The Vintage Vault - Aromatic Beauties from a Perfumer's Collection

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Tonquin Musk and Sweet Birch - from Anya's Garden Perfumes Vintage Vault


These Fritzsche bottles are very rare.  One perfumer told me the musk  one is museum quality due to its rarity and design.  I've also a suspicion that the Sweet Birch one contains the pre-IFRA really great salicylic-rich sweet birch that is the type that was used in leather fragrances such as Cuir de Russie.  I'm having some trouble getting the stopper out of the Sweet Birch bottle, but if you leave a comment, you'll be in the running for a half milliliter (enough for a sniff and a few applications) of the Tonquin musk.  There were some grains left in the bottle when I got it, and I rehydrated them, plus added a few musk grains of my own.  The comments must all be in by 11:59 PM Feb 28th.  Good luck!

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  1. slundberg2/27/2012 11:40 AM

    Me me me!

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  2. ummzak2/27/2012 11:42 AM

    Oh, I'd love to get a sniff of the Tonquin musk- but I never win anything. And I use sweet birch in a shaving cream I make, to rave reviews. I'll have to do more research on pre-IFRA sweet birch.

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  3. Gloria Yuan2/27/2012 11:46 AM

    I love the bottles! How big are they? 15mL? 20mL?

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  4. Noёlle Smith2/27/2012 11:46 AM

    I love those bottles more than I can say.... but a sniff would be ALMOST enough! Love!

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  5. AromaX2/27/2012 11:47 AM

    Sounds like a nice treat! And the bottles look fantastic - real treasure.

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  6. kathleen2/27/2012 11:48 AM

    Very Interesting. I would love to sniff these.

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  7. Eliam Puente2/27/2012 11:50 AM

    Hi Anya!

    I had the opportunity to smell real musk tincture once but it was a very low dilution of it, and yet I still fell in love with it. It would be awesome to have a tiny bit of it again in this vintage format. Please add me to the draw. :)

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  8. Anonymous2/27/2012 11:51 AM

    rare and aged Toniquin Musk :-) I am already there being the Musk enthusiast that I am. I have collected few from my travels in the middle and Far east, profumo and Bruce at SMK Fragrances among others but I don't think I ever had the chance to smell something so rare and pretty old like this...I have been tormented by the ethical issues of harvesting Musk so I stopped purchasing it but this will be most appreciated and most welcomed. Any idea about the concentration % of the tincture?

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    1. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/27/2012 11:59 AM

      Anonymouse, if you're the winner, I don't know who you are!

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    2. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/27/2012 12:03 PM

      Lol, I always write anonymouse when I mean anonymous - and someone caught the typo in the original blog post, where I called sweet birch sweet bitch. I'm incorrigible!

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  9. solace2/27/2012 11:52 AM

    how gorgeous! and how generous! are you sure you've not been in the floridian heat too long? *giggle* thank you Anya, for everything. <3

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  10. Musette2/27/2012 11:55 AM

    I'm not worthy of this. But those bottles are just beautiful!


    xo

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  11. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/27/2012 11:59 AM

    Gloria, to the fill line you see, they're 20ml. Looks like if they were topped off, they'd be 22ml.

    Good luck,
    Anya

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    1. Gloria Yuan2/28/2012 12:45 PM

      Thank you, Anya! So these 2 are like those cylinders I used in the lab. Love them!

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  12. Hanz Moniefiero Medina2/27/2012 12:30 PM

    GASPS!!!!

    Nothing excites me than the past that's forgotten yet cherished by the senses and sense. Even if you dont know what it is but you know it from somewhere. But what I missed is the golden opportunity our forefathers didn't have the chance to pass it down to us. As for creativity, a life smelt will always never be forgotten but a waning memory and passing on, you cant do anything about it. I'm talking about my grandfather who used to have all these remnants of passion, but left the earth too soon before being able to complete his passion by passing them down to me. I could have got it but a wolf got to it first. I saw them before and now I'm feeling emotional.

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    1. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/28/2012 6:06 PM

      Hanz, I'm so sorry to hear a "wolf" cheated you out of your legacy.

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  13. Amy H.2/27/2012 12:31 PM

    Even seeing the bottles is exciting! Thank you for sharing about these.

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  14. Anonymous2/27/2012 12:56 PM

    Sweet bitch! :D I'll have some of that! LOL! Wow, real musk! How exciting. I and I'm sure many others have never smelled it. I'm always amazed at the scented treasures you have Anya, and your wonderful generosity with sharing some of them. But I'm a little confused now. Isn't birch TAR that's used for Russian Leather? Or should I say bitch tar?
    Brian Shea

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    1. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/28/2012 6:07 PM

      Bitchy birch, Brian. Yes, it's the leathery tar scent.

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  15. nancy c.2/27/2012 1:22 PM

    I agree, those bottles are beautiful!! I would love to smell what is inside! :)

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  16. Mary Humphrey2/27/2012 2:14 PM

    Beautiful, gorgeous! I would like a chance to smell one of them, especially the musk. Thank you, Anya.

