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What do you remember your mum wearing or smelling like when she used to go out?

162 replies

hardshoulderr · Yesterday 20:24

And he just thought she was really beautiful?

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pancakestastelikecrepe · Yesterday 20:53

Notbuiltforheat · Yesterday 20:25

Opium.

always. She and my dad were Civic types and had a lot of formals and she always wore opium.

My Mama, too! Minimal makeup but always dark red lipstick

liquoriceallsortfamily · Yesterday 20:51

I remember my mum wearing Laura Ashley perfume xx

PrizedPickledPopcorn · Yesterday 20:50

Blue grass. Fenjal bath. @MabelAnderson i also associate it with carsickness. She’d liberally spray it in the car. 🤢

but I’m disappointed to see all the fashionable perfumes of my youth listed as ‘mothers’’! Feel old now 🤣

weebarra · Yesterday 20:50

Givenchy III, Anais Anais and Oil of Ulay. She had a fur coat and used to come back and tell me everything they’d had to eat!

BigBrownBoogyingBear · Yesterday 20:50

Mitsouko perfume and a beautiful opal ring. I thought she was so glamorous! I don't really remember what clothes she wore.

She is still quite glamorous now when we take her out, aged 84!

Fifiellz · Yesterday 20:49

My mum smelt of a combo of Opium, oil of ulay and perm lotion. She always wore a silk petticoat under her skirt/dress and tan tights without fail.

Ribenaberry12 · Yesterday 20:49

Yardley’s White Satin

itispersonal · Yesterday 20:49

Estée Lauder beautiful

my dearly departed dad aramis if I’ll smell it at duty free or on holiday it brings a tear to my eye. And i will spray it intentionally.

mtobrokeme · Yesterday 20:48

Rive Gauche or Oscar de la Renta!

cutarug · Yesterday 20:47

J'adore Dior and the clink of her bangles and bracelets.

Chucklebunnie · Yesterday 20:46

My mum wore Youth Dew too. She died 16 years ago, far too young. I miss her, thank you for the nice thread and memory. I still have her last bottle, when I get home I will spray it and see if it still smells of her ❤️

SubmarineDream · Yesterday 20:46

MabelAnderson · Yesterday 20:39

My Mum also wore Rive Gauche but as we would often be going out in the car when she wore it, I associated it with my car sickness as a child so I can’t bear it . Ditto Madame Rochas . In my teens she wore Diorissimo which I love.

My son calls Issey Miyake "car perfume" and also associates it with feeling sick!

SubmarineDream · Yesterday 20:45

Chanel No 5
Very high heels. I wondered how I would ever wear such heels (I didn't!).
Blue eyeshadow
Fur coat
Late 70s/early 80s

summitfever · Yesterday 20:44

Opium or l’air du temp

shitshow1976 · Yesterday 20:43

I'm shocked at how many people have said Rive Gouche! Is it still available? I'd love to get some for old times sake. Its funny how a smell can stir up so many memories

Glidinglikeaswan · Yesterday 20:43

Going back a bit further than most here (I wore Rive Gauche!) but Tweed by Lentheric

Seagulldancing · Yesterday 20:40

Paloma Picasso was DM going out perfume. I don't know if its even made any more.

shitshow1976 · Yesterday 20:40

My mum always wore Rive Gouche or Channel No 5.

dyzzie · Yesterday 20:40

Oil of ulay cream 😍

DreamingOfGeneHunt · Yesterday 20:40

My gran not my mother (doesn't like perfume or dressing up) wore Kiku perfume and a long black fake fur coat. I've still got her last bottle of Kiku, it's over 40 years old, and will be buried with me.

MabelAnderson · Yesterday 20:39

My Mum also wore Rive Gauche but as we would often be going out in the car when she wore it, I associated it with my car sickness as a child so I can’t bear it . Ditto Madame Rochas . In my teens she wore Diorissimo which I love.

theonlyonestillawake · Yesterday 20:38

Chanel No 5 and a black mohair jumper. She passed in February this year and I cried in the theatre the other week when I got a whiff

WishIStudiedScience · Yesterday 20:38

I remember my parents having dinner parties in the 1970s. My Mum used to bring me up some of the special food on a tray for me to eat in bed and she always had lipstick and perfume on.

Thank you for reviving my memory!

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · Yesterday 20:37

Youth Dew and raw silk Laura Ashley cocktail dresses with stilettos.

QueenStevie · Yesterday 20:35

I came on to say Rive Gauche and see I'm not the only one!