Youth in a bottle

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Whenever I open and smell a bottle of a certain perfume, it literally takes me back in time and it's like I could close my eyes and be 17 again. For me it's Dior Pure Poison, it's the closest thing to a time machine I've ever found!

I'm curious to know what perfume that is for other people and what feelings or things it takes you back to?

For me, it's a feeling of excitement, like I'm just venturing out into the big wide world for the first time, ready to take it on. First romance and I can still feel those butterflies. Going clubbing and the buzz I felt. It's the confident, fearless, spontaneous person who I wish I could be again.

@EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide

Agree with Dewberry, Loulou and Kouros. But my ultimate time machine smell is Acqua di Gio (might not be spelt right!)

I was just coming on to say Loulou, then I saw Acqua De Gio. Wow, such memories. 🤗

Di, not De.

Gucci rush, Jean Paul Gautier classic, Charlie Red and Impulse O2. Serious smells of my yoooof

Exclamation and Tribe were the first perfumes I had. I can't remember what either of them smelt of now, but I'd love a sniff.

My Body Shop favourite was Vanilla. It actually smelled like custard though.

Gucci Envy!

Miss Dior.
Takes me back to Mayfair, 1988, when I met the love of my life.
We are not together now. I cannot smell it without getting emotional.

Old Spice. My kind Grandfather who died when I was 5. Ditto.

Body Shop White Musk is happier times. 6th form etc.

Lou Lou!!! Had a bottle in my bedroom, a bottle in my car, a bottle in my school bag. I must have been followed about by a fog, I was drenched in it.

Exclamation. Oh my favourite when i was a teen.

Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger

Reminds me of a very specific weekend when I was 18. I think I slept around 8 hours between the Thursday evening and Monday morning, and got up to a lot of mischief.

And hamlet cigars takes me back to being 16. I was quite an affected 16 year old...

Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue. Takes me back to when me my parents took me and a friend to Gran Canaria at 15.

When my parents 🤭

Very earliest was Aqua Manda, then Shalimar by Guerlain, Miss Dior, Loulou, No5, Opium, Cinnabar and finally Allure by Chanel which is still my favourite.
I tested some Shalimar in a department store just for old times sake and it smelled like American Cream Soda, a bit too sweet for me nowadays.
I have a nostalgic like for Old Spice because a teacher I had a crush on used to wear it.

Rive Gauche, reminds me of my teenage years.

Gio (not aqua di gio), sadly discontinued, and amarige for me! And Fahrenheit aftershave!

I'd like to be transported to my mid-teens with the scent of Monsoon wild lagoon, Ocean Dream and Body Shop Ananya but sadly I have to rely on memory as these scents are discontinued..
I am however currently using a bottle of Chopard Wish which transports me to the early noughties, living in a city, studying at Uni and feeling very grown-up. For some reason it reminds me of walking through the city in the snow on a dark night on the way to the pub. I feel sophisticated and like my life was about to begin.

For me it would definitely be Gio by Armani but its been discontinued

@PajamasnoDramasnis Very Valentino discontinued?? Nooooo! I loved that. Also the smell of my 20s alongside Crystalle.

Loulou, Opium and Gianfranco Ferre - all remind me of mid - late teens and early twenties spending hours with friends getting ready for a night out. Happy days - the getting ready was often better than the actual night out!

Jlo glow. My first bf bought for me at every occasion, thinking about 2003-4.

Prior to that, i had a Hugo boss perfume my mum had given me that she didn't like.
Cause it was an expensive perfume, i adored it!

Great thread.. I feel like certain perfume/ smells followed me through the years

First (like so many others) GCSEs: white musk and Lou Lou
Then A levels : Eternity
All the way through university : Fendi

Any of these smells would immediately transport me back to the respective era.

Obsession - which my boyfriend always used to wear!

One of the So...? range...Mysterious was it? It a teal/greeny colour box and bottle. Loved it.
Also when I got a bit older, that beautiful Armani She/Elle which I think has been discontinued now. I would pay an arm and leg for a bottle of that :(

Eden!
Still have a bottle.

And yes to white musk- happy days!!