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  17. lutefisk2/27/2012 3:49 PM

    They are GORGEOUS!!! I would love to be able to sample the scent!

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  18. Eric Wilson2/27/2012 5:56 PM

    I bet it's beautiful! Add me :)

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  19. Unknown2/27/2012 7:17 PM

    Those bottles are so beautiful.....are you sure you want to give them away? I have not had the pleasure of smelling true musk but I am curious:) You come up with the most amazing and generous gifts Anya....

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  20. JoAnne Bassett2/27/2012 8:13 PM

    Love the old bottles..I would love to win some musk....

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  21. Lisa Abdul-Quddus2/27/2012 10:38 PM

    Those bottles are sweet! Anya, would do you describe their scents? I've never smelled either one.

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    1. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/28/2012 6:09 PM

      Lisa, I can't get the sweet bitch, er, birch stopper out! Same deal as the cassie from the vault I wrote about recently. I won't destroy the bottle to get the sniff, I'll just live with unrequited passion :(

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  22. Aseyah2/28/2012 1:38 AM

    I am amazed at the abundance of aromatic treasures the world offers and the ones that you have Anya! You inspire the perfumer in me to find them in the diverse floral kingdom that I live in, as well as the greater floral regions of the world. What I wouldn't give to have a sniff at the magic on offer!

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  23. Michael2/28/2012 3:32 AM

    Ditto about the beauty of the bottles, and ditto for sooooo very much wanting to smell the musk! Thank you for sharing those beautiful finds. I swear you must have to lay down drop cloths or towels to catch all the drool us perfume-crazy folks spill as we get to peek at your collection.

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    1. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/28/2012 6:09 PM

      Oy, Michael, now I need brain bleach to get that drool-y image out of my mind, LOL!

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  24. HJ2/28/2012 8:10 AM

    Glory be, tonkin musk! A wee treasure trove!

    HJ

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  25. Anna2/28/2012 8:15 AM

    Very interested to smell it! And please describe for those who wouln't win:)

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  26. Guido2/28/2012 12:40 PM

    wonderful find, lucky you!

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  27. Matthew2/28/2012 12:52 PM

    Elegant and simple...makes me want to research the manufacture of these...thanks for sharing! M.

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  28. whitecranegrace2/28/2012 12:53 PM

    No, no! It's ME. It's ME. It's ME!!! Please! Please! Begging like a dog for Beggin! Yes!

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  29. Gypsy Parfumista2/28/2012 1:00 PM

    Ooooooh!

    Aaaaaaaah!

    What lovely beauties! How wonderful.

    Thank you for your generosity Anya! *hugs*

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  30. TheSoapGallery2/28/2012 1:06 PM

    Wow! What a rare find! Thank you for offering this sample ;)

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  31. Florentina2/28/2012 1:22 PM

    I've never smelled natural musk, please describe it for us! And please add me for the draw :)

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  32. Andrine O2/28/2012 1:51 PM

    Oh my goodness! The bottles alone are enough to make me swoon. I can only imagine what the contents must smell like. But I have a major thing for old containers. I go nuts for films that have old bottles and lab equipment in them. And the scenes of the perfume shop from the movie Perfume put me in orbit. Wowzie - you have some really wonderful bottles here! Can't wait to read of the scent descriptions too!

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  33. Hemla L.2/28/2012 1:56 PM

    hmm.... can't read about this without adding a line to represent me in the draw as well...
    you really are such a wonderful inspiration
    Thank you

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  34. Ing2/28/2012 2:50 PM

    ooohh! what a treat that would be!

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  35. Mumsy2/28/2012 4:39 PM

    Wow, those are fantastic... I love vintage things like that. Where on earth did you find those?

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  36. Kostas2/28/2012 5:37 PM

    That would be my question also! Who on earth sells these things? Nice vintage design! Cross between perfume bottle and test tube

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    1. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/28/2012 6:13 PM

      Mumsy and Kostas - I just got lucky on eBay. I've been collecting them for years. Did y'all see the cassie absolute from 1906 I blogged about a few weeks ago? http://anyasgarden.blogspot.com/2012/02/vintage-vault-aromatic-beauties-from.html or the vintage neroli that is probably just as old? http://anyasgarden.blogspot.com/2012/02/vintage-vault-aromatic-beauties-from_11.html

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  37. AnyasGardenPerfumes2/29/2012 9:46 AM

    The winner of the half ml of vintage musk tincture is Eric Wilson. Eric, contact me via the contact page on anyasgarden.com You have until midnight tomorrow, March 1. If the prize is not claimed by then, the musk will go to the second person chosen by random.org

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  38. Anonymous2/29/2012 2:39 PM

    Wow! I would love to smell either one!!! Pick me!!

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  39. JK DeLapp3/12/2012 1:11 PM

    I'm curious where you crossed paths with those antique bottles??

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  40. AnyasGardenPerfumes3/12/2012 1:38 PM

    Dear JK

    Just persistence and good luck on ebay. They were two separate purchases, years apart.

    Anya

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