Scent: The Different Company

[dopey]

What is your view of The Different Company in general? Also, what are your expectations for their survival and future now that JC Ellena has joined Hermes in a formal capacity? Can the company survive without him, relying on his daughter and business partner? Do you expect it to have a future? One of the reasons I ask is because I am enamored with the build quality of their 48-hour and Long Trip dispensers, but I wondered why anyone would lock themselves into a form-factor developed by a company that may not survive.

What say you?

[iammatt]

Never seen the stuff before, but on the 'net, the 48 hour dispenser looks quite beautiful.

[dopey]

It is absolutely amazing. The bigger version - The Long Trip is even more impressive. Absolutely beautifully made, though I fail to see why anyone would need one. But it worth having just because it is so cool.
I was compelled to buy Rose Poivree by Chandler Burr, but, really, I prefer the hardware to what goes inside (regardless of the company or scent). I am indifferent to potions, but I like machined metal objects.

[storeynicholas]

This is just weird.

[RWS]

No, but it may be different.

[dopey]

This is just weird.

Which part is weird?

[couch]

Weird or not, thanks dopey for calling this to our attention. I have been looking myself for some decently minimalist and well-made refillable dispensers. First, for travel--especially now with airline security restrictions on size. Second, to decant for dressing-table or cabinet use those scents (such as Creed's private collection or 'vintage' Tabarome) that now only come in large (8.4 oz. flacons for Tabarome) sizes that one wouldn't want to be constantly exposing to air for the years it would take to use up.

Carrying little 5 ml sample vials with plastic plugs is about as elegant as carrying crack vials.

Creed makes a 50 ml atomizer that is much less appealing than these, and not a lot cheaper.

The web site says that the 48-hr is "refillable"; the 10 ml refills include the atomizer mechanism. Can these be disassembled, as on the larger bottles, so that one could soak the parts in alcohol and then refill with another scent?

I don't see the "Long Trip" on the web site, unless that's the 90-ml "intermediate" size. What does it look like?

[dopey]

I am sorry I can't tell you whether or not the bottles that go inside are refillable.
You have to hold either model in your hand to really appreciate the build quality. But I can't imagine them being anything but trouble as far as airport security goes.

[couch]

I am sorry I can't tell you whether or not the bottles that go inside are refillable.
You have to hold either model in your hand to really appreciate the build quality. But I can't imagine them being anything but trouble as far as airport security goes.

If the inner bottles are refillable, it's a piece of cake. Inner bottle goes in the baggie, outer bottle in the tray with cell phone or laptop. Once past scanners, reassemble and stow.

[dopey]

Then by all means, get one. Someone should. They are really beautifully made (though they would be nicer with no stenciling at all). I would be curious to read what you think of the fragrances themselve. Which size would you prefer, the Long Trip or 48 hours? I know the latter is sold in a pack with three small scent bottles plus the machined cannister.
By the way, here is a link to the Chandler Burr review that sent me down this road. It was ancillary to this article. And I first came across Burr and Ellena in this, rather famous, piece.