Three Weeks of Nice Smelling Luggage.

[Renato1]

Well for the last three weeks my luggage never smelled so good. And it looks like there is still a long way to go before it stops smelling so nice.

Reason - the scent in my 50 ml bottle of Azzaro Silver Black Eau de Toilette somehow escaped its bottle and into my filled suit case while travelling from Australia to Europe.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[serfty]

Sometime the reduced inflight air pressure can do this. It does not need much and if the bottle is inverted it can force small amounts of liquid out. Upright and no issue.

A tighter seal or secondary protection (e.g. put inside a sealed liquid proof bag) can help prevent this.

 

[Denali]

Wonder if the airport doggies will appreciate you more for some special secondary moments

 

[blacksultan]

could have been a worse smelling liquid!

 

[marki]

I once had fresh frozen Prawns given to me as present from A merchant direct from a boat. The boat was located at point Sampson from a friend of mine. They were frozen solid due to probably going through screening here in Melbourne ( light mist was coming off the luggage I packed them in) Prawns were in Styrofoam then newspapers and lots of protective stuff with air bubbles. Still the trip from Karratha to Melbourne you would think they would at least be thawed. They were not.

 

[Denali]

I packed various cheese from Cairns to Guam to Palau to Yap - repacking ice constantly.

Practically threw it at my friend on arrival when we finally got to Yap with his bottle of Crown Royal and swore never again.

 

[blacksultan]

I packed various cheese from Cairns to Guam to Palau to Yap - repacking ice constantly.

Practically threw it at my friend on arrival when we finally got to Yap with his bottle of Crown Royal and swore never again.

Could`nt you give it to crew to place in the fridge? i did that with cherries flying SQ but that was J.

 

[Denali]

Could`nt you give it to crew to place in the fridge? i did that with cherries flying SQ but that was J.

That was back in the day of flying Y & Continental and considering they tried to move us from our exit row seats for friends but I kicked up a stink, I thought best to keep my head down.

 

[Renato1]

Sometime the reduced inflight air pressure can do this. It does not need much and if the bottle is inverted it can force small amounts of liquid out. Upright and no issue.

A tighter seal or secondary protection (e.g. put inside a sealed liquid proof bag) can help prevent this.

Thanks. The thing is I've taken dozens of perfumes to Italy as presents, and I had a couple of other large bottles and five travel size bottles for myself. They were unaffected.

Either I adopt your solution or I make sure to only take heavily discounted scents over on such trips. I don't think I'll be taking any Creed scents over in future.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Renato1]

Wonder if the airport doggies will appreciate you more for some special secondary moments

I was wondering that myself!
Cheers,
Renato

 

[Renato1]

could have been a worse smelling liquid!

True. The absolute worst scent i have ever smelled occurred one day in David Jones, and it was called Secretions Magnifiques. It sort of brought to mind a blood soaked crime scene. If that ever leaked in my luggage, I'd be very tempted to torch it.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[serfty]

I had a couple of other large bottles and five travel size bottles for myself. They were unaffected

The trouble is that with checked luggage you can't control the orientation of the bag in the hold. A bottle may end up upside down, upright, on its side or some other angle.

 

[Renato1]

The trouble is that with checked luggage you can't control the orientation of the bag in the hold. A bottle may end up upside down, upright, on its side or some other angle.

Believe it or not, that is not supposed to be a problem.
Michael Edwards - who writes the big book "Fragrances of The World" - owns thousands of bottles of perfume, and he stores them upside down. He claims that keeping the sprayer seal lubricated with the liquid scent, stops the seal from drying out, which in turn leads to leaking from the bottle over time.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Denali]

True. liquid and pressure, a dry o-ring leads to cracking and leaks.

 

[NM]

True. The absolute worst scent i have ever smelled occurred one day in David Jones, and it was called Secretions Magnifiques. It sort of brought to mind a blood soaked crime scene. If that ever leaked in my luggage, I'd be very tempted to torch it.
Cheers,
Renato

Storing upside down when the environmental are reasonably constant is not a problem. But combine it with a reasonably quick and fairly significant change in atmospheric conditions, such as in an aircraft hold during climb and/or decent, and things are not the same.

 

[Scott K]

A family member recently returned from the UK where she had been holidaying for her birthday. Whilst there she was handed a bottle of scotch, which they opened and took a few nips out of before she corked it chucked it into her suitcase.

After a long couple of days getting back to MEL after being denied a seat on an Emirates flight due to the classic over-booking, her luggage arrived on the conveyor smelling like a whiskey bar. I loaded it into the back of my car when I picked her up, and the whole way home I breathed in whisky scent. She was optimistic that it was only a small leak, but upon opening her luggage at home she found the entire bottle had emptied out into the case. The clothes can be washed, but the case ended up in the bin.

 

[NM]

She was optimistic that it was only a small leak, but upon opening her luggage at home she found the entire bottle had emptied out into the case. The clothes can be washed, but the case ended up in the bin.

Ouch - what a sad story. And that is one of the problems with cork stoppers in such beverage bottles - once opened they are vulnerable to being forced out by pressure differential at altitude.

Note for next time it may be better to decant the remaining whiskey into a screw-top bottle of some sort and then return it to its original bottle once back home.

 

[Denali]

Totally off topic but Im reminded that I got an email from Penfolds about re-corking clinics for certain wines.

No idea why I got the email but fyi for those interested, Re-corking Wine Clinics | Penfolds | Penfolds Wines

 

[Renato1]

Storing upside down when the environmental are reasonably constant is not a problem. But combine it with a reasonably quick and fairly significant change in atmospheric conditions, such as in an aircraft hold during climb and/or decent, and things are not the same.

Good point, thanks.
Renato

 

[Renato1]

A family member recently returned from the UK where she had been holidaying for her birthday. Whilst there she was handed a bottle of scotch, which they opened and took a few nips out of before she corked it chucked it into her suitcase.

After a long couple of days getting back to MEL after being denied a seat on an Emirates flight due to the classic over-booking, her luggage arrived on the conveyor smelling like a whiskey bar. I loaded it into the back of my car when I picked her up, and the whole way home I breathed in whisky scent. She was optimistic that it was only a small leak, but upon opening her luggage at home she found the entire bottle had emptied out into the case. The clothes can be washed, but the case ended up in the bin.

I hope it was a cheap blend and not an expensive single malt. The latter case would have been very hard to bear.
Regards,
Renato