Bright Night

I picked up a bottle of Bright Night recently, still in the box, full, sealed-unopened, with tag. It's absolutely beautiful. The tag markets it as a cologne, which is outrageous. I put this on at 6 p.m., and I could still smell it at 2 a.m., 8 hours later. This stuff is potent! I used a sprayer I put in the bottle instead of dabbing, so the effect is from spraying. I find a sprayer performs better than dabbing it on. This spicy oriental reminded me of EL Youth Dew, which in a way makes sense. Youth Dew came out in 1953, and Bright Night in 1954. I like the Bright Night bottle better with its glittery lucite top and the curvaceous-formed bottle. It only has a hang-tag to identify the perfume name tho, except for the box, of course. The bottle has no identifying marks, except for the name Avon on the bottom of it. I definitely get aldehydes in the beginning. Strong aldehydes. That's what led me to comparing Bright Night to Youth Dew instead. There's also an incense vibe to it, cinnamon, resins and balsams are strong along with amber, too. I do get peach, also. This is blended very well with many notes. Bright Night is an amazing vintage. This is perfect for wintertime, watching the snow fall, sipping hot chocolate, wearing those cozy sweaters and hearing the embers in the fireplace. For such an "elderly" perfume, it's held up wonderfully. Amazing, not just for Avon, but for the state of perfumes. If this was marketed under any other name, and discovered as a vintage, I'm more than certain people would be swooning over it and clamoring to buy it. I love Avon, and have been wearing it for decades. They've put out a lot of perfumes, and I don't like all of them, but I do certainly enjoy the ones I own. Back in the day, they produced some amazing fragrances, and Bright Night is one of them.

Just received this lovely, unspoiled vintage bottle from an Avon collector. It has started to settle on my skin now and it hit me -- OPIUM! This is a dead ringer for the original Opium! Of course, to be fair, the original Opium is a dead ringer for this vintage Avon fragrance. Here I thought Opium was so ahead of its times. Hah! Opium is a bit darker, a bit heavier, than this wonderful Avon creation, but the bones are all there.

I just got the package from the mail box in excellent condition, from Ruby Lane user Melissa Smith, owner of the store Time in a Bottle, with an outstanding costumer service. This is Avon 1954, when the ingredients were very honest, and naturally organic...plus, that beautiful amber color. The bottle was never used and appeared sealed at the point I had to ask my husband for help to open it. It opens very strong but within few hours in my wrists it starts to become softer, even sweet by the effect of the vanilla, and I like it. I like it so much. This perfume is a hit that smell sophisticated and nocturnal, and is very powerful. The kind of stuff that nobody can't ignore.

Some of the vintage Avon's perfumes are nice little gems. I think of Occur!, Rapture, Unforgetable, Bird of Paradise, Moonwind. In the 50's and 60's the quality was there and the good fordidden raw materials was still use (oak moss, civet,castoreum). Bright Night less known that Occur! (probably because it's an older one) is really a nice elegant spicy juice. I agree with sueall that wrote that it's very similar to Opium. The lasting power of the eau de toilette is incredible. Vintage at his best!

I managed to get a new bottle EDT. The opening is just WOW! It opens bright and sparkling. Very floral. It is so pretty. It mellows to this spicy floral (carnation?). I am not sure, but it is quite nice. I keep re spraying because I just love the opening. @Bangabanga your bottle should be a screw top. If it is a spray, that will be a pull.