent makes me want to heave a grumpy sigh (because they don’t list cedar, and this is predominantly a cedar scent with a bit of fig). But what I like about it is the fact that it basically upholds its creative premise while offering a pretty decent sillage and surprisingly good longevity for a very affordable price. If Ex Libris is representative of the Tokyo Milk line, then it seems to me that it’s a line worth checking out. »Click here to read article in its entirety

 
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